R600 (DX10 ATI card) Benchmarks

[Mehen]

http://level505.com/2006/12/30/the-full-ati-r600-test/

Basically it performs exactly how you would figure it to, a bit better than the current nv flagship card.

[schmosef]

and here i just installed a brand new x1950xtx card

oh well, i got the card for xna programming, which won't use dx10 for a long while (maybe not until the next xbox comes out).

[Faramir1966]

Seems the website is down ?
Edit:
No....its just slow as hell.
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[Dr Mordrid]

Update:

The Register has a new story;

1. it may have been an AMD leak

2. apparently others have confirmed the stories contents

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/02/amd_ati_r600_spec_leak/

An alleged specification for AMD's soon-to-be-announced next-generation graphics chip, the ATI R600, has been posted on the web by a site that is said to have admitted it has links with the chip maker.

A covert marketing operation? Possibly, but with the website, Level 505, currently offline, it's hard to test the theory.

Fortunately, other sites have reproduced the details. According to Level 505, according to other sites, the R600 has 64 four-way unified shaders capable of 128 shader operations per cycle. It's a DirectX 10-compatible part - no surprise there - but it's also said to support multi-GPU configurations beyond two and four GPUs.

The chip is said to have a 512-bit memory controller, with the initial version shipping with a 900MHz GDDR 3 memory clock speed. R600 will connect to up to 1GB of video memory.

Past reports on the R600 have alleged the part will ship later this month, a point with which the Level 505 report seems to agree. It also points to a March revision that will see the introduction of GDDR 4 support and the memory clock speed raised to 1.1GHz. That said, recent roadmap leaks have suggested the January launch may not take place after all.

The R600 is said to support the HDCP anti-piracy technology.

Level 505 quoted benchmarks showing an 8-42 per cent performance gain over Nvidia's rival unified shader chip, the GeForce 8800 GTX.

Interestingly, website DailyTech contacted Level 505 before the latter went down and claims it was told "two staff members of ours are directly affiliated with AMD's business [development] division".

The question is, was the information provided with the manufacturer's approval - tacit or otherwise?

[schmosef]

Historically, ATI's and AMD's biggest problems have been with fulfilling market demand.

Their engineering teams develop great products and their marketting teams do a good job of spreading the word/creating a demand.

But then they fall on their face in the supply chain.

nVidia has always been excellent at getting their kit out to market very quickly once it's been announced.

It's gotten so bad that I've seen at least one website (and I think maybe two) claim that they will refuse to publish future reviews of ATI cards unless they know that the cards will be imminently available for widescale distribution.

I sincerely hope they execute this launch more smoothly than others.

[Evildead666]

I haven't seen any sites that specifically bitch about one manufacturer or the other, just that they won't review hardware which isn't freely available.

[ZokesPro]

Can't wait till DX10 mobile gpu's. I like desktops but with my lifestyle, I prefer laptops.

[RC Agent]

Can't wait till DX10 mobile gpu's. I like desktops but with my lifestyle, I prefer laptops.

What? You like your pr0n portable??

[Jammrock]

Doesn't DX10 have an RSN feature?

[RC Agent]

I was always under the assumption that RSN was only a feature available from Matrox cards.

[Jammrock]

I was always under the assumption that RSN was only a feature available from Matrox cards.

Yes, but with Matrox has been known to sell their secrets to MS for cash.

[Kooldino]

wtf is RSN?

[schmosef]

It's been so long since we talked about Matrox specs that I had to look it up myself.

Here's an old thread that explains it: link.

[Paddy]

wtf is RSN?

Ah! young newbies

[Belwarrior]

Ah! young newbies

hehe i was around since that feature was touted... haven't seen it yet

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