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Nvidea NV40 6800 Preview Leaked "LINK"
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Schadenfroh
Elite Member
you suck at linking
Schadenfroh
Elite Member
agreed
Schadenfroh
Elite Member
why? ATI's next XT is going to have the same amount of pipelines
RussianSensation
Elite Member
Don't be so sure until the benchmarks come out. Remember it's not only how many shaders you have or pipelines but how effeciently they are used or how fast they are programmed to run. Just wait 2 more days for a review of the NV40. I do truly hope it lives up to the hype but i'd really hate it if it did not so don't praise it until hopefully April 13th when it really shines.
Like last time the whole world thought Nvidia had 8 full pipelines but it didn't...we wouldn't want that to happen again.
Corporate Thug
Lifer
was the link supposed to be to the max pc article?
Hmmm. Either this guy is wrong or my understanding of the jargon is off base these days. (which is possible)
I thought that the "shaders" were like floating point processors, and that the 9700s have three for example (not eight), and that what g3Pro is referring to is texture mapping units per pixel pipeline, a totally different aspect of the gpu.
(e.g. the 9700 Pro has an 8X1 architecture, so it can generate 8 single textured pixels per clock cycle or 4 double textured pixels per cycle)
How the shaders fit into the equation, perhaps someone could enlighten me? I haven't kept up on this as it hasn't been a primary consideration till now, at least for me.
(zips up fireman's flame retardent suit and waits for a dozen flames because I haven't scrutinized shader operation documentation)
It was my understanding that shaders did the bulk of the GPU's work, while the pipelines dealt with how many textures could be sent to the GPU in a single pass... If nVidia does, indeed, have 32 PS3.0-compliant shaders, then ATI is in for a rough year.
*(Note: I really don't know much about video card design, so the above may be and most likely is wrong.)
*(Note: I really don't know much about video card design, so the above may be and most likely is wrong.)
BFG10K
Lifer
ROFL. Good one.
Yes, we can see that quite clearly. That's why silence on your part might be a good idea, purely for your benefit.
Yes he's most probably referring to the pipe x TMU config. Of course even 16x2 sounds outrageous and more likely it's 8x2 + 8x0, similar to the NV3x.
But don't worry, I'm sure he'll accuse me of being a fanboy and it'll make it all better for him.
If you're going to fanboy, at least do so intelligently. Do you think ATi and nV bought the same shaders from Walmart, so nV having twice as many means they'll be twice as fast? Can you point to one piece of evidence saying NV40 will be 16x2, rather than 16x1/32x0? And what makes you think ATi won't offer XT samples for review, with the promise that they'll be for sale a month or two later?
I won't accuse you of being a fanboy for that. I've always thought that the nV40 was going to be 8X2, and that the 16X1 or 16X2 rumors were probably along the lines of the "8X1 when rendering texture-less Z plane pixels" type paper-spec they used to say the nV30 had. (when it performed more like a 4X2 card)
Your knowledge is good BFG, the only reason I've called you a "fan boy" of late is your seemingly constant need to put down nVidia gamers based on minor differences you've chosen to attach a lot of significance to.