Some rumorish details on ATI R350

Adair · January 24th, 2003

The inquirer.net(not to be confused with the magazine Enquirer) has some unconirmed details about the R350, ATI's future video card product.
Read the piece here

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ATI's magic goal is to achieve 400MHz/800 MHz for the card and memory while we know that it can easily clock it to 375 MHz, which can be considered as the lowest frequency of R350.

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We heard that ATI's R350 will beat Geforce FX in eight out of 10 benchmarks, and we learned that one of benchmarks they will lose will be Quake 3. This could be true since the R350 will have 6Gb/Sec memory bandwidth more than the 9700 Pro.

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It will, we think, be introduced in the first week of March and we reckon that's intended to throw dust into Nvidia's eyes.

**Demigod** · January 25th, 2003

If ATI can deliver on this then the reign of the GeForce FX will be very short-lived. I guess they're getting Nvidia back for the driver trick they pulled with the GeForce 3 when the Radeon 8500 was released. ATI's had a lot of time to prepare for the GeForce FX so I wouldn't be surprised if it was faster.

Chinoz · January 26th, 2003

LoL this would be fun. For a moment, i thought that nViDia would rule the market again (finally)

**Demigod** · January 26th, 2003

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Originally posted by 12si
LoL this would be fun. For a moment, i thought that nViDia would rule the market again (finally)

Nothing says they won't. By the specs it's obvious that the GeForce FX will have superior fill rate capabilities, although a lot less memory bandwidth. The 0.15 micron process is really holding ATI back, they will definitely have to switch to a smaller process for their next product in order to stay competitive.

dogulation000 · January 26th, 2003

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Originally posted by Demigod
Nothing says they won't. By the specs it's obvious that the GeForce FX will have superior fill rate capabilities, although a lot less memory bandwidth. The 0.15 micron process is really holding ATI back, they will definitely have to switch to a smaller process for their next product in order to stay competitive.

I pretty sure they would do this, eventually.

**OK-OK** · January 26th, 2003

We should make a poll, R350 or Geforce FX

January 25th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	If ATI can deliver on this then the reign of the GeForce FX will be very short-lived. I guess they're getting Nvidia back for the driver trick they pulled with the GeForce 3 when the Radeon 8500 was released. ATI's had a lot of time to prepare for the GeForce FX so I wouldn't be surprised if it was faster. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

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