ATI Releases More "R600" Details

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
BFG10K

BFG10K

Lifer
Aug 14, 2000
22,709
3,002
126
24xAA? Okay, now I'm officially interested.

I just hope it's not a hack using TAA - I think ATi need a minimum of 12xMSAA to be competitive with nVidia if they don't have CSAA.
 
TraumaRN

TraumaRN

Diamond Member
Jun 5, 2005
6,893
63
91
Whats the deal with the stream processors are they vector shading based or scalar shading based???
 
Keysplayr

Keysplayr

Elite Member
Jan 16, 2003
21,211
50
91
Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Whats the deal with the stream processors are they vector shading based or scalar shading based???
Click to expand...

What's the difference with vector and scalar again? I forget.

 
J

Jules

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
15,213
0
0
N

Nightmare225

Golden Member
May 20, 2006
1,661
0
0
Here's hoping that they release benchmarks several weeks before the actual release. I, and many others, would want to know if this would be a good time to sell off our 8800s...
 
T

tuteja1986

Diamond Member
Jun 1, 2005
3,676
0
0
I got a buyer lined up for my 2x 8800GTX. Some noob at gamespot forum.

2x 8800GTX for $700.

Now I just buy R600 and never again Crossfire or SLI. Had bad experience with both of them.

 
N

Nightmare225

Golden Member
May 20, 2006
1,661
0
0
Originally posted by: tuteja1986
I got a buyer lined up for my 2x 8800GTX. Some noob at gamespot forum.

2x 8800GTX for $700.

Now I just buy R600 and never again Crossfire or SLI. Had bad experience with both of them.
Click to expand...

Wouldn't it be better to wait for benchmarks?
 
TraumaRN

TraumaRN

Diamond Member
Jun 5, 2005
6,893
63
91
Originally posted by: Nightmare225
Here's hoping that they release benchmarks several weeks before the actual release. I, and many others, would want to know if this would be a good time to sell off our 8800s...
Click to expand...

Should be out in 2 weeks the card is supposed to be out April 23rd/24th

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
I got a buyer lined up for my 2x 8800GTX. Some noob at gamespot forum.

2x 8800GTX for $700.

Now I just buy R600 and never again Crossfire or SLI. Had bad experience with both of them.
Click to expand...


And to both of you? Why sell before you even know how the card performs?? What if the R600 performs at the same level as the 8800GTX??

Well I guess those questions are directed more towards tuteja1986
 
C

Cooler

Diamond Member
Mar 31, 2005
3,835
0
0
If this is true and the XT version is 10-15% faster with AA/AF enabled then i will be truly impressed even with the delay. I still feel bad for anyone geting thge R600 as R650 is less then 5 months away.
 
T

tuteja1986

Diamond Member
Jun 1, 2005
3,676
0
0
Okay Nightmare255 :! my long history of selling product.... I sell my stuff before benchmark because i know this is best time i can sell my GPU at good price. Later if R600 is only just able to beat up a 8800GTX then i just wait 2 months and buy a 8900GTX. So its win and win situation and its good time to sell as no new awesome game are coming out this month that will need a heavy duty 8800GTX. Till then i will be playing my games on my HTCP box : X1650pro , 2GB of ram , X6800 @ 3.5Ghz.
 
G

g3pro

Senior member
Jan 15, 2004
404
0
0
Meh, I'll wait until the next-gen nVidia card (9800?) comes out before making a comparison.
 
T

tuteja1986

Diamond Member
Jun 1, 2005
3,676
0
0
Originally posted by: g3pro
Meh, I'll wait until the next-gen nVidia card (9800?) comes out before making a comparison.
Click to expand...

so your going to wait till Q1 2008 to make a comparison.
 
Toonces

Toonces

Golden Member
Feb 5, 2000
1,690
0
76
Originally posted by: g3pro
Meh, I'll wait until the next-gen nVidia card (9800?) comes out before making a comparison.
Click to expand...

I don't post much in Video, but ROFL at the sig... where have you been?


Selling before benchmarks also means you'll get a better return than afterwards *if* the upcoming card does indeed exceed expectations.

Or not. It's a gamble.
 
N

newb54

Senior member
Dec 25, 2003
216
0
0
Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Whats the deal with the stream processors are they vector shading based or scalar shading based???
Click to expand...

What's the difference with vector and scalar again? I forget.
Click to expand...

A vector is magnitude and direction, a scalar is just one quantity =p
 
J

Jules

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
15,213
0
0
Originally posted by: tuteja1986
Originally posted by: g3pro
Meh, I'll wait until the next-gen nVidia card (9800?) comes out before making a comparison.
Click to expand...

so your going to wait till Q1 2008 to make a comparison.
Click to expand...

sooner then you think.
 
G

Gstanfor

Banned
Oct 19, 1999
3,307
0
0
Originally posted by: BFG10K
24xAA? Okay, now I'm officially interested.

I just hope it's not a hack using TAA - I think ATi need a minimum of 12xMSAA to be competitive with nVidia if they don't have CSAA.
Click to expand...

Well, it would certainly explain why R600 has 100 odd gigs of memory bandwidth available.
 
D

dreddfunk

Senior member
Jun 30, 2005
358
0
0
If the 2900 has 320 stream processors, I'm officially interested in how many the 2600 has and how it's going to perform. Geez, even if it has 'only' half as many, we're talking about 160 stream processors. Heck, if it's only 1/4, we're still talking about 80 stream processors.

However, I'll wait until I see the cards and the benchmarks before I get too worked up over it.
 
H

hardwareking

Senior member
May 19, 2006
618
0
0
i'm sure it'll be 320 scalar shaders
making 320 vector shaders woulda been really expensive

so raw specs wise ATI is ahead,lets just hope the drivers don't dissappoint
 
Kromis

Kromis

Diamond Member
Mar 2, 2006
5,214
1
81
Whoa whoa whoa...

That's all this "scalar, vector, and unified" shizzles?
 
M

Matt2

Diamond Member
Jul 28, 2001
4,762
0
0
This is ridiculous. 320 stream processors!?

Unless there is a serious engineering flaw Nvidia doesn't stand a chance.

Furthermore, anyone thinking you're going to get this card for $499 need to put the doubie down.

What are the chances that this monster is going to compete with the 8800GTX Ultra at the ultra ultra high end and we'll see an XT version with comparable performance to 8800GTX with a price tag of $499??

What about the reported X2900XTX2?? 640 stream shaders on one card?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom