X-Bit Labs schrijft dat nVidia vandaag de Quadro4 700 Go GL chip heeft geïntroduceerd voor gebruikers die ook op hun notebook professionele 3D-applicaties willen draaien. De Quadro4 700 Go GL is gebaseerd op de NV28M core en heeft volledige ondersteuning voor DirectX 8.1. Op welke kloksnelheid de chip loopt heeft nVidia niet vrijgegeven, maar uit benchmarks gepubliceerd op nVidia's site blijkt de chip anderhalf- à tweemaal zo snel is als zijn voorganger de Quadro4 500 Go GL. Momenteel zijn de Dell Precision M50 mobile workstations al leverbaar met de nieuwe Quadro4 Go GL:
NVIDIA introduced the Quadro4 700 Go GL GPU that is designed for professional users who demand desktop performance, stability and quality for workstation graphics even on-the-go. NVIDIA said that Dell Computer already offers Precision M50 mobile workstation powered by the novelty.
[...] The Quadro4 Go 700 GL, according to the information we know about the GeForcre4 Go4200, provides the support for all the DirectX 8.1 features and should run at 200/400MHz for core and DDR SDRAM memory (NVIDIA, just as 3Dlabs does not like to disclose the clocks of their professional graphic solutions). The clock-rates are scalable and the chip, as well as the memory can run at very low frequencies in order to lower the power consumption. The Quadro4 Go 700 GL requires an additional chip called the “output chip modulator” to run notebook displays since none analogue or digital transmitters are integrated. The novelty also supports the AGP 8x, what is absolutely useless at the moment, since none of the mobile chipsets can offer AGP 3.0 these days. Needless to say that both Quadro4 Go 700 GL as well as the GeForce4 4200 Go are the fastest graphics solutions for notebooks currently.