GeForce G310 Fermi - Nvidia news! 2010

The card on this review is the proposal from Asus, that follows all the specifications from nVidia’s reference board: hence we can find the 10 memoryh chips for a total of 320MB (32bit/chip), working at a frequency of 800Mhz GDDR3 (1600Mhz effective), combined to a series 8800 GTS GPU working at a frequency of 500Mhz, and 96 stream processors working at 1200Mhz.

As it was mentioned, the G80 chip was the first to use an unified architecture, integrating thus the Stream Processors that calculate Vertex and Pixel shaders according to the necessity.

Gigabyte has taken advantage of the new Core i7 architecture to demonstrate the performances made possible with this new processor technology (even though the product will only be available from mid-November), combining it with the new motherboards based on the Intel X58 chispet. They managed to reach the 5GHz mark in overclocking and beat 3D Mark’s world record.

In order to reach that mark, an Intel Core i7 965 processor was used. The processor was the best version on the new series, belonging to the “Extreme Edition” label and hence without no frequency multiplier block. Gigabyte used a EX58-UD5 motherboard, which isn’t even among the best X58 motherboard series. For the graphic section, Gigabyte used 3 NVidia GeForce GTX280 connected in TripleSLI mode.

The frequency reached by the processor, in overclocking, was 5016MHz, with a 33x multiplier, 1.52V voltage (standard 1.172V) and CPU bus at 152MHz. This CPU’s standard frequency is 3.2GHz. The RAM was set into a 1.888V voltage value (standard 1.5V), and the graphic cards had a 710Hmz GPU frequency and 1230MHz RAM frequency (Standard were 602MHz and 1107MHz respectively).

Configured in this way, the system was tested with the 3DMark Vantage benchmark, and it obtained 32884 points (GPUScore), while the CPU registered 29572 (CPU Score), for a combined result of P31998. It was, indeed, a world record with 3DMark Vantage.

After many rumors, pictures and everything else seen in the web so far, EVGA has announced today the highly-awaited motherboard based on Intel X58, and the first EVGA motherboard based on an Intel chipset.

The new motherboard will support the new Core i7 processors that Intel will present in the next few days. one of the main features of this new EVGA motherboard is the support for the AMD/ATI CrossFire support and Nvidia’s 3-way SLI.

THe motherboard also features 10 SATA II ports and one e-SATA. For the overclocking lovers, this new EVGA solution has also been given many related technologies, such as the “EVGA VDroop Control”, which stabilizes the CPU voltage, offering more stability also in high frequences. Also, the CPU power supply is based on 100% solid condensers that enhance the stability during extreme overclocks.

Asus has enlarged their motherboard porfolio with the P5N7A-VM model, that uses the nVidia GeForce 9400/nForce 730i chispet. One of the particularities of this model is the high performance that the integrated graphic section can provide. The motherboard supports the Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo processors on Socket LGA 775 and up to 16 GB DDR2 800/667 dual-channel RAM.

There are, also, several connection choices for the video section thanks to the VGA, DVI, HDMI, RGB and Display ports. The motherboard also supports the NVIDA Hybrid SLI technology, with which it’s possible to install a lower-performance graphic card to increase the full graphic performance up to 70%.

Nvidia has lost a lawsuit against OPti for a chipset technology and will be forced to pay, and perhaps even review the products they already have in the market. The judge has sentenced that Nivida used, without the required payment, an OPTi Inc technology from February, 1st, 2007 to April, 30th, 2008. For that reason, Nvidia will need to pay OPti $3.75 million, more exactly $750.000 per trimester.

The two companies had reached a license agreement on 2007, as a solution for a patent infringment that had been claimed by OPTi against NVidia on 2004. The agreement imposed Nvidia the payment of $750.000 in royalties, in case the company continued to use the technology, for up to twelve installments.

The patent in question, according to rumors, would be the PCI Prefetch from the chipset. Fudzilla affirms that Nvidia would now be forced to remove the feature from their chipset, and those include the versions from nForce 500 up to the more recent ones. Moreover, Nvidia would have to contact their partner in order to remove the BIOS with the PCI Prefetch code from the websites, and also develop “clean” BIOS for the current motherboards on the market.

Geforce 9400M is the newest motherboard GPU (chipset + graphics) that Nvidia launched on the new Apple MacBooks. Shortly after, they preented a new variant, destined for low-cost PC’s and a mobile version for notebooks, based on the Intel CPU’s.

The true protagonist is, however, the GeForce9400M, where the M stands for “mobile”, more specifically, the notebook version. Here are some of the strong points of this new nvidia solution:

Single Chip - the chipset and graphics are united in one package, which means less obstruction and the possibility of creating more compact “form factors”.
High performances - five times better than the Intel chipset graphics
Full DirectX 10 support - compatibility with the latest gaming and multimedia applications.

Many brands such as Acer, Asus HP and Dell have intentions of launching notebooks based on the GeForce 9400M. And estimates say that those portable computers will reach a significant market amount, up to 20% of all notebooks based on Intel CPU’s.

Asus has announced the new P5N7A-VM GeForce 9300 motherboard, based on the NVidia GeForce 9300 / nForce 730i chipset and featuring the LGA 775 socket for the Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo CPU’s. There will also be 4 DDR2 800 / 667 dual channel memory slots for a maximum of 16 GB.

Thanks to the GeForce 9300 chipset and the integrated graphic core, the motherboard supports the Hybrid SLI, CUDA and PhysX technologies, and it’s compatible with the DirectX 10 applications. Also part of the feeatures, VGA connectors, HDMI, DisplayPort and DVI.

Of course, the P5N7A-VM GeForce 9300 motherboard also has exclusive ASUS features such as the ASUS Express Gate, that allows for a quick Operational System start with basic features such as web browsing, email management and IM. Another exclusive feature is the EPU technology for energy savings.