Dr. Ffreeze
Regular
Hello All,
I had a few quick questions. I found it interesting that the x1900 had 3:1 ALU:TMU ratio and was wondering when midrange $200 card would have the same (2:1 or 3:1). Then I thought about the whole unified shader Vista thing and wondered if we had time for another round of midrange cards with a non-1:1 ratio before everything had unified shaders.
1] Will anything have unified shaders 2006 Christmas?
2] Will everything have unified shaders 2006 Christmas?
3] Will we have a split with budget cards still being a simple 1:1, midranged cards 3:1 (or other), and high end cards being unified (this is if nVidia goes unified)?
I am just wondering if a midranged 8 pipe 3:1 128 bit card would be a better idea than a highend 16 pipe 1:1 256 bit more expensive card. My first thoughts would be that while the 16 pipe card would be faster in newer games by brute force, the 8 pipe 3:1 card might be able to close the gap enought to not justify the extra cost of the high end card.
Just thinking, and I only normally lurk in this fourm so go easy on me. =)
Dr. Ffreeze
drffreeze.net
I had a few quick questions. I found it interesting that the x1900 had 3:1 ALU:TMU ratio and was wondering when midrange $200 card would have the same (2:1 or 3:1). Then I thought about the whole unified shader Vista thing and wondered if we had time for another round of midrange cards with a non-1:1 ratio before everything had unified shaders.
1] Will anything have unified shaders 2006 Christmas?
2] Will everything have unified shaders 2006 Christmas?
3] Will we have a split with budget cards still being a simple 1:1, midranged cards 3:1 (or other), and high end cards being unified (this is if nVidia goes unified)?
I am just wondering if a midranged 8 pipe 3:1 128 bit card would be a better idea than a highend 16 pipe 1:1 256 bit more expensive card. My first thoughts would be that while the 16 pipe card would be faster in newer games by brute force, the 8 pipe 3:1 card might be able to close the gap enought to not justify the extra cost of the high end card.
Just thinking, and I only normally lurk in this fourm so go easy on me. =)
Dr. Ffreeze
drffreeze.net