nVidia Release's New Range of 'Titanium' Graphic Processors

nVidia Release's New GeForce Titanium Range of Graphic Processors

NVIDIA has announced a new range of Graphic Processing Units (GPUs). They have named them 'Titanium', instead of the usual 'Pro' or 'Ultra'. Built on the .15 micron process, the GeForce2 Ti is a new addition to the GeForce2 family. The GeForce3 series get two new chips - GeForce Ti 200 & 500.

'Titanium' is clearly NOT signalizing 'better performance'. The GeForce2 Ti stands between the GeForce2 Pro and the Ultra in terms of performance. You could call the GeForce3 Ti 200 the MX version of GeForce3, and the GeForce3 Ti 500 the Ultra version. What it is supposed to realize though is 'better bang for the buck'. Due to the lower micron, these chips will be cheaper to make.

Here is a table which makes this easer to understand.

	GeForce3 Ti 500	GeForce3	GeForce3 Ti 200	GeForce2 Ultra	GeForce2 Ti	GeForce2 Pro	GeForce2 GTS	GeForce2 MX
Engine	Program- mable T&L ("vertex & pixel shader")	Program- mable T&L ("vertex & pixel shader")	Program- mable T&L ("vertex & pixel shader")	Fixed Function T&L	Fixed Function T&L	Fixed Function T&L	Fixed Function T&L	Fixed Function T&L
Core Clock	240 MHz	200 MHz	175 MHz	250 MHz	250 MHz	200 MHz	200 MHz	175 MHz
Memory Clock	500 MHz	460 MHz	400 MHz	460 MHz	400 MHz	400 MHz	333 MHz	183 MHz
Pixel Fill Rate	960 Mpixel/s	800 Mpixel/s	700 Mpixel/s	1000 Mpixel/s	1000 Mpixel/s	800 Mpixel/s	800 Mpixel/s	700 Mpixel/s
Memory Bandwidth	8000 MB/s (plus "light speed memory architec- ture")	7360 MB/s (plus "light speed memory architec- ture")	6400 MB/s (plus "light speed memory architec- ture")	7360 MB/s	6400 MB/s	6400 MB/s	5300 MB/s	2700 MB/s
Typical Memory Configuration	64 MB DDR SDRAM	64 MB DDR SDRAM	64 MB DDR SDRAM	64 MB DDR SDRAM	64 MB DDR SDRAM	64 MB DDR SDRAM	32 MB DDR SDRAM	32 MB SDR SDRAM

I think GeForce2 Ti is a waste of time. But the GeForce3 additions are something worth getting.

NVIDIA will make these new chips available on October 12, 2001. You should be able to get a card or computer with these new chips some time in November.

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Last Modified: March 29, 2002