Intel having a try at Graphics AGAIN?

[xgi]

Has anyone got their hands on Intel's Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 chipset cards? I would like to know how it fares of other cards...

Details @ HERE

 

[xgi]

Here's a quick spec from Intel's own website:

SPECIFICATIONS:

Third-generation Graphics Core

256-bit graphics core
8/16/32 bpp
Up to 8.5 GB/sec memory bandwidth with DDR2 533 MHz
1.3 GP/sec and 1.3 GT/sec fill rate
224 MB maximum video memory
2048x1536 at 85 Hz maximum resolution
Dynamic Display Modes for flat-panel and wide-screen support
Operating systems supported: Microsoft Windows* XP, Windows 2000, Linux-compatible (Xfree86 source available)

High-performance 3D

Up to 4 pixels per clock rendering
Microsoft* DirectX* 9 Hardware Acceleration Features:
Up to 4 pixels per clock rendering
Pixel Shader 2.0
Volumetric Textures
Shadow Maps
Slope Scale Depth Bias
Two-Sided Stencil
Microsoft* DirectX* 9 Vertex Shader 2.0 and Transform and Lighting supported in software through highly optimized Processor Specific Geometry Pipeline (PSGP)
DirectX Texture Decompression
OpenGL* 1.4 support

Advanced Display Technology

400 MHz DAC frequency for up to 2048x1526 resolution for both analog and digital displays
Two Serial Digital Video Out (SDVO) ports for flat-panel monitors and/or TV-out support via Advanced Digital Display 2 (ADD2) cards
Multiple display types (LVDS, DVI-I, DVI-D, HDTV, TV-out, CRT) for dual monitor capabilities
HDTV 720p and 1080i display resolution support
16x9 Aspect Ratio for widescreen displays

High Quality Media Support

Up and Down Scaling of Video Content
High Definition Content Decode
5x3 Overlay Filtering
Hardware Motion Compensation support for DVD playback

 

[Bateluer]

At least its a DX9 compliant part, granted its going to be a slide show . . .

 

[Jeff7181]

I think the FX5200 has some competition!

 

[xgi]

With a memory limit of 224MB, plus the tad slow max memory bandwidth... A Radeon 8000/9000 and G-Force5200 Ultra can easily match the performance without much doubt if you don the DX9 feature set... If you go into more detail at the website.. the graphic chip actually shares the CPU and RAM resource... It uses CPU for general geometry calculations and part of the system RAM for video cache.. It will be another Intel Extreme Graphics Processor with PCI-X16 expansion...

 

[Yanagi]

however with ddr 2 ram @ 800 mhz+ it would be interesting. Seeing as most ddr 2 rams can handle high speeds. I would love seeing a super ram overclocked system just for the kicks of it

 

[xgi]

It's still an on-board graphics solution with PCI-X16 expansion if you remember the previous Intel Extreme Graphics 1/2 (with AGP expansion) processors.. They perform like G-Force2MX while sucking the system resource dry...

 

[yhelothar]

I'm guessing this is a 2x2 or 4x1 card.
Can't be much faster than a geforce4mx.
They would need to be clocked at 300+MHz to get performance anywhere near the geforce4mx440.

 

[Schadenfroh]

it going to be a discreet or just integrated?

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
it going to be a discreet or just integrated?

Last i heard it was integrated only, on intel based chipsets.

 

[Marsumane]

Looks like crap.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Intel having a try at Graphics AGAIN?

You seem surprised or astonished by this fact, considering they have the biggest piece of the graphics pie, it'd be ill advised not to continue developing new IGP solutions

 

[StrangerGuy]

Originally posted by: Marsumane
Looks like crap.

It doesn't look like crap.

It IS crap.

 

[klah]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...ts/display/i915g.html


Pretty close to a 64-bit FX5200 in most games.

 

[moonboy403]

i agree with everyone.......intel graphics is crap

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Hi, welcome to the 9xx chipset launch on June 19th, can I take your order?
"Yes, I'd like one reposted thread about the GMA900 and an full analysis of exactly how hard and far it blows."
Coming right up, sir.

- M4H

 

[SneakyStuff]

I've heard it is a large improvement over the Intel "EXTREME!" IGP. Who cares? Not like anyone here uses it, all this means is that the average joe shmoe won't get as bad a computer next time around. Good job Intel.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: klah
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">http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...isplay/i915g.html
</a>

Pretty close to a 64-bit FX5200 in most games.

Thanks! That really shows how optimized WMV HD is for Intel! :shocked: I had concluded Intel was better but I didn't realize how much! WMV HD is a beast that crushes most AMD systems using WMP *look what it did to the 3000+ nF2 IGP* yet a budget Intel IGP solution can easily handle it while only modestly loading the CPU.

 

[Genx87]

Intel doesnt care about the performance of this thing. They are making this so it will be compatible with Longhorn.

In case you didnt notice. Intel is the market leader in terms of overall marketshare

 

[eastvillager]

they have to keep a leg up in the integrated graphics market. think about server motherboards, especially in 1u or 2u formfactor...

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: eastvillager
they have to keep a leg up in the integrated graphics market. think about server motherboards, especially in 1u or 2u formfactor...

What the crap do servers need DX9 compliance for?

- M4H

 

[Delorian]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: eastvillager
they have to keep a leg up in the integrated graphics market. think about server motherboards, especially in 1u or 2u formfactor...

What the crap do servers need DX9 compliance for?

- M4H

For those admins who work late night hours and just bought doom3!