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To: Marketeer who wrote (10900)2/28/1999 12:17:00 AM
From: Michael G. Potter  Read Replies (1) of 16960
 
If I look at the chipsets that have won positions (and continue to win positions) on major OEMs, I would say that the spec are not as poor as you claim. Let's disregard the fact that STB already said they've won some contracts.

V3 will have very clear, very fast 2D in 32 bit
It will be AGPx2 (AGPx4 when Intel releases it)
16 meg of ram on board
Will score high on the benchmarks

V3 has been out in the public for a while now. No sign of the TNT2. Rage Fury is also out and showing up in computers. I have a print catalog for MidWest Micro and they include it in one of their computers already (with a V2 as well in the same box).

I spent some time today looking at magazine ads and the websites for Gateway and Dell. I didn't see 32 bit 3D rendering listed anywhere. I didn't see 8 bit stencil buffers listed anywhere.

Savage4 and Rage Fury will underperform the V3 in 16 bit 3D benchmarks and 2D benchmarks as well. The 2000 will be very inexpensive. ATI and the Riva 128 are embedded on many motherboards and do not provide anywhere near the specs of competing chips, yet they still have design wins.

I'm curious if you work in the industry and have some special knowledge of the current competitions? What are the specs that V3 will be missing that you think will break the chip?

Here's one that I think might make a difference - a good OpenGL ICD.

Michael
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