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What's the issue with a 512 Bit Video Card?

aside from the cost issue, which is, IMO, the primary reason you don't see it often, it does present additional technical hurdles for engineers to overcome (just a few examples): 1. It is difficult to create a 512 bit width bus that maintains the same frequency and clock as a smaller bus...
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- Post #9
- Aug 28, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
New member: Hello from SAM and AMD

Welcome to the forums! I look forward to reading your posts and getting some insight into how things operate inside AMD.
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- Post #90
- Aug 27, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Its March 19th 2012....

I'd give it a day or two and supply should even out. I'm not sure they are the best value at almost $400 a piece right now when you can get the 6870 for $169 or 6950 for a tad under $300?
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- Post #12
- Mar 19, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Xbox 720 Ditching Optical Drive?

http://www.slashgear.com/xbox-720-ditching-optical-drive-tip-partners-09217647/ Interesting article if true!
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- Thread
- Mar 9, 2012
- Replies: 67
- Forum: Console Gaming
Intel to open fabs to other companies?

I still think in the end AMD is going to get bought up by one of the other big players, and who knows, someday even Radeons could be getting made in an Intel fab. I have no basis for this beyond rampant speculation, but a part of me thinks that the new CEOs goal is to shed the crap, start...
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- Post #23
- Feb 23, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Intel to open fabs to other companies?

The only issue here is that Intel does not have the capacity right now or in the near future to be the worlds only foundry. They have impressive technology but are relatively new to the "multiple customers" approach that TSMC and UMC have had to deal with. Adding customers that have other...
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- Post #21
- Feb 23, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Intel to open fabs to other companies?

That is like saying General Motors business is manufacturing rather than design of vehicles...when in reality they are both critical components that would not exist without the other.
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- Post #5
- Feb 22, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Intel to open fabs to other companies?

Interesting article: http://www.techworld.com.au/article/416115/intel_tests_foundry_waters Could have interesting impact in a wide range of sectors although I wonder if they will let competitors come in (or whether competitors would want to come in).
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- Thread
- Feb 22, 2012
- Replies: 28
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
[LR] AMD releasing 7770 1Ghz Radeon shortly with 'Verdetrol'

Haha sorry about that, I am not really up on the debates among cars, I just know that a lot of people are pretty passionate about them and will argue forever about why one is better than the other.
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- Post #97
- Feb 11, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
[LR] AMD releasing 7770 1Ghz Radeon shortly with 'Verdetrol'

They are charging the price they think the market will bear. This is what companies do. They are not here to provide charity to their customers, they exist to make money. Calling anything a rip-off suggests that you know what its "true" value is, when price is generally only a reflection of...
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- Post #51
- Feb 10, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
[LR] AMD releasing 7770 1Ghz Radeon shortly with 'Verdetrol'

REALLY?!?!?!? Have you been on these forums for long (rhetorical question)....haha the Red v. Green fanboyism and factional warfare just on this one forum is much closer to "lifestyle" arguments than any legitimate comparison based on performance or features. Sure, the debates focus around...
- brybir
- Post #50
- Feb 10, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
AMD Cancels 10-Core, 20-Core Server Processors

There is also the issue that Intel does not want to get caught with its pants down so to speak. If they keep innovating and firing on all cylinders, while executing a sound business strategy, they should be able to make a lot of money whether there are competitors or not. If they keep up a...
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- Post #23
- Feb 4, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
AMD Cancels 10-Core, 20-Core Server Processors

The money, as you say, is in all the various market areas. Small margins just mean you have to sell more volume, which is a legitimate business strategy. Besides, it really did not make much difference whether they wanted to "give up" or not. My feeling is that they know that Intel's R&D and...
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- Post #21
- Feb 4, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
AMD Cancels 10-Core, 20-Core Server Processors

They were headed this way the way they were already going....they were not going to get back ahead of Intel. They know their own internal road map over the next five years and likely know a lot about Intel's road map, and likely made some hard choices to change the direction of the company.
- brybir
- Post #11
- Feb 4, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
AMD Cancels 10-Core, 20-Core Server Processors

I agree, and this is also consistent with what I think AMD is attempting to do in the next few years....move itself out of the Intel/AMD camp and instead become part of multiple camps including AMD/Intel, ARM, Embedded etc. I think it is probably the only way AMD could maintain long term...
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- Post #10
- Feb 4, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Rumor: AMD to Undercut Ultrabooks up to $200 (Digitimes)

I recently bought an ACER TimelineX for $599 from Tiger. Intel i5, 4GB Ram, 640GB HDD, integrated battery, 1.2" thick, good display, great keyboard, various bells and whistles, and 8 hours of battery life on a charge. The same notebook with an SSD would have cost me $899, so in this case I...
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- Post #14
- Jan 18, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Preventing Buyer's Remorse: HIS IceQ X Turbo H695QNT2G2M Radeon HD 6950

Myself, I would probably pick up (when in stock), and at $219...probably gotta keep your eyes open: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131393 If you don't want to wait, I am a fan of the MSI Twin Frozr cards...
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- Post #5
- Jan 13, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Just got my Dell 2412....IPS Rocks

My Quadro has a single dual link DVI out and then a dongle that splits it to drive two independent monitors. Not sure what the dongle is called or whether it can run your two monitors effectively? Some of our other workstations have Firepro cards for eyefinity support pout of the box.
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- Post #8
- Jan 13, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
In a perfect world...

But, I would love to see what Intel would be capable of it it had the engineering knowledge that AMD has in the graphics category. Think more along the lines of Intel (who has someone absorbed AMD) and is competing against the likes of Nvidia. Now that would be one heck of a fight!
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- Post #65
- Jan 12, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
What to do with....

I'd try the route that superjim mentioned. Sumerjim is also from Iowa, where I am from originally (go Hawks), so I find him credible ;) They are going on Ebay for $15 to $30 it looks like, so offer to buy them for $5 or something and turn a healthy profit. You can also see if there is...
- brybir
- Post #3
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
In a perfect world...

Crosses fingers for Piledriver vs. Ivy Bridge!
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- Post #37
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
In a perfect world...

Well, you are entirely missing the point, as I stated in my post. Don't be so literal. The OP was not being entirely literal, nor was I in my example, and I think you know that. And even if the OP was being entirely literal, it is not completly impossible that Intel could someday buy up...
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- Post #36
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
In a perfect world...

The OP was just expressing a hypothetical product that he would like to see and or purchase. He is expressing that desire in terms of technology available today, i.e. an integrated product that has the capabilities of a Intel Core i5/i7 and a a solid radeon graphics core. He then stated he...
- brybir
- Post #29
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Onboard Graphics Vs. Separate card

Yeah that is certainly true. I expect my GT540 to be on par (or slightly beaten) by the next gen integrated graphics from AMD. I OC my 540 to GT550 levels, so hopefully that is the mark to shoot for. I really like my notebook, but the Optimus tech is sort of frustrating (since it never turns...
- brybir
- Post #9
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
BD L3 cache OCing

It is possible, but cache population is usually more of a function of the CPU logic that decides what to put in the cache. That is to say that the coders can find ways to optimise code for a particular cache architecture, but they do not have that level of control to bypass a cache level...
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- Post #11
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
BD L3 cache OCing

Cache frequency is usually directly related to the latencies that they can achieve. Some programs benefit from increased frequencies and others benefit from lower latencies. The decision is also very dependent on the various algorithims that are used to populate the L2 and L3 cache...
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- Post #9
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Bulldozer Revisions?? and Phenom 2 X8??

I did not think that there was going to be a Phenom X8 CPU as far as I know in the consumer space (although there are Opteron's floating around that get used that way in the future). I found this article from a few weeks ago about new potential chips from AMD...
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- Post #2
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Onboard Graphics Vs. Separate card

I think they will start doing the things that the consoles have been doing for some time, integrating a small amount (say 32MB) of fast edram or something of that nature into the socket package. A small amount of pretty fast memory feeding an integrated GPU and fed over the next gen memory...
- brybir
- Post #6
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
In a perfect world...

Outside of gaming though, a robust integrated GPU/CPU/Specialized instruction CPU is something that would be well received. When I used to work in banking, we would have killed for the encrypt/decrypt hardware functions on new CPUs and our other analysts would have just loved to have GPGPU...
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- Post #15
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Other than gaming, when does PCI-E offer significant benefit over AGP 8X?

Wow, we posted basically the same answer within a few minutes of each other...haha!
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- Post #21
- Jan 6, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Other than gaming, when does PCI-E offer significant benefit over AGP 8X?

One area that PCI-E is significantly better is in a workstation setting where you may have multiple devices working at the same time, each of which requires significant bandwidth. An example might be a SSD storage controller (commercial scale) and a Quatro type video card, each chugging through...
- brybir
- Post #20
- Jan 6, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
S/A AMD Trinity Die Pic

It is very useful in workstations that engineers and other professionals use. This is also true of graphics intesnsive applications like Adope products, Solidworks, and other programs that very much benefit from GPU assistance and have for some time now. This is a pretty large and profitable...
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- Post #18
- Jan 6, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Can someone explain the meaning of 32-bit and 64-bit as they relate to video cards?

The basic bandwidth calculation looks like this: "Base DRAM frequency (times) databus width (times) number of bits per clock cycle per line (divided by) 8 = Theoretical bandwidth in GB/s Memory size is not particularly relevant in the bandwidth computation unless you change one of the...
- brybir
- Post #36
- Jan 6, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Can someone explain the meaning of 32-bit and 64-bit as they relate to video cards?

Just using something as an example. You are correct about the 6850, but I had to use something as an example. I should have used the 460 as a reference instead.
- brybir
- Post #31
- Jan 5, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Can someone explain the meaning of 32-bit and 64-bit as they relate to video cards?

Most often the cards are differentiated by model number when the buses are different, most particularly in mobile cards. However, check out Newegg for GTX460: 1. 192bit interface: EVGA 01G-P3-1361-KR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support...
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- Post #30
- Jan 5, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Can someone explain the meaning of 32-bit and 64-bit as they relate to video cards?

You do this in the case where the same GPU is coupled with both 128-bit data buses and 256-bit data buses. If they have the same core GPU, the one with the wider data bus will usually be faster. You can see various reviews on Anandtech where they will point out that a certain varient of a...
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- Post #26
- Jan 5, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Can someone explain the meaning of 32-bit and 64-bit as they relate to video cards?

Usually the concept of a "32-bit" or "64-bit" or higher refers to the width of a data bus between two components. In video cards the predominant reference is to the link between the video card memory and other components. This connection is a data bus and is described by both the number of...
- brybir
- Post #3
- Jan 4, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
i *think* i got a decent deal

I picked up an Acer Aspire TimelineX 4830TG-6450 with pretty similar specs to your computer: 2nd Generation Intel® Core i5-2430M Processor 2.40GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.0GHz 14" HD Widescreen CineCrystal LED-backlit Display 4096MB DDR3 Dual-Channel 1066MHz Memory NVIDIA®...
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- Post #11
- Dec 31, 2011
- Forum: Laptops
AMD Llano A8-3870 Build tips

The chart you linked to states: The A8-3850 gives you no such tradeoff. Even at 1920 x 1200 the A8 manages to deliver over 40 fps using Oblivion's High Quality defaults. That article also states: As we mentioned in our preview, the integrated Radeon HD 6550D generally performs between a...
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- Post #32
- Dec 30, 2011
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Xbit Labs: AMD-> Improvements of Next-Generation Process Technologies Start to Wane.

A company like Intel certainly has a plan, or more likely multiple plans, stretching five to ten years out. Intel has a pretty significant academic presence in many of the best universities in the world and they fund quite a bit of basic research at these institutions and in house. They...
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- Post #38
- Dec 19, 2011
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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