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HD2900XTX Doesn't Exist!

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Originally posted by: Banzai042
lol, nice
(check the name of his source backwards)
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So he's not even officially back & yet is at it already? 😕

Edit: Ahh I get it ... he's Rollo's opposite!
 
Originally posted by: Aquila76
Originally posted by: fierydemise
My top secret source inside AMD known to me only at OLLOR has officially confirmed that the HD2900XTX is vaporware. According to OLLOR after 3 respins the XTX has failed to reach clock speeds high enough to justify its existence and has been officially scrapped by AMD in favor of a dual GPU card known as the HD2900X2 which will be available about 1 month after the HD2900XT is officially launched.
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I think you got your info from to much intake of McDonald's 'secret source'.

LOL @ OLLOR; well played.
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I can say too that I have heard info the dual GPU card will replace the XTX - more from the standpoint of timing to get things on the market fast as possible...

I took from the info although that we would not see any cards until Q3 2007 and that the XT when released will do very well in perfomance on its own at a great price point.

Also the XTX is not a given dead product, more along the lines again, timing, if issues can be worked through in time, still chance to see limited release of them in the supply chain.

No I don't have links - remember there may be some people who's job puts them in a position to see certain info however of course they can not always post this info nor is it sitting yet on a website for all too see - along these lines too, I understood this info was all going public this week on current release date with correct product that will be shipping.

Let's not forget amoung all this that Nvidia is close to another launch too - So AMD as much as we all want a product, needs to be very careful that the next step for them is strong - lets hope AMD people all get their info straight and on one page with pumped up leak released info and get it all correct this time.


 
Originally posted by: fierydemise
My top secret source inside AMD known to me only at OLLOR has officially confirmed that the HD2900XTX is vaporware. According to OLLOR after 3 respins the XTX has failed to reach clock speeds high enough to justify its existence and has been officially scrapped by AMD in favor of a dual GPU card known as the HD2900X2 which will be available about 1 month after the HD2900XT is officially launched.
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/ban
 
Originally posted by: Paratus
Originally posted by: fierydemise
My top secret source inside AMD known to me only at OLLOR has officially confirmed that the HD2900XTX is vaporware. According to OLLOR after 3 respins the XTX has failed to reach clock speeds high enough to justify its existence and has been officially scrapped by AMD in favor of a dual GPU card known as the HD2900X2 which will be available about 1 month after the HD2900XT is officially launched.
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ORLY!!!

MY secret source in AMD (NIPPOPA) says that your source OLLOR is full of it!!!!!


:laugh:
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:thumbsup::laugh:

This thread is a gem!
 
Pretty funny thread. A lot funnier that other people who posted threads that were ment to be funny lately.
 
Originally posted by: sisq0kidd
Originally posted by: teatime0315
what happened to "rollo"? lol never see him on anymore
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Are you serious?

Since you don't know:

The Story of Rollo

Rollo turned out to be an ATI employee.

😀
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I thought he worked for nVidia.

 
:thumbsdown: to those who say ban.

:thumbsup: to clever posts.

Long live satire! The Savior of the working man!
 
Originally posted by: HigherGround
Originally posted by: Wreckage
Originally posted by: Ackmed
Pretty funny thread. A lot funnier that other people who posted threads that were ment to be funny lately.
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Nah, mine was better. 😛
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no it isn't. This one's better, because on top of being funny, it's also true.
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AMD only wishes it didnt exist.
 
lol while i see the comical value here, its looking like this little joke might actually be true....for a while maybe.

first XTX numbers really dont look that good, they've pumped it up with more memory and huge bandwidth and its just not gone anywhere.
 
Originally posted by: Gstanfor
Well, I think that all that the most zealous of the fanatics will now agree that R600 is ATi's nv30.
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not even close. NV30 got raped by ATI in DX9, at least R600 has some performance about it.


It IS a complete disaster for ATI though. (unless they pull the refresh out of there arse at the same time NV do. And I don;t mean that Ultra crap from NV)
 
Originally posted by: Sable
Originally posted by: Gstanfor
Well, I think that all that the most zealous of the fanatics will now agree that R600 is ATi's nv30.
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not even close. NV30 got raped by ATI in DX9, at least R600 has some performance about it.


It IS a complete disaster for ATI though. (unless they pull the refresh out of there arse at the same time NV do. And I don;t mean that Ultra crap from NV)
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Whatever makes you feel better Sable.

To me, the most amazing part about all is ATi appears to have swallowed David Kirk's "not going unified" comments hook, line and sinker, slacked off on R600 because they didn't see a real threat and have now paid a big price for it. Its all the more amazing given that if you read Kirks comments carefully its obvious he was talking about the current gen (at the time) & unified shaders, not about next gen.

I think this also demonstrates quite nicely the the "common wisdom" that both sides have a very good idea of what the other is doing is nothing more than an internet myth.

Last point, I don't think even a refresh will save r6xx (see nv3x for proof) unless the "refresh" goes for full scalar ALU's intsead of vector ALU's (thats a fundamental architectural change bTW - not something you are going to see in a refresh), don't forget nvidia will have a g80 refresh also (and I'm not talking about the Ultra either)
 
Originally posted by: Zaitsev
Originally posted by: Paratus
Originally posted by: fierydemise
My top secret source inside AMD known to me only at OLLOR has officially confirmed that the HD2900XTX is vaporware. According to OLLOR after 3 respins the XTX has failed to reach clock speeds high enough to justify its existence and has been officially scrapped by AMD in favor of a dual GPU card known as the HD2900X2 which will be available about 1 month after the HD2900XT is officially launched.
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ORLY!!!

MY secret source in AMD (NIPPOPA) says that your source OLLOR is full of it!!!!!


:laugh:
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:thumbsup::laugh:

This thread is a gem!
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Thanks for the laugh 🙂.
 
Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Ya, it doesn't exist; it's just an XT with more RAM at 200MHz faster with a 5MHz faster core... 😕
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I would take DTs review with a container of salt. They didn't have a current revision of the XTX and don't list all of their methodology. Lots of salt....
 
Originally posted by: Gstanfor
Originally posted by: Sable
Originally posted by: Gstanfor
Well, I think that all that the most zealous of the fanatics will now agree that R600 is ATi's nv30.
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not even close. NV30 got raped by ATI in DX9, at least R600 has some performance about it.


It IS a complete disaster for ATI though. (unless they pull the refresh out of there arse at the same time NV do. And I don;t mean that Ultra crap from NV)
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Whatever makes you feel better Sable.

To me, the most amazing part about all is ATi appears to have swallowed David Kirk's "not going unified" comments hook, line and sinker, slacked off on R600 because they didn't see a real threat and have now paid a big price for it. Its all the more amazing given that if you read Kirks comments carefully its obvious he was talking about the current gen (at the time) & unified shaders, not about next gen.

I think this also demonstrates quite nicely the the "common wisdom" that both sides have a very good idea of what the other is doing is nothing more than an internet myth.

Last point, I don't think even a refresh will save r6xx (see nv3x for proof) unless the "refresh" goes for full scalar ALU's intsead of vector ALU's (thats a fundamental architectural change bTW - not something you are going to see in a refresh), don't forget nvidia will have a g80 refresh also (and I'm not talking about the Ultra either)
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Scalar archtecture only helps in worst case scenarios. Most shader ops are performed on vector data, and I dont believe going scalar will solve the performance issues of the r600, especially when it already "supposedly" has more theoretical shader power than the 8800gtx.
 
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