OCZ wants in on R600

Author: Tim Smalley
Published: 16th March 2007
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OCZ wants to leverage its strong relationship with AMD so that it can release R600 based products.

OCZ wants to leverage its strong relationship with AMD so that it can release R600 based products.

In a discussion with representatives from OCZ Technology, the company revealed that it has plans to launch at least one graphics card based on AMD's upcoming R600 graphics processor.

Earlier this year, the company re-entered the graphics market with a GeForce 8800 GTX that's backed up with a lifetime warranty.

We asked OCZ's reps if the company had any exclusivity deals in place with Nvidia as a result of its GeForce 8800 GTX launch.

The spokesperson was quick to state that it has no exclusivity deals in place and that the company also has a very strong working relationship with ATI (and now AMD), mainly thanks to the CrossFire certification programme on some of its memory modules.

OCZ hopes to make full use of this relationship in order to start shipping products based on the eagerly anticipated and somewhat delayed R600 GPU.

We think there's a very high chance of this happening, as OCZ's relationship with Nvidia (before its re-entry into the graphics market) was largely based on its SLI certified memory modules.

In related news, we managed to get a sneak peek at an almost final working version of a card based on R600 on another stand at the show. We weren't allowed to take photos, and I'm fairly sure that we weren't even supposed to see it (based on the fact there were 'no press' signs all over the place). However, we can say that it's looking like the retail card will be considerably smaller than the prototype pictured earlier in the month.

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Quote rupbert 16th March 2007, 22:08
The R600 will be 9 1/2 inches long right?
Quote Tim S 16th March 2007, 22:11
I didn't have a ruler with me, but it doesn't poke over the end of a standard ATX mobo. :p
Quote Fr4nk 16th March 2007, 23:18
Sounds good :) Can't wait for this + a life time warranty would be the icing on the cake.
Quote rupbert 17th March 2007, 02:37
May now though :(
Quote Darth Joules 17th March 2007, 02:52
End of May if OCZ do a X2900XT using GDDR4. I've got a bad feeling that numbers of GDDR4 X2900XTs are going to be a bit limited on initial release. I think June/July will be more realistic for the most of us when supply increases and the debut premium prices drop a bit.
Quote Woodstock 17th March 2007, 06:27
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Originally Posted by Darth Joules
End of May if OCZ do a X2900XT using GDDR4. I've got a bad feeling that numbers of GDDR4 X2900XTs are going to be a bit limited on initial release. I think June/July will be more realistic for the most of us when supply increases and the debut premium prices drop a bit.

its to late now, too many people have upgraded to 8800 allready - i think they need to put there effort more towards mid range dx10 where they have a a chance of getting decent sale figures
Quote zr_ox 17th March 2007, 10:30
I'm behind this all the way. When they set about doing something they normally impress.

It's a shame that it's been such a delay though, with the success of the x19xx series I was looking to return to ATI with the R600. Last week I had to bite the bullet and upgrade to the 8800 GTX, tried holding off but got caught in the waiting game.

ATI must have lost a lot of the DX10 market since so many people were needing to upgrade.....If they keep delaying it's inevitable that people will take another route.

It's a shame really since by launch time I'm sure Nvidia will have the 8900 or what ever the next card is called ready.
Quote Darth Joules 17th March 2007, 12:50
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Originally Posted by zr_ox
It's a shame that it's been such a delay though, with the success of the x19xx series I was looking to return to ATI with the R600. Last week I had to bite the bullet and upgrade to the 8800 GTX, tried holding off but got caught in the waiting game.

I've been waiting since January and I can no longer wait forever either. But it's going to have a major effect on my new PC build. Whatever I get now, mobo and GPU wise, might all end up getting completely upgraded again in 3-4 months time when we have a full selection of graphics solutions on the table. Especially since I'm going for a serious gaming rig do I go all out and pin my colours to the SLI flag now (a la nForce 6 mobos)? Do I gamble on a Intel975i mobo (with a single GPU) for a future Crossfire? Or do I for a budget mobo/GPU stop-gap to last me until summertime?

Tough time of choices to upgrade or build a new PC. Even harder on the wallet. :(
Quote DXR_13KE 17th March 2007, 15:17
i think it is a tittle to late for ATI to enter the DX10 market....... at least they should get it out before crysis is out.... [hint]or bundle it with the GC[/hint]
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