Teases us some more

Jan 7, 2010 13:11 GMT  ·  By

After announcing its new 3D Vision Surround technology, Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA has decided to provide us with a glimpse of its much-anticipated, next-generation GeForce card, the one that is based on the Fermi architecture that was revealed last year. The graphics chip maker demoed what is currently known as GeForce GF100 or Fermi, the card that is expected to provide users with support for a number of new technologies, including DirectX 11 graphics, a feature that is available with ATI's latest Radeon GPUs.

Intended more as a teaser than an actual demonstration of the card's performance, the demo included a system that combined NVIDIA's up and coming GeForce GF100 graphics card with one of Intel's latest, Core i7 processors. According to reports on the Internet, the card was put through a run of the Unigine DirectX 11 benchmark Heaven. The pictured card is reportedly about 10.5 inches long and features a dual-slot cooler (at launch, the reference design could differ) and was using both 8-pin and 6-pin PCIe power connectors.

As far as details about the card's clock, memory and other technical specifications are concerned, the outfit was very secretive, looking to provide such details when the card will get its official launch. However, there are reports claiming that the card will be featured with support for SLI, PhysX, CUDA, 3D Vision and boast a 384-bit memory interface, with 512 CUDA cores. Unfortunately, at this time, these are only speculations.

NVIDIA has certainly taken its time with the new Fermi-based consumer graphics cards, which is why there is some anticipation regarding the performance these cards can deliver. On the other hand, the delay can only benefit Advanced Micro Devices, which expects TSMC's 40nm yields to improve, enabling more users to take advantage of the features and power built-inside the Radeon HD 5000-series of GPUs.