http://www.4gamer.net/games/120/G012093/20111124085/ [Japanese]
From what I could gather from the article is appears Gk107 will be a PCI-e 2.0 version of Gk 106 but with some features disabled. Gk 104 will be the Performance chip and the dual GPU version (Gk110) will occupy the high-end for Nvidia for much of 2012. Towards the end of the year, we should see a true monolithic GPU-based flagship (Gk 112).
The roadmap and article hints at Nvidia possibly shifting towards the AMD-like strategy of designing for the mainstream and scaling performance up. They still will release a monolithic GPU eventually however. With AMD launching 28nm GPUs in early 2012 and Nvidia's Gk 112 flagship not expected until the end of 2012, I believe the possibility exists of AMDs 28nm refresh launching uncomfortably close to Gk 112 which could be trouble, but it's way too early to tell for sure.
As an aside, I remember a few threads here criticizing comparisons of single-GPU cards to dual-GPU cards mostly coming from Nvidia fanboys calling it apples and oranges. Well now with Nvidia apparently ready to use the same strategy, what do you have to say now?
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Gk110 : Configure GK104 × 2, supports PCI Express Gen.3
Gk104 : Performance GPU, supports PCI Express Gen.3
Gk106 : Mainstream GPU, supports PCI Express Gen.3
Gk107 : Entry GPU (only OEM?), supports PCI Express Gen.2
Gk104 : Performance GPU, supports PCI Express Gen.3
Gk106 : Mainstream GPU, supports PCI Express Gen.3
Gk107 : Entry GPU (only OEM?), supports PCI Express Gen.2
From what I could gather from the article is appears Gk107 will be a PCI-e 2.0 version of Gk 106 but with some features disabled. Gk 104 will be the Performance chip and the dual GPU version (Gk110) will occupy the high-end for Nvidia for much of 2012. Towards the end of the year, we should see a true monolithic GPU-based flagship (Gk 112).
The roadmap and article hints at Nvidia possibly shifting towards the AMD-like strategy of designing for the mainstream and scaling performance up. They still will release a monolithic GPU eventually however. With AMD launching 28nm GPUs in early 2012 and Nvidia's Gk 112 flagship not expected until the end of 2012, I believe the possibility exists of AMDs 28nm refresh launching uncomfortably close to Gk 112 which could be trouble, but it's way too early to tell for sure.
As an aside, I remember a few threads here criticizing comparisons of single-GPU cards to dual-GPU cards mostly coming from Nvidia fanboys calling it apples and oranges. Well now with Nvidia apparently ready to use the same strategy, what do you have to say now?
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