Lordberek said:
Yes, he did mention that the 9000 would play Doom3... I find it hard to believe, but thats just my feeling based off of nothing so nevermind it hehe.
Yes, the 9000 should be "fine" for Doom3, just as the Radeon 8500 is suppossed to be as well.
An M10 should be better of course, but by how much, we don't know.
The M10 will be a dx9 part?
Yes. But who knows what performance will be like when running DX9 shaders. 8) The really important "practical" advantages about the M10 compared to M9 is likey to be:
1) Raw performance increase due to higher fill rate, bandwidth, and more advanced bandwidth saving techniques
2) Usable FSAA. (Use of M9 FSAA is limited because of the performance hit that comes with supersampling.)
I will wait another week or two. If anyone thinkings there wont be released by then, let me know. I want to wait, but not for another month or two.
To be clear, we should hear the "deatils" about the chip in a week or two. When they will show up in products is another question altogether. If we're lucky, it will show up in one or two specific models almost immediately, as was the case with the M9. If you're really lucky, those one or two models will mee the rest of your computing needs / budget as well.
I was also figuring it to be on the performance of a desktop Geforce 4 ti 4200 or so?
Depending on clock rate, it should be on par with the 4200 in non AA / aniso situations. (Keep in mind that the 4200 is 4x2, and as far as we know, the M10 is 4x1). In some cases, particularly with older games, the 4200 can be faster. However, with AA or Aniso enabled, the M10 should be a SIGNIFICANT leader.
All bets are off if the M10 turns out to be something like a 4x2 or 8x1 chip. In that case, it would be no contest...the M10 should be a clear winner in any case.
EDIT: And in any case, the M10 should be MUCH more friendly to power consumption / battery life...
