Remembering Intel 740
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Remembering Intel 740
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Re: Remembering Intel 740
#2Quite an odd article for raspberrypi.com
While I am not a reader of the site, why would this be of interest to a Raspberry PI enthousiast?
Re: Remembering Intel 740
#3Quite an odd article for raspberrypi.com While I am not a reader of the site, why would this be of interest to a Raspberry PI enthousiast?
They apparently sell a Custom PC magazine through the site. Other articles are nominally about the Raspberry Pi but then some are PC focused. It's very confusing.
The article is interesting but the site is confusing.
Re: Remembering Intel 740
#4Yeah, around that time there were quite a few "hopeful" 3D cards/chips that ultimately didn't quite cut it. I couldn't spare the cash for a 3dfx card at the time, but I wanted a 3D card, so I got an S3 ViRGE-based one. That chip later became infamous as a "3D decelerator" because with hardware 3D rendering most games were slower on a decent PC (albeit a little prettier) than with software rendering. The only game I ever played on it with 3D enabled was the bundled copy of Descent...
Re: Remembering Intel 740
#5Yeah, around that time there were quite a few "hopeful" 3D cards/chips that ultimately didn't quite cut it. I couldn't spare the cash for a 3dfx card at the time, but I wanted a 3D card, so I got an S3 ViRGE-based one. That chip later became infamous as a "3D decelerator" because with hardware 3D rendering most games were slower on a decent PC (albeit a little prettier) than with software rendering. The only game I e…
I got a version of Tomb Raider to run on the S3 decelerator also, not sure if it was the first, the sequel or both.
Eventually a Creative 3D Blaster Banshee saved the day.
Intel's Iris Xe DG1 desktop card was not very performant either. Curious that they decide to build DG2 Arc/Alchemist 6nm Graphics cards at TSMC... I wonder why they chose not to build a CPU instead - an area where they are actually competitive.
Here's some nostalgia - https://ctrl-alt-rees.com/2020-12-06-s3-virge-officially-sup...
Re: Remembering Intel 740
#6I've got somewhat fond memories of that card.
I think it sat between my m3d and my first nvidia card (TNT?)
I remember it being incredibly cheap - and with DirectX support my first card out of the years of the dark proprietary wilderness.
Re: Remembering Intel 740
#7Brings back fond memories of computing at the time. I remember saving up for a 3dfx card and being amazed at how much of an improvement there was.
Re: Remembering Intel 740
#8Yeah, around that time there were quite a few "hopeful" 3D cards/chips that ultimately didn't quite cut it. I couldn't spare the cash for a 3dfx card at the time, but I wanted a 3D card, so I got an S3 ViRGE-based one. That chip later became infamous as a "3D decelerator" because with hardware 3D rendering most games were slower on a decent PC (albeit a little prettier) than with software rendering. The only game I e…
I got a version of Tomb Raider to run on the S3 decelerator also, not sure if it was the first, the sequel or both. Eventually a Creative 3D Blaster Banshee saved the day. Intel's Iris Xe DG1 desktop card was not very performant either. Curious that they decide to build DG2 Arc/Alchemist 6nm Graphics cards at TSMC... I wonder why they chose not to build a CPU instead - an area where they are actually competitive. Her…
I think that Intel is using TSMC because Intel having issues with their smaller process nodes. It probably helps that their lead GPU guy, Raja Koduri[0], worked at ATI (later AMD), so he's familiar with how TSMC does things (because TSMC has manufactured all of ATI/AMD's GPUs).
Re: Remembering Intel 740
#9Quite an odd article for raspberrypi.com While I am not a reader of the site, why would this be of interest to a Raspberry PI enthousiast?
They apparently sell a Custom PC magazine through the site. Other articles are nominally about the Raspberry Pi but then some are PC focused. It's very confusing. The article is interesting but the site is confusing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custom_PC_(magazine)
In February 2019 the magazine, along with Digital SLR Photography Magazine, was sold to Raspberry Pi Trading, a subsidiary of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
Re: Remembering Intel 740
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I got a version of Tomb Raider to run on the S3 decelerator also, not sure if it was the first, the sequel or both. Eventually a Creative 3D Blaster Banshee saved the day. Intel's Iris Xe DG1 desktop card was not very performant either. Curious that they decide to build DG2 Arc/Alchemist 6nm Graphics cards at TSMC... I wonder why they chose not to build a CPU instead - an area where they are actually competitive. Her…
I think that Intel is using TSMC because Intel having issues with their smaller process nodes. It probably helps that their lead GPU guy, Raja Koduri[0], worked at ATI (later AMD), so he's familiar with how TSMC does things (because TSMC has manufactured all of ATI/AMD's GPUs). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Koduri
And you get a nice bonus that every wafer Intel buys can't be used by AMD/Nvidia.