14 DAY TRIAL // Despite the fact that the Santa Clara, California-based graphics chip maker NVIDIA has already announced the introduction of its next-generation Fermi architecture, the company has yet to unveil its first consumer products to take advantage of the benefits and features enabled by said architecture. However, this only leaves room for speculations and rumors, as it is with any highly anticipated product. On that note, it appears that the company has recently leaked a couple of its upcoming products from the GeForce mobile segment.
Our colleagues over at Fudzilla have received a rather interesting tip on NVIDIA's future GeForce 3xxM series of notebook graphics solutions. According to a recent post on the aforementioned site, the graphics chip maker has included the names of its new GeForce mobile lineup in the selection tool on its GeForce graphics drivers download page. The list of new GeForce notebook processors includes the high-end GTS 360M, the GT335M and GT 330M for the mainstream segment, followed by the low-end GeForce 310M and 305M models.
Unfortunately, the leak has already been taken down from the website so we will have to take Fudzilla's word on this one. Also, it appears that the leak didn't include the drivers for these five cards, which means we are stuck with only the brand names of these future notebook GPUs. There are speculations that the cards will be based on the new Fermi architecture, but that's something we will need to confirm when NVIDIA gets official with them.
There's a very good chance that the company will initially update its notebook GPU portfolio before providing computer enthusiasts with a choice for a new desktop, Fermi-based GeForce GT300-based graphics card. According to previous rumors, the much-anticipated launch of the new GPU architecture might occur before the end of this year.