[Tripper]

So what does this all mean to people who don't know shit about the details of vid cards....Is it like uber graphic capabilities on this thing or something?

[geRV]

Well 9800 had 8 pipes, x800xt had 16 pipes, r520 has (probably) 32 pipes which = a massive performance increase over cards that are already available. Pci express versions will have crossfire option meaning you can have 2 of the cards linked together to boost performance even more. ([url:af483]http://www.ati.com/products/crossfire/index.html[/url:af483])

If it comes with 32 pipes theres nothing that can touch it for performace with the exception of a 7800gtx sli setup. It supports sm 3.0 for hdr effects and all that crap, and will probably come with improved antialiasing modes to make images more defined. Crossfire setups allow 14x fsaa, when you consider the fact that current ati fsaa max is 6xfsaa and can produce images this clear you have to wonder how smooth 14x would look.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.mar ... een001.jpg

[Merlin122]

merlin doesn't understand your crazy jargon. All i can hear is better graphics biggrin: .

Originally Posted by Akuma

That's exactly why this is ATI's first core. ArtX designed the first one and ATI bought it/them. R520 is a supposedly completely new core started from stratch. Add in the fact that moving to 90nm fab is VERY hard. Both AMD and Intel had a very hard time getting there from 130nm. This will also be ATI's first card to use full fp32 instead of fp24. They are packing too much stuff into this tiny new core: 32 pipes, fp16 HDR with AA, and SM3.0. All on a brand new process that they aren't familiar with... Recipe for disaster, IMO.

I would have to agree with you on that one, although if ATI can pull this off successfully, the results would be total pwnage.

Also, whatever happened to the PPU (Physics card) that was supposed to be out soon? I haven't heard any news about it. It is supposed to cost as much as a mid-range gfx card ($200).

[Short Hand]

mmmmmm chocolate wafers...

[geRV]

Found that pic showing whats meant to be an r520 akuma

http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... en%26lr%3D

[Akuma]

That's hardly even a pic. biggrin:



If it's true then I'm really surprised that the big reviewers ([H], Anand, Beyond3D, even THG) didn't do any special reports on it.

[Short Hand]

Kyle eats shit for breakfest.

[geRV]

Originally Posted by Akuma

That's hardly even a pic. biggrin:



If it's true then I'm really surprised that the big reviewers ([H], Anand, Beyond3D, even THG) didn't do any special reports on it.

Bigger version here

http://www.beyond3d.com/news/images/ima ... mment=R520

It does appear to be a new card, it definately seems a lot longer than previous cards, its almost the same width as the motherboard in that pic.

[KTOG]

Originally Posted by geRV

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.mar ... een001.jpg

Nice shadows oOo:

[geRV]

Originally Posted by KTOG

Nice shadows oOo:

Its a bug thats being fixed in a later patch. stupid:

[Akuma]

Originally Posted by geRV

Bigger version here

http://www.beyond3d.com/news/images/ima ... mment=R520

It does appear to be a new card, it definately seems a lot longer than previous cards, its almost the same width as the motherboard in that pic.

God damn, that thing is huge. I didn't notice at first but it darfs my 6800GT which is already retardedly long.

[geRV]

Originally Posted by Akuma

God damn, that thing is huge. I didn't notice at first but it darfs my 6800GT which is already retardedly long.

It could be just an early version of the board, ati's boards usually end up being shorter than nvidia's, not sure why its soemthing to do with the layers or the density of the layers or something.

Anyhoo, im hoping spetember for an agp version, cash accumulating as we speak for it. biggrin:

[Stammer]

Originally Posted by geRV

http://www.beyond3d.com/news/images/ima ... mment=R520

What kind of RAM is that?

Oh and my 6600 is doin just peachy.

rock:

[geRV]

Corsair xms stuff with the activity led's.