ATi R520 is Longhorn WGF 1.0 compliant
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 03/21/2005 02:34 PM [ Print | 7 comment(s) ] · 1196 views
It turns out that R520 won't just have Shader Model 3.0 it will eventually have support for upcoming Longhorn WGF 1.0 specification. WGF does not stand for Which Graphic Freak, it's an abbreviation of Windows Graphic Foundation. This is what Microsoft has decided to call Direct3D in the future.
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FaaR Unregistered |
#59953 Posted on: 03/21/2005 03:19 PM
*COUGH*bullshit*AHEM* |
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Cimlite Junior Member Posts: 6 Joined: 2005-11-12 |
#59955 Posted on: 03/21/2005 05:34 PM
Hear hear. |
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Rosco Member Posts: 24 Joined: 2005-02-09 |
#59957 Posted on: 03/21/2005 07:03 PM
hehe, yea, like the R350/360 supports OpenGL 2.0, before OpenGL 2.0 was ever published. |
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MuffinMan Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: 2004-09-15 |
#59961 Posted on: 03/21/2005 11:41 PM
That's an easier one to call though. Because, due to OGL specification works, if you don't support it in hardware... as long as you introduce a software workaround you can state you fully support OGL2.0 (or whichever) Like in the recent Cat release where they put in the rlease the following: New to this specification are GLSL, non-power-of-two-textures, separate stencil, multiple render targets, and point sprites ATI have no hardware level capability of non-power-of-two-textures, but they have introduced a driver element to emulate it in software, so they fully support it. |
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Rosco Member Posts: 24 Joined: 2005-02-09 |
#59962 Posted on: 03/22/2005 12:15 AM
I'll give them their due, the 5.3's at least finally improved their lackluster OpenGL performance. At least its visible on my 9800 Pro. |
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MuffinMan Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: 2004-09-15 |
#59963 Posted on: 03/22/2005 12:25 AM
Unfortunately, I've just dumped my 9800Pro for a 6800GT... I couldn't wait any longer to upgrade and the X800XL in AGP flavour was just taking too long. But glad to hear that the long-promised OGL improvements are finally making it into the drivers. Good news for my next upgrade  |
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Rosco Member Posts: 24 Joined: 2005-02-09 |
#59971 Posted on: 03/22/2005 04:43 PM
If you went AGP, you did the right thing by getting the 6800GT. ATI's AGP X800 XL is still outragious in pricing. I remember a while back we were told the X800XL would be their $299 card. I can't locate a single AGP X800XL for under $350. |
