ATi heavyweight...

Post by **reefsurfer** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:07 am

http://apps.ati.com/ir/PressReleaseText ... eID=678024

512mb ATi card.. where are Nvidia when ya need them?

Post by **shadd_.** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 2:44 am

this makes me wonder what ati is going to release. going for a world record 3dmark05 would require them to beat a 6800ultra sli setup with a single ati card.

i dont think they would try unless they thought there was a chance on succeeding.

Post by **The HavoX** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:05 am

wait... "world's first 512MB video card?"

I believe 3Dlabs beat ATI to it nearly a year ago

Post by **SoM** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:11 am

u didnt see the "first GAMING card" part ?

Post by **The HavoX** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:14 am

ok...
[url=http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?p=404712]
gainward beat them to it[/url]

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:40 am

Video RAM doesn't mean much as long as the textures fit into it.
Since nobody besides you will have 1 Gig of Video RAM, the textures will not be that big.

Conclusion:
1 Gig of video ram is a waste of money.

Post by **Eraser** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:07 am

The HavoX wrote:ok...
[url=http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?p=404712]
gainward beat them to it[/url]

They haven't released it yet AFAIK.

SplishSplash wrote:Video RAM doesn't mean much as long as the textures fit into it.
Since nobody besides you will have 1 Gig of Video RAM, the textures will not be that big.

Conclusion:
1 Gig of video ram is a waste of money.

True. I think ATI themselves even admitted 512Mb isn't that useful yet.