R600 pictured

[ATIonion]

look at pg 7.

?? are you talken about the video card to end all video cards..lmao...

 

[dunnleed08]

....

it seems to me that the only reason that someone would have this in their possesion to photograph.....it is an old prototype.....a failure.

most likely over 3 months old..some failed chip design that turned out to cost too much to produce...impractical in some way shap or form....so dude took it out of a bin somewhere...as u all said before...or they leaked it just to start controversy like what is taking place right here......

anywho...i don't care...i wont be able to afford it anyways

 

[Dippyskoodlez]

it seems to me that the only reason that someone would have this in their possesion to photograph.....it is an old prototype.....a failure.

most likely over 3 months old..some failed chip design that turned out to cost too much to produce...impractical in some way shap or form....so dude took it out of a bin somewhere...as u all said before...or they leaked it just to start controversy like what is taking place right here......

anywho...i don't care...i wont be able to afford it anyways

Or its for show, kind of like when AMD or intel show off a whole $900 CPU wafer?

 

[OnBoard]

There is no way that if the flash was angled like that, that it would blast the camera back in the face. Theres no reason why GPU's are hard to photograph, yes they are mirror like, but if you set it up properly, it will take a fine picture with 2 flashes on either side. I can't see how you're saying the photo was taken without a flash, as there is a strong difference in dark and light areas behind the chip. If it was taken in a room, the photo would have a uniform background because the light(assuming 60-120w bulb) would not be sufficient enough to cause the lighting difference, and the lightbulbs in lamps are not directional, but spread light uniformly throughout a room..

Never had so much trouble for just one post Had to take some picture, let them speak for themselves:

<a href="http://img17.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=77534_IMG_2308_122_318lo.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://img17.imagevenue.com/loc318/th_77534_IMG_2308_122_318lo.jpg" border="0"></a><a href="http://img109.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=77560_IMG_2309_122_352lo.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://img109.imagevenue.com/loc352/th_77560_IMG_2309_122_352lo.jpg" border="0"></a><a href="http://img142.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=77569_IMG_2312_122_581lo.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://img142.imagevenue.com/loc581/th_77569_IMG_2312_122_581lo.jpg" border="0"></a><a href="http://img161.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=77577_IMG_2313_122_364lo.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://img161.imagevenue.com/loc364/th_77577_IMG_2313_122_364lo.jpg" border="0"></a><BR>

Try and quess which ones are with flash and which without xD Well first two are taken with single roof lightbulp flash/no flas. Then went crazy and had to get the other shadow there. Playing around with flaslight to get workable angle and try not to breathe so it wouldn't drop. Again first picture with flash (room light and flash light on too) and the next without. (so much for the pictures doing the talking)

Doesn't take much to notice that flash makes more direct and intense lighting and byebye goes the shadows. Taken with zoom+macro to avoid flash reflection. The ones without flash are darker obviously, as my room is not well lit (11W energy saving lamp), but still plenty of contrast on the shadow and would just intensify with better lighting.

True about the other shadows being in a funny angle in the pin picture, don't know what's that about

 

[Shyska]

True about the other shadows being in a funny angle in the pin picture, don't know what's that about

Explained it there
with examples.

 

[Jimmy 2004]

Explained it there
with examples.

But that is for a box. I'm sceptical if the same shadow could be displayed for a thinner object such as a GPU.

 

[Shyska]

But that is for a box. I'm sceptical if the same shadow could be displayed for a thinner object such as a GPU.

So don't be

 

[Jimmy 2004]

So don't be

Interesting... well to stop the chance of any arguements on these forums I recommend everyone just accepts that ATI are going to give us what they give us and pictures aren't going to change that.

 

[dunnleed08]

ha

well said...

 

[OnBoard]

Shyska: nice, those first set of pictures were so small I wasn't sure what I was seeing, but that's big anough =)

 

[Casheti]

G-Unit SUCKS. Peace out.

 

[i_am_mustang_man]

cant wait for more dx10 cards! yay competition!!!!!

sideways is cool looking imo

 

[lemonadesoda]

I cant wait for some REALLY DECENT GAMES that put DX9.1 to full use. Games that are fun, intense, graphically stunning, and, most of all, with a high replay factor.

Anyone know of such games? Not sure that DX10 makes GAMEPLAY any better

 

[Casheti]

9.1?? Am I missing something here?

 

[Dippyskoodlez]

9.1?? Am I missing something here?

Yeah, grasp of the sentence he just typed

 

[Casheti]

WHA CHOO TALKIN 'BOUT FOO'!! JOO DISSIN CASHETAY!! Seriously, what the hell is DX9.1??

 

[lemonadesoda]

SDK for programmers, maty. Games aren't made by your 9.0a/b/c runtimes, but by DX9.1.

 

[Casheti]

I see