Win An ATI Radeon 4870 Video Card!
Get your questions in for the SkinCast!
Monday, August 4, 2008 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Although we had to take another break from the WinCustomize SkinCast last week, this week we are returning and will have a special guest, along with some huge prizes we are giving away. For an upcoming episode of SkinCast, we will be talking with Darren McPhee, the Sr. Marketing Manager in Gaming for AMD. We will be discussing several topics with Darren including AMD/ATI products, graphics, gaming, and much more.
We will also be taking user-submitted questions from the community for this episode, and the top three questions selected will win a prize. We will select three of our favorite questions, and the users who submitted these questions will win one of the following:
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Grand Prize Favorite - ATI Radeon 4870 512mb video card courtesy of AMD/ATI.
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Second Favorite - Copy of Demigod, when released and beta access.
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Third Favorite - Copy of Sins of a Solar Empire.
User submitted questions must be submitted as comments in this thread only, no other means will be accepted. Questions can be related to ATI/AMD, skinning, Vista, technology, gaming, etc. The deadline for submissions is 11:59pm EST, Wednesday, August 13th 2008. Good luck and get those questions in!
*Employees, family, direct friends of Stardock, AMD/ATI, GPG, IC can ask questions, but are not eligible for prizes. 
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shemer77
Reply #42 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 10:19 AM
Reply #42 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 10:19 AM
Question: Please explain how your graphics cards are better than nvidia in 20 seconds flat 
bionicbadger
Reply #43 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 4:13 PM
Reply #43 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 4:13 PM
Are there any plans for a low power passively cooled gaming video cards? While performance is key for many people, I'd rather have a nice quiet low powered card that doesn't need a 500 watt power supply to run (preferably no separate power connector required), and still be able to play games at reasonable settings (not maxed out eye candy settings) without heating up my case/room and running up my power bill. How come there are no adaptations of mobile graphics cards for desktops? Sure the performance level isn't the same, but they don't use 100+ watts of power either.
AnneMarie
Reply #44 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 4:51 PM
Reply #44 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 4:51 PM
Im running an ATI Mobility Radeon x1400. I seem to have a couple of graphical issues with the game City of Heroes. Ive noticed that moving enhancements around, the mouse jumps about 1/2 an inch on the screen when i try to click and drag one of the enhancements. Nvidia cards dont seem to have this problem. Im just wondering what would cause the mouse jumping issues with the ATI cards.
TEGANWILLIAMS
Reply #45 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 6:07 PM
Reply #45 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 6:07 PM
Stream processing, although not a new idea, is getting closer to the consumer level. Does AMD plan to support any stream processing functionality with the Radeon line and what do you think will be the first consumer level uses for stream processing?
I imagine that since any such functionality would, in the near future, provide performance advantages for non-gaming applications, this would give consumers yet another reason to buy a Radeon.
neohumanity
Reply #46 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 7:47 PM
Reply #46 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 7:47 PM
Question: The new HD4xxx series of ATi graphics cards offer an excellent price/performance ratio for consumers. Does AMD/ATi plan on continuing this with future products instead of trying to make a $700 monster card that a very small percentage end-users can afford? Having cards that offer high-performance at a relatively low cost could prompt OEM's to ditch (or at least reduce usage of) low-end Intel Integrated graphics chips that are usually combined with a pretty decent CPU to create a massive bottleneck that turns ignorant users away from games because when they try a game it runs horribly. Elimination or reduction of that situation could really give PC Gaming a boost.
decimals
Reply #47 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 7:53 PM
Reply #47 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 7:53 PM
One thing that prevents many mainstream computer user from becoming involved in "hardcore" gaming is the low processing power of integrated graphics that are standard on most prebuilt systems. AMD/ATI has some models of these used in laptops and some desktops. Does ATI plan to make integrated graphics that are better equipped for recent games?
v3dran
Reply #48 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:40 AM
Reply #48 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:40 AM
Before answering to the next question, please have in mind the following : I'm from Romania. A good friend of mine lives in the USA.
And now the question :
When do you think I will be able to really slap him during an online game tournament and he actually takes physical " damage " ?
PoSmedley
Reply #49 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:51 AM
Reply #49 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:51 AM
With touch screen technology now available, it would seem the future is finally catching up. I would imagine that virtual imaging technology for computers is right around the corner and we'll soon be wearing goggles and gloves to surf the web. Does ATI have anything in the works for this frontier?
liquidXenon
Reply #50 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 1:36 PM
While ATI has displayed an impressive ability to innovate, particularly with the HD4000 series and the Crossfire update that lets you mix and match graphics cards, AMD is still lagging slightly behind Intel in the processor market (particularly in the high-end market). Are there any new innovations or performance boosts planned for the future?
ATI seems to be leading Nvidia in the graphics market at the moment, but Nvidia is currently launching PhysX, which will run on all their recent cards. Do you think that physics processing is going to be an important feature? Does ATI have any physics-related plans?
AMD looks stronger in the low-end and midrange markets than in the high-end. Do you think that computing in general is moving toward massively parallel architectures, or one monster chip that does it all?
Why doesn't this post show any line breaks?
Reply #50 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 1:36 PM
Boxers or briefs?
I approve of this question. Anyway:
While ATI has displayed an impressive ability to innovate, particularly with the HD4000 series and the Crossfire update that lets you mix and match graphics cards, AMD is still lagging slightly behind Intel in the processor market (particularly in the high-end market). Are there any new innovations or performance boosts planned for the future?
ATI seems to be leading Nvidia in the graphics market at the moment, but Nvidia is currently launching PhysX, which will run on all their recent cards. Do you think that physics processing is going to be an important feature? Does ATI have any physics-related plans?
AMD looks stronger in the low-end and midrange markets than in the high-end. Do you think that computing in general is moving toward massively parallel architectures, or one monster chip that does it all?
Why doesn't this post show any line breaks?
sAARGe
Reply #51 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 8:36 PM
Reply #51 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 8:36 PM
Are there also prize for answers ??? 
too many answers already ....
too many answers already ....
BigDogBigFeet
Reply #52 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:12 PM
Reply #52 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:12 PM
Since most advances in OS's and CPU's from 8 to 16 then 32 bit were driven primarily by memory address requirements and instruction sets, when will 64 bit computing and graphics be the clear new standard? And, what will act as the compelling force to drive the change?
Is there still room for significant improvements especially in graphics and gaming performance left in the 32 bit format?
Is there still room for significant improvements especially in graphics and gaming performance left in the 32 bit format?
hydrocarbn
Reply #53 Thursday, August 7, 2008 7:28 AM
Reply #53 Thursday, August 7, 2008 7:28 AM
AMD has made a lot of improvements to the CPU industry as a whole: they were essentially the savior back in the Pentium 4 days, and Intel is moving towards the replacement of the antiquated front side bus which AMD has been heralding. However, AMD's made quite a few missteps along the way, for example the botched Phenom launch. If you could go back and change one thing (realistically of course) to make AMD more successful in today's market, whether in your department of marketing or even pricing and development, since the development of the Athlon 64, what would you have done?
Peanatz
Reply #54 Thursday, August 7, 2008 10:20 AM
Reply #54 Thursday, August 7, 2008 10:20 AM
Is ATI Radeon 4870 really a high end card to compete against other Video Card such as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280??
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 vs.ATI Radeon 4870
the GTX beats the 4870 in memory bandwidth because of the 512bit memory
interface?the 4870 has the memory running at 3870MHz stock! damn thats
definably going to be running right with my processor!
yeah the price is a big factor in which one flourish and which one Fails ftw!
especially that we are in a recession right now, who's going to fork over 600+ dollars?
Not that many people I would say.
I would probally just wait for the 4870x2 to come out, guessing it would sell for around
500-550 for it and would outperform the GTX280.
Just my speculation
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 vs.ATI Radeon 4870
the GTX beats the 4870 in memory bandwidth because of the 512bit memory
interface?the 4870 has the memory running at 3870MHz stock! damn thats
definably going to be running right with my processor!
yeah the price is a big factor in which one flourish and which one Fails ftw!
especially that we are in a recession right now, who's going to fork over 600+ dollars?
Not that many people I would say.
I would probally just wait for the 4870x2 to come out, guessing it would sell for around
500-550 for it and would outperform the GTX280.
Just my speculation
Kcurran5
Reply #55 Thursday, August 7, 2008 10:51 AM
Reply #55 Thursday, August 7, 2008 10:51 AM
Looking ahead to Fusion coming out, do you expect the performance of both the CPU and GPU to blow away Nvidia's mid-range cards.. while finally kicking Intel out of the market?
Many gamers do not enjoy buying a new video card every generation of cards. Do you think a program similar to EVGA's step-up to a new video card is going to be in the works?
Do you feel as if putting out the ATI Radeon 4850 for such a low price, while offering insane performance on it, is the new look of ATI? Should we expect more of these bargains, and will Fusion be just as excitingly inexpensive?
Many gamers do not enjoy buying a new video card every generation of cards. Do you think a program similar to EVGA's step-up to a new video card is going to be in the works?
Do you feel as if putting out the ATI Radeon 4850 for such a low price, while offering insane performance on it, is the new look of ATI? Should we expect more of these bargains, and will Fusion be just as excitingly inexpensive?
Macdaddy69
Reply #56 Thursday, August 7, 2008 11:32 PM
Reply #56 Thursday, August 7, 2008 11:32 PM
The naming of the AMD CPUs are quite odd, I.e. Athlon, Phenom, Sempron...etc... Are these names somehow related or do you just name them like that because they sound cool?
cusideabelincoln
Reply #57 Sunday, August 10, 2008 4:15 AM
Reply #57 Sunday, August 10, 2008 4:15 AM
What improvements does AMD plan to do in terms of platform (processor, video card, and motherboard chipset)? Specifically, can expect more support similar to what Nvidia has done with HybridPower Technology? It would be a great benefit to the consumer and environment if Hybrid Crossfire would allow a high-end dedicated GPU to shut down and let an integrated solution take over to lower power consumption.
Is AMD Fusion going to allow such a thing? What market(s) is Fusion aimed towards? Can it offer any type of benefits (like power savings in Hybrid Crossfire) to the enthusiasts?
What can we expect from Bulldozer? How different is it from AMD's current generation of processors?
sb_41
Reply #58 Sunday, August 10, 2008 10:56 PM
Reply #58 Sunday, August 10, 2008 10:56 PM
With the release of Vista, many XP users couldn't upgrade their computers to the new OS because of hardware incompatibilities. Even hardware that some users obtained a few months before Vista's release didn't work right with Vista.
With Windows 7 on the way, here is my question:
What is AMD doing to "future-proof" their products?
With Windows 7 on the way, here is my question:
What is AMD doing to "future-proof" their products?
basj
Reply #59 Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:31 PM
Reply #59 Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:31 PM
Do you use any type of desktop customization in your own PCs/laptops, if you do please specify and what do you think the future of desktop customization will be like? 
leth
Reply #60 Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:23 PM
Reply #60 Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:23 PM
My question is simple:
Why can't AMD and NV work together for once, and help further improve the PC gaming market?
To be more specific. I understand that there are a lot of pride and money going around that prevents partnership, and to be honest, as the consumer we prefer it that way. Since competition (hopefully no shadyness associated) is a good thing.
However, I do think there are things that everyone (consumer, AMD, NV) could benefit if AMD and NV agreed with each other. Things like programmable API, or Physics on GPU API. (just look at the whole HD format war, NO ONE benefited from it)
Lol, actually I don't think the above is really a question, rather a suggestion. So here is my real question I guess:
Can you guys shed some light on driver optimization? What sort of things are being done to magically improve the performance of a game? I'd like to think that the only things that are done are things like better data distribution through analysis of data flow on the gfx for a given game. Or through the idenfication of bottlenecks in the render path of a game and thus finding ways to lessen its impact.
However, I can't help but think that there are some optimizations that are more in the "corner cutting" nature.
I mean human vision is far from perfect. So I actually don't mind most of these "corner cutting" esp. if they are done properly. However, I am curious to get an idea of how much of what kind of optimizations are being done at each driver release.
thanks
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Reply #41 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 8:00 AM
HWMonitor shows HDDs up 7-9C w/o custom profile(s)