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Offline Sandwich

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Reply #20 on: April 29, 2004, 02:49:26 pm
Another bit of info from The Inquirer.

The X800 is getting a speed boost. :)
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Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #21 on: April 29, 2004, 03:18:13 pm
Apparently, the 6800 Pro has been confirmed by some of nVidia's partners: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15616
The partners aren't listed, but on up-to-date info, the Inquirer is usually trustworthy.
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Offline ChronoReverse

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Reply #22 on: April 29, 2004, 03:40:34 pm
Erm, you mean the Inquirer is usually _not_ trustworthy.

Their coverage of the 6800 pretty much gave all the possibilities to cover all their bases.

The x800 coverage also gave all the possibilities (from 12 pipe, to 16 pipe, to the launch dates [26th, 4th, 5th, 7th], to clock speeds and memory speeds.


They're pretty much reporting every single rumour in circulation XD
 

Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #23 on: April 29, 2004, 03:44:08 pm
Depends on how close the product is to release. Up until about 2-3 months before release, they tend to say all the rumours. They get fairly accurate when the release date gets close.

And the 12-pipe thing was an official release by ATI, as were some of the original release dates.
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Reply #24 on: April 29, 2004, 04:12:25 pm
so whats pci express?  I thought AGP was faster than PCI, so what's the big craze?  Yes, I am clueless.
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Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #25 on: April 29, 2004, 04:15:37 pm
Let's see.... Evolution of PC graphics:
1. Integrated into motherboard (basically a connector for the monitor, with all the work done by the CPU)
2. Add-in card using PCI
3. Add-in card using AGP
4. Add-in card for PEG (PCI Express Graphics)

PCI Express is a new standard that has nothing to do with PCI except the name. In bandwidth, they range from x1 slots, which should have about the same bandwidth as old 1x AGP slots, up to x16, which is what is used for PEG. This allows about double the bandwidth of AGP 8x.
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Reply #26 on: April 29, 2004, 04:16:39 pm
So why couldn't they just increase the bandwidth on AGP?
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Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #27 on: April 29, 2004, 04:20:44 pm
PEG adds a few more things. Increased voltage to the slot, some power management technologies, etc.

Not to mention that AGP was getting a bit long in tooth.
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Reply #28 on: May 02, 2004, 07:56:20 pm
At least one site is already accepting pre-orders for the X800. They also have some specs listed, though there's no telling if they're accurate or not.

http://www.allstarshop.com/shop/product.asp?pid=8988&sid=QDW3SU88MR308NT1TVC71XN9HSTJ27C2#
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Offline Omniscaper

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Reply #29 on: May 03, 2004, 01:15:24 am
Assuming graphics card performance is drastically affected by its utilization of current AGP connections, PCI-Express sounds promising. My xeon mobo has 2 pci-x slots. I wonder if that will support the new video cards.
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