The NEXT LAST R600 Rumours & Speculation Thread

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  1. nAo

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    Just a minor correction: Cell has 12 "stops" (8 SPUs + PPU + MEMController + 2*FLEXIO)
     
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    There are actually 5 stops on the bus: four memory partitions + the host interface (PCIe). ;)
     
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    HIS is ready to go.:grin:
     
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    How much latency for data going through a crossbar, if it comes in one side of the chip but needs to be over on the other side?

    Put another way, what proportion of the latency is wire delay and how much is architecture-specific logic? Crossbar versus ring bus.

    Jawed
     
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    Is it a Lamda logo on the box? :grin:

    I don't believe, a new graphics card like HD2900 will be bundled with an old game like HL2 or HL2 Ep. 1 without some graphical updates.
    http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=39699
    http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200703/N07.0305.1818.53359.htm
     
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    How exactly did they plan to support "advanced features of these cards" under XP? Last time I checked HL2 didn't support OpenGL (and I don't know if there's even extensions for the "DX10 level" stuff yet?)
     
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    *giggles*
     
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    When i bought 9800XT I got a HL2 coupon :wink: and another one when I upgraded to X800XT PE :roll: , then they released the game :???:
     
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    More likely a coupon is attached. EP2 is not coming that soon.
     
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    Ep. 2 comes when? :wink:
    There is another speculation in HL2.Net forums: http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=123608

    Read my speculation in the linked thread.:smile:
     
    #4071 Arnold Beckenbauer, May 1, 2007
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    Or are there 6 stops? Your 5 plus 1 for UVD.
     
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    If the "supported advanced features" would indeed be fp16 filtering + msaa on fp16-rt's, i don't know if i should laugh or cry :lol:
     
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    Yeah, the way I heard is that it is a coupon, just like last time.

    Except this time I don't see Ep2 being delayed for the third (fourth?) time. I mean...it's only Ep2, not an entirely new game.

    Regardless, getting that for free makes that R600 that much more tempting.
     
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    Wouldn't audio department want one too?
     
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    Any ideas on how they are going to expose the hardware tesselator in dx10?
     
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    Does it matter? It doesn't have to be ready at r600 launch.
     
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    Not only EP2, but also TF2 and Portal (the voucher for these games that is). And if I recall correctly it's possible for HD2900XT buyers to immediately download a free game from Steam (forgot which game though).
     
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    that's cool a free game right away.
     
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    So do we get a NDA lift tomorrow or is it delayed to the 14th also?
     
    #4080 RobertR1, May 1, 2007
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