Are we really going to see DX9 chipsets from Nvidia or Intel before these ship? Somehow I doubt it. ATI and Nvidia are too busy milking their DX9 cash cows to provide such features to the low-end integrated graphics market. I think KK has it right with his statement: "All sources indicate that we probably will not see a true DX9 IGP until after RS480 and RS400."
Of course, even when DX9 IGP solutions come out, they're going to pretty much suck. The only thing that would save them is if they had at least 32 MB of integrated DDR RAM running at 300+ MHz. Performance of a DX9 IGP when it's sharing the 6.4 MBps of memory bandwidth with the CPU and other devices is not even going to match an FX5200, which is basically incapable of running DX9 games properly already!
As for Intel releasing anything worthwhile on the graphics front, I'll believe it when I see it. They're still giving us "Extreme Graphics 2" solutions that perform about as well as my old GeForce 256 SDR card. That's about four years behind cutting edge, and somehow I think Intel is a little more concerned with the CPU wars right now.
This isnt ATI's first AMD corelogic. In fact, their very first chipset, the Radeon IGP 320, was for the AMD Socket A platform. Somebody fall asleep at the wheel? heh.
I thought ATi was saying some time ago that they would be the first to have DX9 support in their IGP??? Or were they talking about DX8? Anyway, competition is always good for the market eh?
We’ve updated our terms. By continuing to use the site and/or by logging into your account, you agree to the Site’s updated Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
8 Comments
Back to Article
KristopherKubicki - Saturday, April 17, 2004 - link
Justly: Typo, Thanks.Kristopher
sprockkets - Saturday, April 17, 2004 - link
I wish someone would look at the SIS760, since it has a dedicated 32MB of memory just for the video.justly - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
"The RS480 also supports DDR2" really, in the picture under this statement it shows "Memory Type(s) Supported N/A".Why would ANY Athlon 64 chipset have support for ANY type of memory?
TrogdorJW - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
Are we really going to see DX9 chipsets from Nvidia or Intel before these ship? Somehow I doubt it. ATI and Nvidia are too busy milking their DX9 cash cows to provide such features to the low-end integrated graphics market. I think KK has it right with his statement: "All sources indicate that we probably will not see a true DX9 IGP until after RS480 and RS400."Of course, even when DX9 IGP solutions come out, they're going to pretty much suck. The only thing that would save them is if they had at least 32 MB of integrated DDR RAM running at 300+ MHz. Performance of a DX9 IGP when it's sharing the 6.4 MBps of memory bandwidth with the CPU and other devices is not even going to match an FX5200, which is basically incapable of running DX9 games properly already!
As for Intel releasing anything worthwhile on the graphics front, I'll believe it when I see it. They're still giving us "Extreme Graphics 2" solutions that perform about as well as my old GeForce 256 SDR card. That's about four years behind cutting edge, and somehow I think Intel is a little more concerned with the CPU wars right now.
KristopherKubicki - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
Sapphire was the only one who made a mobo off it. This is their first K8 board at least.Kristopher
Cygni - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
This isnt ATI's first AMD corelogic. In fact, their very first chipset, the Radeon IGP 320, was for the AMD Socket A platform. Somebody fall asleep at the wheel? heh.http://mirror.ati.com/products/radeonigp/rigp320.h...
UlricT - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
I thought ATi was saying some time ago that they would be the first to have DX9 support in their IGP??? Or were they talking about DX8? Anyway, competition is always good for the market eh?gauravsharma311 - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
kinda crappy considering Intel will have DX9 in their chipsets within a few months, and nvidia prob. will too.