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New Nvidia Chip In August
by Maarten Goldstein, May 01, 2002 3:27pm PDTAccording to Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, we'll be seeing NVidia's latest GPU in August. The new graphics unit will use a different architecture than the current GeForce 4 chip. Not much else was announced at this time. This GPU comes rather fast after the introduction of the GeForce 4 though, seeing how that was announced in February with Ti cards only shipping since March.
The new chip will be manufactured on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s latest 0.13-micron manufacturing process, Huang said. Huang did not reveal the name or specific features of the chip, but did say it was a fundamentally new architecture from the GeForce 4 Titanium introduced earlier this year. "It is the most important contribution we've made to the graphics industry since the founding of this company," Huang said, speaking at the Merrill Lynch Hardware Heaven Technology Conference.
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Carmack and other developers have been asking for this for a long time.
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Either way, THIS should be the card to buy for the new Doom.
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Seriously, I'm gonna see how well my GF2MX does with NWN and Morrowind before I upgrade. I think its always best to procrastinate on these kinds of things. A penny saved is two pennies earned.
the exception is IMAX films. which i think are 60 fps. i forget. but if youve seen one of those you know how fucking good it looks. its not just the size thats impressive, its cause theres none of that ugly blurring.
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Though I am usually a skeptical, sardonic prick, I suspect there is some element of truth to that statement. With the aquistion of 3dfx nShitia is likely using some innovative ideas in a brand new product, perhaps I'll hang on to my ailing (original) Radeon 64MB DRR until Sept......
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-voodoo 1
-voodoo banshee (let's forget this ever happened, shall we?)
-geforce ddr
-geforce 3
so i've skipped the voodoo 2/tnt2, geforce 2, and geforce 4. now i'm in line for the geforce 5. crazy i tells ya!
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1) Motion blur. If fighter yet zips past you at Mach 1, you shouldn't be able to distinguish anything but a big grey blur.
2) Depth of field. If the 'camera' focuses on a player model close to you, the background is blurred, and vise versa. This was possible in 'Outcast', and IMHO it enriched the gaming experience by quite a bit.
3) Real time full-scene FSAA. We already have this, so scrap it off the list!
4) Realistic shadows. Games like Soldier of Fortune 2 and Jedi Knight 2 have good shadows as it is, but they are far from realistic yet.
5) Realistic reflections. This takes up enormous amounts of processing power I believe. We are slowly moving closer towards this.
With these five working together, games will start feeling much more real. As poly counts go up, near-complete realism can finally be achieved. Atleast I think so?
/ V
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Q: Did Nvidia's philosophy change with the purchase of 3DFX?
Not too much--we still want to be profitable and we still want to stay in business--so they haven't influenced us in that.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-893116.html
Ouch!
(It's also a kinda interesting interview.)
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After all the guy said: "It is the most important contribution we've made to the graphics industry since the founding of this company"
It could be something like the Quadro but totally kickass
(That could explain why they are releasing it so soon?)
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Glad I waited, this outa run DooM3 and UT2003 at good framerates. maybe even at 64bit color
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This new card coming out will be quick in August.
and in January / Febuary the ultra version will be out - so I'll get that one, this 4200 should last 9 months for only 169$ US I hope.
(hell it will last more than 9 I think)
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I'm a cheap bastard
Prolly gonna grab a TI4200
Can we at least wait until there are games that use the fricken cards that we have?
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Hopefully the nVidia cards will have worked out any of their memory/compatibility problems by then.
-Rev.
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John Carmack could not be reached for comment.
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I just got a geforce4 that [doesnt run any new tech games]b and now they are coming out with an even newer graphics chip? Anybody want to trade a Geforce4 for an Xbox??
"The company also plans a follow-on to its nForce chipset, which works with Advanced Micro Devices' Athlon processors but not with Intel's Pentium 4. Huang said the company will continue to focus on chipsets for that market, rather than pursue a license to work with Intel's chips. "
sweet!
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Again: (if you're listening id) I want a game that will bring a top of the line system to its knees!!
or something...