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--- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "fluppeteer" <yahoo@f...> wrote:
\n> Whoops - turn my back for a few days and the group gets busy...
\n>
\n> --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, Wilson John Chan <wilson@h...>
\n> wrote:
\n> > The 3400 is basically a 3000 with a PCI-Express-to-AGP bridge.
\nI
\n> bet it
\n> > will work.
\n>
\n> Someone may want to confirm that I've not been fed rubbish, but
\nI've
\n> been told that the 3400 - in spite of the confusing name - is
\n> actually a *4000* with a PCI-E bridge on the front (like the PCI-E
\n> 6800 consumer cards, if any exist). I presume it's under-clocked
\n> relative to the 4000 (or the fill rates would match - it performs
\n> much closer to the 3000). My understanding was that the 4400 is a
\n> *native* PCI-Express 6800-derived core, in the way that the 6600
\n> consumer cards are bridgeless.
\n>
\n> Not to spread disinformation; does anyone know for sure? The 3400
\n> certainly claims 6800-like features (VS3.0, for example).
\n>
\n> --
\n> Fluppeteer