The first 24-pipe card is the 3Dlabs Realism 800?!?!?!

[Karma Police]

With a 512-bit bus, too.

Well, I didn't see this one coming.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2383

 

[Karma Police]

Pretty nice, too, considering it's cheaper than nVidia's.

 

[RejZoR]

Yeah,but it's used only for 3D modeling and other similar applications.

 

[MasterBaiter]

I only looked @ it hap-hazardly but... it's a dual gpu system... are they adding the memory & gpu features up to come up with these numbers or does each gpu have 24 pipes and a 512 bit bus? I'd be impressed if that was the case.

 

[Ostsol]

Looks like they're just adding the numbers.

 

[Karma Police]

I wish I could know how much of a difference the 512-bit bus makes over the 256-bit bus.

Besides, two 12-pipe chips on the same chip/core is different from two 12-pipe chips on the same card.

What's the difference from that & one chip/core with 24 pipes?

 

[Goragoth]

Looking at the diagram at Anand it looks like the 512bit bus is a load of BS. Each VPU just has a 256bit memory bus, which adds to 512bit in a twisted sort of way. Of course that makes sense considering what I've heard around here on the difficulty of implementing a 512bit bus.

That said, the performance of the card does look quite impressive and the pricing is very competetive with the Quadro.

 

[ANova]

The price nvidia wants for their card is just rediculous.

 

[ninelven]

erased

 

[wireframe]

$1500 for a FX4000 is rediculous?

Read it again. Anandtech has it listed as $15,500. Heh.

 

[KimB]

Read it again. Anandtech has it listed as $15,500. Heh.

It's a typo. Pricewatch has 'em listed for $1500.

 

[swaaye]

It's something how NV can retool a gaming card into something that can destroy or match 3dlabs "professionals-only" cards....

Heh, but does anyone else have a problem with paying 2x more for a coupl'a resistors and some different drivers?

 

[KimB]

Support is the primary difference.

 

[IgnorancePersonified]

couldn't there be an argument that each quad on on the current highend cards be limited too only a 64bit mem bus via the crossbar ondie?
Is their a cross bar tieing the 512 bus together or does each vpu have a dedicated 256bit bus? Sounds ok too me. better than an intel dual cpu system if it is dedicated.

 

[wireframe]

Read it again. Anandtech has it listed as $15,500. Heh.

It's a typo. Pricewatch has 'em listed for $1500.

Of course it's a typo. It was just funny imagining the original complaint about the price being based on $15,500.

 

[Xmas]

With a 512-bit bus, too.

Well, I didn't see this one coming.

That's strange, considering it was announced mid-2004
There are two separate 256-bit and one 128-bit memory interface on the card, one for each chip.
Presumably, each interface is split into multiple channels again.

 

[Megadrive1988]

what 3DLabs VPU is this - P20 or something beyond it ?

edit, nevermind, this is old. it has to be the P20.

 

[Sxotty]

Yeah, the first 24 pipe card was an nvidia sli on one board then I suppose, and there is already a 32pipe as well

Their solution currently gets terrible gains considering, I am still wondering if ATI's solution will be a significant amount better...

 

[Karma Police]

That's strange, considering it was announced mid-2004

Yeah, but who honestly listens to 3Dlabs, anyway?

 

[Blazkowicz]

I guess this is the first 16 pipe card then?

http://tiger.towson.edu/~tzeger1/3dfx/products/images/8waysli.jpg