Crossfire info...

Jammer · 26-09-2005 8:48am #1

Just got an email from ATi....

The NDA for Crossfire is lifted today at 2PM...

unklerosco · 26-09-2005 9:03am

forgive my ignorance... NDA??

Jammer · 26-09-2005 9:07am

unklerosco wrote:

forgive my ignorance... NDA??

Non-disclosure agreement.

When you goto an ATi technical briefing, they make you sign an NDA...

unklerosco · 26-09-2005 9:09am

You learn something new over day...

gline · 26-09-2005 10:59am

so wheres the actual info on crossfire????

Jammer · 26-09-2005 12:04pm

2pm, on the dot....

gline · 26-09-2005 12:07pm

Jammer wrote:

2pm, on the dot....

ah yeh sorry just notivced u posted it this morning

Inquitus · 26-09-2005 12:14pm

Seems a bit of a bodge job

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26455

gline · 26-09-2005 12:20pm

man thats bad, sloppy work

WizZard · 26-09-2005 12:26pm

X1800 XL Benchmark

Inquitus · 26-09-2005 12:49pm

So Wizzard what does this tell us?

X1800XL is beaten by 300 3DMarks by 7800GT

What does that mean for the 7800GTX versus the X1800XT????

What do we reckon lads?

I reckon there ain't gonna be much between them myself

gline · 26-09-2005 12:50pm

WizZard wrote:

X1800 XL Benchmark

so it gets beaten by a 7800gt... thats not good

Unless thats 2x7800gt's.. then it would be cool.. doubt it

its looking worse for ati these days

i may have to switch to nvidia for the mo..time is running out

WizZard · 26-09-2005 12:53pm

That's actually a slightly overclocked 7800GT. But yeah, it doesn't look good...

WizZard · 26-09-2005 2:39pm

Looks like the hardware resolution problem is valid after all. At least for the current revision of cards. Bit-Tech have a Hands-On-Preview of Crossfire out now.

gline · 26-09-2005 2:42pm

WizZard wrote:

Looks like the hardware resolution problem is valid after all. At least for the current revision of cards. Bit-Tech have a Hands-On-Preview of Crossfire out now.

hmm.. looks like 2x 7800gtx's for the moment then.

what a shame......

gline · 26-09-2005 2:53pm

"Buying CrossFire for X800 or X850 is a bit pointless. No one would surely buy an X850 when, for £30 more, they can have a 7800 GT. Likewise, no one would buy an X850 when, for the sake of waiting just a few days, they can get a X1800 for similar money. Likewise, money spent on an additional, or dual X800s would be better off put in a pot and saved towards a 7800 or X1800. Upgrading to a CrossFire mainboard is great - you'll set yourself up for dual X1800 action and get a great new board to boot - just wait a little for the new cards."

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2005/09/26/ati_crossfire_detail/7.html

astrofool · 26-09-2005 6:14pm

i'm worried about the USB/IDE/SATA/LAN capabilities of those crossfire boards, ATI are using Promise's SATA controller on their south bridge (it's integrated on chip, and they have their drivers marked as ATI, but it's Promise's tech.), which isn't as good as the current nvidia implementation.

WizZard · 26-09-2005 6:47pm

astrofool wrote:

i'm worried about the USB/IDE/SATA/LAN capabilities of those crossfire boards, ATI are using Promise's SATA controller on their south bridge (it's integrated on chip, and they have their drivers marked as ATI, but it's Promise's tech.), which isn't as good as the current nvidia implementation.

How do you mean?

WizZard · 27-09-2005 11:19am

Well, that was a bit of an Anti-Climax! (The Crossfire NDA expiring and (p)reviews being released)

Venom · 27-09-2005 6:21pm

Seems like its to little to late for ATI this round just like with the X800 vs 6800 round lol. Maybe next time!

dubdvd · 27-09-2005 8:37pm

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2542

does this make a difference ??????

Venom · 27-09-2005 11:15pm

1 review out of about 7 is not good odds tho.

WizZard · 28-09-2005 9:20am

dubdvd wrote:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2542

does this make a difference ??????

Well, it looks like the Crossfire chipset is fantastic, but there's no point in having a fantastic overclocking board if the graphics solution isn't up to par (or world-record standard).

The fact is they are trying to catch up to nVidia and their Crossfire graphics cards will have to be very special to do that at this stage!

jozi · 29-09-2005 7:46pm

In what games will you actually notice the difference between the latest ati and nividia grapically? None?

WizZard · 29-09-2005 7:48pm

3DMark05.

D'oh, you said game. Umm, none (I think).

Terran · 30-09-2005 10:27am

Visually pretty much none, but NVIDIA are still tops in performance at the moment, and Crossfire isn't holding up to SLi, and ATI have been a whole generation behind NVIDIA for months now. ATI, you've been tr0wn3d.

Gilgamesh · 30-09-2005 10:54am

tbh, I think the details for the X1800 cards aren't a factor at the moment, as the only detail on that linky Wizzard put up, has the actual card name blurred out of 3DMark.
I will believe the details when they are officially out and tests have been rn on an official basis.
man I am nearly hitting those scroes with my Rig at the moment, so surely they must have more at hand.

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