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saweetnesstrev
08-31-05, 11:32 PM
Will it come at the same time as R520, if not will R580 come before christmas so i can think about which way to go...
AthlonXP1800
09-01-05, 01:42 AM
R580 not taped out yet. :p
R580 not taped out yet. no accourding to the inq...
AthlonXP1800
09-01-05, 05:00 AM
no accourding to the inq...
No, according to Dave Baumann (http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showpost.php?p=554640&postcount=16) from Beyond 3D, the news is wrong.
R580 will be a Q2 2006 product and doesn't really hold much interest since R600 with unified shader architecture and DX10 is coming Q4 2006.
saweetnesstrev
09-01-05, 07:55 AM
Ok thank you :)
R580 will be a Q2 2006 product and doesn't really hold much interest since R600 with unified shader architecture and DX10 is coming Q4 2006.
Yep. Except its wgf 2.0 not dx10 ;) . It's honestly pretty pointless to grab a g70 or r520, they're over kill for 99% of todays games and wont be nearly enough for blockbusters of 2006 @ max details and high res w/ aa/af.
G80/r600 are the next smart puchase.
If your an enthusiast, by all means grab something, but price/performance wise, you'll be ticked at yourself for getting one of these now if you dont plan to upgrade next year when the real cards come out.
|MaguS|
09-01-05, 01:58 PM
Actually the 7800GTX is far from overkill, on a single card I can't run FEAR or even BF2 at max possible settings so I don't see how its nearly overkill. Heck even WoW suffers horribly if I go to the max settings possible...
Unified Shaders is not the next coming, thats what ATI wants you to believe but there is NO performance gain from using it at all.
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