14 DAY TRIAL // nVidia will present the next generation of GPUs (graphics processing unit) with SLI support during the Computex Taipei event, organized between May 31 and June 4 in Taiwan.
Sources close to the producer have pointed out that NVidia G70 will offer triple performances compared to the most powerful video solution, the GeForce 6800. The new series of G70 cards will be built on 0.11 microns by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). ATI has chosen the 90 nanometer graving technology for its R520 graphic processors.
Motherboard producers had to sign a confidentiality agreement with nVidia, and so, no information regarding the new graphics chip has been made public. Of course, nVidia was not too eager to enlarge on the subject, the producer being well-known for its strategy to avoid any comments about products that have not been released yet.
Still, there is information pointing out the second half of the third quarter as the retailing date of the G70 model; the announced price is 549 USD.
Today, nVidia found out that starting with August 1 it won't produce anymore graphic solutions for Xbox, Microsoft ceasing production of the Xbox console and focusing only on the Xbox 2.
For nVidia, the collaboration with Microsoft meant excellent publicity and substantial profits. In the last time though, the company has approached new domains, and Microsoft is not anymore among the 10 most important clients of the graphic solution producer.