14 DAY TRIAL // Nvidia's latest chip is far from being a patchwork, since the company has other plans in view. If we take a look at Nvidia's G71-ne?-RSX chip, the physical memory interface is 128-bit wide with 128-bit TurboCache addressing of system XDR memory and this is the first case of Nvidia using TurboCache technique on a higher end part.
The design has a 512-bit memory interface including a physical 384 one. It's expected that the company will deliver a marketing speech about 768MB of system memory and several gigabytes of additional system memory. It only remains to be seen if the TurboCache will be switched on for the Quadros only, or will the GeForce 8800 get the same treatment, said The Inquirer.
The goal for Nvidia with G80 chip is the Quadro series. The company wants to make money by selling GPGPU 4K-res special FX rendering units. Expect TurboCached Quadros with 768 of video memory - and a 1.5 GB is also planned- addressing all available system memory.
The company already rules the HD broadcast market and with this chip, it's pretty much poised to introduce a standard in the special effects arena as well. Nvidia's Gelato is pretty much what ATI's Stream Computing is, only being focused on movie production alone (rendering). ATI is designing its boards for integration into 2U servers, and it is only a question of time when mainstream hardware vendors start to offer processing boxes featuring several nV/DAAMIT GPUs instead of CPUs, showed the same site.