Only the 32-bit colour buffer is actually visible to the user, and the board still uses 8-bit DACs (although 10-bit DACs and 2/10/10/10 ARGB are apparently on the way). The rest are used by the 3D engine during rasterization to hold intermediate computed value from/to the pixel shaders. Since the next generation pixel shaders are going to be tremendously more powerful these deeper buffers will become even more important.
I hope Matrox and 3DLabs are leapfrogging the current generation cards, but don't for a second think that nVidia and ATI aren't both going to have comparable hardware out this year. And no, those specs above aren't out of line -- although that's not to say that they aren't just a good guess by somebody with a little knowledge about what is coming.
I think it's also helpful to note that you're never, ever, going to be able to buy a brand new Amiga ever again. They've been languishing for ten years. About the only thing they have a shot at, is an OS/graphical shell for PDA's phones and wrist-watches. Probably not even that.
Thus, anything that comes out of their camp has more than it's share of investment luring hyperbole. If Jobs = RDF, Amiga = Bullshit!
Ben Hermans is a co-founder of the german-belgic company Hyperion ( <a href="http://www.hyperion-software.com"; target="_blank">http://www.hyperion-software.com</a>; ). They are porting games to Linux, Mac and mostly AmigaOS. For some months now they have a deal with Amiga, Inc. to do the new AmigaOS 4, after Haage & Partner ( <a href="http://www.haage-partner.de"; target="_blank">http://www.haage-partner.de</a>; ), which did the OS 3.5 - 3.9, afaik refused to do that. But Hyperion is a quite small company, so I am sure, they have no detailed inside information about the next PPC chips.
can you guys imagine the damage this card will do to the mac 3rd party vid card market *if* it is osx compatible, and the mac card is *exactly* the same as the pc card, same price?
I know I wouldn't hesitate a second to buy the 225? card.
i saw that ben guy on techtv talking about the next Amiga os . they are starting out in the mobile market but apparently the desktop version is only ppc compatable .
<strong>Haha. That spec sheet has been pretty conclusively shown to be a hoax. Do you really think that Matrox would misspell "Millennium"?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Mazda misspelled "Millennia" ON THEIR CAR! not just in an ad/spec sheet :eek:
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64-bit = 32-bit colour buffer + 32-bit Z-buffer
96-bit = 32-bit colour buffer + 32-bit Z-buffer + 8-bit stencil + 24-bit auxilary
128-bit = 32-bit colour buffer + 32-bit Z-buffer + 8-bit stencil + 8-bit alpha buffer + 2 x 24-bit auxilary
Only the 32-bit colour buffer is actually visible to the user, and the board still uses 8-bit DACs (although 10-bit DACs and 2/10/10/10 ARGB are apparently on the way). The rest are used by the 3D engine during rasterization to hold intermediate computed value from/to the pixel shaders. Since the next generation pixel shaders are going to be tremendously more powerful these deeper buffers will become even more important.
I hope Matrox and 3DLabs are leapfrogging the current generation cards, but don't for a second think that nVidia and ATI aren't both going to have comparable hardware out this year. And no, those specs above aren't out of line -- although that's not to say that they aren't just a good guess by somebody with a little knowledge about what is coming.
Thus, anything that comes out of their camp has more than it's share of investment luring hyperbole. If Jobs = RDF, Amiga = Bullshit!
Ben Hermans is a co-founder of the german-belgic company Hyperion ( <a href="http://www.hyperion-software.com"; target="_blank">http://www.hyperion-software.com</a>; ). They are porting games to Linux, Mac and mostly AmigaOS. For some months now they have a deal with Amiga, Inc. to do the new AmigaOS 4, after Haage & Partner ( <a href="http://www.haage-partner.de"; target="_blank">http://www.haage-partner.de</a>; ), which did the OS 3.5 - 3.9, afaik refused to do that. But Hyperion is a quite small company, so I am sure, they have no detailed inside information about the next PPC chips.
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I know I wouldn't hesitate a second to buy the 225? card.
What you call damage is generally called competition. And it doesn't hurt if nVidia gets their ass kicked a bit, instead of resting on their laurels.
ATI started with that already, now there *might* be Matrox coming along. (if the story has a bit of truth behind it).
Remember one thing: Resting on your laurels in teh 3D card market equals DEATH. See 3dfx for reference.
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i saw that ben guy on techtv talking about the next Amiga os . they are starting out in the mobile market but apparently the desktop version is only ppc compatable .
aaron
<strong>Haha. That spec sheet has been pretty conclusively shown to be a hoax. Do you really think that Matrox would misspell "Millennium"?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Mazda misspelled "Millennia" ON THEIR CAR! not just in an ad/spec sheet :eek: