Nvidia is already shipping NV41 PCIe cards. Those cards are meant to quietly replace NV40 in the cheaper segment of high end market.

You can be sure that you won't get NV45 + BR2 6800 standard cards as NV41 is native PCIe chip. Cost wise, Nvidia will save some for PCIe bridge and PCB with NV41 cards.

As soon as you get Geforce 6800 PCIe card in your hands there is a good chance that you will hold NV41 marchitecture, but NV41 is present in only 6800 PCIe standard cards. Geforce 6800 Ultra PCIe and 6800 GT PCIe will remain NV45 or should we say NV40 + BR2 chip.

The only way you might know that you will get NV41 native PCIe card and not NV45 + BR2 is to look under the hood, but as far as I recall no one had Geforce 6800 Standard PCIe in the market. You should be safe enough.

Nvidia is already shipping these chips to its partners and customers are about to get them very soon.


Source : TheInquirer