nv35 news

[apoppin]

From NV News (TODAY)

Uttar has gotten a hold of (most likely) official specs for NV35:
"It's mostly PR talk, since it's pretty much the PR you'll get at launch, but it's still quite interesting"



CineFX ( TM ) Shading Architecture

Support for the Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 Pixel Shader 2.0

Support for the DirectX 9.0 Vertex Shader 2.0

Long pixel programs up to 1,024 instructions

Long vertex programs up to 256 static instructions with up to 65,536 instructions executed

Dynamic, conditional execution and flow control

256-bit advanced memory interface combines a wider memory data path with next generation controller technology for superior performance and throughput.

Full 128-bit, studio-quality floating point precision through the entire rendering pipeline with native hardware support for 32 bpp, 64 bpp and 128 bpp rendering modes

Accelerated pixel shaders allow for up to 12 pixel shader operations/clock

Up to 16 textures per rendering pass

Support for sRGB texture format for gamma textures

IntellisampleTM performance technology, a Hi-Res compression technology (HCT), increases performance at higher resolutions through advances in compression and anti-aliasing technology.

Shadow Volume Accelerator ? accelerates shadow volumes by maintaining them more accurately and discarding useless information.

Full nViewTM multi-display technology capability

Integrated NTSC/PAL TV encoder supporting resolutions up to 1024x768 without the need for panning with built-in Macrovision copy protection

Microsoft® Video Mixing Renderer (VMR) creates support for multiple video windows with full video quality and features in each window

DVD and HDTV-ready MPEG-2 decoding up to 1920 × 1080i resolutions

Dual, integrated 400 MHz RAMDACs for display resolutions up to and including 2048 × 1536 @ 85 Hz

Dual DVO ports for interfacing to external TMDS transmitters and external TV encoders

Dual internal TMDS encoders (one single and one
Dual link) able to drive next-generation flat panel displays with resolutions greater than 1600 × 1200

Digital Vibrance Control 3.0

0.13 micron process technology for higher levels of integration and higher operating clock speeds
40 mm × 40 mm, BGA 1309 flip-chip package

Comprehensive Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 (and lower) and OpenGL 1.4 (and earlier) support

DirectX and S3TC texture compression

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volt: Notice that DDR II is not listed. The rumors could be true

My next card. 😀

(sure) 😉

 

[thorin]

128bpp rendering mode

How many trillion colors is that? And where can I purchase the Bionic eyes that I'll need to appreciate it?

Thorin

 

[PrinceXizor]

Anyone notice the similarities in the vagueness of the NV35 texture statement with the continued debate over the NV30 with 8x1 or 4x2 or 'custom' or whatever.

Notice it doesn't say, 8 texture pipelines with 2 textures per pass, it says "up to" 16 textures per rendering pass. This seems like a similar situation as the NV30. Has this issue been resolved with the NV30? Maybe I am out of the loop...

P-X

 

[thorin]

Originally posted by: PrinceXizor
Anyone notice the similarities in the vagueness of the NV35 texture statement with the continued debate over the NV30 with 8x1 or 4x2 or 'custom' or whatever.

Notice it doesn't say, 8 texture pipelines with 2 textures per pass, it says "up to" 16 textures per rendering pass. This seems like a similar situation as the NV30. Has this issue been resolved with the NV30? Maybe I am out of the loop...

That's a good point, I wonder why they continue to be vague about it when everyone kinda got on their case about it with the NV30.

Thorin