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NVidia will present on the Comdex-purse in November the successor of the GEFORCE4 Titanium. Better then late then, for large competitor ATI do never builds all a few months at the way with the ATI 9700 PER. Or the average user awake lies new graphic monster from this, will just clear become as the chip in the stores lies.

The GeForce 5, code name NV30 or 'Round', is nVidia answer on the ATI 9700 PER. It do all the necessary rumors the round about the GeForce 5, but concrete details are scarce. To all probable is the chip DirectX9-compatible, supports the Pixel Shader 2.0, and will the videomemory turn with speeds until 400 MHz.

Single articles in which speculated becomes about the capacities of the chip find you by Tech Report, 3DCenter.de and NVmax. He who this information finds too meagre, must tolerated have even. As the date of the launch approaches, will possibly more (checked) leak about the specifications follow. Does a first start for the press campaign around the new chip become meanwhile under the motto 'Are you ready”' through nVidia on its website given.

The NV30 has been exported on 0,13-micron scale, and is more compact than the GeForce 4. That is necessarily higher bell speeds to get and also because the chips otherwise too large would be. Only the aboutschakeling sees to to a new production process for problems. That is appeared was also the reason why the new nVidia much later on then the intention. At the launch of the GEFORCE4 in February promised nVidia-senior official Jen-Hsun Huang that the successor six months later on will appeared.

Or the GEFORCE5 rush will lie in the stores, is ask someone else. Analysts think from not: they believe that the cards with the new graphic chip fit in the beginning of 2003 in large impressions available will be. Meanwhile ATI can have with its 9700 PER gamers of nVidia afsnoepen.

ATI on its turn made this week known that it yet for the end of the year three new products appeared. It goes round three chips on base of the Radeon 9500 and 9700, but with something slower specifications. They will a spot get in graphic cards intended for the budget and mainstreammarket, the grounds which the GEFORCE4 MX and cheaper versions of the GF4 Ti dominate.

Meanwhile nVidia has source a temporary answer on ATI. Recently appeared adapted versions of the GF4 MX and Ti with a faster AGP-bus. Through this aboutschakeling to AGP8X, the cards would can exchange faster data with the processor. Of it a pc must to profit equipped are source with a compatible mother plate.