Rage3D: RV770 Architecture Overview
Litteratur d. 25. juni. 2008, skrevet af comment
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"The RV770 is, to a certain extent, a consequence of the R600's lackluster history. The RV770 was designed from the get-go to be a very efficient chip, and to solve all of the problems associated with the R600 architecture. The team that sired the RV770 was the very successful Xenos team - which, against what common sense would dictate, didn't have all that much to do with the R600 because the R600 itself was quite detached from the Xenos as an architecture. Perhaps the above isn't entirely accurate, as most of ATi's design offices contributed to the new chip, but the Xenos team was pretty much at the forefront.
As an opener to our launch day coverage, we'll be taking a plunge into the RV770 and seeing what what is new, what has changed, what stays the same (quickie note: not much) and how it all fits together. We'll be following pretty much the same structure that Scott Hartog, chief architect for the RV770 series, used in his presentation of the architecture, as it nicely flows from one aspect of the new chip to another, using Richard Huddy's R600 architecture overview for comparisons and underlining the differences between chips. We'll also check and see if we can actually achieve the theoretical numbers using a number of synthetic tests ... don't worry, the whole gaming enchilada will soon follow, we haven't lost our focus."
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Linky: http://www.rage3d.com/reviews/...
As an opener to our launch day coverage, we'll be taking a plunge into the RV770 and seeing what what is new, what has changed, what stays the same (quickie note: not much) and how it all fits together. We'll be following pretty much the same structure that Scott Hartog, chief architect for the RV770 series, used in his presentation of the architecture, as it nicely flows from one aspect of the new chip to another, using Richard Huddy's R600 architecture overview for comparisons and underlining the differences between chips. We'll also check and see if we can actually achieve the theoretical numbers using a number of synthetic tests ... don't worry, the whole gaming enchilada will soon follow, we haven't lost our focus."
Appetizer:
Linky: http://www.rage3d.com/reviews/...