GTX 260 55nm - coming?

[MonsterSound]

Has anybody heard anything about when the die shrink to 55nm for the GTX 260 is coming. I heard the GT206 was coming out around NOW (earlyish Sept) and the GT212 ws out next year but I haven't found out much?
(apologies if this info is posted somewhere but I couldn't find it)

[muse108dc]

all I've heard is that nVidia is really struggling with shrinking the die

[encorp]

There's no struggle to have. The technology is already there and known, it's a matter of implementing it and getting it done.

[muse108dc]

ok, to put it more specifically, nVidia is having trouble shrinking the GTX280/260 chips to 55nm

[MonsterSound]

Lots of news around the GTX 260 Core 216 today (or whatever it's called).
geez nVidia, would it have killed you to call it something different like the 262, or at least the 260+?
65nm, whaaaa...

[encorp]

shoulda just called it the 270 lol

[MonsterSound]

And check out the Prices at NCIX - Ouch!

$309.99 EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 576MHZ 896MB 1.99GHZ (AR) (just went down a bit more)
$349.99 BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC Maxcore 590MHZ 896MB 1.998GHZ
$369.99 BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX Maxcore 665MHZ 896MB 1.99GHZ
$379.99 BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC2 Maxcore 630MHZ 896MB 2.12GHZ

I guess they'll be dropping pretty soon (hope).

[SKYMTL]

The 55nm cards are ALWAYS coming "soon".

[rjbarker]

Found this, SKYMTL (its not intended for "boasting anyones ego or providing additional "airtime"), seeing as how this is the Rumour Mill section of this Forum,,
TG Daily - Nvidia to rename its graphics chips
Jeez guys, they just came out with the new GTX2xx Series a few months ago, if things go the way they have for me in the past, seeing as how I just purchased my new 280, the new 55nm GPU's will likely surface next week..hahahaha.
I would specualte and say we'll likely see them prior to Christmas.

[SKYMTL]

Yup, that article makes more sense.

[MonsterSound]

I still haven't heard much about the upcoming 55nm 260+ (hopefully in my price range), but there is more buzz about a new 280+ for "very soon" and a 2gb DDR5 GTX 350. On a product list here.

[rjbarker]

Ha!...I posted that exact same "advertisement link" a number of weeks ago in the "Video Card" Thread. SKYMTL "immediately" locked and shut down the thread (communism?)..hahahahha!

[rjbarker]

Hold on ATI...nVidia 2GB 55nm GDDR5 ?

Ati will simply being playing "catch-up", as usual.

[MonsterSound]

LoL, maybe it's allowed in the rumour mill thread. I have to admit that the stuff on that link don't appear to be all that legit. The InQ has an "article" about the GTX 270 and 290 coming out in November sometime but I only read the InQ articles about nVidia for laughs.

[Xilikon]

Yeah, take the Inq articles with a mountain of salt

Too bad it's taking so long for my step-Up with EVGA expiring tomorrow so I took the GTX 260 -> GTX 260 core 216 instead.