~*name your Dell Pci-Express specs!*~

256MB Quadro FX3400 PCI Express.

X800 XT Pci e...hehe oops laptop

I would like to see the I6000 with something better than the the ATI-x300.

???

Where are you guys getting this info From, How do you know that there are going to be new Dell lappys Next week?
and if you have a Web URL please post it

hahaha ofelas... wildcat realizm 800 foor me please =0) or at least a quarofx 4400

OK techies when will Candice Bergens voice be a option I couldn't and wouldn't turn down, and could she be on my desktop wallpaper with a big smile, saying turn me on Chazzy...your too cute sweetie, you really are with a bigger smile?

Mobile PCI-e ATI X900 with 512 ddr3

Is there really a point in making graphics cards like that?? I mean, really, no game for another year or so at LEAST will even remotely come close to scratching the surface of a graphics card like that... Seems almost pointless. Anyone else agree?

It's like Alienware's dual graphics card thing now, who really needs that?

ATI needs to back off a little bit on the new technologies...geez...

I was told the new lappy's with PCI-e from Dell will not be out untill late Feb, early March.

Where is the confirmation we can order one next week?

MNguyen281 - LOL...I didn't understand a word of that...maybe I'm too redneck, or too old, or both...

I disagree. There are no laptop gpu's out now that will handle all the games out now at max settings and resolution possible at 60 fps all the way through. (60 fps being the standard for liquid like movement in a video game, you can tell the difference between 30 and 60 in a video game, 60 seems to be about the threshold for being able to tell a difference.) In fact I do not believe there are any desktop one's that will do that either, though maybe those AlienWare dual ones can.

Holy CRAP! They're going to a 3400 in the M70?

ofelas-

this is a "TRUE" workstation card
http://www.3dlabs.com/products/product.asp?prod=293

at almost $3000...

Key Architectural Features:

Full programmability.

Dual VPUs plus one VSU (provides advanced geometry processing, VPU management and a PCI Express interface) for performance doubling
Full programmability and floating-point capabilities through entire graphics processing pipeline
Seamless 32- to 16-bit and 16- to 32-bit conversion with zero overhead
16x PCI Express for faster data transfer through the system bus
Dual-display,dual-link DVI to double the digital display bandwidth (for true 3840 x 2400 resolution capabilities)
512-bit GDDR3 memory interface for higher memory performance.
Hardware accelerated pixel readback up to 4 GB/sec.
SuperScene™ multisampling full-scene antialiasing support
Support for DirectBurst™ and unified memory for professional resource allocation and utlization
Texture sizes up to 4K x 4K
Dedicated isochronous channel
Orthogonal, compiler friendly SIMD array throughout pipeline allowing compilers to deliver optimal performance
Independent dual 400 MHz 10-bit DACs
Supported APIs:

OpenGL ® 2.0 (Full support when ratified)
OpenGL 1.5 with OpenGL Shading Language
Microsoft DirectX ® 9.0 with High Level Shader Language (HLSL, VS 2.0, PS 3.0)
Supports optional Wildcat Realizm Multiview card for framelock/genlock capabilities
Programmability Features

Leading support for OpenGL Shading Language and DIrectX 9 HLSL
Full floating-point programmability
Optimized floating-point precision at each pipeline stage (36-bit vertices, 32-bit pixels, 16-bit back-end pixel processing) for the highest precision rendering accuracyand fidelity
32 programmable 36-bit floating-point vertex shaders supporting:
Up to 1 K instructions
Up to 32 light sources
Subroutines, loops, and conditionals
96 programmable 32-bit floating-point fragment shaders supporting:
Up to 256 K instructions
Subroutines, loops, and conditionals
Unique programmable pixel shader with 32 programmable 32-bit shaders
Board Physical

16-lane PCI Express, single-slot, full-length and full-height card. Occupies two slots for the cooling solution
Compliant to the PCI Express high-end graphics electromechanical and power specification
Memory

640MB GDDR3 total memory.
512MB GDDR3 unified memory with 512-bit-wide interface bus
128 MB GDDR3 DirectBurst memory with 128-bit-wide interface bus
64 KB of flashable EEPROM memory for VGA bios and product configuration storage.
Virtual memory support allowing:
Onboard memory to be used as an effcient L2 cache
Seamless handling of huge datasets
Automatic paging out of unused buffers
Very large individual texture sizes (for example, 4K x 4K)
Drivers

Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP (32-and 64-bit). Windows drivers include 3Dlabs Acuity Windows Manager.
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition (32-and 64-bit ver 3.0 or later)
Connectors

Two DVI-I Analog/Digital Video Output Ports - dual-link DVI capable of supporting the following configurations:
One or two analog display devices
One or two single-link digital display devices
One or two dual-link digital display devices
One single-link or dual-link digital display devices and one analog display device
Stereo Sync Support
VESA-standard frame sequential stereo
3-pin,mini-DIN connector provides connection to LCD shutter glasses or other stereo shutter devices.
Supports Wildcat Realism Multiview Option Card

Multiview card supoprts framelocking, genlocking, sychronozed framebuffer swap and synchronized refresh rate. Click on the MultiView accessory option to view more detailed information.
Standard Resolutions Table

Resolution Refresh Rates (Hz) Stereo Support
3840 x 2400 50 -
2456 x 1536 60 -
2728 x 1536 60 -
2048 x 1536 60 -
1920 x 1200 100 Yes
1920 x 1080 100 Yes
1600 x 1200 100 Yes
1520 x 856 120 Yes
1440 x 900 120 Yes
1360 x 766 120 Yes
1280 x 1024 120 Yes
1280 x 960 120 Yes
1280 x 800 120 Yes
1280 x 720 120 Yes
1152 x 864 120 Yes
1152 x 720 120 Yes
1024 x 768 140 Yes
856 x 480 100 Yes
800 x 600 120 Yes
640 x 480 120 Yes


Notes:

Resolutions and refresh rates for digital display devices are limited by pixel clocks of 165MHz..
Frame sequential stereo is supported for all resolutions and refresh rates listed above..
Many other resolutions available; contact 3Dlabs for your specifc needs

That is one scary cow thing. Nice photoshop work, btw.

How about an x850 mobility from ATI to hold us over???
http://www.ati.com/products/radeonx850/index.html

I like 3DLabs cards; however, for what we do, even the SGI/Cobalt cards sometimes distort models.
So far we have the most consistent performance with the Quadro units.
gmnstrunr37-in my first post, I didn't realize it was laptop specific; the 256MB Quadro PCI-X 3400 is in the desktop (Precision 370) in my sig.
More than likely, the M70 will have a PCI-X Quadro FXGo1400 (OpenGL version of the GeForce FXGo6800 Ultra).

I also disagree. With the newer games like Doom3, FarCry, and Half-Life 2 I bet I could bog down ANY current graphics card to a less than perfect FPS if I pushed the settings to the extreme i.e. super high resolution, AA, FF, etc. And even if a GPU comes out that is so wonderfully fast as to be able to do this witout faltering - it would not be long before new software is developed to push this card past its limits. GPU's and 3-D software are now evolving at a faster rate than other computer components like HD and CPU - and all indications are that this will continue into the future.

The good news is we can expect contiuous improvements in 3-D gaming experience . . .the not so good news is that you better have lots of $$$ for upgrades if you want to stay cutting edge.

All the better... a 6800-based Quadro. But no, I'm going to tough it out and deal with my ancient M60 for a good, long time. It'll serve me well enough for four years.