News: Specifiche tecniche nVidia NV40

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<br>In rete cominciano a circolare le specifiche tecniche, non ufficiali, della nuova GPU nVidia NV40.<p>
- 175 millioni di transistors, tecnologia costruttiva a 130nm <br>
- 8x2 architecture, however 16 Z/Stencil tests per clock<br>
- DirectX 9,0 architecture, supports Shader 3.0 <br>
- opposite NV38 and Shader doubled more efficient pixels<br>
- supports DDR1, GDDR2 and GDDR3<br>
- internal AGPx8 interface <br>
- exact clock rates: unknown; there is estimated 500 to 600 MHz chip clock and 600 to 800 MHz storing act <br>
- Improvements with anti- Aliasing: (at least) a new mode; it's SAM polarizing sample is however unknown <br>
- Improvements with the anisotropic filter: unknown<br>
- Presentation: GDC or CeBIT at the end of March 2004<br>
- Market entrance: At the end of April or May <br>
- 2004 Sales name: GeForceFX 6XXX<p>