Glaze3D Interview
TechZone has posted an interview with one of the (Bit)boys behind that Glaze3D muscle-chip that has been much talked about, but not seen yet. Hrmm...quite a few assumptions here eh?
Q: Assuming the Voodoo4 is equal to 4 Obsidian boards running in tandem, or 8 Voodoo2 boards with a total external memory (SDRAM) of 96MB and a fill rate approaching 1000 mtexels/second, will the Glaze3D 1200 be able to compete?
A:Voodoo 2 does 90 MPIX/s, so Voodoo 4 would do 720 MPIX/s. At true color and with a 32-bit Z this would require 8.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth. This is not available without embedded DRAM and Voodoo 4 doesn’t use embedded DRAM. So Glaze3D definitely has more better performance.
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Aleks
replyThese guys are so full of shit, they talk about their Glaze3D as if it was shipping NOW, when in fact it\'s scheduled to ship a whole generation (6 months) behind the 3dfx and nVidia chips. It\'s funny how his credibility rests on the Pyramid3D, which never saw the light of day. He shouldn\'t be putting down his competitors who actually delivered several successful products, it makes him look like a jerk.
