All 3D graphics fans have been looking forward to the real update of the G80 architecture. There were a lot of rumors about the next generation of GPUs, some of them were confirmed. But in 2007 we got only a minor architectural update in the form of G92 solutions. They were good cards for their market segments. These GPUs allowed to drop prices for powerful solutions, they consumed less power and dissipated less heat. However, enthusiasts were waiting for the true update.

Meanwhile, NVIDIA confused everybody with its codenames and name changes, etc. Future cards and/or GPUs were supposed to be named as G100, G200, GT200, and D10U at different times. We speak of information leaks, of course. And deliberate confusion may be one of the ways to fight them. Or it may have the same reasons as the confusion with names of existing cards.

As a result, the company announced two solutions based on the GPU codenamed G100 or GT200 (they have different names in different sources), which only complicates things. NVIDIA traditionally names its GPUs by card names - GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GTX 280. In this article we'll refer to this GPU as GT200, ready solutions will be called as NVIDIA calls them.

We are happy to write a sterling theoretical chapter about new products at last. The new GPU features architectural changes, even if not as big as with the rollout of the G80. Before you read this article, you may want to take a look at the baseline theoretical articles that describe various aspects of modern graphics cards and architectural peculiarities of products from NVIDIA and AMD.

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