G73-B1 die size?

I think G73-B1 die size is 105mm2, but not 100% sure. Here are some comparison shots of 90nm and 80nm 7600GT.
(if you cant see the thumbnails turn down your firewall)

1.G73-GT-N-A2__________2.G73-GT-N-B1
 
Are the 80nm G73 gonig to replace the current 90nm G73 chips?

I havent heard anything offical from nVIDIA yet about a possible 7650GT etc. A clock speed boost wont be too bad seeing these cards are running at 650mhz or so. (compared to 560mhz)

Power consumption will be lower as well.
 
the 80 nm g73 probably won't be around for very long either unless nV is going to wait on thier dx10 midrange, low end which doesn't seem likely because AMD's dx10 midrange seem to be in very good shape.
 
Razor1 said:
not sure, but I suspect it might be launched with the r600
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Thats what i was thinking, similiar to the R5x0 launch. (except availablity was the problem back then).

Could this have been the reason of R600 being delayed? So that it can launch with the rest of its lineup?
 
well I don't think the r600 launch and the rv630 were tied together before, Vista is too important to have the r600 delayed on purpose.
 
I think the launch of R600 will see not only the high end SKU(s) but at least 1 midrange as well. I am willing to bet that this launch is similar to the R520 launch that the flagship slipped into the midrange timeframe and therefore they will be released together. The big difference this time is the delay for R600 is much less than for R520. As a result, R600 should have longer legs than R520 especially if it is superior to G80 and its refresh at launch. If they can ride R600 deep into the G80 refresh cycle then they can make up some lost ground on Nvidia as they will have not only a competitive flagship part but perhaps for the first time in years a competitive midrange at the same time as Nvidia launches theirs.

The real challenge for ATI this cycle is getting back into the mobile fray and how quickly they can transition R600 into a viable DX 10 line of mobile GPUs.

Is it everyone's expectation that entry level graphics will be mostly discrete or integrated from ATI/AMD this cycle? I know it will be a combination of both but are they transitioning away from discrete entry level and into integrated or is it too soon for that level of performance in integrated?
 
Blazkowicz said:
does nvidia wait for 65nm to launch midrange G8x ?
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No, both G84 and G86 are 80nm. If NVIDIA divides the market in more than 3 chips (which Jen-Hsun implied in a recent CC), you'd assume one other low-end or mid-end part might be 65nm, though. Hmm... :)


Uttar
 
I'd expect there be a 64bit, a 128bit, a 256bit and the current 384bit in the G8x range. any chance for 192 bits?
but we might go slightly off-topic.

there was a thread asking for power and cost efficient GPU. a 7600GT with G73-B1 fits the role well.
 
Blazkowicz said:
I'd expect there be a 64bit, a 128bit, a 256bit and the current 384bit in the G8x range. any chance for 192 bits?
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If you look at G80, you got redundancy in the ROPs for the GTS, which is thus 320-bits instead of 384-bits. You'd expect a similar thing to be possible for a 256-bits offering becoming a 192-bits one, but I'm just thinking out loud there.


Uttar
 
So what's the deal with this chip? Is it an OEM only thing - I can't seem to find much info or reviews on it.
 
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