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#1 abcdefgsean

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i've been thinking about getting a new computer lately but i don't want to spend alot of money on something that might be obsolete by the time crisis gets here. i'm not savvy with computer hardware but i know i want the latest directx with one of the, if not the best, prosc. can someone please tell me if i should wait, or upgrade now. thanks

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#2 jjj13

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When the r600's come out.

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#3 abcdefgsean

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who makes those, and when do they come out?

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#4 abcdefgsean

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anyone?

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#5 jjj13

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ATI. They come out in May I think..

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#6 DirkVDV01

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R600 = ATI. ATI Radeon HD 2900 (R600) GPU is expected to be released in May on an 80nm process. The R600 is the successor to the R580 core, featuring 700M transistors. R600 will be fully DirectX 10 compliant, utilising a Unified Shader Model architecture. Current rumours suggest that R600 will feature 320 stream processors with 32 TMUs and 32 ROPs running at a clock speed of around 800Mhz (possibly 814Mhz) for the XTX version. The R600 core is also expected to feature support for 128-bit HDR, physics processing, 24x AA and integrated HDMI outputs with 5.1 surround sound support. R600 will also feature ATI's Avivo HD technology, which is provided by the new Universal Video Decoder (UVD), providing hardware acceleration for H.264 and VC-1 decoding, as used by Blu-ray and HD DVD titles. R600 is expected to interface to GDDR3 or GDDR4 Memory over a 512-bit interface. R600 is reported to consume up to 270W (twice that of R580) and will require two PCI Express power connectors. R600 is expected to be slightly faster than nVidia's GeForce 8800 GTX and will be an exceptionally large graphics card with a very large cooling system. There are likely to be three parts released: Radeon HD 2900 XTX - 12" / 9.5" board, 1GB GDDR4, Dual Slot (12" OEM - 270W, 9.5" Retail - 240W) Radeon HD 2900 XT - 9.5" board, 750Mhz core, 1.64Ghz memory, 1GB or 512MB GDDR4, Dual Slot (240W). $399 Radeon HD 2900 XL - 9.5" board, 512MB GDDR3, Single Slot (Released at a later date) Source = http://www.mikeshardware.co.uk/RoadmapQ207.htm

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#7 Miguel16