ATi unveil R420

[engall]

R420

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

ARGH! Are all future cards going to carry a dustbuster?

 

[Malfunction]

Hey look... a molex connector. Guess that takes care of one rumor if that pic is real.

Is that a SFF PC too that it is in?

 

[CyFactor]

ARGH! Are all future cards going to carry a dustbuster?

That's no dustbuster. That's still a single slot cooler. Fan looks comparable to the 9800XT.

 

[Ostsol]

ARGH! Are all future cards going to carry a dustbuster?

*shrugs* Just compare CPU HSFs from today to those from a few years ago. Granted, video card cooling is getting larger at a much faster rate. . .

 

[engall]

Hey look... a molex connector. Guess that takes care of one rumor if that pic is real.

Is that a SFF PC too that it is in?

I can assure you that Its real.

 

[Druga Runda]

Looks good to me.

 

[Evildeus]

Seems to be some of the people who went to Ati lately, thanks engall!

 

[Ostsol]

SPECULATE: So what's the new card's logo? Lotsa teeth in there. . . Alligator? Dragon?

 

[engall]

http://www.oc.com.tw/article/0404/readgoodarticle.asp?id=2531
Taiwanese Website.
R420 have some new Technologies.
3Dc is one of them

 

[joe emo]

some Q/A from later on in the article, translated of course:

Question one:Which Radeon does the X800 indicator product rank at present have to plan? Estimated when can go on the market? Market selling price appointment in which rank?

ANS:At present we determined can promote has Radeon X800 Pro with X800 XT these two section, certainly future possibly will be able to have other ranks the product to promote(about this 1., Janus will find material demonstrated, ATi will have possibility to be able to promote 128MB edition Radeon X800 series product), as for the time which will go on the market are partial, we estimated will be able in 5/4 officially to publish X800 Pro, will need to be able to go on the market as for X800 XT to 5,/21 side, but we believed, officially time which will sell in the market also can approximately at this time, but the present stage we also not conveniently will announce these two section products the selling price.

...Moreover 3Dc is a new specification, always unavoidably can have some questions, but here 1. which explained with you is, compares uses the seal room to CG the overhead construction to say, 3Dc is with a Windows accommodating standard...

Question five:New Radeon the X800 product has not supported Pixel Shader as if 3.0, why ask the reason? How ATi also regards this specification?

ANS:In fact, Pixel Shader 3.0 with 2.0 effects, to the naked eye said is no difference, simple saying, the majority of games the instruction collection which need with the formula, in Pixel Shader 2.0 then sufficiently deals with, in addition within the short time cannot have any support Pixel the Shader 3.0 software urgent needs use such specification, much less present Pixel the Shader 2.0 specifications by no means completely display, if demands guides Pixel Shader 3.0, then draws a chart the chip operation ability is can carry out smoothly, or the undecided number, looked from the ATi angle, The increase operation ability can compare increases other functions to come to have the significance.

 

[nelg]

Look like a very pissed off Barney.

 

[digitalwanderer]

Thanks Engall, now I know what the card I'm dreaming about looks like! 8)

 

[Evildeus]

3Dc is one of them

What's that? :?

 

[kipper67]

SPECULATE: So what's the new card's logo? Lotsa teeth in there. . . Alligator? Dragon?

How about the 2/3 (can't remember off hand ) headed dog they have used in some of the previous demos ?

Mark

EDIT - Although looking again the "snout" looks bit too long for a dog.

 

[engall]

3Dc is one of them

What's that? :?

Its texture compress Tech.

 

[Moose]

Is that one molex or two????

The white square in the top right looks like the big connector and the slightly yellow box below looks like a smaller power connector.

 

[trinibwoy]

Thanks Engall, now I know what the card I'm dreaming about looks like! 8)

Such faith You know what she looks like but do you know how she 'performs' ?

 

[engall]

Thanks Engall, now I know what the card I'm dreaming about looks like! 8)

Its my pleasure.You are fanATIc ,aint you?

 

[g__day]

So do we guess this says 500MHz Core and 600MHz RAm for X800?

http://www.oc.com.tw/article/0404/readgoodarticle.asp?id=2533

問題四：在Radeon X800產品中，ATi採用的是DDR 3的記憶體，對ATi而言直接跳過DDR 2而採用DDR 3的意義為何？對整體價位會有影響嗎？又目前DDR 3記憶體的良率足以提供Radeon X800系列產品的量產嗎？

ANS：其實ATi會直接採用DDR 3記憶體的原因是相當單純的，因為目前DDR 2的頻率最高只有到450MHz，並沒有辦法達到Radeon X800所要的500甚至600MHz，對我們來說，價格不是絕對的問題，重要是要達到那要的規格，就必須要用到那樣等級的產品。而在良率部份，目前包括三星、現代、英飛凌、美光等公司都可以提供我們所需要的DDR 3記憶體，所以在產品的良率跟產能都還足夠負荷新產品的使用