Lindburgh Is Not Power VR According To Famitsu!

[Lazy8s]

The risk for reward in the mainstream PC graphics market keeps most companies out, especially when the reward potential in embedded markets -- most prominently the exploding mobile 3D sector -- is so much bigger. Only a select few seminconductor outfits -- Intel, ATi, and nVidia -- are involved with the mainstream PC graphics market, and Imagination Technologies is not a semiconductor company with PowerVR, just an IP company.

PowerVR's processors in embedded markets -- both in the set top and handheld segments -- have shown market leading performance.

 

[V3]

The risk for reward in the mainstream PC graphics market keeps most companies out, especially when the reward potential in embedded markets -- most prominently the exploding mobile 3D sector -- is so much bigger. Only a select few seminconductor outfits -- Intel, ATi, and nVidia -- are involved with the mainstream PC graphics market, and Imagination Technologies is not a semiconductor company with PowerVR, just an IP company.

PowerVR's processors in embedded markets -- both in the set top and handheld segments -- have shown market leading performance.

Its ease of development and cost, that they went with this configuration. Performance was probably enough on what they are planning to do. So ease of development was important.
Though I wonder if ports aren't high on their list. Probably more PC ports which they've known to do

Also they can slot in another GPU or better one if they want more performance, or more memory when needed. They can offer this as upgrade kit to arcade owner, instead of them having to purchase an expensive new board, like N1 and N2 if the thing is embedded. I guess this is the next step to save the arcade market, even its probably already too late in some area.

 

[TEXAN]

The word from the show floor was that the Nvidia GPU is a 7800 Ultra.

 

[DuckThor Evil]

The word from the show floor was that the Nvidia GPU is a 7800 Ultra.

Wasn't it you who said something about, that even PS4 won't be as powerful as the next Sega arcade board?, right on the money!.

 

[TEXAN]

I personally don't believe it's a 7800. Just some people making guesses.

As a person who saw the presentation at the show, I can safely say that you guys have absolutely no idea of how off the charts the graphics were. The internet vid showed nothing of the absolute majesty that was on display.

There is no way a 6800 or a 7800 was pushing what was being shown, thus I would have to say the chip is most likely an 8800.

 

[hugo]

There is no way a 6800 or a 7800 was pushing what was being shown, thus I would have to say the chip is most likely an 8800.

Wow if it was an 8800,you'll be even suprised to see what the PS3 would offer.

RSX+Cell+FlexIO+Blueray = ??

 

[Shifty Geezer]

There is no way a 6800 or a 7800 was pushing what was being shown, thus I would have to say the chip is most likely an 8800.

If 7800 is G70, nVidia's latest release, what on earth is an 8800 suppoed to be? A chip still in development? I can't see how Sega can be using a processor that's not even invented.

 

[Betamax]

Lindbergh seems 'alright' to me, but not stunning. No really new graphical effects as far as I can tell. The good news is that the deal with Sega is still on the new(er) board will be based on Series 5/SGX. I'm guessing that there was some kind of delay in development and Sega just went to newegg and cobbeled together the stop gap we now know as Lindbergh.

 

[Lazy8s]

Imgtec's disclosures are somewhat unclear about the status of the high-end PowerVR board. They still mention a Sega deal as of a few months ago, but the reference is grouped together with the mention of the Renesas SH3707 arrangement, which indirectly involves Sega by way of Aurora. Imgtec's Sega disclosure is either an expanded reference of SH3707 for sublicensing partners or still refers to the high-end PowerVR board.

The projected schedule for the high-end PowerVR system still leaves it some time before it'd be ready, and the number of chips that PowerVR has in development for the amusement sector has apparently remained constant, at least.

Lindbergh doesn't seem like the new arcade standard thet SEGA had said they were creating and going to lead off with their forthcoming high-end PowerVR board back during the original ImgTec announcement, but Lindbergh's hosting of a high volume game like Virtua Fighter 5 doesn't make it seem like just a stop-gap either.

 

[V3]

I personally don't believe it's a 7800. Just some people making guesses.

As a person who saw the presentation at the show, I can safely say that you guys have absolutely no idea of how off the charts the graphics were. The internet vid showed nothing of the absolute majesty that was on display.

There is no way a 6800 or a 7800 was pushing what was being shown, thus I would have to say the chip is most likely an 8800.

Well The G70 is still new and pretty much untapped. So even if it is a stock G70 as found in the high end 7800, it still can show awsome graphics, afterall it is the latest available technology at the moment.

Though it is an arcade hardware, they can afford to hand pick the good G70, say with all the rumour 32 pipes intact and higher clock speed to boot. But I doubt its the NV40, since G70 offers the same at much better performance. And I doubt its 8800, since I doubt NV has finish a new chip that soon and they can easily go the SLI route if more performance are needed.