Lindburgh Is Not Power VR According To Famitsu!

[Shogmaster]

Scan removed

It's a 3Ghz (probably Northwood) Pentium 4 PC with 2x 512MB of PC3200 and an SM 3.0 nVidia card with 256MB of GDDR3 (6800U?)!!!!

 

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[Shogmaster]

Holy crap! I almost have a Lindburgh at home! With double the RAM!!

 

[Farid]

Thanks for the news, Shog!

I removed the scan, for forum policy reasons, but it seems, indeed, legit.

Exceptionally, I leave the scan of the specsheet only:



If one of the resident members who read Japanese fluently, could translate the info, it would be very appreciated.

 

[seismologist]

GPU: NVIDIA GPU, 256 bit GDDR3 Memory 256 Megabytes. Compatible with Vertex Shader 3.0 and Pixel Shader 3.0. Can output same or different video stream to two screens

hmm, same exact spec as PS3

 

[London Geezer]

Uhm i take it this Lindburgh is the new Sega arcade board? No one keeps me in the loop!

If so, doesn't sound too hot to me... Dunno, Naomi2 made me go WOW when it came out, this is a bit of a let down, though i'm sure it will produce some great looking games.

 

[London Geezer]

GPU: NVIDIA GPU, 256 bit GDDR3 Memory 256 Megabytes. Compatible with Vertex Shader 3.0 and Pixel Shader 3.0. Can output same or different video stream to two screens

hmm, same exact spec as PS3

Uhm same exact as a 6800. Though it could be a 7800 too for all we know.

 

[Shogmaster]

Thanks for the news, Shog!

I removed the scan, for forum policy reasons, but it seems, indeed, legit.

Exceptionally, I leave the scan of the specsheet only:



If one of the resident members who read Japanese fluently, could translate the info, it would be very appreciated.

OOPS! I somehow thought JP mag scans were OK. Sorry about that. Too many forums, too many different rules to keep track.

 

[AlNom]

GPU: NVIDIA GPU, 256 bit GDDR3 Memory 256 Megabytes. Compatible with Vertex Shader 3.0 and Pixel Shader 3.0. Can output same or different video stream to two screens

hmm, same exact spec as PS3

substitute 128-bit memory for the 256-bit GDDR3.

 

[Shogmaster]

substitute 128-bit memory for the 256-bit GDDR3.

And 4x the amount of system RAM (abeit a lot slower).

 

[seismologist]

from what I understand arcade boards generally have higher memory spec to help minimize load times. At least it was like that with the current gen arcade hardware.

 

[V3]

This was the rumour that got to me, when Lindbergh first surface with HoTD4. My friend in arcade business said it was a system with Intel CPU and NVDIA GPU. My first conclusion was it was an updated Chihiro hardware base on Xbox. Well this is better than I expected I suppose.

 

[AlNom]

from what I understand arcade boards generally have higher memory spec to help minimize load times. At least it was like that with the current gen arcade hardware.

From Xbox to Chihiro there is only more RAM, AFAIK, not higher specs for the RAM itself.

 

[V3]

From Xbox to Chihiro there is only more RAM, AFAIK, not higher specs for the RAM itself.

I think that's what he meant. More RAM are typical in arcade board, or not unusual.

 

[one]

It's just a PC + obscure anti-piracy logic. The OS is unknown though. Meh.

 

[V3]

Probably Linux for OS. Well I would use Linux anyway.

 

[Megadrive1988]

Lindbergh is more like an Xbox1 on steriods than Xbox360

It seems Lindbergh is what Xbox2 would have been like if Microsoft stayed with its Xbox1 partners.

what happened to PowerVR5 ?

 

[Almasy]

Now this is a surprise, I always thought PowerVR was a part of Lindbergh. I just hope Lazy8s hasn´t commited suicide.

 

[Betamax]

Sega? Wtf Ru Doin?

SEGA and Imagination Technologies Announce Licensing Agreement
SEGA Licenses High-End PowerVR Graphics Technology for Advanced Arcade Systems
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18 March 2004

London, UK: Imagination Technologies [LSE:IMG], a leader in system-on-chip intellectual property (SoC IP), and SEGA CORPORATION [TSE:7964] today announce a licensing agreement between the companies for the development of next generation arcade systems based on new high-end PowerVR graphics technology.

SEGA, the leader in the arcade market, will use a new high-performance PowerVR graphics processor as the basis of its future arcade systems. SEGA may also supply system boards based on this processor to other leading amusement game companies.

Says Hiroshi Yagi, Corporate Officer in AM Product R&D Division, SEGA CORPORATION: “The inherent benefits of PowerVR, which are well known to SEGA, will be utilized to deliver interactive experiences that will amaze gamers worldwide and continue SEGA’s legacy of innovation and excellence. SEGA’s new arcade platform, which will be at the forefront of Sega’s current board strategy across all video game genres, will deliver cutting edge gaming, exceeding any other videogame system in the world.â€￾

Says John Metcalfe, VP Business Development, Imagination Technologies: “We are thrilled to once again be cooperating with SEGA at the forefront of video gaming. Together we have already proven our excellence in arcade games with the Naomi family, and it is safe to say that once again gamers will be looking eagerly to the arcades to see where the future of video gaming lies.â€￾

SEGA previously utilised PowerVR technology as the basis of its Naomi and Naomi2 arcade platforms, which were employed not only by SEGA but also by many of the other leading amusement game companies.

About SEGA CORPORATION

SEGA(R) Corporation is a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home, encompassing consumer business, amusement machine sales and amusement centre operations. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. SEGA(R) Corporation's Web site is located at http://sega.jp.

Contact

David Harold
Imagination Technologies
Home Park Estate
Kings Langley
Herts WD4 8LZ

tel: +44 (0) 1923 260511
fax: +44 (0) 1923 270188
email: david.harold@imgtec.com

Nana Ishizawa
SEGA Corporation
1-2-12 Haneda
Ota-ku, Tokyo
144-8531 Japan

tel: +81 (3) 5736-7037
fax: +81 (3) 5736-7059
email: ishizawan@soj.sega.co.jp

What happened to this? Is Aruora the only system coming?

 

[V3]

That's either behind schedule, not up to snuff to NVIDIA one, or for another part.