A reliable contact at Nvidia has informed me of a secret project to make video card history. Nvidia plans to be the first company to release a 1GHz video card, the dual CPU GeForce FX.
From what I have been told the card will run at 1GHz (500MHz * 2) with 2GHz 256bit Dual DDR (500 * 2 * 2). It will also feature 16 quad pixel pipelines and is fully Direct 9.1a compatible.
The only downside to this card is that it occupies 4 bays including the AGP slot bay. That means gamers running micro-ATX motherboards with 3 PCI slots will have to choose between the video card and their current sound card, NIC, and SCSI adapter. Fortunatly Nvidia is confident that LAN gamers will realize that with 800 FPS in Quake 3, network cards aren't necessary.
As many of you are probably thinking, twice the CPU power means twice the cooling fan noise of the 5800 FX Ultra (60db * 2), but with the new redesigned air flow system the card only produces a moderate 90db!
Nvidia also recommends a seperate 500Watt PSU to power the card, but this should not be a problem for most of us.
From what I have been told the card will run at 1GHz (500MHz * 2) with 2GHz 256bit Dual DDR (500 * 2 * 2). It will also feature 16 quad pixel pipelines and is fully Direct 9.1a compatible.
The only downside to this card is that it occupies 4 bays including the AGP slot bay. That means gamers running micro-ATX motherboards with 3 PCI slots will have to choose between the video card and their current sound card, NIC, and SCSI adapter. Fortunatly Nvidia is confident that LAN gamers will realize that with 800 FPS in Quake 3, network cards aren't necessary.
As many of you are probably thinking, twice the CPU power means twice the cooling fan noise of the 5800 FX Ultra (60db * 2), but with the new redesigned air flow system the card only produces a moderate 90db!
Nvidia also recommends a seperate 500Watt PSU to power the card, but this should not be a problem for most of us.
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