Nvidia Betting its CUDA GPU Future With 'Fermi'

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What does that say under the TomsHardware logo in the picture..?
 
The computing capability is great and all but I am personally more interested in affordable GPUs. Let's see if NVIDIA can deliver here.
 
Hi, I would like a programmable CPU/GPU/GPGPU unit that allowed Virtual Instruments and Effects to be processed on it. Otherwise, this is just more of the same CRAP!
 
That's nice and all, but when are they gonna start selling the darn thing? Besides, even though an evolution of Cuda is nice and everything, proprietary APIs like that are kind of a hard sell. I think it's cool that it will get some C++ support, we'll see how that one goes, but as OpenCL and DirectCompute are more open it will be more important how this chip compares to AMDs in the performance of those rather than CUDA.
 
if the performance/price fit the same shoes as ATI's latest release(s), i will be sold and Nvidia will again be an option in my future. Not to mean it isn't now, i'm just saying, ATI has some nice stuff for a low-ish price.
 
The logo'd out part of the chart reads:

L1 Cache: Configurable 16K or 48K
L2 Cache: 768K
ECC: Yes
Concurrent Kernels: Up to 16

...from another source. Gotta love automated processes like logo stamping :)
 
Nvidia did reveal that its upcoming Fermi GPU will pack 3 billion transistors, making it one mammoth chip – bigger than anything from ATI.
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Not until the card is out and it's not coming out til first quarter of 2010. Besides, with 5870x2 at the corner and 5770, 5850xx... ATI should still hold the best price / performance value.


http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/video/ati-radeon-hd-5870-x2-images-surface/
 
The Quadros and the Tesla product lines have always been based off the Geforce line. Is this a turnaround? Are they going to design for the Tesla line and then remove features for the Quadro and Geforce? I hope the pricing of these isn't going to reflect all the capabilities this chip has that will be completely unused by the majority of geforce owners.(other than Folding@home)
 
If it does not bottleneck it's self and can manage data flow it could do well. "Just one DVI output - keep in mind this is NOT a gaming card, but the Tesla model for super computing. " I would like to put a card in that takes care of everything else in the background of my computer that bogs the cpu. If it helps with programming languages perform better like C, Java, Python, OpenCL and DirectCompute why not but it have to be more then 10% increase for me to be interested.
 
I use to see tests with 4 gpus what happen to those days? I still would love to rip threw games and have no game bring me to my knees. I am not sure if motherboards have enough bus to take advantage of this. hmm?
 
well nice looking gpu but with its delayed entry, focus on computing rather than gaming, and the high possibility that it will be pretty high on the cost scale. i would have to say the odds that they will one up ATI are slim. just due to the fact that their chips are already out, they are priced reasonably and their chips have already shown to haul serious ass in gaming, and with their soon to be full line of dx 11 products covering all price levels of the market i would be surprised if nvidia can pull this one out of their hats.
 
I think it's safe to assume that if it has the stated capabilities then it really won't have any issues at all playing games, even the next-gen stuff. nVidia would be insane to sell a card in the consumer market without making it a kick-ass gaming beast, or the reviews would tear it apart and within a month all gamers would be buying ATI, and we know they would capitalize on that shift so much that it would force nVidia to go in crisis mode! No need to worry, these card will be premium gaming cards, with the added benefit of an expanded potential. I HOPE!
 
Ahh... as technology marches on. It is odd that Tom's put their logo on top of not just the chart, it's over the part of the chart showing info on the new GPU!
 
A guite a monster for GPU... Great for folding@home and PhysX I supose.
And don't worry, with that kind of compute power it is ok allso in gaming ;-)
The other thing is completely... is this more sensible than ATI 58XX series for games. With 3.0 billion transistors, this is not going to be a "cheap" alternative to 5870. The Nvidia is going to take the fastest card tittle at any cost. But even GPU genre needs to have it's Ferrari. It may not be sensible to normal use, but it can be fun if you have the money for it.
This seems to be reasonable modular, so there is some hope for new generation Nvidia middle range cards... ATI is doing a great job in that aspect, we need some competition also there. If Nvidia makes (again) facelift for G80 in the low and midlle range, the graphic development can stagnage greatly.
 
From Anandtech article
Correct answer isn't to target a lower price point first, but rather build big chips efficiently. And build them so that you can scale to different sizes/configurations without having to redo a bunch of stuff.
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So this seems to be scale able, so we really can see competition allso in not so high end segments. But how soon?

Allso interesting is that ATI use smaller chips and use more of them for more power. Nvidia makes one big chip and reduce SM units or something like that to make smaller chip for cheaper prize range.
All in all it's good that Nvidia has a plan and there is going to be some real competition next year!
Maybe cheaper 58xx cards?
 
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