just so you know, Xbox2-Nvidia out, ATI in

[Raedon]

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/433/433741p1.html?fromint=1
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/32341.html

Haven't seen this posted around but it's all over.. M$ dumped Nvidia as the chipmaker for the next line of consoles titled atm, "Xbox 2" so original hehe.. hey, it worked for Sony.

[Digital Database]

That's cool news, I am glad to see ATI in the console market, I have always been a fan of their Graphics cards in the past. :)

[Raedon]

That's cool news, I am glad to see ATI in the console market, I have always been a fan of their Graphics cards in the past. :)

lol, actually you have.. the flipper chip powering the Game Cube is ATI..

This was a smart move for ATI as Gamecube isn't selling enough to keep them from having to stop production on chips. Hell.. Nintendo hasn't been producing gamecubes for a couple of months until warehouse stock is gone.

Basically this means that Xbox 2 will have a 9800 pro in it.

[Achika]

Would this nix any kind of backwards compatibility that may have been conjured up in the past between the current Xbox and the what was potential NVidia/Xbox 2 system?

[Raedon]

Nope, the Xbox is a PC, the next Xbox will also be a PC.. with a different video card.. Just a few drivers to change.

[IntvGene]

Nvidia also took a hit with Gamespot's recent benchmarks of Half-Life 2. Although they say that the new drivers will significantly improve performance, if I am a customer looking to buy a video card, this makes my choice a little easier.

Gamespot's Half-Life 2 benchmarks:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2/news_6075080.html

[Raedon]

The word is that Nvidia dropped Image Quality to improve performance with the next line of drivers.. Nvidia is in big big trouble..

http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/ati_vs_nvidia/dx9_rel50/001.htm