NVIDIA Preps More GeForce 7 Graphics Chips - G72, NV48

NVIDIA Corp. may be preparing a new GeForce 7-series graphics processors in addition to already launched GeForce 7800 GTX product, as the firm’s unofficial drivers already list a chip code-named G72, which may turn out to be a more affordable GeForce 7 family member.

NVIDIA’s ForceWare 80.40 drivers, which were recently leaked on the Internet and are available at 3DChipset web-site, list G72 and NV48 graphics processing units, which were not yet released, among all the graphics chips the driver is capable of support. The driver also supports yet unreleased, but already somewhat known – GeForce 6600 LE, nForce4 C51 IGP, G70GL and Quadro FX 4500 – products.

It is unclear for which markets the code-named G72 and NV48 products are positioned for, but is likely that the former belongs to the GeForce 7 family, whereas the latter probably belongs to the GeForce 6-series.