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Hey Gang,

You voted for it & you got it!  We’re going to be interviewing nVIDIA real soon & we’d like to know what questions YOU would ask if you had the chance. Let’s hear your voice on this, so that we can be sure to ask the questions you care about.  If it goes well, this could be an ongoing thing with interviews with various manufacturers. So, if this topic strikes your fancy, take a minute to send us a question to ask nVIDIA on the community’s behalf.

Keep in mind that they can’t talk about products that have yet to be released, but they would be happy to talk about the underlying technology. For example, they would be able to discuss Hybrid SLI technology, just not specific, unreleased products.

Okay, let’s hear from you because we've only got about a week to compile your questions!

-ningy-

UPDATE:   Part I or the NVIDIA interview is in, and you can read it here! 

EDIT: and here's Part II

8800 needs a client for Stanford's Folding at Home Project to shut up the ATI fanboys

More Linux Drivers? (thanks for better Linux support than ATI btw
 

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I fold for my Grandmothers, my cousin Mike, Uncles Bob and Carl, Aunt Barb, my wife's Grandmother, Aunts Linnea and Alma and Uncle Myrel who all died from Cancer and my dad who has survived

Q.  When will the Nforce/GeForce drivers be a little better then what they are for Vista 64bit ?

Q. Why is the 8800GTS 640MB slower then the 8800GTS 512?

 Q.  NVIDIA Hybrid Boost is only showing 2 cards the  GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce 8400 GS, why not the 8800GTX/GTS/GT? Or even the 8600GT?

Now tell them I want a 9800GTX and I will not harm (Fluffy) the  kitten.

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I love this idea.

I'm curious to know what they have in R&D. Whats going to be the next gen thing? Are they going to move away from DVI to something even better? Each generation seems to be almost twice as fast as the last, are they eggxpecting this to continue? Are they going to get in bed more with Intel now that ATI is owned by AMD?

I can't wait for this interview
 

Q: Are you going to buy AMD ?

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When are is NVIDIA going to switch to 512-Bit interfaces for their GPUs, when are they going to switch to GDDR4, or are they waiting for GDDR5? When will NVIDIA try catching up to ATi when it comes to video and movie rendering and quality?

Like Root said, what's the next generation of GPU's gonna have, more specifically what about the 9 Generation of NVIDIA GPUs (Second Generation DX10 GPUs, will they have better performance in DX10 games and applications)? Anything new? Hopefully more performance, especially in DX10? Are next generation GPU's gonna be able to actually play DX10 games with DX10 enabled?

And I've got many, many more questions for ya, NVIDIA...

Respectfully,

PROACEX1 

What is the outlook for this summer's GPU releases? What do we have to look forward to this summer as far as premium GPU releases?

As to the question above "Why is 640MB GTS slower than 512MB GTS?" the answer is that 640MB GTS was made with a G80 GPU, and the 512 MB GTS was made with a G92 (faster!) GPU.

Yep, keep it coming guys. BTW, nVidia is pretty excited about receiving the summary of your questions, and I quote them in saying, "we'll provide you w/ some good stuff."   

CheapAsianGamerGuy:

As to the question above "Why is 640MB GTS slower than 512MB GTS?" the answer is that 640MB GTS was made with a G80 GPU, and the 512 MB GTS was made with a G92 (faster!) GPU.

thanks CAGG.

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Oh, and here is another question for NVIDIA, for hardcore performance enthusiasts:

ATi has released Quad-Crossfire, and you can get it rather cheap (4 HD3870's or 4 HD3850's aren't that much money), is there going to be an answer to this from the NVIDIA front (Like Triple or Quad SLi compatible 9800GT's or 9800GTS's)? The current 8800GT and 8800GTS (Including the G92 version) only have one SLi connector, meaning they can't do Triple-SLi or Quad-SLi, and they're the cheapest, relatively fast GPU's NVIDIA has...

You have to get pricey 8800GTX's or 8800ULTRA's to be able to get Triple-SLi or Quad-SLi (Only with a motherboard which supports it on the first, and Quad-SLi only works with 7950GX2's or a jury-rigged 8800GTX/ULTRA setup, so Quad-SLi is essentially missing from NVIDIA's 8 Generation anyhow) (The 9800GX2 will be the answer to the Quad-SLi issue, but it still isn't very cheaper compared to the ATi solution)...

So, when will we see a solution to this problem? Or will we even see a solution?

@Tracer76's post above: ROFLMAO...Fluffy!!!

Respectfully,

PROACEX1

Why are you still making gpus with freaking 64bit memory interface?

When are you going to make some drivers for your cards so I (and others) can play crimson skies again? LMAO

Tracer76:

Q.  When will the Nforce/GeForce drivers be a little better then what they are for Vista 64bit ?

Q. Why is the 8800GTS 640MB slower then the 8800GTS 512?

GeForce 8800 GTS	500	1200	800	640MB or 320MB	320-bit	64	24
GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB3	650	1625	970	512MB	256-bit	64	41.6

 Q.  NVIDIA Hybrid Boost is only showing 2 cards the  GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce 8400 GS, why not the 8800GTX/GTS/GT? Or even the 8600GT?

Now tell them I want a 9800GTX and I will not harm (Fluffy) the  kitten.

Too bad the Venny's were already handed out Tracer!

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sj1dog:

Tracer76:

Q.  When will the Nforce/GeForce drivers be a little better then what they are for Vista 64bit ?

Q. Why is the 8800GTS 640MB slower then the 8800GTS 512?

GeForce 8800 GTS	500	1200	800	640MB or 320MB	320-bit	64	24
GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB3	650