ATi Mobile GPU Plans For 2004
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original in-depth article (in Japanese - try this translator)
The article (based on statements by ATI's Phil Eisler) indicates that next years high-end desktop chips will be available for desktop replacement and performance notebooks. It would be the equivalent of having a Radeon 9800 available in a current notebook. However, the features and performance (including 8 pipelines, DX9 and PCI-Express) coming to desktop parts in early 2004 will only start to become available for notebooks in late 2004.
He also mentions these and future high-end GPUs will allow notebooks to take advantage of the 3D features of the Longhorn's GUI.
The VR-Zone article speculates the high-end mobile chips will be derived from the RV423 and the mid-range performance chips derived from the RV370 and RV380.
The article mentions an upcoming Low-K version of the M10 called the 9600XT (as speculated at the time of the French Dell ad showing the Inspiron 8600 available with a "9600XT".)
Unfortunately, there's still no word on exactly what the rumored M11 is. (Although this post on Sager Forums shows the M11 to be a Radeon 9700 and due in January...)
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original in-depth article (in Japanese - try this translator)
The article (based on statements by ATI's Phil Eisler) indicates that next years high-end desktop chips will be available for desktop replacement and performance notebooks. It would be the equivalent of having a Radeon 9800 available in a current notebook. However, the features and performance (including 8 pipelines, DX9 and PCI-Express) coming to desktop parts in early 2004 will only start to become available for notebooks in late 2004.
He also mentions these and future high-end GPUs will allow notebooks to take advantage of the 3D features of the Longhorn's GUI.
The VR-Zone article speculates the high-end mobile chips will be derived from the RV423 and the mid-range performance chips derived from the RV370 and RV380.
The article mentions an upcoming Low-K version of the M10 called the 9600XT (as speculated at the time of the French Dell ad showing the Inspiron 8600 available with a "9600XT".)
Unfortunately, there's still no word on exactly what the rumored M11 is. (Although this post on Sager Forums shows the M11 to be a Radeon 9700 and due in January...)
