The Rumor Roundup

[Dave Baumann]

ATI have previously said that the West Coast team is the fastest growing element of ATI - with the recent move to larger offices and the influx of people that i know of, this certainly seems to be the case. I'm increasingly of the opinion that the West Coast team will now be primarily for desktop PC designs, while the East Coast team will do special projects and stuff like chipsets/integrated at othertimes.

As for R500, i think it will probably share the same basic platform as the xbox, in terms of ALU design philosophy, but its design will be more tailored to the diversity of pc titles, while the xbox chip will be configured very closely to the requirements of a closed box system.

WRT Nintendo I'm increasingly getting suggestions that it may be the same platform as xbox2. I floated this past someone who follows this industry very closely a year ago and he didn't warm to the suggestion then, curiously he seems to be getting a little convinced by it now.

 

[digitalwanderer]

Where are ATi's east coast offices?

 

[Natoma]

Where are ATi's east coast offices?

Sorry dig. they don't let democratically voted village idiots in.

 

[KimB]

Now the real battle will be in the 200€ vid cards, and i don't see rumors about cut down versions of R420/NV40.

nVidia should be releasing those around the fall. Dunno about ATI.

 

[digitalwanderer]

Where are ATi's east coast offices?

Sorry dig. they don't let democratically voted village idiots in.

I don't want to go in to it, just throw dirt over myself in front of their building doing me happy-dance and making grunty noises!

 

[kemosabe]

Where are ATi's east coast offices?

Administrative headquarters in Markham, Ontario, and the research offices are in Marlborough, Mass.

http://www.ati.com/companyinfo/contact/coninfo.html

 

[digitalwanderer]

Where are ATi's east coast offices?

Administrative headquarters in Markham, Ontario, and the research offices are in Marlborough, Mass.

http://www.ati.com/companyinfo/contact/coninfo.html

Thanks!

Massachusets is in America, correct? Go to the middle and kind of take a big right? :|

 

[Natoma]

Just follow the trail of bleeding heart liberals.

 

[KimB]

Just follow the trail of bleeding heart liberals.

Bah, that'll lead him to Berkeley.

 

[digitalwanderer]

Just follow the trail of bleeding heart liberals.

Bah, that'll lead him to Berkeley.

I thought California was on the left coast?

 

[KimB]

Yeah. That's not where you want to go, right? 8)

 

[digitalwanderer]

Yeah. That's not where you want to go, right? 8)

Right, left is wrong. I want to go right even though I am a bit left, because out on the left is now right...right? :|

 

[jvd]

WRT Nintendo I'm increasingly getting suggestions that it may be the same platform as xbox2. I floated this past someone who follows this industry very closely a year ago and he didn't warm to the suggestion then, curiously he seems to be getting a little convinced by it now

i've suggested this in the console forum .

Would make the most sense and would decrease the cost of the tech for both companys

 

[pc999]

Try to write portuguese

Já tou farto de esperar pelas novas placas gráficas, farto dos rumores, quero a merda da r420 e da nv40, já ...

Olha, não sou o unico por estes lados......
Com sorte vamos ter a R420/NV40 um mês depois do resto deste pessoal e a 700€.

What i really want is a Powervr Series5.
sorry for the OT

hehe, eles andem ai Frequento isto quase desde o inicio ( nick diferentes ), leio todos os dias, mas participo muito pouco

Ya , o preço deve ser bonito ... como sempre. A minha 9700 Pro ainda vai ter que durar

Done writing in portuguese, soz guys

POrreiro mais portugueses
É pena é que tenhamos de esperar mais tempo do k eles

Just a hint about graphics cards

 

[digitalwanderer]

POrreiro mais portugueses
É pena é que tenhamos de esperar mais tempo do k eles

Just a hint about graphics cards

Babelfish says you said:

"POrreiro more Portuguese Is penalty is that let us have to wait more time of the k they"

So I'm thinking that either Babelfish ain't so hot with Portuguese or else you are REALLY baked my friend. :|

 

[Megadrive1988]

ATI have previously said that the East Coast team is the fastest growung element of ATI - with the recent move to larger offices and the influx of people that i know of, this certainly seems to be the case. I'm increasingly of the opinion that the East Coast team will now be primarily for PC designs, while the West Coast team will do special projects and then stuff ke chipsets/integrated at othertimes.



As for R500, i think it will probably share the same basic platform as the xbox, in terms of ALU design philosophy, but its design will be more tailored to the diversity of pc titles, while the xbox chip will be configured very closely to the requirements of a closed box system.

WRT Nintendo I'm increasingly getting suggestions that it may be the same platform as xbox2. I floated this past someone who follows this industry very closely a year ago and he didn't warm to the suggestion then, curiously he seems to be getting a little convinced by it now.

meaning the same basic VPU family or generation? because I doubt that Xbox 2 and GCN2 are one console.

 

[pc999]

POrreiro mais portugueses
É pena é que tenhamos de esperar mais tempo do k eles

Just a hint about graphics cards

Babelfish says you said:

"POrreiro more Portuguese Is penalty is that let us have to wait more time of the k they"

So I'm thinking that either Babelfish ain't so hot with Portuguese or else you are REALLY baked my friend. :|

translation

Cool more portuguese people.
It is a shame for us need to wait more than them .

It is more or less this ( my english is bit poor )

 

[lar2r]

NV40 stuff:

-developers told to use 500W power supply's in their system
-dual molex connectors (ala XGI Volari Duo)

Isn't it dangerous to have that much power going to your AGP slot? What's the lifespan on a chip constantly using that much power (is failure at all related to power draw on a component?)

I guess its also possible that after another respin they will have power issues reduced. This makes it seem that they currently have a deal with the electric company

 

[indio]

ATI have previously said that the East Coast team is the fastest growung element of ATI - with the recent move to larger offices and the influx of people that i know of, this certainly seems to be the case. I'm increasingly of the opinion that the East Coast team will now be primarily for PC designs, while the West Coast team will do special projects and then stuff ke chipsets/integrated at othertimes.

As for R500, i think it will probably share the same basic platform as the xbox, in terms of ALU design philosophy, but its design will be more tailored to the diversity of pc titles, while the xbox chip will be configured very closely to the requirements of a closed box system.

WRT Nintendo I'm increasingly getting suggestions that it may be the same platform as xbox2. I floated this past someone who follows this industry very closely a year ago and he didn't warm to the suggestion then, curiously he seems to be getting a little convinced by it now.

I was floating the MS+Nintendo merger last year. It's a perfect marriage. Nintendo was (maybe they still are) the only company making money on hardware. They have the most experience making money on console hardware period. Microsoft knows how to make money in software (and how!). They compliment each other nicely.

 

[Quitch]

POrreiro mais portugueses
É pena é que tenhamos de esperar mais tempo do k eles

Just a hint about graphics cards

Babelfish says you said:

"POrreiro more Portuguese Is penalty is that let us have to wait more time of the k they"

So I'm thinking that either Babelfish ain't so hot with Portuguese or else you are REALLY baked my friend. :|

translation

Cool more portuguese people.
It is a shame for us need to wait more than them .

It is more or less this ( my english is bit poor )

Pah, that's a push over, I have to learn Cantonese. Suddenly the way you say the word changes what the word is and you don't have letters anymore, you now have some characters that look rather like drawings.

Oh, my head. :?

I rather liked the whole "double-pumping" idea, sounded like a rather grounded idea.