I agree with what you said, but I do believe that NVIDIA does quite a bit of custom logic (shaders) as well as a lot of manual place and route....
I think that they were just lazy because of no competition :p
That's a very good point. Architecturally, Larrabee isn't very efficient due to the fact that it's very general purpose. However, I bet that Intel...
Also, NVIDIA's GT200 has a very very low density (think non-fill-cell-area/total-area), so NV can do much better in terms of perf/mm^2, etc. I...
I'm echoing the sentiments of the other people posting in this thread: 4870 in the worst case, most pro-NV reviews, ties the GTX 260 overall, and...
The point of the extra TPC is to beat ATI's 4870, which NV's current GTX260 can not accomplish. Of course the performance difference is something...
Is there a RV770 article in the works? This is definitely one of the more interesting architectures in recent history and definitely deserves an...
In addition, GT200b gx2 boards will still be much much more expensive to manufacture than RV770x2 boards, due to die size, power delivery, and bus...
What NVIDIA needs now is the new equivalent of G80->G92: a die shrink with half the bus width, GDDR5, 55nm, and much higher clock speeds. However...
Could you expand a bit on what you mean by "area optimization"? Was the optimization at an architectural level (as in changing the function and...
My guess is that they did the shaders with custom layout, or perhaps.... Fast14? :wink:
It's finally at Newegg at a reasonable price! $270...
The 6.5 finals have already leaked on to the internet...
ATI started an (awesome) new trend of placing dedicated VRAM for integrated graphics cards. For example, the 200M could have up to 128MB of...
I don't know much about the technology behind it, but I thought the Golden Sun series looked awesome.
Wow, STILL no X1900GT in-stock at Newegg... what's going on, ATI? :(
Still not on Newegg... I thought the MSRP was going to be $350... this is a nice surprise :)
G80?
more advanced degree, any time.
Nice, a LL reader on B3D! I just posted that like an hour ago :) What's interesting is that the 7900GTX Go also has 302mil transistors, just like...
M59 support has already appeared in certain software :cool:
I guess the proof is there... it's indisputable :(
Don't forget that the X360 graphics is roughly equal to the R520 in performance, as some ATI rep stated when asked if the X360 could run the R520...
360 version only runs at a very low resolution, something like 1280x768
who's pete?
Yeah I heard it's several days old, but this is the first time I saw it. You know where it's from?
PERFECT explanation :D I forgot that X850 doesn't support sm3.0
And here it is, in all its glory: [img] The question is, is this believable? Is this real? The scores for X1900 and 7900 look about...
You also have to consider how the cards have to be built for extreme overclocking ;) Take a look at the 6-7 phase power on the X1900... the...
35W TDP means it's the maximum power consumption possible, aka full load. It's using back bias and a bunch of other cool techs :) PowerPlay 6.0...
Try the previous method: flashing with a X1800XL BIOS. Be sure to use Gigabyte's BIOS and flashing utility (changes entire BIOS)
ATI told me so at CES. High-end graphics TDP is always 35W for mobility. I'm willing to take bets again ;)
I have official confirmation of 35W TDP for X1800XT Mobility. Unsure about the X1800 Mobility, but judging from previous scores, it should be...
Too bad Dave didn't take me up on the offer :( http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showpost.php?p=664492&postcount=33
Sorry I mean X1800XT Mobility 256MB Really though, the X1800XL 256MB GPU is only using ~50W full load... forgot where I read it but they did...
ATI high-end parts have a maximum TDP of 35W. I would assume that the X1800XT 256MB fits this TDP as well.
I would say "I told you so", but that would be immature ;) http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1041 The Mobility Radeon X1800 features...
Let's not forget that the R580 features larger Z-buffers as well, which is also in the transistor count. EDITED for typo
I would wait for the upcoming Zalman VGA cooler that they showed at CES. I saw it and it looks very awesome :)
I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
7800GTX Go in mobile laptop: http://www.laptoplogic.com/resources/detail.php?id=31&PHPSESSID=d8cba873cbf9866cd85af18b1b357f08 However, once ATI...
It's a 12 native pipelined 110nm derivative of the NV40.
No, both NVIDIA and Dell reps at CES told me that the Go 7800 is a lower clocked Go 7800GTX. That means its a 24/8 part. It's just clocked lower...
If M59 is based off R580, then what is M58? This is the main question here.
Ah, here we go :) http://www.laptoplogic.com/news/detail.php?id=328
I'm absolutely positive. EDIT: Certain sentence deleted, I think I said too much ;) Anyways although I'm not under NDA for this certain bit of...
I'm at CES. I will find out tomorrow at our private meeting and tell you guys (if I'm allowed to of course ;) )
More confirmation that M58 is based on X1800. I'm willing to bet money now. :) R580 derivative is not M58 :P
That's basically an overvolted regular core, as proved by overclockers who increased voltage to their 256MB version G70s and got similar clock...
My team mates got us signed up for meetings with both NVIDIA and ATI, fun times await! :) BTW if you guys have questions you want answered...