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ATi's R600 Tech demo (pics)

Rapid-D said:
I'm sorry Ati but after watching that video I am not impressed.
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The video was totally cheesy. Like what you'd get if you mixed charlie's angles with bond and then threw in minority report :p

But the point was the graphics looked OK. Some bits like the falling shards of ice actually looked crap, but in the main the characters and terrain were OK.

I'm never particularly impressed with graphics demos tho.
 
Rapid-D said:
Actually I watched the one available at H*x*s. Which I believe is not as blurry and with sound. Unless my eyes deceive me.
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In that case, I ask you: Did you find the G80 "Adrianne" tech demo impressive?

LoadsaMoney said:
Oh dear R600's been confirmed as an 80nm, not 65nm. :D
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Typical, just as I thought R600 had something to get excited about. :(

Not even interested in any new cards until I see they're 65nm, my GTS will last me easily 'till then.
 
Perfect_Chaos said:
they are 80nm?

lame
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Yes, the first cards released will be 80nm and they are releasing 65nm parts in may (or later)

I am just wondering how much r600 cards will be available, perhaps it will be the same as the 7800GTX 512MB in the sense that it is nearly impossible to buy one.
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
In that case, I ask you: Did you find the G80 "Adrianne" tech demo impressive?

Typical, just as I thought R600 had something to get excited about. :(

Not even interested in any new cards until I see they're 65nm, my GTS will last me easily 'till then.
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What are the advantages of it being 65nm? :confused:
 
TheDean said:
What are the advantages of it being 65nm? :confused:
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Less power drawn from PSU and/ or higher clocks :)

Some people were saying 1/3 less power required. Not sure where those figures came from, tho.
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
Smaller manufacturing process means more transistors etc.

Clock frequencies go up, power consumption and temperatures go down.
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How much better can they be overclocked if you added watercooling and a volt mod to the card? or will this kill it slowly?
 
Perfect_Chaos said:
How much better can they be overclocked if you added watercooling and a volt mod to the card? or will this kill it slowly?
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Well the manufacturer would put the clocks up already to take advantage of the extra transistors. That's how we've ended up with almost 1GHz GPUs as standard now as opposed to the 200-300MHz (and much less) of years gone by.

You will still be able to overclock on top of that, it'll probably be no different to now for overclocking.

Unless the architecture is amazing (i.e. Core 2 Duo), expect same old overclocks.
 
I downloaded the Adrianne demo and it was bloody crap, all she does is walk a few steps and turns around like shes on a catwalk, and you can change her facial expression etc... can't see how that craps better than this, least this is an action sequence, instead of some ill walk a few steps turn loop, and you can use these arrows to change me face etc.... and what dress ive got on. :D

Was like making a bloody sims character. :D
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Was like making a bloody sims character. :D
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Sims 2: Serial Killer expansion, anyone? Anyone?

Dress them, train them, build them homes, send them to work, romance them, then put a hit on them and watch them get brutally murdered. Yup, I had a difficult childhood :p
 
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