BenSkywalker
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The accuracy we are referring to includes many things. Such as how the 512core part will likely not see the light of day. That the card will not blow the 5870 out of the water. That there are leakage problems, yield problems, etc. That the supply will be limited.
So built in redundancy, performance being close to current(ie- same not pre existing) generation and leakage and yield problems on a new process are news to some people? OK, I guess I just vastly overestimated the level of education people on this forum have regarding the entire process from start to finish. For the record, all of those things have been entirely commonplace for every new part on a new build process. If those are the things people are saying he is accurate on I guess I can understand.
You can't take him so seriously Ben..... You'll have a heart attack.. If him being wrong a few times means you can't trust a word he says then don't... but don't try to convince others to ignore him based on what amounts to a logical blasphemy.
If you claim hard numbers, expect to be called out on it. This goes for any author of anything. If he stated things like 'seeing clockrates spread wildly in the 500MHZ-700MHZ range depending on the part' then it is very easy to retain credibility while reporting a rumor. When you state absolute numbers and present them as fact, you are putting your credibility on the line. I state anything in a thread you don't think looks right and you ask for a link to back it up which is perfectly reasonable. Charlie never backs up anything as a journalist and to some, that is OK. There is a way that he could report rumors while not looking like a total fool- even keeping his bias. Don't nail yourself down to exacting numbers when they are in a state of constant flux, only fools do such a thing.