VOODOO6000 @ VE!

[t@xman]

Don't know if any of you guys have noticed but Voodoo Extreme appear to have a final V6!
They only got a few screenies at the moment but they're promising a review shortly.
Notice they got 8X AA, and don't it look good. It makes me wonder if they'll implement the HSR with this monster.
The fact that a games site has gotten hold of a final card may indicate that it'll reach market after all, or am I being too optimistic? WWW.VOODOOEXTREME.COM

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If it aint broke ..... KICK IT!

[Doward]

PUH LEEZ!!! Release the damn monster!! Now!!! You think I'm playing? Dammit, don't make me come over there and...

erm.. Think they'll get mad it I swipe it?

I truly hope they release a consumer version of it.

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[H@rdw@reXpert]

3dfx cancelled the V5 6000 couple weeks ago. If they do release it, the price would be insane, I would rather spend that money on a geForce2 Ultra card.

[This message has been edited by H@rdw@reXpert (edited December 03, 2000).]

[t@xman]

3DFX actually licensed the technology out to several 3rd parties, and the board being shown over at Voodooextreme appears to have come from one of these 3rd party companies NOT 3DFX! The fact that they've sent it in to a games site would appear to indicate that they may after all release it to the public!....and very soon aswell!

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[Lag Time]

3dfx actually licensed the V5-6000 tech only to Quantum 3D. No other 3rd-parties have access to the card. The review is of a Quantum 3D system (QX 4232A) that contains a true V5-6000 card.

The review is already complete. The system was benchmarked on Wednesday night and the review was written on Thursday. I know because I'm the person that did the benchmarks (with help from my brother and a couple guys from Quantum 3D) and wrote the review. It was sent to VE just yesterday, so they need some time to HTML it up. It'll probably appear on Monday.

Also, the screen shot that VE indicated was an 8X shot was actually only a 2X. They've corrected the erratum on their site now. We tried to snap screens at both 4X and 8X. It was obvious on the monitor screen that 4X and 8X were in effect, but the screen snaps always showed up without any anti-aliasing. We were puzzled and still don't know the exact reason, but the article will talk about that in a bit more detail.

FYI, Ross Smith (founder of Quantum 3D) asked me where this review would be posted. I told him either Ars Technica (who was supposed to have it intially and dropped the ball on this review), VoodooExtreme (who snapped it up after I dropped it on them out of the blue yesterday), or Sharkeyextreme (where I would have taken it if VE didn't want it). He said he knew the guys from Sharkey's personally and that they were a great group of guys.

The V5-6000 is definitely coming to market. The question is, which market? Will it be available to gamers, even in just limited quantities? The review will answer those questions and maybe offer a surprise or two. Wait until tomorrow to find out.

Thanks and I hope you guys enjoy it,

Michael W. Romain

[t@xman]

Thanx Lag for the extra info. I just hope it comes to market as a gaming card even if in limited quantitees.
Is there any news on whether this card will utilise 3DFX's HSF or is it going to use Quantum's own drivers? and exactly what is the state of the HSF malarky? I realise it doesn't work in a practical sense atm, but is it just a 3DFX gimmick or are they planning on implementing it fully at a later date?

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[Lag Time]

3dfx supplied Quantum 3D with a single set of reference drivers. IIRC, they are version 1.1. It's Quantum 3D's baby now. Any future tweaks to the drivers will be accomplished by Quantum 3D. Unfortunately, since they don't focus on Quake3 Arena in their products or any retail games for that matter, chances are the drivers will never be optimized any more for Q3 than they are today.

Michael W. Romain