In relation to the modern video cards, what kind of power did the Voodoo5 6000 possess? Just curious... as I read in MaximumPC magazine Jan 2002 issue, that on Oct. 2001 a Voodoo5 6000 sold for $2,150...must be a collector's item now.
There was an ebay auction for this a while ago. I guess that's what MaxPC was referring to. I'm thinking it would beat a GF2U and probably come close to a GF3 in performance. And my guess is it would beat the GF3 in FSAA benchmarks simply because it has 4 chips doing the AA work. Too bad it never really saw the light of day....
Since 3dfx had the best FSAA in the business (NOONE could touch their 4x FSAA!) it's a shame - especially since the V5-6000 was capable of *8*x FSAA! If 3dfx is still the best at FSAA in 4x mode, 8x would have been killer!
A shame about the design though... if only nVidia would USE that @%^ technology to improve their "barely-to-nearly adequate" FSAA.
<< What's stopping ATI/NVIDIA from using more than one chip on their board? >>
ATi certainly has the capabilities in their MAXX technology, and nVidia would have acquired the capabilities from 3dfx.
Neither the R200 or GF3 GPU's are multi core capable though. Evidently they feel the trade-offs of moving to a multi-core design arent worth it, and frankly I'm inclined to agree with them.
Hehe, that Voodoo 5 6000 that sold for $2,150 on E-bay wasn't actually sold. My neihbor down the street had seen it for auction and put in a max bid of $5,000 on it as a joke. Of course he had no intention of paying, and screwed up the auction which had actually been at about $900. Hehe, that guy makes me laugh....
<< What's stopping ATI/NVIDIA from using more than one chip on their board? >>
Why blow your load all at once when people are willing to pay for much less. They are making a ton of money with technology they could surely surpass with ease with the knowlege they obviously possess, but like I said they are just holding on to it until they feel there is nothing to be gained from holding on to it and squeezing every bit of life out of the current technology.
huh? ummm...then why doesn't ati do it? yea, they might take over the marketshare just before they become bankrupt from such a foolish design, lmao. just like 3dfx took over the market, eh?
<< << What's stopping ATI/NVIDIA from using more than one chip on their board? >> >>
2 major reasons
1) expense; even the large pcb costs more! 2 chips or more chips doubles price...add in the fact that each processor needs seperate memory (32*X number of chips)
2) driver issues; ATI kafawked all those who bought that maxx card and realised that derr we dont know what the hell we are doing (typical ati driver thing i guess)...it seems that dividing work up between two processors on one video card is a bit challenging...
What's stopping ATI/NVIDIA from using more than one chip on their board?
Nothing physically, but they don't want too. Why bother with two processors when you can just release one processor that beats both of them combined at a cheaper price?
I thought ATI was talking about making a Radeon 8500 Maxx??
I hope they don't, for ATi's sake. MAXX technology totally blows compared to 3dfx's SLI method.
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