A "quiet" confirmation on a new chip from Matrox?

[[GDI]Raptor]

I'm just reading the G800max? thread on the official Matrox forum, and Haig has just relied this:

Can't get into that right now but the die shrink size and and all other info will be up in the near future.

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Haig
Matrox Graphics
Technical Support Manager

He writes in the near future , that must mean that perhaps Matrox also wants to release something very soon, perhaps "ruin" nVidia's presantation for GeForce4??

Hers a link to the post @Matrox

http://forum.matrox.com/mgaforum/Forum8/HTML/000548-5.html

[Nappe1]

well, maybe that Q1/2002 release schedule was right then...

[DukeP]

Argh. Just as I was figuring I could manage one more month without a tennant. Sigh. Guess the third room has to go now..

~~DukeP~~

[K6-III]

Good news.

[VJ]

Interesting ! Great find, [GDI]Raptor !

Haig mentions (a few posts before the cited post) :
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A while back, 3dfx bought out giga pixel where giga pixel had the tile rendering technology. Then when nvidia bought out 3dfx, they also inherited giga pixel's technology.
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Is this a small hint...?


Jörg

[Tempest]

Originally posted by Verstraete J
Is this a small hint...?

I wouldn't necessarily think so, because Haig is just answering CaineThanatos' previous post about where nVidia acquired it's tile rendering tech.

[VJ]

I knew I should have read furter back...

Jörg

[[GDI]Raptor]

The only thing we need to know now is, when it will be announced January, February, March.... Roumrs have said Q1 2002....

Hopefult this chip will be able to compete with nVidia's NV25 & ATI's R300

Keep up the good work Matrox!!

[VJ]

Yeah, that is the only thing we *need* to know...

But this is the Crystal Ball forum, so we always want to know more, we never know enough ! Especially when it concerns new (or should I say "potentially new" Matrox hardware) !

Jörg

[TdB]

He writes in the near future

Perhaps he means "SOON"

[MK]

Yipieh! Yey yes yes!

[GDI]Raptor - Excellent! What a great finding! Thanks for that! I have a beer on you and Haig and Matrox tonight!

Instead of going out of the consumer gfx market, Matrox presents a new product in the high-end range to shut up all the whiners!

Yes yes yes!

MK

[Rimfaxe]

Hey, what do we really KNOW?

1. It will be out this year.
2. It will be targeted at gamers.
3. It will have lots of bandwith.
...

Anyone?!?

Haig thinks it rox...
Does Bitboys has anything to do with it?
Any spec?!?

Help me here, but please, only fact!!!

[Nappe1]

Originally posted by Rimfaxe

Does Bitboys has anything to do with it?

Officially no.

[Greebe]

[DukeP]

Nice answer. Are you looking for a job in the Matrox support office??

:P

~~DukeP~~