Anand has the details about r520,rv530,rv515

[Jawed]

6600GT beats X800GT in one game:

http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD0xNDg1JnVybF9wYWdlPTE=

Guess which game that is.

Jawed

 

[silence]

And yet HKEPC is sticking to its guns about the XT being clocked at 650MHz+.

Fuad vs. Administrator............place your bets.

useless...Fudo says 600+, even 700+..... c'mon, how to hell you bet against INQ, they have every possible option covered....16, 24, 32, 48, 1024 pipes with memoery up to 2000 (thats 1700+) and god knows what else....

the problem with them is that they are always right in the end.....but 98% of articles are garbage....so betting on them? no,no... thank you very much....

 

[demonic]

I would expect it to be clocked at 650MHz+ too; that'd be more representative of initial targets.

Alright, so the core has gone from 600 to 625.. maybe it will ship at 650 or more.

Whatever it turns out to be. What was ATI's actual target when they planned this chip? i.e 700Mhz?

I'd like to know if they falled short, exceeded or met their intital targets.

To be honest, I cant wait to see the write up that dave will do. I see this chip as quite a step up, would be interesting how they tackled issues in the past and what the last 6 months has been like for the engineering team.

 

[MuFu]

What was ATI's actual target when they planned this chip?

AFAIK 550 low, 600 mid and 650 high.

 

[rwolf]

Dave has linked L'Inq quite a lot recently, in much the same fashion.

Jawed

How can they be wrong? They have guessed every permutation and combination.

 

[nagus]

http://www.ati.com/

d/t=V

???

 

[Geo]

Formula for Velocity.

Edit: Actually Speed. Hrmph.

 

[Jawed]

distance divided by time = velocity

Jawed

 

[nagus]

I you set your date ahead...

Radeon X1K - Enter a World of Visual Velocity

X1K sounds way better than X1800 (IMO)

(hope I don't spoil something)

 

[Geo]

. . .and if there was any doubt about Der Tag. . . Helpful for the press, for those who like to pretend they "oopsied"? "Look at the front page, idjit".

 

[CMAN]

distance/time=velocity?

So the card will be soo hot, the fan will push the computer around the room.

j/k

 

[nagus]

distance/time=velocity?

So the card will be soo hot, the fan will push the computer around the room.

j/k

muahahaha!! good one ;-)

 

[CMAN]

I you set your date ahead...

Radeon X1K - Enter a World of Visual Velocity

X1K sounds way better than X1800 (IMO)

(hope I don't spoil something)

I'm thinking X1K is for the entire new generation. (like the Xx00 series).

 

[sonix666]

How dare they. 12 more days? I can't wait that long after all the speculations around here! I need benchmarks... NOW!

 

[Pete]

Why oh why does an X1300 need 512 MB or RAM on board? And I like how the clock speeds are mysteriously blank.

It might just have 256MB, with the rest covered by HyperMemory. Anandtech's road map lists the max mem supported on RV515 as 256MB. Are there even RAM chips available that can support more than 256MB on a 128-bit bus?

Edit: Well, yes, if RV530 can go to 512MB. I guess there are other factors (besides market forces ) than chip density.

 

[Xmas]

It might just have 256MB, with the rest covered by HyperMemory. Anandtech's road map lists the max mem supported on RV515 as 256MB. Are there even RAM chips available that can support more than 256MB on a 128-bit bus?

Edit: Well, yes, if RV530 can go to 512MB. I guess there are other factors (besides market forces ) than chip density.

You can pair the memory chips so they share traces. This way you can use 8 16Mx32 (512Mib) chips and get 512MiB on a 128bit interface.

 

[Pete]

I can't give you rep again, so I'll just boost my post count.

Thanks. I thought of that just as I posted, and AT's road map (and now you) confirmed my baseless assumption.

 

[Junkstyle]

Depends if ati still holds on to "R520 will launch after CF" ..
The 27th (or 26th) seems like an excellent date to launch something (especially regarding the fact that HL2 gets big benefits from 512mb parts)

You forgot to add "at 1600x1200x6x16" mode. Because at lower modes such as 1600x1200x4x8 HL2 doesn't get any benefit from 512mb vs 256mb.

http://www.beyond3d.com/reviews/sapphire/512/index.php?p=12

Lets keep the dis-information to a minimum please.

 

[Dave Baumann]

I can't help but think people are missing one situation where extra RAM would be very useful.

 

[mapel110]

I can't help but think people are missing one situation where extra RAM would be very useful.

High resolution textures? Dont make it too suspenseful.