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veridian3
10-02-03, 06:30 PM
So you think your 9800 Pro 256Mb card is the dogs b*llocks, makes all your friends jealous and nothing could be cooler? Well think again! Thanks to Driverheaven you could win yourself one of a selection of never released to the public Radeon cards courtesy of the guys at ATI!

http://www.driverheaven.net/articles/italian%20job/
CaptNKILL
10-02-03, 07:08 PM
Originally posted by veridian3
So you think your 9800 Pro 256Mb card is the dogs b*llocks
Whats that????? lol
GlowStick
10-02-03, 07:26 PM
hm they say they are r400 samples, then say they have r200 aisc..

anyways, here is a really good guess of what it is.

Radeon 8500 MAXX
veridian3
10-02-03, 07:28 PM
I said the r400's were for us...the r200's are for you guys ;)

Stu
euan
10-02-03, 11:38 PM
Originally posted by GlowStick
hm they say they are r400 samples, then say they have r200 aisc..

anyways, here is a really good guess of what it is.

Radeon 8500 MAXX

How can it be a MAXX when it has "and an R200-class ASIC"??? That hints as 1 to me.
GlowStick
10-03-03, 12:45 AM
Originally posted by euan
How can it be a MAXX when it has "and an R200-class ASIC"??? That hints as 1 to me. People allways rumored that they made a R200 MAXX solution,

oh well, it could very well be the r350 maxx.
Gator
10-03-03, 01:01 PM
actually there is an engineering sample / beta version of the Radeon 8500 MAXX. I saw it on ebay once, and I reported the seller to ebay saying he was trying to trick people with something that doesn't exist. It turns out EBAY investigated it and the seller was able to produce futher evidence that he REALLY DID have the card to sell. He provided even more photos with him holding the card, and guaranteed the real deal. Very interesting :eek:
euan
10-03-03, 03:40 PM
Originally posted by GlowStick
People allways rumored that they made a R200 MAXX solution,

oh well, it could very well be the r350 maxx.

I'm not contesting the fact that R200 Maxx boards don't exist. It's common knowledge that Evans and Sutherland www.es.com use dual and quad R200 boards in their 3D simulators. Just that the driverheaven quote seems to suggest it has only 1 ASIC, so probably isn't a MAXX. However I think it is a MAXX but isn't worded very well. :)