Mufu: regarding your information on R300 over at rage3d..
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Re: Mufu: regarding your information on R300 over at rage3d.
From nV News forums :
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i've been testing a qualification board, and from the benchmarks i've run so far, and the real-world (gaming) abuse i've given it, i can safely say that with 4x FSAA and 128-tap AF enabled, the R300 is up to 50% faster than a Ti 4600.
This is at 1024x768, 32-bit color, naturally, and the gap increases considerably as the resolution is bumped. If you see p/reviews wherein an R300's scores seem low, it's because the reviewer will fail to test the card correctly: high resolution, FSAA, and AF used liberally. Using these settings, it sends the Ti 4600 packing. "
"from my experience with it so far, i think r300 will prove to be a GREAT chip, but based on pur specs alone, the nv30 is more impressive. how they translate in the real world will make a big difference.
i want to add that while i think the nv30 will be faster, the r300 will compete really well. what i'm most interested in is seeing the r300 go to .13u. THAT will truly be something fearsome. "
Person is question seems to have valid info about both chips... He was given nv30 specs (under NDA naturally) just a little time ago.
From nV News forums :
"
i've been testing a qualification board, and from the benchmarks i've run so far, and the real-world (gaming) abuse i've given it, i can safely say that with 4x FSAA and 128-tap AF enabled, the R300 is up to 50% faster than a Ti 4600.
This is at 1024x768, 32-bit color, naturally, and the gap increases considerably as the resolution is bumped. If you see p/reviews wherein an R300's scores seem low, it's because the reviewer will fail to test the card correctly: high resolution, FSAA, and AF used liberally. Using these settings, it sends the Ti 4600 packing. "
"from my experience with it so far, i think r300 will prove to be a GREAT chip, but based on pur specs alone, the nv30 is more impressive. how they translate in the real world will make a big difference.
i want to add that while i think the nv30 will be faster, the r300 will compete really well. what i'm most interested in is seeing the r300 go to .13u. THAT will truly be something fearsome. "
Person is question seems to have valid info about both chips... He was given nv30 specs (under NDA naturally) just a little time ago.
Erm... Not too much more to add, I'm afraid.
The external power connector is needed for operation above 300MHz. It's likely that OEM/AIBs will drop it and lower the clockspeed. I expect they will still use the 942 board as the basis for their products (as they have used the 857 for R200-based cards) so it may well be possible to solder on your own connector, flash the BIOS and "upgrade" your OEM R300 to a full retail version.
The AIW version will of course need the connector.
There is still no R200/RV250 MAXX board in development.
MuFu.
P.S. One prolific member of the hardware community now mysteriously knows everything about the R300, whereas previous correspondance made it clear to me that [H]e didn't. So while I am not sure about those availability dates (they seem pretty late to me), we may well see reviews fairly soon.
The external power connector is needed for operation above 300MHz. It's likely that OEM/AIBs will drop it and lower the clockspeed. I expect they will still use the 942 board as the basis for their products (as they have used the 857 for R200-based cards) so it may well be possible to solder on your own connector, flash the BIOS and "upgrade" your OEM R300 to a full retail version.
The AIW version will of course need the connector.
There is still no R200/RV250 MAXX board in development.
MuFu.
P.S. One prolific member of the hardware community now mysteriously knows everything about the R300, whereas previous correspondance made it clear to me that [H]e
didn't. So while I am not sure about those availability dates (they seem pretty late to me), we may well see reviews fairly soon.
All this info seems a bit ad[H]oc to me