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Nvidia Corp. recently shipped the first samples of graphics cards based on the code-named GM200 graphics processing units (GPUs) to its developers in India. This confirms that the company already taped out the new GPU and got the first samples of the chip from the fab. Theoretically, Nvidia could launch commercial graphics cards based on the GM200 already later this year.
According to Zauba.com database, which monitors imports and exports to and from India, where high-tech companies employ a lot of software developers, Nvidia shipped the first graphics cards based on the GM200 to its developers in early July. Recently the company imported the so-called “customer samples” of graphics boards powered by the GM200 GPU to India, which may be an indicator that the new graphics processor is approaching its commercial launch, reports WccfTech.
Based on the data from Zauba, Nvidia first imported GM204-based graphics cards to its Indian developers in early June. As reported, the GeForce GTX 860/870/880 graphics cards based on the GM204 will be rolled-out in late September, or early October. Therefore, it takes Nvidia around four months to finalize a product after it ships its first test samples to Indian developers. It is possible that Nvidia officially launches its GM200-based solutions in November, if everything goes as planned.
Nvidia’s GM200 graphics processing unit is believed to be based on the second-generation Maxwell architecture and is reportedly designed to replace the GK110 graphics processor as the world’s most advanced GPU. The chip is reportedly made using 28nm process technology.
It is noteworthy that graphics cards based on the GM204 and the GM200 carry A1 revisions of the chip. Typically Nvidia launches commercial products with A2 revisions. The status of the latter is completely unknown.
Nvidia did not comment on the news-story.
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KitGuru Says: While we can be pretty sure that Nvidia will launch its GM204-based products this October (there are too many GM204-related leaks, therefore, there is no smoke without fire), the destiny of GM200-based products remains rather unclear. On the one hand, Nvidia needs something to replace the GK110 in order to offer something more powerful than the GeForce GTX 780 and the GTX 780 Ti. Oh the other hand, sales of the current-generation GeForce GTX solutions are hardly poor in the high-end market. Hence, the replacement may not be needed just now.
GM 200 cards are way overdue!
I’m dying to upgrade, but not to GM204 cards. I want the full Maxwell.
agreed…
same initial sinking shortchanged feeling of dread since the underpowered GTX 6X0 104 chip Kepler release. Followed by 2nd wave of above $499 holy grail pricing with the gtx780 gtx780ti releases even after the wafer production matured.
( God bless nerds. As a market force nerds will faithfully wait out pricing outrage. eg memory pricing backlash and Thai hard-drive flood drought probably the best thing that happened to SSD adoption.
Although yields may not have produced enough to represent those who “sat it out”. Everyone I know is still “sitting it out”. Between the traditional $499 stalwart breach and perceived chip “slighting” I can see “sitting it out” for another two more version releases easily )
For someone that always upgraded to the latest x80 release if you told me at in 2010 that I would refuse as much past the gtx480…
I would have told you that u were nuts! Jes unfreakingBelievable.
If I were Nvidia…
I would have at least lied the versioning scheme on the chip fer Maxwell GM204 after so many felt slighted when gk104 was released for the enthusiast card followed so quickly by GTX780 thus easily feeling “milked” for two versions. Just ignoring that there is a large presence that were so disgruntled in this way and following up with another x04 chip designation reeks of corporate tuff love arrogance.
Could be a silver lining to the initial Maxwell release. If the GTX 880 28nm revisions can offer 15-25% better performance over GTX 780 ti…
A return to $499 sees me opening my wallet for it and probably the 16nm gtx 980 that follows in less than a year. With 2k and 4k multimonitor 3dvision and g-sync in that future…
I’ll probably still go with tri sli watercooled. ( six cards in a year. I can feel like an enthusiast again )
It could happen…
again.
is this how pc gaming is? you have to upgrade all the friggin time, if it ‘s like that then i will stop buying all these stuff because that is complete waste of money, in today day and age a gpu in 2014 or 2013 is already outdated because nvidia wants to suck our money dry, that really sucks for people like me