Killer Mobile Graphics — NVIDIA's GeForce 8800M

MojoKid writes "Today NVIDIA unveiled the much-anticipated GeForce 8800M series of mobile graphics processors. The GeForce 8800M is powered by the new G92M GPU which is built on a 65nm manufacturing process and shares a lineage with the desktop-bound G92 GPU on which NVIDIA built their GeForce 8800 GT. The 8800M series will come in two flavors, a GTX and a GTS, with different configurations of stream processors, 64 for the GTS model and 96 for the high-end GTX."

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Unlikely.

[SanityInAnarchy]

Last I heard, Steve Jobs had some issues with nVidia, thus you get ATI for all new macs, end of story. Unless someone else comes along -- Intel, maybe?

Could be completely unfounded rumor, so take with a grain of salt, but it does sound like the Apple we know and love [to hate].

By the way -- this is why I love to be a PC/Linux user. I can buy whatever hardware I want, I'm not bound by the moods of His Holy Turtleneckness. The disadvantage is, it has to be something with a Linux driver, but in a pinch, I can write my own. But really, not that much doesn't have a Linux driver these days.

Passively cooled desktop cards?

[Kris_J]

I need to upgrade an old PC that's built to be quiet, thus doesn't have a fan on the video card. Anyone know if these chips could be used to make a passively cooled desktop video card, and if they're likely to be?

Re:Effects on Battery Life?

[Hektor_Troy]

Nice 3D graphics are great, but if I'm buying a mobile PC I'm more concerned about my battery life.

Then why even bother reading articles about high-end graphics cards? Were you hoping that somehow, nVidia managed to build in magical transistors that uses less power the more of them there are? Everyone knows (or should know) that high end graphics cards use a lot more energy than low end ones. Partly because they run at much higher speeds, partly because they have a lot more transistors. This one in particular has 754 million transistors - compare that to a quad core Core2, like the Q6600 that has 582 million transistors.

More transistors == more power needed
Higher speeds == more power needed

heck if you're carrying it around I'd be more worried about getting a hernia

If you cannot manage to carry a 17" laptop around with you without getting a hernia, you have bigger problems than battery life on a laptop. My current one weighs around 8 lbs. Sure, it's heavier than a 12" model for obvious reasons, but really - a hernia from 8 lbs? How women in your family ever survived pregnancy with the lower back and hernia problems, is a mystery to science.

Hell, HP's 20" luggable is 15 lbs - again hardly something that'll give you much of a workout.

Why does these types of posts always show up?

High end graphic? Hah, I can settle for an automatic etch-a-sketch! Noone needs more than that.
Big laptops? Anything bigger than 5" is too big! Noone will EVER have a use for it.
Low battery life? I need 72 hours of continuous battery life while running simulations at Blue Gene speeds. Anything less than that is useless.

Seriously, what's the point? The parrent post is about as insightful as an observation that liquid water is wet. If you didn't know beforehand, you'd have to be an idiot.

Re:Effects on Battery Life?

[PopeRatzo]

Actually, one important part of newer PowerMizer designs (>3.0 maybe) is that parts of the GPU are *turned off* when not in use. Other parts run on decreased voltage.

Sounds good. Why don't they put one of these into a desktop for me? My machine is used for digital music and video editing and post-production. It would be nice to have a powerful video card that doesn't need too much noisy refrigeration. As it is, I've got a constant fight with heat and noise. I've built a quiet enclosure, but it gets warm in there. I've tried liquid cooling, but it's also a little noisy. Right now, I've got liquid cooling inside the enclosure, and cables as long as practical. I'm planning a closet for my gear, but I've got to wait until my kid finishes school and moves out first. I'd rather live with the noise and keep her around.

Actually, as time goes on I do less and less live recording, and when I do, I just use one of these extra-cool portable digital recorders and go somewhere quiet. When you work in a home studio, you make adjustments.

But I still perk up whenever I hear about "decreased voltage". I'm all for saving watts.

Can these be bought without a laptop?

[lonesome_coder]

Just wondering...I have an Alienware m7700 that could really use a new card to put some life into it. Does anyone know if there is a place to just buy these cards without having to go through Dell, Alienware or some other company of that sort? Any linkage would be appreciated.

Yes, I was dumb enough to buy a lappy from Alienware...definitely catches attention in the airport, though.