WOOFLE
28-Jul-2002, 08:30
With the R300 bearing in from the horizon, we see glimpses of a shadow following it closely. Hot hardware.com have a few more pieces in the NV3X puzzle. ('http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/nv3xoverview.shtml') Following the puzzle analogy I think that anyone who has ever constructed a complicated puzzle would know what I mean when I say that personally I think they're holding the corner pieces back, for reasons unkown, good or bad.
Here's a quote:<blockquote>"From a hardware standpoint, relatively little is known about the NV30. Operating frequencies, anti-aliasing techniques, and even memory subsystem details are still under wraps. What we do know is that NV30 will be compliant with DirectX 9, it will be constructed using .13-micron process technology (hopefully lending itself to high clock speeds), and it will introduce 128-bit color precision, hence NVIDIA's claim that NV30 will be the first "Cinematic Shading GPU". It hasn't been announced yet whether NV30 will utilize a 128 or 256-bit memory bus, but it is clear that a form of DDR-II memory will be used for extremely high data rates."</blockquote>
Here's a quote:<blockquote>"From a hardware standpoint, relatively little is known about the NV30. Operating frequencies, anti-aliasing techniques, and even memory subsystem details are still under wraps. What we do know is that NV30 will be compliant with DirectX 9, it will be constructed using .13-micron process technology (hopefully lending itself to high clock speeds), and it will introduce 128-bit color precision, hence NVIDIA's claim that NV30 will be the first "Cinematic Shading GPU". It hasn't been announced yet whether NV30 will utilize a 128 or 256-bit memory bus, but it is clear that a form of DDR-II memory will be used for extremely high data rates."</blockquote>