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It says the R520 is a 16-pipe, 16-shader chip.
What's so special about the 16 shaders? Isn't that what the X800XT has?
What's so special about the 16 shaders? Isn't that what the X800XT has?
600Mhz, $599 MSRP? *sigh* XT *and* XLs have Dual-Slot designs, most likely, according to AT? Errr... Not exactly impressive. Unless there are things we are missing per-pipeline, ATI is in a great position to lose this round.
The RV530 and RV515 don't look bad on the other hand, but that depends entirely on their MSRP.
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The RV530 and RV515 don't look bad on the other hand, but that depends entirely on their MSRP.
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How many shaders does the X800XT have?
I think the pricing is nothing too unexpected; ATI probably has to sell at the highest margins possible to start in order to start making up for lost time. Still, if the XT and XL aren't the GTX beaters they *should* be, those prices are going to either come down pretty quick or ATI is going to ride out the rest of what's already been a not too great gen for them with reduced sales.
Also, should the XT and the XL not be better than the GTX, another negative aspect is going to be the dual-slot cooling vsa relatively cool and quiet single slot solution in GTX.
So, for ATI's sake I'm hoping R520 is a monster.
Also, should the XT and the XL not be better than the GTX, another negative aspect is going to be the dual-slot cooling vsa relatively cool and quiet single slot solution in GTX.
So, for ATI's sake I'm hoping R520 is a monster.
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Is it the same as pixel-shaders?
Not much more then it has for the last couple years, plus they've moved to 90nm which means they get more per wafer. Don't kid yourself, they still make a good chunk of money per card sold and yet the prices keep increasing every year. Consider the 9700 Pro (then high end) went for $400, now the high end is $600. That's a $200/33% increase in approximately three years time.rwolf said:
xbdestroya said:
I'm quite certain they will be as fast or faster. It's looking like the Pro will score around 7k, the XL 7700 and the XT 8700. I think prices will have to lower to compete against the 7800 GT and GTX though, considering you can get them between $400 and $500.
Nv500 said:
that would give the 7600 the about the same fillrate\pixelshading performance as the 7800gt - i cant see the only difference being memory bandwidth, the 7600 is most likey a 12 pipe card IMO.
Anandtech said:
Did i miss something this last year, i thought Nvidia's nv4x could do more per clock than ati, hence the lower clock on their cards with competitive performance.