RV560/570 Gemini roadmap

[Jawed]

I reckon since RV570 is rumoured to be 12-1-3-2 (or -1) it would replace X1900GT (which is 12-1-3-1). The "O" would imply it's faster, which I suppose those clocks are.

The Gemini version could be intriguing though, competing directly with GX2?...

Could the delay be due to 80nm? Anyone taking that >1GHz memory seriously?

Jawed

 

[Sunrise]

L'Inq suggesting RV570 release in September.

Which always was the original plan anyway.

I don´t know where INQ ever got the feeling that ATi may bring forward their RV570 introduction.

 

[Geo]

Which always was the original plan anyway.

I don´t know where INQ ever got the feeling that ATi may bring forward their RV570 introduction.

Yup. I've got an ATI roadmap on my hd from Feb 2006 that says "production: July/August". Add a bit to get to retail, and there ya go: September.

Edit: Btw, if one was looking for some evidence that there has been an 80nm delay, that same doc suggests they should have been producing an 80nm RV530 (RV535) in May.

 

[Jawed]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2722



Jawed

 

[Geo]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2722



Jawed

On-chip composite engine, eh? And probably something like NV's card bridge thingy instead of a dongle.

And no R600 before November.

Well, that fits with R580+, which has been rearing its head again --tho it doesn't get mentioned in this piece.

 

[no-X]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2722



Jawed

A bit confusing. RV560 VRAM: 650MHz/128bit, RV570 VRAM: 1100MHz/256bit ??? The first value is probably physical frequency and the second one effective frequency..? Otherwise it doesn't make any sense.

 

[Jawed]

Yep, hence the confused smiley and I get bored enumerating the possible configurations. Sigh.

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Jawed

 

[ERK]

Although the 1100 MHz is also quoted by the Inq

ERK

 

[trumphsiao]

Yup. I've got an ATI roadmap on my hd from Feb 2006 that says "production: July/August". Add a bit to get to retail, and there ya go: September.

Edit: Btw, if one was looking for some evidence that there has been an 80nm delay, that same doc suggests they should have been producing an 80nm RV530 (RV535) in May.

Can you confirm is there any Low-K Tech enabled in RV570 ?

 

[Geo]

Can you confirm is there any Low-K Tech enabled in RV570 ?

Roadmap is silent on that point. This is a doc that made it's way online to hkepc or someplace like that in February. I haven't been added to the engineering group email list.

 

[Jawed]

Rys again!

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=5886

Coming to market at the end of July, Larry looks forward to an RV560 or RV570 version as soon as silicon hits him from ATI at the end of this month.

There's some other fascinatingly weird stuff to read about in the article.

Jawed

 

[Geo]

Coming to market at the end of July? That's pulling stuff forward two months from some other reports of September, and is at the optimistic end of ATI's February roadmap (which was July/August). Be nice if it works out that way.

 

[Jawed]

What's curious is the "or". What's going on there?

Jawed

 

[tEd]

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3724

New corssfire bridge for 80nm cards

 

[neliz]

I think the tapeout in the last line was even more interesting!

but seeing the cooling.. I assume that this is the RV560 on display?

 

[Geo]

Why two bridges? Need it for SuperAA bandwidth? But then why not make one twice as wide?

 

[TurnDragoZeroV2G]

3+ GPU configurations? Makes it easier to just pop one between each one, staggering them.

Of course, I come into this knowing next to nothing about how they usually set SLI/XF up.

 

[Geo]

Well, but look at the pics. Two bridges connecting only two cards.

 

[trumphsiao]

Well, but look at the pics. Two bridges connecting only two cards.

maybe two bridges denote two PCI-E 16X .
anyhow, I believe RV560/RV570 MSAA performance will give G71/G73 a run in high resolution such as 1600X1200 4AA 16AF

PS: I raised clock a bit higher on my 7900GT(550/1600), which still perform mediocre in 1600X1200 with AA+AF enabled. (Frambuffer still below 220MB)

 

[demonic]

Does the new bridges, mean that you cant pair different gfx cards together? Or will the old system be compatible?

i.e new you can plug a 1900XTX and a 1600XT together, say 1 for the gfx and 1 for the ppu.

Although, im guessing for the newer range, you will be able to plug a RV560/570 with a R600? If so, that really answers my question