ATI Plans Expects DirectX 11 Chips Next Year

ATI Plans Expects DirectX 11 Chips Next Year

Daniel Fleshbourne on 02 October 2008 - 17:00 · 15 comments & 7262 views

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ATI, graphics products group of Advanced Micro Devices, said at Ceatec trade-show in Japan that its expects DirectX 11-compatible graphics processing units (GPUs) in 2009, which may be considered as intention to release a new breed of chips that support new application programming interface. In addition, the company predicts prosperity of general purpose computing on GPU (GPGPU).

AMD’s ATI unit outlined several expectations for the consumer 3D graphics industry in 2009. Among the highlights are GPU manufacturing transition to 40nm process technology and widespread usage of GDDR5 memory standard, which will drive performance of graphics chips considerably up, something, which will allow game developers to create video games with more sophisticated effects

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#1 afusion on 02 Oct 2008 - 17:24

The standards just keep getting better and better I love it!

(2 replies) #2 Kushan on 02 Oct 2008 - 17:52

Is it just me or is there a random "something" in that summary that shouldn't be there?

#2.1 smooth_criminal1990 on 02 Oct 2008 - 19:57

nope, its not you

#2.2 Shiranui on 03 Oct 2008 - 01:16

(Kushan said @ #2)

Is it just me or is there a random "something" in that summary that shouldn't be there?

The problem is the the comma which directly follows it.

(1 reply) #3 Poolius on 02 Oct 2008 - 17:52

"ATI Plans Expects DirectX 11 Chips Next Year"

Well said.

#3.1 GOJI_GKing2000 on 02 Oct 2008 - 19:11

So the plans are unsure hmmmm

(1 reply) #4 +Xerxes on 02 Oct 2008 - 21:39

hmm after the fiasco with Dx10, I couldn't careless about Dx11. Barely anyone even uses Dx10, what makes them think anyone will care about 11? seriously. It's all good and all saying Dx11 is better then 10 but considering only people running Vista/7 can use it, are people really gonna care? or are people just gonna hack the handful of Dx11 games to run in all their glory on Dx9 in XP again?

#4.1 Skynetfuture on 02 Oct 2008 - 21:48

apply to crysis

00!00 to there promises i wated more then to year in the end got disappointed :@

#5 Skynetfuture on 02 Oct 2008 - 21:46

screw ATi & nV !

i wont buy into first gen card crap just like 8800 ~ DX10 !

if it happen i will buy 2nd gen DX11 cards

(1 reply) #6 bb10 on 02 Oct 2008 - 21:54

I thought DX11 was compatible with DX10 hardware.... Is this ATi marketing BS?

#6.1 +Xerxes on 02 Oct 2008 - 22:04

It is backward compatible with Dx10 hardware but some of the new features (like Hardware tesselation and Shader Model 5.0) require Dx11 hardware, so ATi aren't BSing.

#7 Shiranui on 03 Oct 2008 - 01:18

Great, but I want a guarantee that an incompatible 11.1 will not be released just after I put down my hard earned cash.

#8 2Cold Scorpio on 03 Oct 2008 - 05:26

Cool; this means nVidia *should* have a DirectX 11 card next year too.

#9 Klownicle on 03 Oct 2008 - 14:31

Man, wtf? They just came out with dx10. dx9 lasted forever. damn my 280gtx :-/

#10 TC17 on 03 Oct 2008 - 16:35

Meanwhile, Nvidia is still in the stoneage and hasn't even added support for DX10.1 YET. Its been a year now. So I expect Nvidia to add DX 11, maybe in 2011.

ATI has always been MUCH farther ahead in technology than Nvidia.

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