ATI's "Fudo" to have Shader 3.0

First of all, $150 for non GT version of 6600 seems pretty low end to me.

If there are changes to 3.0, like 3.0a - unless its done by an extension then it would like would require a new release of Direct X - like Direct X 9.0d. I would also expect that NVidia would make enhancements for NV50 series so they would also have some enhancements.

 

hehe a classic
it will bring 60% performance improvement too!!!!

 

Yes, but only on benchmarks.

Wait a minute, didn't that Inq guy say that ATi ain't gonna never support SM3.0? How can this be true then?

 

Well in fact if they support directly 3.1 they will never support just 3.0

You know now the Inq's How to make news: Add 2 craps together and post the result.

 

Ok, but this is all gonna be your fault when it's on the front page of the Inq about SM3.1 tomorrow...

 

No, it's low-end of the midrange

 

Yes, low-end is typically the sub-$100 range.

 

Yeah for me, low end is about $50 for an r8500/gf5200.

 

I guess that would be X300 generation type, currently for NVidia its the 5200 series but that that is older generation. I be curious if NVidia's 5200 replacement will support Shader 3.0 stuff.

My work machine has GF2 MX because graphics needs are not important at work. So for the <$100 range cards is probably not that important to support higher end shaders.

 

That'd be NV44 in Q4, and I'm pretty sure I've read words from Kirk or Huang to the effect of "SM3.0 from top to bottom".

 

I hope there's more truth to that statement than the GF-4 MX is a DX8 card or the NV30 will be out in time for the holiday season.

 

Didn't XGI come up with a SM3.0 capable part. Could this SM3.1 be for this XGI part?

 

Please forgive me, I find humor in strange places.

Yeah, I guess that could be a reason for SM3.1.

 

I'm stabbing in the dark too.

 

From what I understood there's gonna be the R480 part before the R520.

R480 getting released by October/November and the R520 to be released by March/April/May(Spring) 2005.

The next ATI part is only gonna be a speedbinned R42x.

At least that's what I understood.

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same would be with the nv40 . The next part will most likely be a 450mhz part , mabye 475 . The r420 would most likely be around 600-650 mhz .

 

650??? HIGHLY doubtful. id be suprised if it was even 600.

 

I wouldn't count on the spring'05 release of R520 guys...

 

http://hkepc.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=188647

 

Hm very interesting. Lots of question and exclamantion marks,few XGI,NVIDIA and ATI words and thats it. O and i found a 3 smiley animation