Anand has the details about r520,rv530,rv515

Hang on, is this the AIW GT they're promoting?

Jawed

 

You can barely make out the 6600 on the loser.

 

As hkultala said, Fuad's confusing the increased storage capacity/density (Mbits) of the Samsung RAM with the still-stable external and internal interfaces (bits) between RAM and GPU. Follow the link to the RAM and you'll see it's 512Mbit (= 128MB) per chip but still with a 32-bit interface. You'll note that current cards with 256-bit buses have eight 32-bit RAM chips; 128-bit buses use just four 32-bit RAM chips. These new Samsung chips will allow for 8 x 128MB = 1GB RAM per GPU for 256-bit-bus cards. I'm sure someone will have a use for it--even games, as I think one of the Unreal ppl said you'd need 1GB on the video card for full effects--but it's still a bit overkill for current GPUs and games.

Edit: Cripes, Xmas, what was I thinking about when I typed that?! I've greyed out the stupid bits.

 

Interesting that someone still can win even when he's more than a year behind.

 

Pete, 512 / 8 = ?

 

This thread has been split now - the discussion concerning Hardware Analysis' benchmark of the R520 can be found here in the 3D Companies and Industry section.

Edit: NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Stupid, goddamn bastard forum software!!!!! It's deleted the bloody split! Oh for the love of God!!!! Arrrrgghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

*sob*

 

The split thread moved where exactly? I can't find it, or did you delete it all? I'm sure ATI wouldn't mind. Or have I just spent to many hours behind my PC and typing in replies to forum posts regarding this that I totally missed it? I need sleep, get me another coffee please.

Regards,

Sander Sassen
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com

 

No, you do have a backup right? That's a bit too convenient tbh. that thread had the full story and all details about this situation.

Regards,

Sander Sassen
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com

 

no backup?

well that is unfortunate but maybe I have the stuff somewhere in cache...

 

Sorry Sander - it looks like the split didn't work. It was definitely not intentional; the move was attemped to ensure that the content better matched the thread title and first 20 or so pages, plus to move it into a more appropriate section of the board (namely 3D Companies & Industry). Unless, by some miracle, it turns up somewhere else on the forum, it looks like all that length debate and explanations have gone.

I feel pretty crap right now...

 

I moved it over to the new Sassen/Hardware Analysis thread, go read it over there and keep this one on-topic please.

 

Nick, tell me you got a backup, people spent hours (I sure did) typing those posts up.

Regards,

Sander Sassen
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com

 

Before this thread gets too large again (I'm not going to try bloody splitting a thread ever again), can people post any details, saved comments, etc about the Hardware Analysis article in the following thread:

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23662

 

Cheers digitalwanderer, but I got that one myself as well, the other replies (mine as well as those of others) are really what made this discussion interesting.

Regards,

Sander Sassen
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com

 

Okay, I can appreciate your feelings over this but if you spent hours typing 4 posts, then you're either very slow or very, very about choosing your exact words! If we do have a backup, then I don't have access to it - only Dave (and probably Marco) will have, and if it has been saved, then we'll get all of the relevant comments into the link I mentioned earlier as soon as possible.

 

I wouldn't say "all" details

but still.... it's ALL gone

 

Alright, and no, I didn't actually spent hours, sure felt like it though.

Regards,

Sander Sassen
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com

 

Good thing I didn't refresh and have been busy all afternoon. I have page 23, 24, and 25 (sassen's original comments and 3 pages of commentary) saved out of my cache and on my desktop, if anyone wants it......

 

Thanks Natoma, send it right over ssassen[at]hardwareanalysis[dot]com, and I'll add it to the new thread that was just started, or you can do so yourself of course.

Regards,

Sander Sassen
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com

 

I just realized that I can't add the html itself to the thread. So I msg'd neeyik to see if he wants the zip with the three pages. Maybe he can merge them into the new thread since he's an admin.