R520 info thread #(9!)^9

I see people have already posted pictures and stuff from here in Ibiza. What really matters is that we're actually having a good time

 

They already reached 856/1880 ...

 

Btw the 3dmark score you probably saw was with stock AthlonFX speeds; from now on the thing will get even more interesting heh

 

Yeah, 625/1500 as default is confirmed now.

 

Sure, but people have gotten the 7800 GTX to 700MHz+, which at 24 pipes probably means higher performance, for example:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1243004

Basically, ATI would have to achieve about 15% more performance per clock, per pipeline to have parity at 900MHz core to the highest-clocked GTX cores.

 

Lemme know when you can do that air-cooled...

 

Aren't you at Ibiza? It would be very interesting week coming.

 

Are you saying that you think the R520 can get to 900MHz air-cooled?

Because at 900MHz it will only reach fillrate parity with a 600MHz 7800 GTX, which seems to be a common overclock for the GTX (by browsing the ORB).

 

Isnt the GTX a good overclocker? I was implying the same thing with the X1800. They are also talking about adjusting vcore settings without any hard mods .. sounds interesting.

Maybe he is at Ibiza.

 

Are you saying that you think the G70 can get to 700MHz+ air-cooled?

As per your addendum, for this to be an issue 600MHz for G70 needs to also be on air.

 

Yeah, I'm just trying to put the higher clocks into perspective. Though the adjustable vcore would make overclockers happy.

 

Are we forgetting the ROP limitations?

 

I guess they have internet there too

 

No. I thought this had been discussed enough. Are we going to quibble over me using the word "fillrate" instead of "number of shader pipelines times clockspeed?"

 

which sort of cooling if i may ask?

 

Well, yeah. Given that I see dozens of 600MHz+ GTX's on the ORB, I would tend to guess that these are air-cooled. I can't be sure, though.

On a side note, I did find this juicy result:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1002966
...810/1521MHz clocks...

 

Dont know. It looked like that was the first clocks they hit before they started pumping it up again.

 

You kidding? Quibblig over things like that is what we live for!

 

In the picture I saw, they had LN.

 

I knew that point... but I am amazing on Kom likely play snake and peek too . Anyway, next week topic may be going to change to what NV will come out for response. Hope it would not be only 7800GTX with 512MB and a MAGIC driver update.