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If the above is correct, this means, the graphic battle is halted for this year and we're in only for driver and clock tweaks.
However Spring 04 should be interesting time again.
The NV35 should essentially be an NV30 chip with a 256-bit DDR-1 memory interface bolted on, according to analyst Hans Mosesmann of the Soundview Technology Group.
The NV35 should increase performance over the NV30 by at least 20% in our opinion, at least for most applications," Mosesmann wrote. "However, for those who are looking for unambiguous leadership, we expect that the NV35 will not be much better (if at all), than the current ATI Radeon 9800 in applications with DX9 full precision shading turned on. Not that big a deal really in the overall competitive dynamic, but the enthusiast crowd may be slightly disappointed."
Mosesmann, who correctly predicted Nvidia's early GeForceFX manufacturing problems, also wrote that he expects the NV40 will tape out this fall, but begin production early in 2004.
"Hence, the battleground at the high-end for this fall will probably be a speed/driver tweaked NV35 from Nvidia, and a speed/driver tweaked Radeon 9800 (R350) from ATI," Mosesmann wrote. "Of note, ATI had planned its R400 product for this fall, however three key issues have delayed this chip until spring 2004 given that three major industry dynamics will not hit the market until then: 3GIO, DDR3 memory, and (Microsoft's) DX9 pixel shader 3.0."
The NV35 should increase performance over the NV30 by at least 20% in our opinion, at least for most applications," Mosesmann wrote. "However, for those who are looking for unambiguous leadership, we expect that the NV35 will not be much better (if at all), than the current ATI Radeon 9800 in applications with DX9 full precision shading turned on. Not that big a deal really in the overall competitive dynamic, but the enthusiast crowd may be slightly disappointed."
Mosesmann, who correctly predicted Nvidia's early GeForceFX manufacturing problems, also wrote that he expects the NV40 will tape out this fall, but begin production early in 2004.
"Hence, the battleground at the high-end for this fall will probably be a speed/driver tweaked NV35 from Nvidia, and a speed/driver tweaked Radeon 9800 (R350) from ATI," Mosesmann wrote. "Of note, ATI had planned its R400 product for this fall, however three key issues have delayed this chip until spring 2004 given that three major industry dynamics will not hit the market until then: 3GIO, DDR3 memory, and (Microsoft's) DX9 pixel shader 3.0."
However Spring 04 should be interesting time again.
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