because supposedly thats not possible. there has never been a gpu with 5 64 bit controllers so there must be a reason why. same reason there has never been a gpu with 3 or 7 64bit controllers either. the 448, 320 and 192 bit cards all had one 64 bit controller disabled.
If you look closely at the diagram above, you'll notice that the GF106 bucks expectations for a mid-range graphics chip in a couple of notable ways. Rather than the expected pair of 64-bit GDDR5 memory interfaces, the GF106 has a trio.
yep it appears so. I have no trouble admitting I was wrong about it not being possible. I was wondering when you would catch it too. lol http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=30439790&postcount=37
yep it appears so. I have no trouble admitting I was wrong about it not being possible. I was wondering when you would catch it too. lol http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=30439790&postcount=37
I only said that in jest but hopefully it won't be 320bit so I will not have to feel obligated in any way. lol :sneaky:You're still going to buy me an HD 6870 if it comes out with a 320-bit bus, right?
no I was hoping he would and that's why I mentioned him in that thread. it's funny the very day I say something like that can't happen it does.Ahhh, were you hoping he wouldn't catch it?
I only said that in jest but hopefully it won't be 320bit so I will not have to feel obligated in any way. lol :sneaky:
amd has deliberately given information to their board partners to test and see who is leaking and who is airtight. some of the leaked info might or might not be true. the current rumor is that barts xt was going to be released as 6770 but was fast enough to be rebadged as 6870, so amd bumped up cayman xt to 6970 and cayman xt x2 as 6990. would likely be first rebadge in vc&g history that actually occurred before actual launch.
amd has deliberately given information to their board partners to test and see who is leaking and who is airtight. some of the leaked info might or might not be true. the current rumor is that barts xt was going to be released as 6770 but was fast enough to be rebadged as 6870, so amd bumped up cayman xt to 6970 and cayman xt x2 as 6990. would likely be first rebadge in vc&g history that actually occurred before actual launch.
I still do not see it happening that way.
Juniper is 166mm^2, If barts is ~15% bigger that makes it 191mm^2, that rumour is saying that on the same process node a 191mm^2 die is 30%* faster than a die that is 334mm^2. I just find that a bit optimistic, if they have managed it though it is a fantastic feat of engineering and it really puts Nvidia in trouble for the forseable future.
**my estimate at how much faster as a minimum the 6870 would have to be vs the 5870
Yeah....all of a sudden "it's funny" ...ouchno I was hoping he would and that's why I mentioned him in that thread. it's funny the very day I say something like that can't happen it does.
Cayman is ~15% bigger than Cypress.
Barts is 2/3 of a Cayman, Not 1/2. In dx11 games that makes use of tessellation, Barts will >= 5870. Otherwise the perf target is 5850, which is still pretty good considering its size/price.
Barts has ~ the same die size as the Fermi 106/gts450. Think about that for a bit. Same 40nm node, same size, similar thermals, over twice the performance.
I can't see NV doing the same architecture in Fermi 2, they'll have to split to have 2 GPU architecture, for gaming and HPC.
synthetics like 3dmark mean squat for actual gaming performance. Until we see actual game benchmarks, were still only guessing how much faster itll be.
However, as asked before, are you going give sources, background, or proof
amd has deliberately given information to their board partners to test and see who is leaking and who is airtight. some of the leaked info might or might not be true. the current rumor is that barts xt was going to be released as 6770 but was fast enough to be rebadged as 6870, so amd bumped up cayman xt to 6970 and cayman xt x2 as 6990. would likely be first rebadge in vc&g history that actually occurred before actual launch.
If they manage to get 5870 performance out of their new $200-$250 range HD6770 then it will dominate the market.Originally Posted by bryanW1995
amd has deliberately given information to their board partners to test and see who is leaking and who is airtight. some of the leaked info might or might not be true. the current rumor is that barts xt was going to be released as 6770 but was fast enough to be rebadged as 6870, so amd bumped up cayman xt to 6970 and cayman xt x2 as 6990. would likely be first rebadge in vc&g history that actually occurred before actual launch.
What bothers me the most, is that he doesn't even acknowledge these questions being asked of him. Totally ignores them and doesn't even give any reasons why he can leak this info, but won't even say why he can't.
it IS funny because what are the odds of it happening just like that within hours after we argue about it?Yeah....all of a sudden "it's funny" ...ouch
it IS funny because what are the odds of it happening just like that within hours after we argue about it?
If they manage to get 5870 performance out of their new $200-$250 range HD6770 then it will dominate the market.
Will it be that fast?