| #17. Posted at 08:41 PM on Oct 5th 2007, Edited at 08:47 PM on Oct 5th 2007 | Edit Reply |
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kilkennycat |
This will probably be about the best ATi can do for the moment to compete with nV's 2nd-generation Dx10 high-end GPU, expected some time in the first-half of 2008. Unfortunately, due the AMD's financial woes and the continuing pressures from Intel on the core CPU business there is little or no money left for expensive ventures in new-gen high-end GPU silicon. The ATI true second-gen Dx10 GPU (R700?) will be purely a paper-mirage unless or until AMD digs its CPU business out of trouble. The current 2900-family high-end offerings from ATi are losing out badly on price and performance to the 8800-family, particularly the 8800GTS, so little or no profit from there to plough back into Dx10 second-generation development.
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donkeycrock |
I just got my 2900xt today, and it sucks. i would highly recommend waiting for version 2.0. i'm sending mine back.
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swaaye |
If it's based on a on-board Crossfire, I'm not interested. Too many games don't benefit from that and SLI. I don't understand the buzz people create over them. Some games even run slightly slower.
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willyolio |
i wonder if this is what we can expect with the R700. multi-chip boards, with the high end simply having an insane number of stream processors...
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1970BossMsutang |
so in quad crossfire if its capable...you could have 1280 stream processors. I wonder how that would do with folding....
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mikehodges2 |
Just yesterday, I decided to hold off a new PC until the 2950 pro comes out...maybe i'll put it off a little while longer and see how that stacks up when it arrives :)
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