The "drivers" on the new board will be "feature rich"
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We don't want feature rich drivers and HW. We just want the fastest 3D anywhere so we can have our names on the top of the 3DMark2001 benchmarks.<TABLE BGCOLOR=Red><TR><TD><Font-weight="+1"><font COLOR=Black>The world just changed, Sep. 11, 2001</font></Font-weight></TR></TD></TABLE>
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Even though the G550 is -RUMORED- to only have two pixels pipelines like the G400, but it can do two extures per pixel... So, coupled with 128-bits DDR-SDRAM and Matrix Skinning, it will be a pretty interesting card, although not as fast than those of the competitors. However, Dual-Head, solid multi-platform drivers and exceptionnal images quality will be things pushing in favor of Matrox. Concerning HSR, I don't think it will be done if hardware; if Matrox is to include HSR with the G550, it will most probably be software solution.
M, I'm still waiting...
Francis
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I agree with CHHAS. Such a board could be out for 1 year .
I fear Matrox use only a 128 bits architecture. If so, i think the use of 128 DDR will not be usefull as of a Radeon or Gforce. Wait and see.
HSR even in software could give us some boost, but what really will be appreciate are S3TC and Dot3 bump mapping.
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HSR in software sure provide some performance gain, sometimes alot, but it looks like my hairy 455 Have you tried software HSR on a Voodoo 5 5500 / GeForce 2 /GeForce 3 ??? Almost UNplayable in most games: a lot of dropped triangles and pixels, bad Z coordinates (an object supposed to be hidden by an other appears in front of that one) bugs current wave of software HSR.Even the hardcoded HSR in the Kyro/2 sometimes exhibits such problems (yet much more rarely...)
Also, I don't know why you say that because TCFKAG800NKAG550 only uses a 128 bits architechture it shouldn't gain much from DDR SDRAM memory... Hey, doesn't the G4X0 already possesses a 256bits architechture ? and G550 is -RUMORED- to be a souped-up G400 (If I'm not mistaken, M's G400 was the first graphics chip to have a 256-bits architechture). I think you mistaken the core architechture with the memory bus' width
CU, in hell or heaven; it doesn't matter to me, as long as there's beer and babes
Francis,
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What was necessary was done yesterday;
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- Intel - Xeon X3210 @ 3.2 GHz on Asus P5E
- 2x OCZ Gold DDR2-800 1 GB
- ATI Radeon HD2900PRO & Matrox Millennium G550 PCIe
- 2x Seagate B.11 500 GB GB SATA
- ATI TV-Wonder 550 PCI-E
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- Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.66 GHz on Asus P5L-MX
- 2x Crucial DDR2-667 1GB
- ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Barbarella:
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The G400 processor is 128 bits architecture. </font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">the G400 uses two indepent unidirectional 128-bit buses internally (256-bit DualBus), coupled with an 128-bit external memory bus</font>Despite my nickname causing confusion, I am not female ...
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I didn't want to explain it to you, Barb ...
I rather extended your post, not ?
Cheers,
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I knew that it was a 256 DualBus core; I also know it's slightly different than a true 256 bits bus (two 128 bits buses instead of a 256 bus) and that difference offer almost no disadvantages over a true 256 bus...
So, let's get back to the real problem here: when are we be able to get our paws on a G550 ?
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What was necessary was done yesterday;
We're currently working on the impossible;
For miracles, we ask for a 24 hours notice ...What was necessary was done yesterday;
We're currently working on the impossible;
For miracles, we ask for a 24 hours notice ...
(Workstation)
- Intel - Xeon X3210 @ 3.2 GHz on Asus P5E
- 2x OCZ Gold DDR2-800 1 GB
- ATI Radeon HD2900PRO & Matrox Millennium G550 PCIe
- 2x Seagate B.11 500 GB GB SATA
- ATI TV-Wonder 550 PCI-E
(Server)
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.66 GHz on Asus P5L-MX
- 2x Crucial DDR2-667 1GB
- ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
- 2x Maxtor D.10 200 GB SATA
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