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NVIDIA Introduces Industry's First Top-to-Bottom Family of PCI Express GPUs
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NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, today unveiled the industry?s first top-to-bottom family of PCI Express graphics processing units (GPUs), all designed to take full advantage of the additional bandwidth and features that this new I/O interconnection standard delivers. By using an innovative PCI Express (PCX) high-speed interconnect (HSI), a complex piece of networking technology that performs seamless, bi-directional interconnect protocol conversion at incredible speed lines, NVIDIA can transform its current award-winning GeForce FX series into a full-family of PCI Express GPUs.
The new family includes:
NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5950? based on the DX9 GeForce architecture, this new GPU delivers extreme graphics power and performance for extreme gamers.
NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750 ? designed for high-performance gaming with NVIDIA?s full suite of cinematic effects and an unmatched feature set. NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300 ?delivers state-of-the-art, best-in-class features and the reliability users have come to expect from NVIDIA, at an affordable price.
NVIDIA GeForce PCX 4300 ? provides entry-level pricing coupled with strong performance, unbeatable visual quality, and DVD playback. ?The PCI Express transition is going to be an exciting time for the PC industry,? stated Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO at NVIDIA. ?By aligning ourselves closely with Intel and helping define this new specification, we were able to engineer an innovative protocol engine, in HSI, that delivers the full-PCI Express feature set without any compromises. HSI and PCI Express will enable a new level of performance for high bandwidth applications like graphics and networking.? In addition, last week in Taipei, Taiwan, NVIDIA validated its family of GeForce PCX products with the industry?s top motherboard, chipset, and BIOS vendors. NVIDIA has already shipped more than 1,000 PCI Express boards to customers and partners. ?NVIDIA is one of several key players in the PCI Express technology initiative, so it is fitting that they selected Intel?s premiere technology showcase to introduce their PCI Express product family,? said Randy Wilhelm, vice president, desktop platforms group and general manager, client platform division at Intel Corporation. ?By working closely with companies such as NVIDIA, the industry is experiencing revolutionary new advancements in PC technology at a remarkable pace.? By qualifying a single unified device, NVIDIA partners can launch and be the first to validate, launch and market an entire family of PCI Express solutions. Products based on this new design are expected to become available in the second half of 2004 from the world?s leading add-in card manufacturers including: Albatron Technology, Co. Ltd, AOpen, Anextek, ASUS Computer International, Chaintech, Gainward Co., Ltd., Gigabyte Technology, Co., Ltd., Leadtek Research, Inc., MSI, Palit Microsystems, Inc., Pine, XFX, a Division of Pine, Prolink Computer Inc,, and Sparkle. As a Gold Sponsor of the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Spring 2004, NVIDIA is showcasing the results of their collaborative engineering efforts with industry players, such as Intel. NVIDIA and Intel processors form the foundation for many PCs, notebooks, workstations, gaming systems, media centers, and handheld devices being produced worldwide, and they are all on display at IDF. Intel and companies like NVIDIA enjoy a long-standing collaborative relationship with the common goal of driving progress in PC technology, including transitioning the PC industry to an advanced PC bus architecture, PCI Express. Since the graphics processing unit (GPU) has the largest bandwidth demand of all the PC subsystems, NVIDIA has been a key contributor to the joint definition, development, and deployment of PCI Express solutions. NVIDIA also serves as a member of PCI-SIG, the industry organization that owns the PCI Express specification.
NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5950? based on the DX9 GeForce architecture, this new GPU delivers extreme graphics power and performance for extreme gamers.
NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750 ? designed for high-performance gaming with NVIDIA?s full suite of cinematic effects and an unmatched feature set. NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300 ?delivers state-of-the-art, best-in-class features and the reliability users have come to expect from NVIDIA, at an affordable price.
NVIDIA GeForce PCX 4300 ? provides entry-level pricing coupled with strong performance, unbeatable visual quality, and DVD playback. ?The PCI Express transition is going to be an exciting time for the PC industry,? stated Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO at NVIDIA. ?By aligning ourselves closely with Intel and helping define this new specification, we were able to engineer an innovative protocol engine, in HSI, that delivers the full-PCI Express feature set without any compromises. HSI and PCI Express will enable a new level of performance for high bandwidth applications like graphics and networking.? In addition, last week in Taipei, Taiwan, NVIDIA validated its family of GeForce PCX products with the industry?s top motherboard, chipset, and BIOS vendors. NVIDIA has already shipped more than 1,000 PCI Express boards to customers and partners. ?NVIDIA is one of several key players in the PCI Express technology initiative, so it is fitting that they selected Intel?s premiere technology showcase to introduce their PCI Express product family,? said Randy Wilhelm, vice president, desktop platforms group and general manager, client platform division at Intel Corporation. ?By working closely with companies such as NVIDIA, the industry is experiencing revolutionary new advancements in PC technology at a remarkable pace.? By qualifying a single unified device, NVIDIA partners can launch and be the first to validate, launch and market an entire family of PCI Express solutions. Products based on this new design are expected to become available in the second half of 2004 from the world?s leading add-in card manufacturers including: Albatron Technology, Co. Ltd, AOpen, Anextek, ASUS Computer International, Chaintech, Gainward Co., Ltd., Gigabyte Technology, Co., Ltd., Leadtek Research, Inc., MSI, Palit Microsystems, Inc., Pine, XFX, a Division of Pine, Prolink Computer Inc,, and Sparkle. As a Gold Sponsor of the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Spring 2004, NVIDIA is showcasing the results of their collaborative engineering efforts with industry players, such as Intel. NVIDIA and Intel processors form the foundation for many PCs, notebooks, workstations, gaming systems, media centers, and handheld devices being produced worldwide, and they are all on display at IDF. Intel and companies like NVIDIA enjoy a long-standing collaborative relationship with the common goal of driving progress in PC technology, including transitioning the PC industry to an advanced PC bus architecture, PCI Express. Since the graphics processing unit (GPU) has the largest bandwidth demand of all the PC subsystems, NVIDIA has been a key contributor to the joint definition, development, and deployment of PCI Express solutions. NVIDIA also serves as a member of PCI-SIG, the industry organization that owns the PCI Express specification.
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hinkle Unregistered |
#51351 Posted on: 02/17/2004 07:45 PM
Good old nvidia. Marketing in its best form  |
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PhrostyMcByte Unregistered |
#51357 Posted on: 02/18/2004 12:48 AM
There isn't much of an increase when moving from AGP 4x to AGP 8x, let alone PCIX. When can we expect boards to actually use the bandwidth? 2006? 2007? |
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Stebet Unregistered |
#51358 Posted on: 02/18/2004 02:07 AM
Seems like a good thing to me. Motherboard manufacturers won't start making PCI Express capable boards until there is something to take advantage of it, and this of course is the first step. Nvidia also want people to be able to use their PCI Express enabled NV4X's the moment they are released so what better way to push MB manufacturers to start producing capable boards than to release a nice line of PCI Express cards
Of course we aren't seeing the AGP bus fully used yet but at the rate memory is developing now, it won't be long until this bus will be needed. Let's not forget that PCI Express is not only for graphics cards, but also network adapters, sound cards etc.. They also take up a lot less space than the current PCI slots, so MB manufacturers will no doubt be pleased. |
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MagamiAKO Unregistered |
#51359 Posted on: 02/18/2004 02:42 AM
Actually, PCI Express is going to see the moving of the video controller chip onto the video board itself, AFAIK. Not to mention PCI Express is more than just a change to AGP, it's an entire system overhaul including PCI--which absolutely NEEDS it. And no, this is *NOT* PCI-X, as that is a different standard. |
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sak500 Unregistered |
#51360 Posted on: 02/18/2004 08:48 AM
I dont' know what they r trying to pull. First AGP 2x then started pimping 4x then last yr it was 8X. I hand built the damn system costing around $1k just 7-8months back with top of the line components. now again they r pushing for the PCIexpress. Which some website tested and was showing pathetic benchmarks. I'm quite happy with my current system: P4 2.4C o/c 3.28Gz 1GB PC 3200 DDR in dual channel mode, 80+40GB, NEC DVD+/-RW, 52X24x52 LG, Audigy1 platinum, 9600Pro vivo. The only thing i'm planning to upgrade is the vga card. Prob ATI's latest and greatest incarnation when it will be launched in few months. But no way i'm going for pciexcrap standard this yr |
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Stebet Unregistered |
#51361 Posted on: 02/18/2004 11:16 AM
"First AGP 2x then started pimping 4x then last yr it was 8X" So i guess we should just stop all further development now. I mean CPU's have got to over 3Ghz. There's just no reason to invent a 4Ghz CPU is there? That's just silly! Of course we need to keep upgrading, otherwise we'd never make any progress. "Which some website tested and was showing pathetic benchmarks" So bad performance for immature hardware is something new? You didn't notice how much the Pentium 4 sucked ass when it was first released for example? Technology almost always needs to mature, before it starts showing it's true colours. And as MagamiAKO and myself said above, this is not just a change to AGP but also to the old PCI slots, so this is as system wide overhaul, not just for video. Besides. There is no reason to upgrade immediately. Your hardware won't become obsolete the minute this is all released. MB manufacturers will have both PCI Express and standard PCI slots for compatibility's sake. It's not to long ago we saw the last ISA slots disappear. I remember that my Asus P3B had at least one of those |
