'Fusion' cards

[AlgoRhythm]

I thought of Tylau as well, but didn't have the audacity to mention his name!

(Such pain it brings back)

AlgoRhythm

[alessandro]

I got this from http://www.vr-zone.com :

"NV-20 will not be out until DX8 is released. The big question is what does NVIDIA have up their sleeve to not run into the memory bandwidth problem that has plagued GeForce? If they have to use 4ns DDR to help fix the problem in NV-20 it may have a higher price than the Ultra. NV-20 may have some memory built into the core. If that is true that may keep them from having to use such expensive DDR memory until the manufacturing gets better and prices drop."

[Pace]

Yea - I found Tylau myself when I was raking to see if this was the longest thread! And what are the chances of me finding a 213 post thread when this thread is at 212?! Glad I missed Tylau's 'era' though !

Also, why weren't the spam threads deleted? Or were there a few hundred more of them which were deleted? They make finding long threads very painful !

Paul.

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[Jutai]

well and who can forget the likes of MANOJ MAHATTNI or whatever it was and the 300 TOPIC spam not to mention all of those huge flame threads... Anyways so have we actually gotten anywhere with our thoughts on what the fusion is??? well i gyuess we all know big M's slogan "Dramatically different"... if we don't get back on topic soon this thread will get thrown into the soap box... So 'Fusion' cards???

[Mark F]

Stop with the painfull memories. This was supposed to be a foward looking thread. So, fusion, plus, G800, FCRam, ESDRam, video, sound, and on MB. Was that back on topic enough

Maybe ANT could put 'the' rumor page on the MURC. We could still like to it for newbies, and not have to have a seperate site hosted.

Mark F.

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[Mark F]

Sorry to bring this up again but I read this on a site (forgot which one) about 3DFX's 'next' cards, and was overcome by fear (bad choise of wards); emphasis added by me:

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Fear is the codename for the product after Rampage. This will be the first product from 3dfx that is a fusion of Rampage and GigaPixel technology. Here we will get the pixel shading operations, as well as the T-buffer effects, with the bandwidth saving technologies brought by GigaPixel. This will help to lower transistor count as well as be able to use cheaper memory due to lower bandwidth needs. This again will be scalable and will probably still use the programmable Sage geometry processor as a separate unit.

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Say it ain't so, Joe!!
Say it ain't so.

Mark F.


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[Barbarella]

hi,

could'nt be that fusion mean FCRAM use rather than DDR. FCram is the fusion of low latency and high bandwidth. Well, why not

[Dualbuzz]

I can tell you a little secret.

The right answer to the "What does the Fusion mean?" question was posted 63 messages ago, so no need in new suggestions.

[Mark F]

W-H-A-T you want me to bother TSB for a post about Matrox Fusion being with 3DFX?!?

I thought that was what this thread was for

Mark F.

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[Pace]

Does somebody want to count back and tell me what you find? It's too late for me!

Paul.

(Edit: I was testing smilies)
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[This message has been edited by Pace (edited 21 August 2000).]

[Ali]

63 messages ago: (by dzeus)

that info is 'general knowledge' by know, and we are talking about their G800, since the G450 already ahs been announced, and is not a 'next produtuct' any more in several ways of speaking.
you didn't answer my question. What was the answer that Matrox person gave?

Doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me though.

Oh well

[dZeus]

I think he means it is the Dualhead version... since there is no dualhead G/F800 in the .dll files, fusion probably means dualhead, and plus means MAX.

And probably all the Fusion Plus F800s will use DDR FCRAM, and the G800 DDR SDRAM/SGRAM?

And what about the F450? is that a model for testing FCRAM for internal use only?

and what if all the G/F 800 models will have dualhead technology built in by default (like the G450). If the second RAMDAC is onchip, with the same capabilities as the 1st RAMDAC, this makes a lot of sence.

In that case, fusion is not dualhead....

[Ali]

I dont think Fusion is dual head, because Matrox has spent a lot of time and money making sure everybody knows about dual head for them to go and change the name.

All those 'enhanced' games that they have spent so much effort on would all be undercut.

Think of the confussion. First Dual Head, then something called Twin View, then Fusion, whatever that means.

The general public would think that all these things are different.

Ali

[Pace]

They could create a Fusion card which means DualHead and still keep the DualHead name: "The new Matrox ?800 or Matrox ?800 Fusion with 3rd generation DualHead technology"

I don't think they will use Fusion to mean just the dual head capabilities though.

Paul.

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[Pace]

This isn't just a shameless revival of this big thread! I genuinely want to know:

What is volumetric rendering? Is it just regular 3D? Xortam asked I believe but never got an answer.

And September 11th is approaching so hold tight people - and ride the Matrox rollercoaster!

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