Originally posted by: B S D
Hi,
The current X800 and 6800 series chips have been out for a while, yet I don't recall seeing any news about a new chip from either company.
Everything seems quite.... too quite...
Is there any public information on the next generation of chips?
-- David
Originally posted by: OnEMoReTrY
Originally posted by: B S D
Hi,
The current X800 and 6800 series chips have been out for a while, yet I don't recall seeing any news about a new chip from either company.
Everything seems quite.... too quite...
Is there any public information on the next generation of chips?
-- David
Has someone been sleeping under a rock lately =o?
Originally posted by: bjc112
6800/x800 series hasn't been out THAT long..
And besides, they will both run ANYTHING at super high resolutions.
Originally posted by: bjc112
6800/x800 series hasn't been out THAT long..
And besides, they will both run ANYTHING at super high resolutions.
Originally posted by: mwmorph
x950 coming out soon.(confirmed...sorta.)
also roumors(highly doubtful) that the newest g70/r5xx will be 2-3x more powerful. they will have something liek 24pixel pipes and 16 vertex shaders or something(maybe 32pipes 24shaders) clocked at something like 800mhz core/1.8ghz mem.
Please be quiet unless you actually have something with evidence.ATI have recently been telling developers that six vertex shaders is more than enough for a modern GPU
Originally posted by: geforcetony
Originally posted by: bjc112
6800/x800 series hasn't been out THAT long..
And besides, they will both run ANYTHING at super high resolutions.
Yeah, everything but UE3.0 . UE3.0 won't be out for a while yet anyway, and by that time, the 6800s and X8x0s will be bigtime obsolete by then.
Originally posted by: geforcetony
True, but it has been seen that the 6800s and X8x0s will run UE3.0 at VERY slow speeds. Some early tests were done with a 6800U, and it could only run the engine at 640x480 with max settings at about 15FPS. Thats pretty sad, but as I said, the 6800s and X8x0s will be pretty much obsolete by then. Not saying they're bad cards, as I have one myself, but when UE3.0 comes out, it will make those cards look like GeForce2 MX's.
Originally posted by: geforcetony
True, but it has been seen that the 6800s and X8x0s will run UE3.0 at VERY slow speeds. Some early tests were done with a 6800U, and it could only run the engine at 640x480 with max settings at about 15FPS. Thats pretty sad, but as I said, the 6800s and X8x0s will be pretty much obsolete by then. Not saying they're bad cards, as I have one myself, but when UE3.0 comes out, it will make those cards look like GeForce2 MX's.
Originally posted by: Goi
When the Doom3 Alpha was leaked, the top of the line card of that time, a 9700Pro, could do the same thing - 640x480@~15FPS. When Doom 3 was finally released, it did a lot better. I'm guessing the same would happen with UE3
Originally posted by: chinkgai
you're saying that the 500 dollar cards of right now will be gf2 mx's by mid/late 2006? so a year or so?? rofl, you can be quiet now man. :roll:
Originally posted by: dguy6789
Originally posted by: geforcetony
Originally posted by: bjc112
6800/x800 series hasn't been out THAT long..
And besides, they will both run ANYTHING at super high resolutions.
Yeah, everything but UE3.0 . UE3.0 won't be out for a while yet anyway, and by that time, the 6800s and X8x0s will be bigtime obsolete by then.
UE3 will be out sometime in mid to late 2006. You seem to be giving the 6800/X800 cards a much shorter lifespan than all the previous cards. Radeon 9700 Pro came out in 2002 right? It can still run ANY game at 1024X768 at max settings.
Actually, I think that the 6800's\X8x0's will be about on par (performance wise, at least) with what GF4 Ti 4600's are like today. They aren't "craptastic", but they are FAR behind the times as far as performance and features go. Just trying to prove a point, thats all.