Ti Time: NVIDIA Titanium Series (1/17)

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Titanium Series

Titanium is the fourth most common metal on this planet. Titanium alloys are characterised by the following: They are used in situations that require uncompromising performance and durability. And - they are anything but cheap. Both these characteristics also fit the GeForce 3 to a "t", or should we say "Ti"?

Seriously, though - what NVIDIA was thinking when the company came up with the name is beyond me. Consider: Apple also carries a "Titanium" line of notebooks. Nonetheless, the entire line of revamped cards has been given this name. Here’s a list of what’s new:

  • NVIDIA GeForce 2 Ti: The successor of the GeForce 2 GTS/PRO is a simple die-shrink from 0.18 to 0.15µm. It is clocked at 250/400MHz
  • NVIDIA GeForce 3 Ti200: The succesor to the MX line and the equivalent of a GeForce 3 light. Clockspeed: 175/400MHz
  • NVIDIA GeForce 3 Ti500: This card is the follow-up to the GeForce 3 and is NVIDIA’s new top-of-the line model. Prices will stay on a level with those of the GeForce 3. Clockspeed: 240/500MHz

All chips are manufactured on a 0.15 micron process. Aside from the information found in the following table, only very little is known about the "smaller" models. The only test samples NVIDIA has supplied so far are Ti500s.

The new Ti line
Chipname
Cardlayout
(Referenz)		  
Core NV 20 NV 15 NV 20 NV 20
Manuf. process 0.15 Micron 0.15 Micron 0.15 Micron 0.15 Micron
Chipclock 200 MHz 250 MHz 175 MHz 240 MHz
Memoryclock 460 MHz (DDR) 400 MHz (DDR) 400 MHz (DDR) 500 MHz (DDR)
Memorytype SDRAM SDRAM/SGRAM SDRAM SDRAM
Memorybus 128Bit DDR 128Bit DDR 128Bit DDR 128Bit DDR
Memorysize 64 MB 32/64 MB 32/64 MB 64 MB
RAMDAC (S) 350 MHz 350 MHz 350 MHz 350 MHz
Businterface AGP 1x/2x/4x AGP 1x/2x/4x AGP 1x/2x/4x AGP 1x/2x/4x
T&L 3rd. Generation 2nd. Generation 3rd. Generation 3rd. Generation
DirectX
Generation		 DX8 DX7 DX8 DX8
Pixel Shader YES No YES YES
Vertex Shader YES No (Emul.) YES YES
Render Pipelines 4 4 4 4
Texturen pro Pipe 2 2 2 2
Texel/s 1600 Mio 2000 Mio 1400 Mio 1920 mio
Memory bandwith 7,4 GB / sec 6,4 GB / sec 6,4 GB / sec 8,0 GB / sec
Textures per pipe 2 2 2 2

This table is based on NVIDIA’s reference designs. All data subject to change.

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