As you might have seen our initial goal for raising some funds around the development for NiBiTor did fail, though we did get some interest from users so we are left with mixed feelings. As such you all have got a new chance to show if you want us to release new NiBiTor versions. And no we won't do such fund raisings every release, maybe just once a year and that merely to thank and support the developer and show your appreciation!
We expect that ATI will drop the price of the Radeon HD 4870 X2 cards soon, as NVIDIA will launch the GeForce GTX 295. Until it releases a chip that will replace their RV770 they just don't really have any products to fight NVIDIA's latest update. The 40nm chips are going to launch toward the middle of the year, at least the performance part will and you do know that the R700, well the Radeon HD 4870 X2 actually has two of these RV770 chips. Once ATI releases a 40nm successor to the chip, you can expect a newer dual chip card. The price drop is imminent they simply have to do it and this will put some additional pressure on the already shaken NVIDIA, although they lack the performance edge. - FudZilla
By now we all know that NVIDIA is trying to transition their graphics cards to the 55nm manufacturing process. The transition began with the GeForce 9800 GTX+ and has made its way into a few hand picked GeForce 9800 GT models which have yet to find their way to retail. Many of us have been waiting for the shrunken down cores to eventually trickle down into the newer cards, namely the GeForce GTX 200 series. So let's be honest for a second, the GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 cards are power sucking monsters which are not only expensive for NVIDIA to produce but also don't fit very well with the environmentally friendly aspect of today's marketplace and consumers demanded it. - Hardware Canucks
Next generation NVIDIA in the 40nm manufacturing process will share the basic design concept with the GT200 design. This architecture was introduced at 65nm and was rather hot, and forced NVIDIA to make very big chips, but eventually the architecture was flexible enough to shrink to 55nm and bring some new products such as GeForce GTX 285 and GeForce GTX 295 all based on 55nm GT200b chips. The original idea was carried from 65nm to 55nm technology. The future will bring a similar concept but at 40nm process and you can easily expect more shaders, higher clocks and less heat dissipation from these new GPU's. Though that is somehow the usual you can expect with new products. - FudZilla
We have to admit that until the Radeon HD 4830 card arrived on our door step we really hadn't heard of it, a bit like what happened to NVIDIA a while back when everyone was more interested in seeing what ATI was doing with the new Radeon HD 4800 series. Now the tables have turned and everyone is paying more attention to the new NVIDIA cards due out rather than what ATI is doing at the moment. The Radeon HD 4830 is the latest card to enter the Radeon HD 4800 series line-up and is the lowest of the bunch. The thing is though, we really do wonder how much lower it is than the Radeon HD 4850, which is one of the best valued cards on the market to date and wonder what will remain. - TweakTown
The GeForce GTX 295, the fastest dual GPU card from NVIDIA's lap, is going to launch on January 8th. At this time, some partners should have some limited availability of these products and we expect it to be priced in the $450-500 price range. The best case scenario is that they will sell for a bit more than $450. This dual GPU board won't be cheap, but some overclocked GeForce GTX 280 are selling for more than $400 and you can expect that the GeForce GTX 295 is significantly faster than any of the good old GeForce GTX 280. As we mentioned before, the GeForce GTX 280 will shortly be replaced by GeForce GTX 285, a bit faster and 55nm version of the graphics card. - FudZilla
While the GeForce GTX 200 series cards have taken over NVIDIA's top slots for video card gaming hardware, their GeForce 9 series continues to flush out the bulk of their product lineup, and the GeForce 9800 GTX+ reigns as top dog among the GeForce 9 series family. The WinFast PX9800 GTX+ Limited appears to have identical specs to their standard WinFast PX9800 GTX+ with the only difference being that of the slightly different cooler face and the bundled games selection. But otherwise both match the NVIDIA reference specification in clock speeds and chip design. The original GeForce 9800 GTX sported a 65nm G92 die with 675MHz core clock and 2200MHz effective memory. - OverClock Agency
Roughly a year ago when somebody mentioned 1GB graphics cards we were all a little like what the heck do you need 1GB for? Admittedly, yours truly included. It's amazing how things evolve really, or more precisely how fast things evolve in the technology sector. This year a good number of games were released which actually make good use of a frame buffer larger than 512MB really well. And this specifically, in higher resolutions with some decent amount of anti-aliasing and DirectX 10 games, the benefits of more frame buffer is showing more intensely. Don't be fooled though. Say, you stumble into a 1GB based Radeon HD 4830 or something similar, chances are big it's just a waste of money. - Guru3D
Indeed XFX is a well known manufacturer to most PC gamers. XFX specializes in PC video cards and motherboards featuring NVIDIA based GeForce GPU's and nForce core logic. Interestingly enough as well, XFX is moving towards being an AMD add-in-board partner as well, just as we reported to you back in November of last year. And it looks as if AMD cards from XFX will be available as soon as next week. XFX is also known for their transferrable lifetime warranties, even if the cooling device is modified or replaced. All that makes XFX one of those great brands to pick a graphics card from and today we are pleased to take a look at their new GeForce GTX 260 Black edition gaming series. - HardOCP
We are no strangers to the Radeon HD 4830 card, as we have tested a couple of them so far, and it's evident that these boards offer great bang for your buck. It's more than enough for the less demanding weekend gamers, since it will enable pleasant gaming on lower resolutions. It's currently priced at around $115, which is less than the Radeon HD 4850 and slightly more than the Radeon HD 4670, so it fills this performance gap quite nicely. This card is based on the RV770 graphics processor, the one you will see on models from the Radeon HD 4850 all the way up to their Radeon HD 4870 X2 which is powered by two of these chips and currently still holding the gaming performance crown. - FudZilla
Well we have has just released a new version of NVIDIA BIOS Editor (NiBiTor) software. NiBiTor is the original and definitive BIOS tweaker that supports the latest NVIDIA graphics cards, and which is updated on a regular basis. NiBiTor allows graphics card enthusiasts, or the hardcore overclockers to have full control over some advanced features and functionality found on firmware of supporting cards. And doing so users gain some extra performance, enable certain hidden features, tweaking memory latencies, provide extensive information, adapt bootup settings, changing fan speed options and/or get extra stability on their NVIDIA based graphics accelerators which will just give them that little extra value.
NiBiTor v6.04
