A couple of tidbits I came across today
No more GeForce FX?
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GeForce FX canned?
Posted on Wednesday, February 05, 2003
at 12:52 PM by Zardon - View Article Comments
http://warp2search.net/article.php?sid=10405&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
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NVIDIA UK HAS REFUSED to comment on a posting on a 3D bulletin board claiming that the GeForce FX is for the chop.According to the rumour, posted at x-3DFX, Nvidia is canning the GeForce FX and has told its foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (TSMC), to stop when 100,000 NV30 are produced. The same posting claimed that Nvidia will now concentrate on NV31, NV34, and NV35.
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ATI R350 is basically an overclocked R300?
ATI's R350 in mass production
Posted on Wednesday, February 05, 2003
at 6:11 AM by ToshiroOC - View Article Comments
http://www.driverheaven.net/index.php?s=#article_955
In the high performance graphics industry, performance must be combined with quality. It is this neverending race which will lead to initial availability of Nvidia's new Geforce FX cards this month.
However, we have learned that ATI's next generation R350 chip which will compete with the Geforce FX is now in mass production, and will definitely be in retail stores in April. It will be officially announced at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany on March 12, 2003.
Many facts are already known. The R300 (sic: R350?) will be built on a 150 nanometer process. It is basically an overclocked R300 with eight rendering pipelines and two texture units per pipeline.
We expect the chip to launch at a core clock of 375MHz. It will incorporate DirectX 9.1 features, which is great if you're going to keep the card for at least two years, but don't expect to see any games written for it released for at least a year.
ATI will brand the chip the Radeon 9900 Pro, and the card will be equipped with 128 MB memory while supporting 256MB configurations for its partners. They will use 10 layer PCBs for the graphics cards. The 128MB variations will be priced around the ?400 mark. Lower bin parts will be sold through ATI's partners at a lower speed for less. A 350W power supply would be recommended if you are using a hyperthreading P4 system
--By Jansen Ng, source: The Inquirer
I dont know who to believe any more!No more GeForce FX?
No more GeForce FX?
"
GeForce FX canned?
Posted on Wednesday, February 05, 2003
at 12:52 PM by Zardon - View Article Comments
http://warp2search.net/article.php?sid=10405&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
quote:
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NVIDIA UK HAS REFUSED to comment on a posting on a 3D bulletin board claiming that the GeForce FX is for the chop.According to the rumour, posted at x-3DFX, Nvidia is canning the GeForce FX and has told its foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (TSMC), to stop when 100,000 NV30 are produced. The same posting claimed that Nvidia will now concentrate on NV31, NV34, and NV35.
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ATI R350 is basically an overclocked R300?
ATI's R350 in mass production
Posted on Wednesday, February 05, 2003
at 6:11 AM by ToshiroOC - View Article Comments
http://www.driverheaven.net/index.php?s=#article_955
In the high performance graphics industry, performance must be combined with quality. It is this neverending race which will lead to initial availability of Nvidia's new Geforce FX cards this month.
However, we have learned that ATI's next generation R350 chip which will compete with the Geforce FX is now in mass production, and will definitely be in retail stores in April. It will be officially announced at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany on March 12, 2003.
Many facts are already known. The R300 (sic: R350?) will be built on a 150 nanometer process. It is basically an overclocked R300 with eight rendering pipelines and two texture units per pipeline.
We expect the chip to launch at a core clock of 375MHz. It will incorporate DirectX 9.1 features, which is great if you're going to keep the card for at least two years, but don't expect to see any games written for it released for at least a year.
ATI will brand the chip the Radeon 9900 Pro, and the card will be equipped with 128 MB memory while supporting 256MB configurations for its partners. They will use 10 layer PCBs for the graphics cards. The 128MB variations will be priced around the ?400 mark. Lower bin parts will be sold through ATI's partners at a lower speed for less. A 350W power supply would be recommended if you are using a hyperthreading P4 system
--By Jansen Ng, source: The Inquirer
I dont know who to believe any more!No more GeForce FX?