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ATi --- Crossfire "Mark II" will finally abandon the Master-Slave implementation.
ATi is finally doing what they should have done before Crossfire was
first shipped - integrated the compositor into the silicon of every high-end Crossfire-capable GPU and (a la SLI) symmetrically data-linking the GPUs on identical boards or modules. See:- http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=909 Seems not a good time to 'invest' in any of the current Crossfire implementations. Orphaned products with very low sales volumes ( the current Master/dongle cards) normally get poor long-term technical/software support. John Lewis |
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ATi --- Crossfire "Mark II" will finally abandon the Master-Slave implementation.
Not that I have anything against ATI but isn't this a NVIDIA Newsgroup?
John W "John Lewis" wrote in message ... ATi is finally doing what they should have done before Crossfire was first shipped - integrated the compositor into the silicon of every high-end Crossfire-capable GPU and (a la SLI) symmetrically data-linking the GPUs on identical boards or modules. See:- http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=909 Seems not a good time to 'invest' in any of the current Crossfire implementations. Orphaned products with very low sales volumes ( the current Master/dongle cards) normally get poor long-term technical/software support. John Lewis |
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ATi --- Crossfire "Mark II" will finally abandon the Master-Slave implementation.
On 21 Feb 2006 20:14:23 GMT, Walter Mitty wrote:
"John" risked the wrath of Usenet weenies mastering mommies computer when he ventured forth on 2006-02-21, commmitted his life to the whims of Google, and spluttered: ATi is finally doing what they should have done before Crossfire was first shipped - integrated the compositor into the silicon of every high-end Crossfire-capable GPU and (a la SLI) symmetrically data-linking the GPUs on identical boards or modules. See:- http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=909 Seems not a good time to 'invest' in any of the current Crossfire implementations. Orphaned products with very low sales volumes ( the current Master/dongle cards) normally get poor long-term technical/software support. John Lewis It is a rum day when a company incurs the wrath of Mr Lewis. Nope. Not the company. Just the asinine management and marketing. I'm sure that ATI engineering prototyped Crossfire in its present form, showed it to management and asked "please can we integrate the compositor into the GPUs and emulate SLI with identical boards and symmetrical connections" And marketing/management said "NO, just ship it for now, some idiots are bound to buy ! " ATi running after nVidia reminds me of today's version of Intel's CPU and chip-set groups running behind AMD as the innovator. dog with a bone he is. Gabe's rear end would be a much easier and jucier target for my dog.... :-) :-) John Lewis -- It is better to be an "expert" than it is to do actual work. |
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ATi --- Crossfire "Mark II" will finally abandon the Master-Slave implementation.
Is that the biggest problem you could dig up with ATI? Because it
sounds like a non-issue to me. It's not as if SLI is a particularly sensible deal, either. |
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ATi --- Crossfire "Mark II" will finally abandon the Master-Slave implementation.
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:03:46 -0500, "Magnulus"
wrote: Is that the biggest problem you could dig up with ATI? Because it sounds like a non-issue to me. Sure is an issue if you are somebody not particularly rich but a PC gaming-enthusiast. pony up $1000 and 3 months later find that the dual-card implementation that you invested in had become a totally obsolete architecture nine months after its introduction. Past history of low-volume obsolete architectures has not been kind in terms of technical support and software updates. It's not as if SLI is a particularly sensible deal, either. Agreed, but 4 million SLI motherboards, 10 million SLI-capable video cards, 500k-1million dual-card SLI gaming rigs, plus a unified driver architecture does have some weight in terms of long-term support. John Lewis |
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ATi --- Crossfire "Mark II" will finally abandon the Master-Slave implementation.
For those looking for an eventual dually X1900 setup, the Crossfire master
card, already available, can work as a standalone. Price premium is about $50. Finding a slave card in the future should not be problematic. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Magnulus" wrote in message . .. Is that the biggest problem you could dig up with ATI? Because it sounds like a non-issue to me. It's not as if SLI is a particularly sensible deal, either. |
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ATi --- Crossfire "Mark II" will finally abandon the Master-Slave implementation.
Sure is John but most of us cross over from time to time. Why can't we just
all get along? VBG FWIW, I've been Intel all my computer life I've finally come to the painful realization that Intel is no longer the innovator and AMD is kicking but so my next box will be AMD. I switched from Matrox to ATI years ago when I realized that they dropped out of the gaming market. Now I'm going to switch to nVidia because ATI and nVidia are no longer leapfrogging. IMHO, nVidia has the undisputable lead and I think they will keep it into the foreseeable future. My brand loyalty only goes so far "John W" wrote in message ... Not that I have anything against ATI but isn't this a NVIDIA Newsgroup? John W "John Lewis" wrote in message ... ATi is finally doing what they should have done before Crossfire was first shipped - integrated the compositor into the silicon of every high-end Crossfire-capable GPU and (a la SLI) symmetrically data-linking the GPUs on identical boards or modules. See:- http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=909 Seems not a good time to 'invest' in any of the current Crossfire implementations. Orphaned products with very low sales volumes ( the current Master/dongle cards) normally get poor long-term technical/software support. John Lewis |
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ATi --- Crossfire "Mark II" will finally abandon the Master-Slave implementation.
For those interested in ATI video cards, they could always have a look in:
alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati John W "Ed Forsythe" wrote in message ... Sure is John but most of us cross over from time to time. Why can't we just all get along? VBG FWIW, I've been Intel all my computer life I've finally come to the painful realization that Intel is no longer the innovator and AMD is kicking but so my next box will be AMD. I switched from Matrox to ATI years ago when I realized that they dropped out of the gaming market. Now I'm going to switch to nVidia because ATI and nVidia are no longer leapfrogging. IMHO, nVidia has the undisputable lead and I think they will keep it into the foreseeable future. My brand loyalty only goes so far "John W" wrote in message ... Not that I have anything against ATI but isn't this a NVIDIA Newsgroup? John W "John Lewis" wrote in message ... ATi is finally doing what they should have done before Crossfire was first shipped - integrated the compositor into the silicon of every high-end Crossfire-capable GPU and (a la SLI) symmetrically data-linking the GPUs on identical boards or modules. See:- http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=909 Seems not a good time to 'invest' in any of the current Crossfire implementations. Orphaned products with very low sales volumes ( the current Master/dongle cards) normally get poor long-term technical/software support. John Lewis |
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ATi --- Crossfire "Mark II" will finally abandon the Master-Slave implementation.
"Ed Forsythe" wrote in message
... Sure is John but most of us cross over from time to time. Why can't we just all get along? VBG FWIW, I've been Intel all my computer life I've finally come to the painful realization that Intel is no longer the innovator and AMD is kicking but so my next box will be AMD. I switched from Matrox to ATI years ago when I realized that they dropped out of the gaming market. Now I'm going to switch to nVidia because ATI and nVidia are no longer leapfrogging. IMHO, nVidia has the undisputable lead and I think they will keep it into the foreseeable future. My brand loyalty only goes so far "IMHO, nVidia has the undisputable lead and I think they will keep it into the foreseeable future." --- This coming from a guy who *just recently* conceded to AMD's technological superiority over Intel? This "undisputable lead" you mention doesn't exist. It's very evident that they are neck-and-neck competitors at this point in time. Sounds like you've got the same death grip on nVidia as you *had* on Intel. Tony |
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