GSBUG Hardware Info SIG July 11, 2002. 2 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Agenda – July 11, 2002 7:00 –...

GSBUG Hardware Info SIG

July 11, 2002

July 11, 2002 2


Agenda – July 11, 20027:00 – 7:05 Administration7:05 – 8:15 Featured Topic – Graphics Processors,

Video Cards, and Monitors8:15 – 8:30 Hardware News8:30 – 8:55 Random Access (Q&A)8:55 – 9:00 Recap, Preview, and Close

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AdministrationWelcome! Please Sign In.What the SIG is…and is not.

Is – an information resource for computer users and potential computer users

Is NOT – a way to get your computer built or repaired (contact the GSBUG Daytime Hardware SIG)

Log – Random Access/Q&A (First Come…)

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Administration (continued):Presentation materials will be posted at:http://gsbug.apcug.org/hwinfosig.htm

Prior presentation materials are also posted.

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Graphics Processors, Video Cards, and MonitorsGraphics Processors:

Discrete (separate chip), used on video cards with dedicated RAM

Discrete (separate chip), integrated onto the motherboard with dedicated or shared RAM (typically for servers or OEM)

Integrated into the motherboard’s Northbridge with dedicated or shared RAM

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Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued)Primary Processor Suppliers - Discrete:

3Dlabs (Creative Labs) – GLINT and Wildcat (proprietary)ATI – RADEON and Fire GL (mixed proprietary and

merchant)Matrox – G200/G450/G550 and Parhelia (proprietary)NVIDIA – GeForce3, GeForce4, Quadro2 and Quadro4

plus many older models (merchant)PowerVR – KYRO II (merchant)

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Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued)Primary Processor Suppliers – Discrete (continued):

S3 (VIA) – Savage4 and SavageXP (merchant)SiS – SiS3xx series and Xabre (merchant)Trident – BLADE family (merchant)

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Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued)Primary Processor Suppliers – Integrated (into the

Northbridge)ATI – RADEON IGP Intel – 810 series, 815 series (except 815EP), 845G and

845GLNVIDIA – nForce IGPSiS – multiple (typically SiS6x0, SiS6x1, or SiS7x0)VIA – ProSavage

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Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued)Video Cards

AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) – 266MHz (4X) and 533MHz (8X)

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) – 33MHz

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GSBUG Hardware Info SIGGraphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued)Video Cards - Primary Suppliers

3Dlabs – Oxygen and Wildcat series (workstation); Creative Labs (mainstream & gamer) coming

ASUSTeK (ASUS) – NVIDIA-based (mainstream & gamer)

ATI – RADEON (mainstream & gamer) and Fire GL (workstation); many “partners” for non-workstation cards

Gigabyte – ATI-based (mainstream & gamer)Hercules – 3D Prophet series, ATI and KYRO-based

(mainstream & gamer)

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Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued)Video Cards - Primary Suppliers (continued)

Leadtek - WinFast series, NVIDIA-based (mainstream & gamer)

Matrox – Parhelia and Millennium series (mainstream, gamer, and professional)

MicroStar (MSI) – NVIDIA-based (mainstream & gamer)NVIDIA/PNY – Quadro2 and Quadro4-base (workstation)VideoLogic – Vivid! (KYRO-based, gamer)VisionTek – Xtasy, NVIDIA-based (mainstream & gamer)

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Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued)Video Cards – “L&G” (Mainstream & Gamer)

ATI (and “Partners”) RADEON 8500 (128MB, DVI-I/VGA, TV-out) All-in-Wonder RADEON 8500 (128MB, TV Tuner, video capture) R300 coming soon (also RADEON 8500 MAXX?)

Matrox Parhelia (128MB, dual DVI-I, TV-out, triple-display capable)

NVIDIA (through multiple card manufacturers) GeForce4 Ti 4600 (128MB, DVI-I/VGA, TV-out) NV30 coming (soon?)

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GSBUG Hardware Info SIGGraphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued)Video Cards – “L&G” (Workstation)

3Dlabs Wildcat III 6210 (416MB, dual DVI-I, AGP Pro 50); 6110

ATI Fire GL 8800 (128MB, DVI-I/VGA) New product coming soon?

NVIDIA (through PNY) Quadro4 900 XGL (128MB, dual DVI-I)

Benchmarks - www.specbench.org/gpc/opc.data/vp7/summary.html

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Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued)Monitors

CRTs (cathode ray tubes) = standard “monitors”LCD Displays (flat panel monitors)

Analog (VGA – 15-pin, D-sub) Digital (DVI-D) Dual input (VGA and DVI-D)

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Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued)CRT Monitors – Primary Suppliers

Eizo – high-end & professional, expensiveHitachi – mainstream through professional Iiyama – mainstream through professionalKDS – mainstreamMitsubishi – mainstream through professionalNEC – mainstream through professional

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Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued)CRT Monitors – Primary Suppliers (continued)

Panasonic – mainstream Samsung – mainstream Sony – mainstream through professionalViewSonic (incl. Nokia & Optiquest) – mainstream through

professional

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Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued)LCD Displays – Primary Suppliers

Eizo – mainstream analog & dual inputKDS/Radius – mainstream analogNEC/Mitsubishi – mainstream analog & dual inputSamsung – mainstream analog & dual inputSony – mainstream analog & dual inputViewSonic – mainstream analog & dual inputNOTE: Virtually all CRT manufacturers also produce LCD

displays.

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GSBUG Hardware Info SIGHardware NewsProcessors

AMD released the Athlon MP 2100+ (.18 micron) – simple line extension.

Intel released the Itanium 2 (previously code-named McKinley) – 900 and 1000MHz, 32K L1, 256K L2, 1.5 or 3.0MB L3 (all on-die); 400MHz FSB; 128-bit data path to chipset; impressive “results” against Sun UltraSPARC III 1050MHz; 1K pricing $1338-$4226; 28 server vendors and 1 workstation vendor (HP) announced they will ship systems based on this processor. Press release at http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20020708comp.htm

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GSBUG Hardware Info SIGHardware News (continued)Core Logic (chipsets)

Intel announced the E8870 server chipset (no AGP support) – will be released in September; support up to 16 processors

HP using its own chipset for its Itanium 2 workstations - starting at $5865 for 900MHz processor (1.5MB L3), 1GB RAM, 40GB IDE hard drive, ATI RADEON 7000 video card (mainstream desktop class, NOT workstation), chassis, keyboard, mouse and UP Unix OS (no monitor)

System RAM – nothing new

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GSBUG Hardware Info SIGHardware News (continued)Motherboards

Intel announced server “building block” support for Itanium 2 – the SR870BN4 for 4-way, 4U rack mounts – available in the “second half” of 2002 (unclear whether this is a motherboard or bare bones unit – numbering suggests motherboard)

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GSBUG Hardware Info SIGHardware News (continued)Graphics processors & cards

3Dlabs released the Wildcat VP series of workstation cards – based on the new P10 VPU; to replace Oxygen line and compete against NVIDIA Quadro4 GPU-based cards. Wildcat VP 970 - 128MB RAM, DVI-I/VGA, $1199 SRP.

Matrox released the first in a series of Parhelia cards – 128MB, dual DVI-I, $399 SRP.

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GSBUG Hardware Info SIGHardware News (continued)Hard Drives

IBM announced the 146Z10 series (U320 SCSI, 10K rpm, 18-146GB, 8MB cache, 825Mb/sec internal transfer).

Maxtor announced the Atlas 10K IV series (U320 SCSI, 10K rpm, 36-146GB, 8MB cache, full spec not released). Also announced plans for a 15K rpm follow-on.

Seagate released the Barracuda ATA V series – ATA/100, 7200 rpm, 40-120GB (60GB/double-sided platter), 570 Mb/sec internal transfer rate. MP in Q4; native Serial ATA version in the Fall.

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GSBUG Hardware Info SIGHardware News (continued)Hard Drives (continued)

Western Digital announced a series of Caviar drives with 60GB/platter – ATA/100, 7200 rpm, 120-200GB, full spec not released. To ship in July.

Hard Drive ControllersHighpoint released the RocketRAID 1520 PCI adapter card - serial ATA,

dual-channel (max 2 drives), IDE RAID. Also released the RocketHead 100 serial-ATA-to-standard-ATA HDD adapter (to attach non-serial-ATA drives to this controller – upgrade later to serial ATA drives).

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GSBUG Hardware Info SIGHardware News (continued)Other Drives

LG Electronics (stealth) released a 32x10x40 CD-RW with 16X DVD-ROM combo drive. Shipping now.

Sound processors & cards – nothing newModems & NICs – nothing newChassis & power supplies – nothing newMisc

Sigma Designs released the REALmagic Xcard – an MPEG-4 PCI decoder card for lower performance PCs. Supports MPEG-4 and DivX content.

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Random Access (Q&A)

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Recap, Preview, and CloseRecapPreview

Featured Topic for August 8 – Sound Processors, Sound Cards, and Speakers

Close (please police up the area)

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