Dave Baumann
05-Jun-2002, 10:33
Following the confusion the last post (http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1163) caused over what RV250 could be Anand has posted some details that he's learnt from board vendors at Computex 2002. With respect to RV250 heres what he says:
<blockquote>"The architecture is very similar to R200 (DX8 part) with a few things removed and core clock speeds are expected to be close to 300MHz according to our sources today. At 300MHz the RV250 has the potential of being tough competition for the GeForce4 Ti 4200, but we'll have to wait for its launch before we can decide for certain."</blockquote>Following on from this discussion (http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1165) concerning ATi's next generation 3D chip R300, Anand also states this:
<blockquote>"While talking to one of ATI's board partners we were informed that they weren't keen on building R300 boards because of the fact that they are expecting the design to require a 10-layer PCB. We could not get confirmation as to whether or not ATI's R300 board running in VIA's suite was a 10-layer board or not but according to this board manufacturer, they will only be distributing R300 boards and not producing them."</blockquote> Read the full update here (http://www.anandtech.com/newsletter/readarticle.html?i=13&nl=y).
<blockquote>"The architecture is very similar to R200 (DX8 part) with a few things removed and core clock speeds are expected to be close to 300MHz according to our sources today. At 300MHz the RV250 has the potential of being tough competition for the GeForce4 Ti 4200, but we'll have to wait for its launch before we can decide for certain."</blockquote>Following on from this discussion (http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1165) concerning ATi's next generation 3D chip R300, Anand also states this:
<blockquote>"While talking to one of ATI's board partners we were informed that they weren't keen on building R300 boards because of the fact that they are expecting the design to require a 10-layer PCB. We could not get confirmation as to whether or not ATI's R300 board running in VIA's suite was a 10-layer board or not but according to this board manufacturer, they will only be distributing R300 boards and not producing them."</blockquote> Read the full update here (http://www.anandtech.com/newsletter/readarticle.html?i=13&nl=y).