Our sources have confirmed that Nvidia said that the D8E – Desktop 8th generation Enthusiast dual PCB, dual chip product comes in 2008 and not in November like many previously expected.
Nvidia simply can't get it ready in time. the D8M – Mainstream and the D8V – Value parts are going to be 65 nanometre and ready for November.
The D8E will be a GX2 like card with two PCBs and two chips and many power connectors. It will launch very early in Q1 which indicates January or February as a possible date.
The funny thing is that the dual RV670 card comes at the same time and it will be fun to see who will be better.
Nvidia agrees that D8M and D8E are simply evolutionary steps as it shrinked its chips from 90 to 65 nanometre but the real next generation will come next year probably in Q2 if not later.
This matches the Nvidia's financial conference call where one of the Vice presidents said that Nvidia will have at least two new high end product until the next analyst call. This one usually takes place once a year.
D8E is a dual PCB dual chip card while D9E is a new chip that we don't know much about. We know it will be much faster than G80 but that is about it. In 2008 the graphics boys can do 55 nanometre and it will be too soon for 45 at least we think so.