Re: first PS3 development-kit picture

>
> The Geforce 7800 will be more powerful than two high end 6800's, but the RSX
> will top the 7800. SWEET!!!


if you believe & expect that GeForce 7800 will be as powerful as
(let alone more powerful than) two high-end 6800s, you will be sorely
disappointed.

The G70 / GeForce 7800 is not really anywhere near twice as powerful as

6800 across the board: not in vertex processing power, pixel processing
power,
bandwidth, etc.

only in HEAVY pixel shader situations is it even *possible* that the
7800 could
get around twice the performance of 6800. only in pixel SHADING
performance does
the 7800 have a chance at getting twice the performance of 6800.

the real numbers don't lie, only Nvidia does

Radeon350@yahoo.com wrote:

>>
>> The Geforce 7800 will be more powerful than two high end 6800's, but the
>> RSX
>> will top the 7800. SWEET!!!
>
>
> if you believe & expect that GeForce 7800 will be as powerful as
> (let alone more powerful than) two high-end 6800s, you will be sorely
> disappointed.
>
> The G70 / GeForce 7800 is not really anywhere near twice as powerful as
>
> 6800 across the board: not in vertex processing power, pixel processing
> power,
> bandwidth, etc.
>
> only in HEAVY pixel shader situations is it even *possible* that the
> 7800 could
> get around twice the performance of 6800. only in pixel SHADING
> performance does
> the 7800 have a chance at getting twice the performance of 6800.
>
> the real numbers don't lie, only Nvidia does

And of course you are personally privy to the details of the design and know
with certainty that a 7800 is not, say, two 6800s on a single die
configured for SLI?

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On 22 Jun 2005 17:29:05 -0700, Radeon350@yahoo.com wrote:

>>
>> The Geforce 7800 will be more powerful than two high end 6800's, but the RSX
>> will top the 7800. SWEET!!!
>
>
>if you believe & expect that GeForce 7800 will be as powerful as
>(let alone more powerful than) two high-end 6800s, you will be sorely
>disappointed.
>

Your name gives you away............troll............


[ OT mode ON ]
Go to www.guru3d.com for a ~ 26 page review of the 7800GTX
or to any one of another 20 review sites. All did their reviews
with production versions of the 7800GTX. nVidia really did their
homework on this one, and TSMC seems to have yielded the
goods just fine.

And retail delivery IN QUANTITY on announcement date is
unheard of in recent high-end video-card history. nVidia seems
to have certainly taken all the criticism about "paper-launches"
directed at Ati and themselves to heart and acted...........

In fact, buy a 7800GTX at Newegg.com right now for $599.
Sorry, the BFG version @ $619 is already sold out, but you
have the reputable eVGA or the slightly overclocked XFX
still to choose from @ $599.

Buy 2 for your SLI motherboard and really be the envy of
your friends :-) :-) ( The 7800GTX takes 10 watts less
power than the 6800 Ultra )

Now let's see how Ati does on the Crossfire launches, Neither
motherboards nor video cards have yet appeared in the US
retail channels, despite all Ati's bluster at Computex. Anyway,
any Crossfire boards with the flaky Ati Southbridge are to be
avoided. At Computex, the MB vendors were complaining
that Ati was insisting that they use this device instead of the
non-buggy ULi one on the Crossfire boards. The delay in getting
Crossfire motherboards into the retail channel may be that Ati
was finally forced to spin new silicon by the MB vendors. Guess
who gets to eat returned motherboards -- not Ati....

As for the R520, that will probably languish until Ati has finished
licking the mud off Bill's boots -- seems as if the Xbox360 is just a
little behind schedule --- zero working hardware at Computex.
No doubt there will be the usual R520 paper release and
engineering prototypes for the reviewers in the next month or
so.
[ OT mode OFF ]
--

John Lewis

"Technology early-birds always turn out to be flying guinea-pigs"

an Nvidiot towing the company line, I see.

whatever.