Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-08-16 02:59:00
![]("http://www.nvidia.com/docs/IO/1055/SUPP/aki.jpg")
![]("http://www.nvidia.com/docs/IO/1055/SUPP/sidandnancy.jpg")
![]("http://www.nvidia.com/docs/IO/1055/SUPP/akibumpmap.jpg")
![]("http://www.nvidia.com/docs/IO/1055/SUPP/sidface.jpg")
*pats his GeForce 3*
Like we are gonna have trouble when FFX pc comes along now :D
[This message has been edited by Sir Canealot (edited August 15, 2001).]
Post by: Threesixty on 2001-08-16 03:59:00
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-08-16 05:39:00
I hate Square Soft for what they did to the film. And if FFX is crap I will hate them even more!
Post by: Threesixty on 2001-08-16 05:47:00
Post by: MMiller8 on 2001-08-16 06:50:00
TAYLOR> no, im not
See? SEE?????
And anyway, those are with a Quadro, not a gf3. and I don't think they are real time, I think they are just rendering them with it.
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Post by: Sephiroth 3D on 2001-08-16 13:14:00
THOSE ARE NOT THE MOVIE MODELS THEY'RE DISPLAYING!!
Those are the low quality models used for the animation. (I know they look good. They have to have a lot of geo because they have to have the same control points as the HQ version so they don't have to animate with the system intensive HQ models.) After the animation is done, they replace those models with the HQ ones, then ship them off to be rendered on a render farm using Pixar's Renderman.
As for the film, GO SEE IT DAMN IT! It may not be the best film in the world, it is among the best films I've ever seen. (And I've seen FAR too many films!) Trust me. It's worth the $6 to see it on the big screen! (I gotta get a job and buy a home theater and a big screen TV before the 23rd...)
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Post by: M0T on 2001-08-16 15:22:00
Post by: MMiller8 on 2001-08-16 21:03:00
At SIGGRAPH 2001 NVIDIA unveils the *Square Final Fantasy Technology Demo. Running on an NVIDIA Quadro DCC, the demo exemplifies interactive real-time 3D rendering on a standard computing platform.
Issa quadro DCC. Guess issa real time, too!
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-08-16 21:30:00
Dosent matter any way. The specs of the GeForce 3 Ultra looks insane!!
Lookie here:
GeForce 3 (normal version)
Fabrication Process: 0.15-micron
Rendering Pipelines 4
Texture Units per Pipeline 4
57 million transistors
800 billion operations per second
76 Gigaflops
350MHz RAMDAC
64MB DDR SDRAM (3.8ns memory chips)
200MHz core and 460MHz memory frequencies
3.2Gtexel/sec theoretical fillrate
Full DirectX8 Compatible
nFiniteFX Engine(Pixel Shader processor and Vertex Shader processor)
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GeForce3 Ultra/Ultra Advanced
Core 300Mhz
0.13 micron
570Mhz DDR (3.5ns)
Ramdac 360MHz
Improved 2D RF filters
128MB Memory
2 additional Vertex Shaders
Improved AA(Quintex) Max AA of 8x
Dual Head Capability
Tv/Cable Tv/HD tuner (Ultra Advanced only)
FM Tuner (Ultra Advanced only)
Next-Generation Eclipse (Rumour)
Core 315MHz
0.13 micron
644Mhz DDR Memory (3.1ns)
128 MB Memory
Ramdac 360Mhz
NfiniteFX 2
Improved Color methods
B.O.D.E. Body, Object, Design, envioment
6 pipelines, 4 Simultaneous Textures or applied per pixel clock
Maximum Active Textures per pass 24
512bit architecture
5 vertex shaders
Improved AA(Quintex) Max AA of 10x
64bit true color
Dual Head Capability
Insane! The GeForce 3 ultra is gonne kick so much ass! But remember ATI to. ATI are coming in with there latest card.
Now isnt every one hopeing we get a AMD-Itel price war going on between ATI and Nvidia?
That would be cool for prices :D
Post by: Dark-Raver on 2001-08-16 21:59:00
Post by: Trilinear on 2001-08-17 02:23:00
Post by: Sephiroth 3D on 2001-08-17 13:41:00
But your guys are right. RAM is down... Chips are down... It's about time the price of VCs went down!
Sephiroth 3D
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Post by: Dark-Raver on 2001-08-17 21:20:00
Post by: MMiller8 on 2001-08-18 01:29:00
Post by: Reznor007 on 2001-08-18 05:59:00
And the graphics in FFX aren't exactly demanding :)
The Geforce4 is basically the same as the Xbox chip, a Geforce3 with 2 vertex shaders instead of a single one.
Also, the 6 pipeline rumor is most likely fake. A 6 pipeline architecture would actually be harder to design than an 8 pipeline chip.
Post by: KojiroTakenashi on 2001-08-18 06:48:00
Post by: MMiller8 on 2001-08-21 01:24:00
Post by: Reznor007 on 2001-08-21 08:49:00
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-08-21 15:40:00
Kick arse.
Post by: Trilinear on 2001-08-22 16:52:00
Post by: Reznor007 on 2001-08-22 09:07:00
That is the way nVidia works. Examples:
TNT
TNT2
TNT2 Pro
TNT2 Vanta
TNT2 Ultra
TNT2 M64
Geforce
Geforce2 GTS
Geforce2 MX
Geforce2 Ultra
Geforce2 Go
Geforce2 Pro
See what I mean?
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-08-22 16:07:00
So Nvidia need to come out with something.
That something is the GF3 MX/Pro/Ultra.
They denied the N-Force till a while ago to.
And then a month after they denied it they anounced it. I'm sure they will anounce it in a few weeks.
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-09-10 23:38:00