More details on IBM’s proposed PPC 970

[Hammer]

More details on the IBM’s future PPC 970 CPU from ArsTechnica.

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Quoting from Arstechnica
Now for some architectural details:

L1 data cache: 32 KB
L1 instruction cache: 64 KB
L2 cache: 512K
Registers:
32 64-bit general purpose registers
32 64-bit floating-point registers
32 128-bit vector registers

[Hammer]

Both Matrox* and nVidia have yet to release their true DirectX 9 Class GPU part.
*Note that Perhelia is not a true DirectX 9, it’s merely a spring board towards that goal.

[Hammer]

Offcourse the new ATI card kicks everybodies a$$, so for 3D gaming, take your pick.

For 3D Application performance, NV25 (Quadro 4 900XGL) still beats* R300 (Radon 9700).
Refer to http://www.xbitlabs.com/video/3dsmax5/

It’s interesting to note that the same NV25 chips (i.e. GF4 vs Q4GL) have different out comes due to minor driver and clock speed differences.

[Hammer]

That's no surprise when running OpenGL software. The review was comparing how cards optimized for DirectX stack up against the OpenGL optimized Quadro 4 running OpenGL apps.

Regardless of the other side issues involve, the fastest "solution" for a given area is the most important for the end user.

[Hammer]

Nah, i't just a tad slower the a GeForce4/4400

Nah, i't just a tad slower the a GeForce4 TI 4200.  ;-)

Refer to http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1645&p=7