Information about Next Generation GPUs

June will most likely be the month chosen by AMD to announce the new generation of GPUs. Similar announcements should be done by NVidia couple of days later. However, some information starts leaking despite NDA.
- NVidia will change the branding name of its cards, dropping the GeForce 8xxx or 9xxx, to a shorter version: GTX 2x0. NVidia should also revise its aging architecture used on the current GPU generation and now about 2 years old. The high-end model, aka GTX 280 should feature 1 GB of VRAM on a 512 bits bus, and sport 240 core units.
- AMD will try to better compete with NVidia with its Radeon 48xx series. It will be the fist card to use GDDR5 RAM modules. AS with NVidia, high-end models should feature 1 GB VRAM, and the GPU clock speed should break the 1 GHz frequency barrier.
For sure the summer will be hot on the GPU battle front, and first tests released should allow us to define a winner, but one will have to consider the three GPU segments: entry-level, mid-range and high-end models. Let's hope that Apple will early on adapt such new GPU generations for our Mac, and especially the Mac Pro, and not only offer Mac users, GPUs belonging to the previous generation...