http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/ Engadget Comments for NVIDIA's GT300 specs outed -- is this the cGPU we've been waiting for? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/
RELEASE THE 5000 SERIES ALREADY]]>Apr 26th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/
There really is no way around it.

Even cards with the smallest die size are in the 200+ watt range. There is processing power in a graphics card that Intel chips cant even touch.

Sure, they can manage to create a similar processor to Nvidia and ATI, but to have it integrated in all desktops? I seriously doubt it. It costs alot of money to manufacture a 2 teraflop processor.

And when Intel gets GTX 280 class processors so small and cost effective to be integrated in the weakest of devices, Nvidia and AMD/ATI will be well beyond that processing power in their discrete solutions, and games will be requesting power from those more powerful graphics chips. Why?

They dont have the limitation of size that is required for an integrated solution. And the amount of room for an integrated solution is substantially more restricted than that of a discrete solution. A single Nvidia processor takes up more space than a quad core processor, a North and South bridge, etc. They are mammoth. And there is no way around it.]]>Apr 26th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/.]]>Apr 26th 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/
Besides Nvidia will probably use a mixture of the i7 architecture and the new GTX300 series to try create a new GPU/CPU multi-purpose processor. I can however predict that it won't run very well as it is new technology that has yet to be perfected. we will see it lagging behind in performance and power usage but advance in terms of size (uses less space as there doesn't need to be a GPU)]]>Apr 26th 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/because I have never had a problem with my ATI cards in windows. in ubuntu on the other hand, ati drivers blow.]]>Apr 26th 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/
Better luck next time guys, TIME FOR BED]]>Apr 26th 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/
As for me, I plan to sit at the sidelines broadcasting my critical commentaries which add nothing to the discussion and serve only to illustrate how much of a cock I am.

Regardless, any competition has got to be good for the consumer, eh?
]]>Apr 26th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 27th 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Try installing a 64bit windows and then one of the last 4 ATI drivers and say again they don't suck, wait you can't because your system would bluescreen at boot, never mind then

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............ to type a good response...... This looks cool..... needs an 'X' after that 'GT' though. haha.]]>Apr 26th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/> look at facial recognition post http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/25/lip-reading-software-can-identify-multiple-languages-has-big-pl/]]>Apr 26th 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 27th 2009 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/It's very similar to politics and voting I guess.
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and what they lose in driver support they make up in ridiculously powerful hardware.]]>Apr 26th 2009 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/
Switched to 4870 ATI, have not had a single driver crash or BSOD in 7 months now. Basically since replacing the card. 64 bit - Vista.]]>Apr 27th 2009 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/
Thus, a single chip to handle both. No offense, but it didn't require anything more than crude comprehension.]]>Apr 26th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/]]>Apr 26th 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/
These are about $2000 at the moment i think, and they take up 2 x16 ports, and have no I/O]]>Apr 26th 2009 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/
Tested some, they're on the order of 500x faster for certain tasks than a Core 2 Duo. The GTX295 (each GPU) has the same 500x performance increase, for programs using less than 900MB of space. Remember tho the Tesla has an ungodly 4GB of memory onboard for calculations.]]>Apr 26th 2009 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/
To run x86 code would mean signing away your soul to Intel and there is no way in hell Intel is giving Nvidia x86 rights when the two companies are on poor terms.

Also the whole hype of or GP-GPU is getting silly, there are barely any uses for consumers and the most common one (media encoders) are still inferior to CPU based solutions (e.g x264)]]>Apr 26th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/That's like saying Microsoft refuse to let hp use windows
Intel tried in the past to stop nvidia and they have failed]]>Apr 26th 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/
No. It is nothing like your examples at all. The point is that Nvidia can't create a chip that directly processes x86 code, because Intel hold patents and won't license it to ANYONE, except of coarse AMD, because of cross license agreements stemming from a lawsuit settlement eons ago. Nvidia woult have to acquire the license some other way, like buying another company that already holds license agreements with Intel, like Via. (also the result of cross license agreements stemming from a lawsuit, I believe, but I'm not sure about that). ]]>Apr 26th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/It has held been that the instruction set of a chip is not copyrightable and the x86 instruction set (pre-SSE) is not patented.

Also, in your licensing stuff, I think you're confusing arguments over interface (FSB) licenses confused with the instruction set.]]>Apr 26th 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/
Furthermore, this isn't x86 (should be obvious for a site claiming to be a gadget blog), and it'll be a while yet until Intel licenses x86 to someone other than AMD. If nVidia is making a CPU, it's almost certainly a RISC CPU, and probably an ARM variant, and it's definitely not taking on Intel in any way, shape, or form outside of perhaps challenging Atom, which, on an unrelated note, is a shitty CPU.

Seriously, this is still so far from a CPU it's not even funny how bad the engadget summary is. Also, what the hell is a cGPU? Sure, this will be nice for the same areas that GPGPU stuff is helpful for already, i.e. massively parallel floating point number crunching, but it's not going to expand the flexibility of GPGPU by much, if at all.]]>Apr 26th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Then it's settled, we'll make a chip without and of the SSE instructions. Even without a GPU it's sure to be a top performer...]]>Apr 26th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Jun 4th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/nvidias-gt300-specs-outed-is-this-the-cgpu-weve-been-waitin/Apr 26th 2009 2:47PM