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ATI's Charisma
by Maarten Goldstein, Mar 07, 2000 2:00pm PSTSeems Microsoft won't be the only one doing some unveiling during the Game Developers Conference. ATI has a new chipset coming and will be releasing details of it during GDC, read the PR. No performance indications yet, but they their new thing will feature the Charisma Engine, which is their fancy name for the T&L GPU. Besides that, their Pixel Tapestry Architecture will feature the GigaTexel rendering engine. I'm looking forward to seeing what this actually means for the FPS this card will push.
The Pixel Tapestry(TM) Architecture features the world's first GigaTexel rendering engine, and includes support for deep multitexturing and new 3D effects with eye-popping photorealistic impact. It easily deals with complex elements such as metals, liquids and wood and their complex interaction with lighting and shadows.Gamers Depot already has a first look up, explaining a couple of features.
Comments
1) It\'s most likely not going to use the Rage 128 chipset (which is in turn based on the Rage Pro... ugh!)
2) ArtX is helping out this time, so maybe ATI won\'t put out yet another chip which is either second-rate out of the box or obsolete in three weeks.
PS \"Charisma?\" I think that\'s what you get when you want to imitate Sony without having to license the words \"Emotion Engine.\"
Clans are 99% anal BS and as such I\'ve been a member of clan FC ever since. Wait, didn\'t I just say clans suck? Yeah. FC = Forever Clanless.
sorn, so.... You were? Ash? Viper? Or maybe... you were the transexual EnchantresVxK]? hehe.
i\'d do her in the pooper
the future makes me laugh too. Bwuahahahaha!
BTW, Maaaaa\'eeeeen, you fux0red this article too :P
Ah well.... This could rock.. It would be good to have 3 competitors in the 3d accelerator market. If everyone but 3dfx adopts a T&L engine, and so far it\'s 3 companies, 3dfx will be left behind.
Looks cool though.