ATI Releases More "R600" Details

[Kougar]

320-stream processors, named ATI Radeon HD 2900

AMD has named the rest of its upcoming ATI Radeon DirectX 10 product lineup. The new DirectX 10 product family received the ATI Radeon HD 2000-series moniker. For the new product generation, AMD has tagged HD to the product name to designate the entire lineup’s Avivo HD technology. AMD has also removed the X-prefix on its product models.

At the top of the DirectX 10 chain, is the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT. The AMD ATI Radeon HD 2900-series features 320 stream processors, over twice as many as NVIDIA’s GeForce 8800 GTX. AMD couples the 320 stream processors with a 512-bit memory interface with eight channels. CrossFire support is now natively supported by the AMD ATI Radeon HD 2900-series; the external CrossFire dongle is a thing of the past.

The R600-based ATI Radeon HD 2900-series products also support 128-bit HDR rendering. AMD has also upped the ante on anti-aliasing support. The ATI Radeon HD 2900-series supports up to 24x anti-aliasing. NVIDIA’s GeForce 8800-series only supports up to 16x anti-aliasing. AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 2900-series also possesses physics processing.

The entire AMD ATI Radeon HD 2000-family features the latest Avivo HD technology. AMD’s upgraded Avivo with a new Universal Video Decoder, also known as UVD, and the new Advanced Video Processor, or AVP. UVD previously made its debut in the OEM-exclusive RV550 GPU core. UVD provides hardware acceleration of H.264 and VC-1 high definition video formats used by Blu-ray and HD DVD. The AVP allows the GPU to apply hardware acceleration and video processing functions while keeping power consumption low.

Good parts highlighted in red, so much for the 64 shader rumors! Loads more info at: http://www.dailytech.com/ATI+Releases+More+R600+Details/article6903.htm (http://www.dailytech.com/ATI+Releases+More+R600+Details/article6903.htm)

[werty316]

320 stream processors
I think nVidia is gonna s*** their pants :jawdrop:

8800Ultra what now?

I am not surprised it looks good on paper but not by this much; talk about a big time wow factor.

[darkorb]

24x AA, are u kidding me? I can barely see the difference 1280x1024 with 4x and 6x in HL2

[Kougar]

I am wondering if there is even any difference between 16x and 24x AA options... I might need a magnifying glass on my 24" monitor to find out.

Just consider this... Remember how fast a 48 shader x1950XTX can run F@H? Try to imagine a 320 shader card, then factor in twice the memory throughput (512bit) and twice the onboard RAM to hold it all. :explode:


:yes:

Edit: Ya snuck yer post in under mine Darkorb... There are a few websites that have detailed x1950XTX vs 8800GTX both at full AA and AF modes, there is a faint but visible difference. Mostly it adds missing things like distant tree branches and makes a few other very thin objects more visible from what I saw.

[darkorb]

Wow, i think this card will take the lead, by more than a margin of 10 fps! lol

[Nocutius]

:help: I've just been brainwashed :-D . Wow that really looks fantastic on paper. Now lets just hope all that translates well into real life performance and at relatively reasonable price (cheaper than 8800gtx).
Even more important I hope that midrange dx10 cards will outperform 1950pro.

[PP Mguire]

Said it before and ill say it again. Why put out a rumour that this is a "failed" project and that your alrady on R650 when you realease the specs for this? Dosent make any sense, but if these are true it should pwn no matter waht.

[raidersforever01]

This better be true and not turn out false. This thing will not turn into the Bruce Lee and Wong Jack fight it will be a sure fire killer from the looks of it.

[Kougar]

They are most definitely working on a 65nm version, likely to be R650, but I don't think they will be launching that anytime in the near future.

I've been informed that a single x1950 shader is the equivalent to 4 stream processors, so in reality that would make it 48 vs 80 "shaders". Not quite as mind-blowing, but it would still make for a heck of a performance gain for F@H.

[werty316]

Plus the current cards use pixel pipes while the newer cards(G80 & R600) use stream processors.

[PP Mguire]

It all pretty much means the same thing generaly.