Article - ATI Radeon R600

[equk]

The long awaited and hugely anticipated ATI card is finally here. We have been given access to information and media documenting ATI's first DirectX10 graphics card. The technical specifications look promising, with some features never before seen on a GPU, making these cards innovative and one of a kind.

This article is designed to run through a little bit of the technical information without confusing the hell out of you. It is a short and sweet introduction into r600 and it's architecture and is meant to cover it in an understandable way.

I've just finished my first article (with the help of Kempez) for OC3D. I hope people find it interesting and informative.

Please Discuss

 

[FarFarAway]

Great work mate. Nice and simple and easy to understand while getting the key points across

Hope everyone enjoys reading it

 

[robump]

Great article, cant wait for the review.

Thanks

 

[Toxcity]

Good work on your first write up matey!

Once again I cannot wait for the view, equk.. are you doing the review too?

 

[FarFarAway]

No I'm doing that

 

[Toxcity]

No I'm doing that

LMAO

Suprise suprise.. Kemp always gets his hands on the best stuff!

Good on ya mate!

 

[mrapoc]

top banana!

 

[PP Mguire]

Well written review. I enjoyed reading it.

 

[Nagaru]

A good read, seems like ATI/AMD are really pushing the envelope with sound, Avivo etc.

Two things caught my eye though, at the bottom of page 4 it says.

ATI have talked about the ring-bus architecture before, but this time they've given their card 512mb to play with - a worlds first.

I think you mean 512 bits, maybe?

At the top of page 5 it says.

However if your an HTPC enthusiast you are going to have a decent discrete GPU for your audio so I see the 5.1 sound card as a pretty neat if not slightly useless addition to the 2X00 series.

Do you maybe mean discrete sound card?

I look forward to your next article.

 

[FarFarAway]

Yep my bad - should be bit and APU (probably just sound card is better)

 

[equk]

Thanks for the feedback

I think the onchip sound is good & means ATI can market it a bit better, saying it's one of a kind, while also gaining conformity for both protected content and also Windows Vista Premium Logo.

Because the video and sound are not seperated the card conforms to the protected content output path, which also makes it compliant with Windows Vista Premium Logo requirements.

However if your an HTPC enthusiast you are going to have a decent discrete GPU for your audio so I see the 5.1 sound card as a pretty neat if not slightly useless addition to the 2X00 series.

Altho I agree with what kempez has said, most people do already have a dedicated soundcard, all the on-chip one means tho is you don't need loads of wires and it can connect direct to new HDMI tv's.

 

[FarFarAway]

Ye I get where you're going but it's not a premium audio chip which is a little disappointing