ATi R420 and R423 Information

zerodamage · Mar 11, 2004, 04:13 AM

"3DCenter.org has a preview of ATI's R4xx series posted on their site. The preview is in German, but you can use Google to view a translated version."

Source: Anandtech

Vampyromaniac · Mar 11, 2004, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by zerodamage
The preview is in German, but you can use Google to view a translated version."

fixed link of translated version

MSX · Mar 11, 2004, 05:28 AM

Its fun reading translated german... its like talking to yoda.

Um anyway so tell me again why Germans always get the scoop first? I mean ATI headquarters is located in Canada last I checked.

R400 Canceled
R420 Highlights:
PS 2.x (as dx10 wont be out till longhorn in 2006 anyway)
160 million transistors, 130nm tech
8 Render pipelines
6 vertex shaders
256 bus with support for GDDR1, 2, 3
500MHZ clock speed.

Have a look at their chart... which causes me some doubt. I mean its a little too early to be making pci-express hardware only. I mean your choice for mobo's is A64(which are still too costly above low cost machines) or a few scattered intel boards. Something seems like ATI is hoping the pci-e boost to carry the next line of chips as they don't seem that much beefed up over the current generation. Though time will tell. Though it doesent look like were going to get any new huge features this go round.

Vampyromaniac · Mar 11, 2004, 05:51 AM

are you talking about the 3rd quarter 2004? when you say PCI-ex only, you're talking about R480 right?

Hkhalid · Mar 11, 2004, 06:22 AM

nice article for some detailed information on ATI's up coming cards

Danhill · Mar 11, 2004, 06:39 AM

Great Specs, but I thougt they would have 16 pipelines

mainman · Mar 11, 2004, 06:54 AM

Good article, bit still im waiting for a few suprisses from Ati....dont this this specs will be final...

Demigod · Mar 11, 2004, 10:28 AM

"We can confirm free of doubts that the ATi R420-Chip will not offer Shader 3,0 support."

Is this good or bad? It will mean faster ps2.0 and vs2.0 but will hand nvidia a great marketing advantage just when they need one.

MSX · Mar 11, 2004, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vampyromaniac
are you talking about the 3rd quarter 2004? when you say PCI-ex only, you're talking about R480 right?

Well, its hard to read... but from what their showing and what I've heard graphics card companies are going to push pci-e hard. Though your probably right that the 480 will be the only card thats PCI-e only. I'm guessing the others will have AGP variants.

Mar 11, 2004, 04:13 AM	#1
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	ATi R420 and R423 Information "3DCenter.org has a preview of ATI's R4xx series posted on their site. The preview is in German, but you can use Google to view a translated version." Source: Anandtech

Mar 11, 2004, 05:51 AM	#4
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	are you talking about the 3rd quarter 2004? when you say PCI-ex only, you're talking about R480 right? __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

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Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	Great Specs, but I thougt they would have 16 pipelines __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Mar 11, 2004, 06:54 AM	#7
mainman Mr. Nobody Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: OmniPresent Nightwatcher Posts: 5,961 Rep Power: 71	Good article, bit still im waiting for a few suprisses from Ati....dont this this specs will be final... __________________

Mar 11, 2004, 05:28 AM	#3
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	Its fun reading translated german... its like talking to yoda. Um anyway so tell me again why Germans always get the scoop first? I mean ATI headquarters is located in Canada last I checked. R400 Canceled R420 Highlights: PS 2.x (as dx10 wont be out till longhorn in 2006 anyway) 160 million transistors, 130nm tech 8 Render pipelines 6 vertex shaders 256 bus with support for GDDR1, 2, 3 500MHZ clock speed. Have a look at their chart... which causes me some doubt. I mean its a little too early to be making pci-express hardware only. I mean your choice for mobo's is A64(which are still too costly above low cost machines) or a few scattered intel boards. Something seems like ATI is hoping the pci-e boost to carry the next line of chips as they don't seem that much beefed up over the current generation. Though time will tell. Though it doesent look like were going to get any new huge features this go round.

Mar 11, 2004, 10:28 AM	#8
Demigod DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 102 Rep Power: 0	"We can confirm free of doubts that the ATi R420-Chip will not offer Shader 3,0 support." Is this good or bad? It will mean faster ps2.0 and vs2.0 but will hand nvidia a great marketing advantage just when they need one.