Unreal Engine 3 on R420 at GDC

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Don't know how true this is? but this was posted over at Beyond 3D's Forum by SpellSinger.

When visiting Epics meeting room at GDC I got the chance to see their new engine on NV40 and R420.

It looked like they were showing NV40 at 640x480 and it was very choppy with very low detail. I was very impressed with R420 as it was obviously running with a much higher framerate and at 1024x768 or higher. The details in the models was much higher and it was very smooth. The only issue I notice were some minor artifacts which Epic put down to 24-bit FP.

was very cool to see both parts but the R420 was by far the more impressive of the two. Epic claimed they are both equal in performance but would not show me their FPS counter. I believe this was NV marketing dollars speaking because I spent 20 minutes viewing each showing and the delta was clearly evident.

Anyone else here get the chance to see both? As far as I could tell ATI is gonna rule!!!

The ATI card looked like a 9800XT using the exact same board layout. I did not see the NVidia card but rumors around the show claimed it has two power connections, requires a 500W power supply and is extremely hot. Maybe NV should bundle a power supply with the board, instead of Doom3

I can't wait to get a chance to play with an R423 and PCI Express. Hopefully ATI will send boards out to developers soon

Unreal Engine 3 on R420 at GDC