ATI Radeon 9700 Info

by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 09, 2002 8:55am PDT

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By: multipurpose x Show Full Post

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...this is the card that ran DOOM 3 at E3.

but what was the processor?

Jul 09, 2002 11:45am PDT

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...this is the card that ran DOOM 3 at E3. but what was the processor? : multipurpose
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  it was a p4 2.2ghz : Steve Gibson
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    i hope those are alot cheaper than they are now by D3's release.. : multipurpose
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      P4 1.6a@ 2.1 , around $140 , 99% of them will go this high and even higher on most. Just buy a good mobo ... : Old_Fart
      
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      that's still an insane amount of money just to be able to play one game. : multipurpose
      
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      I'm pretty sure you'll be able to play other games too... : spl
      
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      you know what i mean. : multipurpose
      
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      not really, since once you upgrade, you will be able to play alot more games after that.. : dopeman
      
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      what are you? : multipurpose
      
      I think a gamer with a j.o.b. : [7]kami
      
      Doom 3 will probably move my upgrade plans forward slightly. But I won't be upgrading purely for Doom 3. : Freon
      
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      I know people who spent $300+ to play Halo. : Vorlonesque
      
      touchÃƒÂ© : indeego
      
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      $140 for a cpu is insane? You better fucking hope AMD stays in business then or you'll be paying $1000 fo... : Old_Fart
      
      back in the day my Pentium 166MMX cost me something in the region of $150.. 1.6Ghz+ of cpu for $140 is... : Toraz Chryx

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"I've received some information regarding the NV30, NV31 and some insight of the NV40 Nvidia is working on. First off though, the NV30 is AGP 8X and it's still a go with 900MHz DDR memory. Also what is now known is that the NV30 is multi chip capable. The number of chips is an odd number. That's all I can say without giving out the exact number. I'll say this though. It's under 8. With regards to FSAA performance the NV30 has a zero (0) performance cost using 4X FSAA. Specifications have been discussed and the NV30 is able to churn out 16 textures/pixel per pass. The NV30 also uses a 4-1 colour compression technique. Nvidia has explained to us/me that the performance we all will see with the NV30 is about double the performance of the Xbox/GF Ti4600. Another feature that is not known to the public is the use of IEE 1394 or known as Firewire will be on NV30 video cards. What this feature is for wasn't discussed thoroughly and all we know is that it has to do with the hardware mpeg2 acceleration built into the chip."

I like mine, it runs very well:

http://w3.one.net/~armand/Visiontek5600.jpg

Jul 09, 2002 9:40am PDT

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about the 8500 maxx

from HOCP: ted by Kyle 2:14 PM (CDT)

We are getting plenty of mail from readers asking why we have not posted
about the dual GPU VidCard from ATi. Well here is why as stated by
Rubeena Hussein of ATi.

We have no current intentions of making this or similar boards.

Jul 10, 2002 1:10am PDT

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about the 8500 maxx from HOCP: ted by Kyle 2:14 PM (CDT) We are getting : Old_Fart
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- Which is really too bad, I woulda loved having one of those.. : d fluke

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This will probably be my next Video card

Jul 09, 2002 4:52pm PDT

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This will probably be my next Video card : MacGyver
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- my thoughts exactly. : multipurpose

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15,000, but with what processor?

Jul 09, 2002 9:33am PDT

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15,000, but with what processor? : spector
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  guys are getting 16000 now with highly overclocked 3ghx P4's and running their Ti4600's at like 395/800 : Old_Fart
  - http://www.hardforums.com/showthread.php?s=a08cfb97239d8b7b077ec6b2b732c8ae&threadid=442900 : Old_Fart
  - Yeah but this is NOT overclocked - out of the box - guarunteed to make that speed - so that is kind of co... : abrasion

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I like this card because it'll be fast.

Jul 09, 2002 2:36pm PDT

I like this card because it'll be fast. : lost

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3DMarks (as with the parhelia) don't tell the whole story when it comes to these next-gen cards.

Slashdot also runs a story about a DUAL GPU 8500 MAXX, with confirmation of existance.

Jul 09, 2002 9:03am PDT

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3DMarks (as with the parhelia) don't tell the whole story when it comes to these next-gen cards. Slas... : Sander Pilon
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still wont hold a candle to nvidia's next baby.

Jul 09, 2002 1:15pm PDT

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still wont hold a candle to nvidia's next baby. : -=ZooL=-
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- And you know this how? : Toraz Chryx

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damn i just dont know what next gen vid card to get now >=|

the radeon 8500 maxx is just a big rumor, and the pic's were ps'd

on an unrelated note, new radeon drivers are out, along with omega custom radeon drivers based on the new catalysts

Jul 09, 2002 12:44pm PDT

damn i just dont know what next gen vid card to get now >=| the radeon 8500 maxx is just a big rumor, ... : -=kodiak=-

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I'm getting 12000+ at 1024x768x32 on my p4 2.0a and gf4 4600. Its going to take more than 25% to make me upgrade.

Jul 09, 2002 10:12am PDT

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I'm getting 12000+ at 1024x768x32 on my p4 2.0a and gf4 4600. Its going to take more than 25% to make me ... : baron calamity
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  I'm getting 3000 on my XP 1.4 and GF1 DDR, I'm thinking 500% is a good upgrade. : magila
  - Oh yeah? Well I just plugged a GF4 Ti-4400 into my P3-500 w/ 256mb PC100 and got a score of 3,900! At 102... : davew2040

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If nVidia was smart, and considering where they are today compared with where they were 5 years ago, they'd pull a "playstation 2*" on ATi with the nV30. Basically the same day (or even a few days before) the NDA lifts on the R300, and the web is flooded with reviews, that way at least every review will say something like:

"The R300 is the best offering to date from ATI and the current speed champion, dethroning even the GeForce 4 4600, and if ATI can keep their drivers up to nVidia's standards then they may have a real contender here. At least, that is, until the nV30 hits the shelves."

* When the Dreamcast debuted, Sony did their big, "lookit how great the PS2 is going to be" which had a lot to do with Sega bowing out of the hardware business, cause I know a lot of people were wowed with the PS2 to the point that they just skipped the Dreamcast.

Jul 09, 2002 12:06pm PDT

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- Sega bowed out of the hardware business? More like they were shot, hung, tortured, and poisoned until ... : smart1
- I guarentee you nvidia will be paper launching the nv30 within a week of the R300's release. : johnny rotten

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I already have one of these. It's OK.

Jul 09, 2002 11:38am PDT

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I already have one of these. It's OK. : dorker
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- Yeah I'm pretty happy with mine too. : TheCrazyPickleMaker

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I will be buying one of these.

Jul 09, 2002 8:58am PDT

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I will be buying one of these. : Old_Fart
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- remember to call me when you sell what you got now :-) : ghost in my shell

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I will buy one of these wait for benchmarks before buying anything.

Jul 09, 2002 10:56am PDT

I will buy one of these wait for benchmarks before buying anything. : beefmarine

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Is this card the R300 or the 8500 MAXX as reported on Slashdot?

Jul 09, 2002 9:13am PDT

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Is this card the R300 or the 8500 MAXX as reported on Slashdot? : Ryno
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  the 300 the 8500 MAXX is the R250. : Maarten Goldstein
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    Ah, thank you good sir. : Ryno
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      R250 is a cut down R300, seperate to the 8500 MAXX - isn't it? : mr_rizla
      
      yes : magila

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my next upgrade. shit, i paid $427 w/tax for the elsa gladiac 920 when it first came out.

this will definitely be worth the money.

Jul 09, 2002 9:14am PDT

my next upgrade. shit, i paid $427 w/tax for the elsa gladiac 920 when it first came out. this will... : warren

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