nVidia adopting 3Dc?

[digitalwanderer]

G7x will support 3Dc.

So G7x=nv50 then?

 

[Geo]

G7x will support 3Dc.

So G7x=nv50 then?

I wish you better luck than I had trying to get to the bottom of what it is! The best I could do was get to the bottom of what it isn't!

Edit: Tho I gotta admit I love that "x" for what it implies. I suspect Baron did as well.

 

[DegustatoR]

G7x will support 3Dc.

So G7x=nv50 then?

Why? 3Dc is nothing heavy or hard to implement into NV4x pixel pipeline.

 

[Tim Murray]

G7x will support 3Dc.

So G7x=nv50 then?

Dig, don't be stupid. Dave has repeatedly referred to G70, and now he's referring to G7x, which implies two things.

1. G70 is the next-gen NV enthusiast architecture.
2. G7x is a whole new line of chips--just like NV4x--so we can expect to see new mid-end GPUs, new low-end GPUs maybe, etc. It's a good thing for everybody.

Then again, the X might imply RAMPAGE! or GIGAPIXEL! (it's a joke and if you comment on it, I hope that Dave will break you)

 

[digitalwanderer]

Dig, don't be stupid. Dave has repeatedly referred to G70, and now he's referring to G7x, which implies two things.

1. G70 is the next-gen NV enthusiast architecture.
2. G7x is a whole new line of chips--just like NV4x--so we can expect to see new mid-end GPUs, new low-end GPUs maybe, etc. It's a good thing for everybody.

Then again, the X might imply RAMPAGE! or GIGAPIXEL! (it's a joke and if you comment on it, I hope that Dave will break you)

Two words for ya buddy, "DONKEY KONGA"!

 

[Tim Murray]

Dig, don't be stupid. Dave has repeatedly referred to G70, and now he's referring to G7x, which implies two things.

1. G70 is the next-gen NV enthusiast architecture.
2. G7x is a whole new line of chips--just like NV4x--so we can expect to see new mid-end GPUs, new low-end GPUs maybe, etc. It's a good thing for everybody.

Then again, the X might imply RAMPAGE! or GIGAPIXEL! (it's a joke and if you comment on it, I hope that Dave will break you)

Two words for ya buddy, "DONKEY KONGA"!

I will destroy you. Like, I'm driving up to Indiana now.

 

[digitalwanderer]

I will destroy you. Like, I'm driving up to Indiana now.

So have we figured out if nVidia's next top-end card will be a single or dual chip solution yet? And how are nVidia's hats?

 

[Kombatant]

We knew that...




<--- party pooper

 

[digitalwanderer]

But what about their hats?!?! I'm having a rather serious chapeau problem at the moment... :?

 

[egore]

So I guess Futuremark will be adding 3Dc support then.

 

[Tim Murray]

So I guess Futuremark will be adding 3Dc support then.

Oh hey, will R520 support DST?

 

[Rys]

So I guess Futuremark will be adding 3Dc support then.

Oh hey, will R520 support DST?

I'd think so, given that shadow mapping is gaining popularity.

 

[Dave Baumann]

I doubt it actually. I think you'll also find more implementations are using it in shaders now as well.

 

[LeGreg]

Oh hey, will R520 support DST?

they already do, one way or the other (through pshader comparison). It's just slower.

They could probably expose it in the API as nvidia does also. Maybe they do already (for pixel shader 1.x ?).

 

[tEd]

Oh hey, will R520 support DST?

they already do, one way or the other (through pshader comparison). It's just slower.

They could probably expose it in the API as nvidia does also. Maybe they do already (for pixel shader 1.x ?).

But they can't use the depth/stencil format as a texture that's what dst is , isn't it? They have to copy depth map to a texture format they can use like r32f , that wouldn't be necessary with dst support. The other thing is pcf which they have to do in the shader.

 

[Ostsol]

Doesn't ATI support depth textures already in OpenGL? The format doesn't contain stencil data, though. . .

 

[Zeross]

Doesn't ATI support depth textures already in OpenGL? The format doesn't contain stencil data, though. . .

Yes but as far as I know this is not a valid render target at least using pbuffer but since ATI doesn't support fbo yet...

 

[Geo]

So are we liking the odds of seeing 3dc in WGF now?

 

[Mark]

So are we liking the odds of seeing 3dc in WGF now?

I always thought that was pretty much guaranteed.

 

[Geo]

So are we liking the odds of seeing 3dc in WGF now?

I always thought that was pretty much guaranteed.

Looking back a year, I'm not sure whether to congratulate you for your prescience or roll my eyes at your touching innocence.