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You'll have to wait a little bit longer for 7950 Quad SLI

NVIDIA just released the following information to its distributors about the GeForce 7950GX2, which was expected to launch next week:   

Due to multiple requests and logistics timing with our partners, NVIDIA has officially delayed the launch date of the GeForce 7950GX2 to Tuesday, June 6, 2006. Please note that the NDA embargo date has also shifted and that no information associated with GeForce 7950 GX2 can be communicated outside your company or posted live on your site until 6:00 AM PST on June 6, 2006.

NVIDIA released a separate statement earlier this week claiming the following:

On MAY 30 NVIDIA will launch GeForce 7950 GX2. This product will be the fastest single card video card solution available.  At launch, only single GeForce 7950GX2 configurations will be supported.  QUAD SLI systems will continue to ship with 2x 7900 GX2.  Schedule for 2x 7950 GX2 QUAD SLI will be updated on MAY 30. Sample product on 7950GX2 will be shipping today.  EVGA, BFG, and XFX all have stock of 7950 GX2 and will hard launch.  

Whether or not this means the June 6th launch of GeForce 7950GX2 will also delay single card solutions was not mentioned, although it does seem fairly likely. 

GeForce 7950GX2 is NVIDIA's next generation Quad SLI adaptor.  Dell has already announced it will use the GeForce 7950GX2 in its upcoming XPS systems, including the unnamed XPS featured on DailyTech last week.   GeForce 7950GX2 is a revision of the already famous GeForce 7900GX2 also previously featured on DailyTech, but has been shortened -- literally reduced in size -- for retail channels.  The GeForce 7950GX2 is slated to become a retail and OEM component.

NVIDIA was also expected to announce the Detonator 90 driver on May 30 (Marcus Pollice correctly predicted that one); though it appears this driver will also probably be delayed until June 6 as well.  June 6, 2006 is the first day of the Computex Taipei computer show, arguably the largest PC-oriented component trade show in the world.

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Is this the future of fast graphics?
By Staples on 5/22/2006 10:00:23 PM , Rating: 2
Just like CPUs, have we reached a bottleneck? Are single GPUs not getting any faster and now all we can do is add more GPUs to the mix to make data process faster? I sure hope not, this drives up prices really fast.




RE: Is this the future of fast graphics?
By Furen on 5/22/2006 10:12:53 PM , Rating: 3
Not quite. GPU are inherently "multi-core" so you can just widen the GPU to make it more powerful so single GPU can always be made faster and faster as long as you can feed it enough data to process. The problem, as I understand, is that die sizes are getting pretty damn high (Low to mid 300mms), as is power draw. A newer, more elegant design might help but I think the shift to 65nm is what will bring the next breakthrough in GPU manufacturing.


RE: Is this the future of fast graphics?
By Furen on 5/22/2006 10:14:47 PM , Rating: 2
It should read "multi-threaded" rather than "multi-core"... (*begs for edit function*)


RE: Is this the future of fast graphics?
By TiberiusKane on 5/22/2006 10:47:38 PM , Rating: 2
Nah, I think the lack of an edit function makes us more accountable for what we say. Also, if in a debate, you're mentioning something I said, then I go and change what I said, even by modifying the tone of my argument, it makes your points less valid. Maybe a "track changes" type deal would be good (never seen it implemented).


RE: Is this the future of fast graphics?
By Furen on 5/23/2006 1:20:51 AM , Rating: 3
Maybe being able to edit posts that haven't been replied to? Or how about having 5-10 to edit after posting? I suppose proof-reading would help, too.


RE: Is this the future of fast graphics?
By willow01 on 5/23/2006 3:05:44 AM , Rating: 2
Maybe a second brain to type and proof read in parrallel.


RE: Is this the future of fast graphics?
By Griswold on 5/23/2006 3:36:35 AM , Rating: 2
SLI brain?


RE: Is this the future of fast graphics?
By Inkjammer on 5/23/2006 3:46:29 AM , Rating: 5
I already tried Brain in SLI, but discovered the drivers weren't quite mature. I crashed during breakfast and nearly drown in a bowl oatmeal.

I recommend single Brain for the time being. It's more mature and the platform has been established for what seems like forever.


By littlebitstrouds on 5/23/2006 9:52:34 AM , Rating: 2
Try the Omega Drivers... much more stable.


By Crassus on 5/23/2006 12:14:08 PM , Rating: 2
Brain SLI makes me think about a marriage 101 for computer geeks ;c)


By beemercer on 5/23/2006 3:22:44 PM , Rating: 3
hahahaa


Problems...
By DigitalFreak on 5/22/2006 9:37:07 PM , Rating: 3
A few people that already have quad SLI (original cards) machines from Alienware, etc. are reporting a huge number of problems related to games crashing, etc. Looks like Nvidia jumped the gun on this one.




RE: Problems...
By Nelsieus on 5/22/2006 10:18:21 PM , Rating: 2
It seems like the delay is so they can showcase it at Computex and generate more excitement than if they did so on May 30. It's only a week delay, so it's not like it would be associated with anything problematic / issues. If that was the reason, then it would be delayed much longer than a mere week.


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