[NEWS] - GeForce FX 5700 details emerge

[CougTek]

From X-bit Laboratories :

Things about NV36 that are not supposed to be told by marketing people are the following:

* Number of transistors: 82 million;
* Rendering pipelines: 4;
* Core-clock: Roughly 500MHz;
* Memory clock: Around 325MHz;
* Memory bus: 256-bit;
* Initial tape-out: May 2003;

The graphics chip is expected to be made using IBM’s 0.13 micron fabrication process in East Fishkill, New York, facility. This seems to be the first chip made by IBM for NVIDIA.

I think the chip will be more powerful compared to the NV31 in calculating Pixel Shaders, just like the GeForce FX 5900 is more powerful compared to the 5800 when operating in 32-bit FP mode. I also believe that the NV36 – dubbed NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 – will be hugely more powerful compared to the predecessor in FSAA modes thanks to wide 256-bit bus and increased core-clock.

The GeForce FX 5700 will definitely be faster compared to the RADEON 9600 PRO as well,...

Very interesting. Depends on the selling price as usual, but a midrange card with a 256bit 750MHz RAM sounds good to me. All in all, it seems to be a lower clocked FX 5900. Enough for 99% of gamers.

I was disapointed by the FX 5600, but this one should replace nVidia on track for the mainstream market. I'm eager to witness ATI's answer.

 

[CougTek]

That should have been 650MHz RAM (325MHz DDR = 650MHz effective...or close).

 

[Jan Kivar]

Hopefully it's not mutilated like the Radeon 9500/9600 cards are compared to Radeon 9700/9800[Pro], just lower clocked version of FX 5900. IIRC FX 5900 has eight pipelines, whereas FX 5700 has only four... Think there's going to be a impact on performance.

Cheers,

Jan

 

[CougTek]

IIRC FX 5900 has eight pipelines, whereas FX 5700 has only four... Think there's going to be a impact on performance.

I'll trade a small impact on performances for a big impact in my wallet. Perhaps there'll be a trick to enable the remaining 4 pipelines à la Radeon 9500 -> 9700.

 

[Jan Kivar]

IIRC FX 5900 has eight pipelines, whereas FX 5700 has only four... Think there's going to be a impact on performance.

I'll trade a small impact on performances for a big impact in my wallet. Perhaps there'll be a trick to enable the remaining 4 pipelines à la Radeon 9500 -> 9700.

True, but if You already own a GF4 Ti, the increase in performance is not worth $200. But in a year there will be DX9 apps, and then GF4 will get slow... New card would be justified, if You use FSAA & AF, 'cause GF4 sucks with these.

Jan