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From:Alan Buxey
Date:7 Jun 2001 at 15:46:16
Subject:Re: cost of amigaone ?

hi,

> The G550 is rumoured to be only a small improvement over the G450, with some
> basic DirectX 8 features and a sad 64-bit DDR bus.

T&L features, improved RAMDAC, independant dual-head depths/resolutions,
requires less energy etc.

remember, its not the BUS width, its what you do with it. (anyone recall
the 'power' of the 128bit N64? ;-)

> several interviews that they concentrate on developing chips for business
> machines.

taken out of context. the question asked of them was 'are you working with
any games console makers?'

> Relying on one supplier is not a good decision IMO. Just look at what
> happened in the Mac market. After Apple opened up for NVIDIA, ATI suddenly
> feeled compelled to release the Radeon for the Mac. Now they have the
> GeForce3.

the Radeon was always going to be made for the Mac.

> signed an agreement with Matrox. The fact is that Matrox isn't providing a
> competitive solution for people interested in playing 3D games ATM. And

the market != 3D gamers only.

if the new Amiga was just going to be a 3D gaming machine i'd pack my bags
and leave the camp now. thankfully its be more than just that.

hell, if you are into 3D games that much, either geta top-spec PC, spend
a little less and get an XBox, or spent <$100 and get a Dreamcast

<sigh>

alan

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