Affiliate Article: AMD enters the GPU market!

FunkyFresh · 01-April-05, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by HEXUS.net, 4/1/05


	Suddenly, out of nowhere, AMD have delivered a hammer blow to ATI, NVIDIA and Intel with a stunning new GPU that is set to light up the accelerator scene in a fashion not seen since 3Dfx brought out the Voodoo. The new chip, codenamed Apollo Fir, has SIXTEEN, yes thatÃ‚â€™s right, SIXTEEN pixel pipelines. Throw in just about every damn shading technique and hardware feature you can think of and it would seem that on paper, AMD has just won the entire GPU market with its first chip.

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They go on to detail that the planned 2GB of DDR2 should "come in handy" especially well in an upcoming game sequel.

j-dogg · 01-April-05, 10:25 AM

And this my friends is why I haven't upgraded to an NVidia SLi system or an ATi R-something. I bet it will outperform ATi and NVidia and cost half as much

although something about this story smells of BS

Zer0s · 01-April-05, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by j-dogg


	although something about this story smells of BS

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Originally Posted by some dude


	GPU that is set to light up the accelerator scene in a fashion not seen since 3Dfx brought out the Voodoo.

I figured it out!!!!!!!!!!!11111oneoneoneelevanelevan

Spectrum · 01-April-05, 10:49 AM

It would be nice if they did enter the GPU market.

j-dogg · 01-April-05, 10:50 AM

OMG i just got it. I feel very stupid now. Nice one guys. This is my reward for working 17 hours straight.

You all suck.

FunkyFresh · 01-April-05, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by j-dogg


	OMG i just got it. I feel very stupid now. Nice one guys. This is my reward for working 17 hours straight. You all suck.

Don't take it too hard -- in your defense, you smelled something fishy even through the fatigue and the use 2 out of the 3 J-Dogg Magic Words ("3dfx" and "Voodoo", the other being "Schwinn", of course).

nev_payne · 01-April-05, 12:01 PM

oh wow thats some dam fine news...and they certainly kept that under wraps. But can i get somin straight - they're using DDR2 with the video card? Or is that a recommended system memory size?

EDIT: Smell Voodoo?

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	WeÃ‚â€™ve long known about the Apollo Fir as one of the AMD engineers is notoriously gobby after two pints and a curry, so weÃ‚â€™ve been working on a similar system based on 8 R480 chips. To save space weÃ‚â€™re stacking them two high in four piles on each boardÃ‚â€¦ we think that weÃ‚â€™ll be able to push at least 24 pipelines as soon as the damn thing stops blowing all the fuses in the building when we plug it inÃ‚â€¦Ã‚â€

j-dogg · 01-April-05, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by FunkyFresh


	Don't take it too hard -- in your defense, you smelled something fishy even through the fatigue and the use 2 out of the 3 J-Dogg Magic Words ("3dfx" and "Voodoo", the other being "Schwinn", of course).

There is a 4th word, "Probe", now that I have opened myself up for a barrage of insults about the Probe.

*straps on flame-retardant underpants*

RavingNutsack · 01-April-05, 06:49 PM

If this is for real, then all I can say is hoooooooooly shiat. Wonder why they wouldn't just use GDDR3 on it though, as it seems to be a better choice than GDDR2 (but I wouldn't really know, just basing on popularity).

anime-fan-man · 01-April-05, 07:07 PM

God I hope it's for real but in the back of My mind I know its not.

RavingNutsack · 01-April-05, 08:04 PM

Yeah, I unfortunately have the same feeling. I mean come on, AMD doing videocards? and 2gb VRAM? That's not really plausible...

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j-dogg Mystical Schwinn Guru Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: West Melbourne, Fl-HOE-rida Posts: 8,822	OMG i just got it. I feel very stupid now. Nice one guys. This is my reward for working 17 hours straight. You all suck. __________________

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RavingNutsack Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 143	If this is for real, then all I can say is hoooooooooly shiat. Wonder why they wouldn't just use GDDR3 on it though, as it seems to be a better choice than GDDR2 (but I wouldn't really know, just basing on popularity).

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RavingNutsack Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 143	Yeah, I unfortunately have the same feeling. I mean come on, AMD doing videocards? and 2gb VRAM? That's not really plausible...

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