ATI's RV350 Out Sooner

April 2, 2003 6:53 AM

If The Inquirer is to be believed (well, they are getting this info from Digitimes), ATI's new RV350 chipset will be out even sooner than first though. Instead of a June ship date, ATI is now eyeing a late April release. NVidia's new part, the NV35, is not expected to be announced until May. Thanks pimpium.

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ovrlrd

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April 2, 2003 7:15 AM

It's hard to see this as a good or a bad thing. On one hand the ATI card will be out sooner and they will get a lot more sales. On the other hand, the NV35 will come out and probably be a lot faster than this card, leaving ATI with a little more time to work on their next chipset, but unable released soon enough to win the Doom3 round.
- diehlr
  
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  April 2, 2003 7:38 AM
  
  Keep in mind this article is about the RV350, not R350. NV35 is in competition with R350, not the RV350.
  - ovrlrd
    
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    April 2, 2003 7:41 AM
    
    Good point, probably why nobody cares.
    - Cpt. Baseballbat
      
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      April 2, 2003 9:01 AM
      
      Both cards will be equally good. I hope the NV35 will have better antialiasing quality than before, on par with ATI's. But I wonder howmany slots the NV35 will take (and what kind of cooler). I take it that Nvidia won't make the same mistakes twice. Bottom line: both cards will be good, doom III will run even better now, at high reso perhaps. Let the battle continue.
      
      Ps. ID software should do a remake of 'exile'. (I won't stop saying this, until it's being done).
      - ovrlrd
        
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        April 2, 2003 9:04 AM
        
        From everything i've heard the NV35 has a regular cooler now, about the same size as ATI's i'm sure. That was one of the things said about it actually. Everyone knows having a giant fan on a card sucks.
        
        axiomatic
        
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        April 2, 2003 10:50 AM
        
        Who really cares about the large cooler/2 slot graphics card. Were you actually using PCI slot 1 for something? If so with the way most motherboards today are being designed then you were slowing your unit down.
        
        I'm not a nvidia fanboy, I actually dont like their vid cards. Don't like ATI very much either.
        
        Just making a point that none of us were using that PCI slot anyway.
        
        ovrlrd
        
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        April 2, 2003 11:08 AM
        
        I think more people were concerned about the noise instead of the slot it took up.
        
        diehlr
        
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        April 2, 2003 12:45 PM
        
        I hope NV35 comes out and kicks ass. ATI is keeping their prices way up due to no real competition. While I can't blame them for wanting to make a few bucks, I'm poor damnit.
        
        TheTick
        
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        April 2, 2003 2:44 PM
        
        Actually they have the best price/performance budget card.
        
        The 9500 PRO is a fantastic card. The 9700s really aren't that expensive either.
        
        On pricewatch a 9700 non-pro costs almost exactly the same as a 4600 8x agp and is faster. I think you're just smoking crack there hombre.
        
        diehlr
        
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        April 2, 2003 4:50 PM
        
        Well, the 9500 / 9500 Pro has actually gotten slightly -more- expensive since it was launched, and that was several months ago.. with no sign of a price drop in sight. Only when cards come out in the same price range with better performance will prices drop. From the looks of it, the NV30 based budget solutions don't seem to be offering much in terms of competition for this to happen.
        
        axiomatic
        
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        April 2, 2003 2:37 PM
        
        ovrlrd,
        
        Thanks, I forgot about the noise they made. Wasnt it adjustable though?
        
        TheTick
        
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        April 2, 2003 2:44 PM
        
        it would crank way up when the 3d was in use
        
        when only in 2d it was quietter
- gl2 drivers
  
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  April 2, 2003 11:40 AM
  
  And you know when doom3 is coming out how exactly.