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ATI PCI-Express Devices Revealed

Posted by Hemos on from the building-towards-the-future dept.

JohnQ writes "According to Xbitlabs and AnandTech, the specifications for ATI's newest graphics cards have been revealed. Interesting to note is that all of these next generation video cards will run exclusively on the PEG (PCI-Express x16) interface. This does not bode well for those of us who just paid top dollar for the last generation of AGP cards. Read more about the roadmaps on Anandtech and Xbitlabs"

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  1. People will still use their AGP cards by queen+of+everything · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think it bodes fine with the poeple who just bought top of the line vid cards. They aren't crap yet. They'll still display your games just fine. I think people will continue to use them until they no longer do the job they were purchased for. And then at that point they will go out and buy the new PCIe's. (and most likely a new motherboard, processor, memory...the whole deal) The rest of your system has to be able to keep up with each component inside.

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  2. Re:How fast? by grub · · Score: 1, Redundant


    FPS are a byproduct of everything else.

    Do those FPS drop when in 24/32 bit colour? How about shading? Realtime anti-aliasing? Maybe stereoscopic display for those with 3D LCD shutter glasses?

    My aging GeForce 4 can play games well at 1024x768 but I need to lose a lot of the above features to get a decent frame rate.

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  3. Poor Editing by bismarck2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The articles say that the new cards will be released in both PCI Express AND AGP form