ATI's Countdown

RangerXLT8 · Sep 27, 2005

Overclocker550 said:
and my gut feeling is itll be close behind a 7800gtx but I have no "proof" either. However lets not argue, itll be out "soon" is all I can say

I can't wait to see what kinda numbers they get.

I'm not buying R520 though, just waiting for CrossFire X800 cards to come out because I'm CrossFire ready. I have P5WD2 Premium and X800Pro. I'm pretty confident X800Pro Crossfire will Play BF:2 on 1280x1024@75mhz vsync high detail with full AA\AF and right now that'a all I could want.

koontz946 · Sep 27, 2005

how is a released board, crossfire ready? it may be SLI ready, but how can you tell if it is crossfire ready?

Yeormom · Sep 28, 2005

Crossfire is totally different from SLI~ A board will only be crossfire ready if it literally says it on the box as it requires hardware modifications.

boundrose · Sep 28, 2005

me also thinks that ATi Radeon X1800XT : 16ps - 600MHz Core/1400MHz Memory will be slower than 7800gtx. But with some oc... who knows

Heard rumors that x1800xt will have 1,26ns Samsung memory and this could theoreticaly oc 2000/1,26=aprox 1,6 GHz

Alchemy1 · Sep 28, 2005

Yeormom said:
Crossfire is totally different from SLI~ A board will only be crossfire ready if it literally says it on the box as it requires hardware modifications.

So, why does ATi say that the intel 955x chipset will support Crossfire? I am looking at my P5WD2 Premium box and it says NOTHING about crossfire.

ATi Website said:
5. What motherboard is required for a CrossFire system?

A. Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire Edition and Intel i955X based dual-slot motherboards are supported platforms.

Here is the link so you can read it for yourself.

TryBel · Sep 28, 2005

boundrose said:
me also thinks that ATi Radeon X1800XT : 16ps - 600MHz Core/1400MHz Memory will be slower than 7800gtx. But with some oc... who knows
Heard rumors that x1800xt will have 1,26ns Samsung memory and this could theoreticaly oc 2000/1,26=aprox 1,6 GHz

I highly doubt the XT will only be 16 pipes.

deathman20 · Sep 28, 2005

TryBel said:
I highly doubt the XT will only be 16 pipes.

I've only been seeing 16 pipes for the XT release. Don't think theres been an official word on it yet though.

There are suppositly 16, 24 and 32 pipe possibilites though.

Dan0512 · Sep 28, 2005

deathman20 said:
I've only been seeing 16 pipes for the XT release. Don't think theres been an official word on it yet though.

There are suppositly 16, 24 and 32 pipe possibilites though.

These versions probably do exist, but I guess the yield rate is too low right now, heard there are like 32 pipe versions out there.

Dan

boundrose · Sep 28, 2005

Dan0512 said:
These versions probably do exist, but I guess the yield rate is too low right now, heard there are like 32 pipe versions out there.

Dan

I've heard about it too (some news about only 10 radeons with 32 pipes manufactured :shrug:

)
anyway i was talking about xt version of x1800 and never heard about xt release with more than 16ps.

Cobalt · Sep 28, 2005

I doubt this is going to completely destroy the 7800GTX but I expect it to be at least equal. 24 pipe versions may come out eventually but yield are probably still to low at the moment.

As to the crossfire thing: only the ATi xpress200 chipset and the intel i955X currently support it. The reson you don't hear about xfire support in the specs is because the intel chipset was produced before it had been comfirmed that xfire was going to be on it. ATi made the deal with intel to get greater market penetration in the more lucractive intel market. Enthusiats may be the ones to go for dual GFX cards at the moment but SLI and xfire will be comming down in price into the mainstream market where average Bob gamer wont know whats best and sees the pentium logo and 2 graphics cards on a case and think "w00t" (seeing as hes probably the annoying 1337 guy who spams the chat in CSS and uses the autosnipe)

Overclocker550 · Sep 28, 2005

there wont be 32 pipe r520s. However r580 will be 24 and possibilly 32 pipes but when they will come out is unknown but rumors say early 2006

IWasHungry · Sep 28, 2005

The Pro and XL versions are pretty likely to have 16 pipes, but the XT is still unknown. Guess we'll have to wait another week until we know for sure.

screwtech02 · Sep 28, 2005

FYI, ATI has posted that the 955x chipset motherboards WILL support crosfire....

goog` · Sep 28, 2005

definately for the apocalypse. See you all in hell, or where ever else you beilive in

IWasHungry · Sep 28, 2005

goog` said:
definately for the apocalypse. See you all in hell, or where ever else you beilive in

What about reincarnation?

The 955x and ATI 200x or whatever it's called are the only chipsets ATM that support Crossfire.

RangerXLT8 · Sep 28, 2005

Yeormom said:
Crossfire is totally different from SLI~ A board will only be crossfire ready if it literally says it on the box as it requires hardware modifications.

Here it is out of ATI CrossFire FAQ.

5. What motherboard is required for a CrossFire system?

A. Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire Edition and Intel i955X based dual-slot motherboards are supported platforms.

ZGOZZ · Sep 29, 2005

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IWasHungry · Sep 29, 2005

Haha ZGOZZ, can I go instead of you?

ZGOZZ · Sep 29, 2005

IWasHungry said:
Haha ZGOZZ, can I go instead of you?

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boundrose · Sep 30, 2005

some new light...

i've found out at VR-Zone.com and here
that Radeon X1800XT / XT CE will have 24ps and 10vs

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