Radeon X800PRO will beat NV40 Ultra ?!?

19 Apr, 2004 at 7:16pm ET Article published in Tech

According to The Inquirer, sources are saying that even though the NV40 based 6800Ultra is currently heads and shoulders above all current video card offerings, the 12 pipeline, 475mhz/950mhz X800 Pro will be even faster.

The canaries are singing that 12 pipelines, 475MHz/950MHz card with 96 bit precision and PS 2.0 shader only will end up faster then 16 pipelines, 400MHz /1100MHz cards with 128 bit precision and PS 3.0 shader model.

ATI knew for some time it would lose out feature wise, but stays committed to bring the faster technology, without some of the extra features.

If the X800 Pro is on par with the 6800U, you better hold onto your hats when the X800 XT arrives!

Source: The Inquirer

Comments

19 Apr 2004 ~ 7:26pm Geeky1

Good to hear. ATi is certainly keeping nVidia on their toes...
19 Apr 2004 ~ 7:35pm Omega65 Bear in mind the NV40 was supposed to be 475mhz. Nvidia may be sandbagging ATI with the current 400mhz NV40 6800U review samples

Still this a exciting rumor!
20 Apr 2004 ~ 1:03am mmonnin Cant wait as I will be getting one.:D
20 Apr 2004 ~ 9:19am CyrixInstead I'd prefer a card with more features than simply a faster one. Sounds interesting...

~Cyrix
20 Apr 2004 ~ 9:22am Thrax The LoTR nerd in me adores your signature, Cyrix.
26 Apr 2004 ~ 7:36pm Unregistered http://www.rage3d.de/forum/ftopic597-0-asc-100.html se results.It is in german.But something do you will understand.
27 Apr 2004 ~ 10:36pm Unregistered The Gayti may be faster but it's still crap!
27 Apr 2004 ~ 11:13pm TheBaron okay so its faster ... has better image quality ... and drivers that dont incorrectly render quite a few things ... but its still crap?
28 Apr 2004 ~ 12:29am Geeky1

Unregistered wrote:

The Gayti may be faster but it's still crap!

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
28 Apr 2004 ~ 12:31am primesuspect It's always nice to have a bit of immaturity on the forums How refreshing!
28 Apr 2004 ~ 12:46am Thrax It makes a grumpy Thrax grumpier. And when he explodes, oh boy! I'll break the swearfilter! I promise!