The NEXT LAST R600 Rumours & Speculation Thread

God bless you for not pressing me further...LOL

I follow this because I am interested, not because I live and die by it

I am thrilled, though, that for $129 I have a card that folds.

 

Thanks man

Does this mean I get access to all of B3D's deep, dark secrets now?

 

If Connect3D is indeed on the verge of bankruptcy, then it's for a much deeper-rooted reason than simply R600's absence. Remember, the money is in mid-range. Next-gen mid-ranges are not yet out and ATI's current midrange line is popular. Lacking a high-end product will not kill an OEM on their own. They would have to have been already dying.

Sounds a little like Intel back in the P4 days

 

See, I would have fully understood why AMD would have wanted to synchronize K10 and RV630/RV610 launch. The low and mid-range parts are more likely to be CPU limited in certain benchmarks and launching them along with new CPUs would have spared AMD the indignity of needing their GPUs to be paired up with Core 2 to show them off in the best light. But, AFAIK K10 launch is not forthcoming for months.

 

K10 server/workstation or K10 desktop ?

Yes, i agree that they are probably waiting to spread R6xx + K10 review kits around, but i doubt they would use anything other than engineering samples of the desktop chips, or at least a variant of the "Barcelona" server core installed in a Quad SLI motherboard designed in-house (current ones are made by Nvidia, if you recall).

They could end up promoting three different products all at once, bringing the new AMD/ATI "platform" concept to a more visible position in the media.

 

I dunno, but they clearly should have "gotten a Wagner."

 

You sure 'bout that?

 

Be careful what you wish for...

 

Not before summer, I'm afraid.
As they are waiting anyway, they may just throw in HL:EP2 or something.

 

That would rather be DNF, I think

Seriously, sorry about the constant bitching, but the whole R600 thing has really became a farce. It's not even funny to make fun of it anymore, it's that old. Oh well.

 

The bundled games have been announced allready


AMD is trying to generate a Halo effect. set up a platform much like Centrino ViiV or VPro. it only takes you a new mainboard, processor and any Rx6 card to set up an AMD!Vile.. ehr.. AMD!Evil.. ehr.. no wait.. AMD!Live system and have HDCP, HDMI, HD resolution, AViVo and you know what.. we'll give you a discount, you pay $50 for a X2300XT with your new mainboard.

For all the naysayers.. sometimes it's better to wait a while than ask a girl if she goes third base when you first see her..

 

It will certainly knock me back if they can pull that off. Launching a new chipset, cpu core, and r600 will definitely shock me. Im not sure it will happen, but stranger things have happened.

 

i am bored from R600 rumors, I think it's time to lock this thread an never talk about it again.

 

We haven't even gotten to flirt with R600, far less see it with its top off

 

Personally I'd like to flirt a little

 

Typo?

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=26661

 

Could be there for those who actually have sample cards?

 

18 days to Techday?

 

But if the drivers supported X2900, shouldn't it be in the .inf's?

edit:
Possibly related, at realtek's site:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...=3&GetDown=false#High Definition Audio Codecs
"ATI HDMI Audio Device"
Most likely this is related to motherboards though, as at least I understood it so the audio on the R6xx's would be part of the gfx chip, not separate chip (so it couldn't really be realtek's, then?)