http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4830 According to this website its only performed 200 more points against the 8800GTX on 3dMark06. I'm not sure if anyones keeping track of gpu's around here but thats terrible. Concidering the 8800 series has been out for a good long while and is old tech by now. The Ati variant is only a little faster, bigger, needs more power and its not even released yet. I think Ati is losing this one. They will have to pull out something remarkable to knock nVidia out. But then, they probably already have the next series of cards ready to be released.
Yes you are correct. Ati was bought out by AMD. I still like referring the gpu sector of AMD as Ati, as most of the employees were transferred over. Anyways Its final I think I'll be bagging myself a 8800GTS. I've been waiting to see how the R600 will perform. It doesn't look promising.
lol 8800 is old tech.... r600 will prob be better than the g80 gpu but its all about what available, i can go out and buy an 8800GTX which is a kick ass card now, god nows when the r600 will become properly and easily available for now though im stickin with my old 7800GT
ya guess what guys. im stickin with my integrated card that came with my laptop. im not like you rich people lol dont even have enough money to build a pc that starts on win 95, not mentioning a massive gaming system lol
With the R600 they did, read beneath message: SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMD (NYSE: AMD - News) today showcased a single-system, Accelerated Computing platform that breaks the teraflop computing barrier. Organizations are ultimately expected to be able to apply this technology to a wide range of scientific, medical, business and consumer computing applications. At a press event in San Francisco, AMD demonstrated a "Teraflop in a Box" system running a standard version of Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional that harnessed the power of AMD Opteron(TM) dual-core processor technology and two next-generation AMD R600 Stream Processors capable of performing more than 1 trillion floating-point calculations per second using a general "multiply-add" (MADD) calculation. This achievement represents a ten-fold performance increase over today's high-performance server platforms, which deliver approximately 100 billion calculations per second. "The technology AMD demonstrated today is just one example of how the 'New' AMD is changing the game for our industry," said Dave Orton, executive vice president of visual media business at AMD. "Today, teraflop computing capability is largely reserved for the supercomputing space. But now that 'Teraflop-in-a-Box' is a reality, AMD can deliver an order of magnitude increase in performance." Today also marks an important milestone on the road to Accelerated Computing, AMD's vision for specialized "co-processors" interoperating with x86 microprocessors to provide efficient and flexible acceleration for specific applications. Platforms based on the same technology found in the "Teraflop-in-a-Box" demonstration should benefit a wide range of scientific and commercial applications, including energy, financial, environmental, medical, scientific, defense and security organizations around the world by equipping them with the intensive computing power they require to conduct research and deliver solutions significantly faster than previously possible. What is a Teraflop? In the supercomputing field, "flops" is an acronym meaning FLoating point Operations Per Second, a measure of a computer's ability to perform floating point calculations. A teraflop is one trillion floating point operations per second. Stream processing technology helps raise the bar in this regard by leveraging sophisticated, massively parallel processors, generally used for 3D graphics applications, to solve real-world problems. About AMD Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD - News) is a leading global provider of innovative processing solutions in the computing, graphics and consumer electronics markets. AMD is dedicated to driving open innovation, choice and industry growth by delivering superior customer-centric solutions that empower consumers and businesses worldwide. For more information, visit www.amd.com. Cautionary Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, the performance, capabilities, and compatibility of the AMD Opteron(TM) microprocessor and AMD R600 Stream Processor and Graphics Processor, including statements relating to multimedia capabilities, strong system performance, stability, graphics image quality and enhanced consumer experiences, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the company's current expectations. Assumptions applied in making, and potential risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward looking statements include, among others, software and/or hardware-related issues and conflicts, that we may not be able to develop, launch and ramp new products and technologies in the volumes and mix required by the market at mature yields and on a timely basis, and overall system performance. We therefore cannot provide any assurance that such forward-looking statements will materialize. We assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or any other reason. We urge investors to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 1, 2006. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and other jurisdictions. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
There is no sign that ATI is going to lose this battle. Here is an article about the Nvidia Answer to the R600 based Cards: GeForce 8800 Ultra -smart GeForce 8800 Ultra to Come Out on April 17. Nvidia’s Response to ATI R600 Almost Ready The new ForceWare drivers have already disclosed Nvidia’s plans regarding the launch of the new product on G80 chipset that is known as GeForce 8800 Ultra. While the forum members were guessing if it would be a slower card than the GeForce 8800 GTS or an overclocked version of the GeForce 8800 GTX, NGOHQ site reported that according to some Nvidia’s partners GeForce 8800 Ultra would be launched together with the GeForce 8600, GeForce 8500, GeForce 8400 and GeForce 8300. In other words, on April 17, 2007. GeForce 8800 Ultra will really be Nvidia’s response to ATI R600, however the specifications of the new cards haven’t been revealed yet. Most sources, however, believe that GeForce 8800 Ultra will run at higher clock speed than GeForce 8800 GTX and may feature GDDR-4 instead of GDDR-3 memory onboard with the corresponding frequency increase. However, even today Foxconn Company is already offering an overclocked GeForce 8800 GTX with GDDR-3 memory working at 2100MHz frequency. We dare suppose that they will select fast memory like GDDR-3 for the new GeForce 8800 Ultra as well. Some Nvidia’s partners are also claimed to have promised to introduce an AGP version of the GeForce 7900 GS and GeForce 7950 GT solutions. In other words, XFX will no longer be the only Nvidia partner to offer graphics cards like that.
Ati (amd) will have to try something else i guess. I am sure both companies are formulating some other ground breaking technology.
