Valve Steams Forward With TF2 Updates
"The Valve team gives some details on what's coming up next for Team Fortress 2."
Published: 4th April 2009 | Source: Valve |
Earlier this week, Valve team member posted an entry on the official TF2 blog giving an update on what's coming up for the game's new content. The main news here is that the next class update will be for the Sniper. Cherlin comments that this looks to be the largest game update seen yet. Not only will we be seeing the usual Sniper-based unlockables and achievements, but a wide array of new maps and gameplay changes. Now before this, another smaller update is expected to go live with new content affecting all of the game's classes.
Cherlin also took the opportunity to give a brief progress report on the content update for the Xbox 360 version. Work is still being done, with the main obstacle here being space issues. It seems that the original version contained in the Orange Box was already stretching the console's memory to its limits. Obviously all of the additional content that has been since added in the PC version goes well beyond. Thus, most of the team's time is being spent figuring out tweaks to free up some more space. In the meantime, a code update will soon be going out that targets recent server cheating.
Unfortunately, no hints at what we may see nor when we will see it were given at this time.
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IF this card ever gets produced as a 295, I'd not hold my breath on any price differences between the dual and single. More likely this reference board would be used for a 3xx series release sometime in the future.
1 claim is that this card is in production April for release in May ? From an 'nVidia source'. C'mon.
Putting 2 core on one pcb is the smarter choice. A big chunk of manufacturing costs will be cut off the gtx295.
If this card does come out, I bet shortly after Ati will definatly bring out a HD4890X2 which should whoop a gtx295's ass.:awhip:
edit: This marks the end of dual pcb gfx cards! The R&D spent on this will, be an intestment for nVidia and the following gtx3xx series Will probably use this pcb design for the high end cards as well.
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nVidia always looking for ways to reduce costs. There gtx range atm have so many more transistors in the core than the Ati competition, matching Ati's prices would eat into nVidias profits considerably.
Putting 2 core on one pcb is the smarter choice. A big chunk of manufacturing costs will be cut off the gtx295.
If this card does come out, I bet shortly after Ati will definatly bring out a HD4890X2 which should whoop a gtx295's ass.:awhip:
Ed
I wouldn't go that far the GTX295 is a great hard in itself and well a hard act to beat...
I wouldn't go that far the GTX295 is a great hard in itself and well a hard act to beat...
Maybe. But the hd4870 1gb isn't that far behind the gtx260 216. And as the hd4890 will be 13% faster clock for clock than the 4870. And its clocked at 850mhz core. So two 4890 cores should be better than the gtx295 if ati get the drivers right.
Maybe. But the hd4870 1gb isn't that far behind the gtx260 216. And as the hd4890 will be 13% faster clock for clock than the 4870. And its clocked at 850mhz core. So two 4890 cores should be better than the gtx295 if ati get the drivers right.
Gibbo at novatech done some testing and it showed a 30% increase over a 4870 512mb, not sure of the difference between the 4870 512mb and 1GB but i think 13% is an understatement
Gibbo at novatech done some testing and it showed a 30% increase over a 4870 512mb, not sure of the difference between the 4870 512mb and 1GB but i think 13% is an understatement
13% increase over 4870 1gb clock for clock
750 > 850mhz 13% increase in clock speed aswell
therefore
13 + 13 = 26% increase in performance. There is also a bump in the memory speed.
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