To be taken with a large grain of salt at this point, but interesting nontheless!
http://www.hardspell.com/news/showcont.asp?news_id=30133
http://www.hardspell.com/news/showcont.asp?news_id=30133
Originally posted by: CP5670
From what I can make out (just from the english text), it's saying that it will have 1024MB of 2500mhz GDDR4 memory on a 512-bit bus. :Q That would be a seriously powerful memory subsystem.
Who needs 10, 20, even 40MB of 256MB/s EDRAM (that still won't be enough for HDR + AA buffers, so PC devs would be forced to use tiling like on the 360) when you can have 1GB of 160GB/s GDDR4?Originally posted by: vmsein
I've also heard mentioned that the R600 will have embeded eRAM as well, along the lines of the XBOX 360!
Originally posted by: Creig
As with all video card pre-release speculations, I'll reserve judgement until I see some hard benches. There's really no point in saying "ATI will blow Nvidia out of the water!" or vice versa. ATI and Nvidia have been swapping leadership back and forth for the past couple years now and they've generally been neck and neck in terms of performance. I don't expect that to change in the future either.
Originally posted by: Wreckage
The card is not due for 4-6 months.... They may not even have a final design yet. I hope the AMD take over does not delay things further. I want full competition to bring the price down ASAP.
Before this already some news confirmed NVIDIA G80 will use 384bit to reveal saves the position funds, but the present top reveals the card all to use the 256bit position width. Although ATi R520/R580 but the interior used 512bit ring-like to reveal saves the main line its only then 4 to reveal saves the channel, the outside reveals saves the position width still was 256bit.
R600 will bring unprecedented true 512bit to reveal saves the position width, if will provide 2500MHz GDDR4 to reveal saves, then the band width will achieve astonishing 160G/s,we knew even if is the eDRAM band width which X-box in 360 inlays also only then 256GB/s,although in the speed eDRAM is quick many, but X-box 360 eDRAM only then 10MB, but R600 provides is actually 1024MB.
The R600 research and development code number will be Pele, will use TSMC 80 nanometer craft manufacture, will support DirectX 10 completely, will estimate in the next year first quarter issue.
Originally posted by: Elfear
Originally posted by: Wreckage
The card is not due for 4-6 months.... They may not even have a final design yet. I hope the AMD take over does not delay things further. I want full competition to bring the price down ASAP.
Do you have a link to that info?? Last I heard was early Q1 of '07.
Originally posted by: Wreckage
Originally posted by: Elfear
Originally posted by: Wreckage
The card is not due for 4-6 months.... They may not even have a final design yet. I hope the AMD take over does not delay things further. I want full competition to bring the price down ASAP.
Do you have a link to that info?? Last I heard was early Q1 of '07.
Well, it's the beginning of October so Q1 is 4 to 6 months away. October, November, December, January, etc.
Originally posted by: josh6079
Now we just need some leaked pics....
I'm curious, what card is this now that we've seen the X1950XTX and its cooler? I'm guessing it is some engineering sample of the X1950XTX since I think the R600 will have the internal SLI-like connectors on the pcb.
Originally posted by: Elfear
Originally posted by: Wreckage
Originally posted by: Elfear
Originally posted by: Wreckage
The card is not due for 4-6 months.... They may not even have a final design yet. I hope the AMD take over does not delay things further. I want full competition to bring the price down ASAP.
Do you have a link to that info?? Last I heard was early Q1 of '07.
Well, it's the beginning of October so Q1 is 4 to 6 months away. October, November, December, January, etc.
I guess I should have specified better. I've been hearing January as the likely release timeframe. So it would be 2.5 to 3.5 months. Even a February release would be ~4 months away at the max.
Originally posted by: TOAOCyrus
Maybe having AMD's fabs will make it cheaper. I would imagine they must spend a lot of money hiring companies like TSMC to make their chips.