We already know that AMD/ATI will release the R800 GPU some time next summer and the Canadians like to call it “Lil’ Dragon,” but what about NVIDIA? Their upcoming 55nm GTX 280 model isn’t going to change much on the current scene, but the green guys might do some radical changes for their next gen GPUs due to hit the market in the first half of 2009. Elsa has recently “leaked” some info concerning the next gen GPU lineup form NVIDIA, way ahead of the official announcement from the greenies.

The guys over at Techpowerup came across what appears to be a set of slides showed by ELSA at a meeting in the headquarters in Shenzhen, China. The most interesting slide includes a sneak peek at two next gen GPUs which will replace the current GTX 260 and 280 flagship models.

The two mysterious GPUs are codenamed GT206 (55nm) and GT212 (45nm). As you can see in the graph, GT206 is supposed to replace the GTX 260 and GT212 should replace the GTX 280. The graph also shows estimated launch time on the x-axis and performance projection on the y-axis.

Time scales point out that the GT206 could be released towards the very end of this year, with the GT212 coming in Q1, 2009. However, the performance scale shows a relatively small performance gain over the current models.

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