ATI finalised R520 clocks...

[AthlonXP1800]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25898

ATI set the flagship R520 XT clock speed at 600/1400, it will be in very limited availability and R520 Pro clock speed at 500/1300 will be in some quantities but it wont be in mass quantities. The cards launch date will be in the first week of October.

[BrianG]

A salt grain has been taken...

I wonder is it would be worth the funny factor to compile allof the configurations and clockspeeds Inq has thrown out over the last six months.

[|MaguS|]

Oh yay! "In Very Limited Availabilty". Basically a paper launch again...

[Graphicmaniac]

do somebody knows how much cost a 1200mhz ram as the one of 7800gtx and how much the 1400mhz?

[-=DVS=-]

So much for 700/800 rumors ...

[superklye]

do somebody knows how much cost a 1200mhz ram as the one of 7800gtx and how much the 1400mhz?
what?

[Superfly]

^^ lol

[harl]

do somebody knows how much cost a 1200mhz ram as the one of 7800gtx and how much the 1400mhz?

I think the problem it's the aviabilty not the price.

[Skinner-BH71]

Some of them will be available in quantities like the 500MHz card while the 600MHZ card will be there but not in numbers. :thumbdwn:

500mhz = R520xl???

See:

R520XL
Core: 500Mhz
Mem: 256MB GDDR3 @ 500Mhz
Cooling: Single Slot (?)
Releasedate: Beginning of October

[rohit]

any info on pixel pipes, vertex units etc.?

[jAkUp]

hmmm... those clockspeeds are not very high...

[SH64]

hmm 600x16 = 9600 Mt/s .. that means less fillrate than the GTX , but higher memory bandwidth.

[kilmas]

ati has screw up the r520 big time.i was thinking about buy myself a r520 but with those low specs i will probely buy a r580 or a 7800gtx.


r520
90nm TSMC (low-k);
250-275 million transistors;
16 pixel pipelines;
8 vertex pipelines;
DX9 SM3 compliant (FP32);
the core clock is within 600-700 MHz

[anzak]

ati has screw up the r520 big time.

Screwed up big time? It seems to me it will be about on par with a 7800GTX, how is that screwing up big time? :mad:

The card will have similar texel fill, more pixel fill, and more bandwidth. 16 pipelines != slow graphics card.

ATI is taking a lower pipeline, high clock speed apporach. nVidia is going with more pipelines, lower clock speed. Which is better? We will find out once the reviews come in.

[kilmas]

i have been hoping for a minimum 600/1400mhz 24 pipelines card.

[anzak]

i have been hoping for a minimum 600/1400mhz 24 pipelines card.

Well thats what you get for believing every rumor that floats along.

[Red_Shift]

He said 24 and rumours says 16 pp.

[anzak]

He said 24 and rumours says 16 pp.

Originally it was a 32 pipe card. Then it became 32 pipes with 8 disabled. Next it was said to be 24 pipelines with none disabled. Now its looking like 16 pipelines.

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/video/3dvideoforpc-05q2.html

[Ninja Prime]

So, basically kilmas, you're trashing it for not being fast enough before its out, before you know how many pipes it has, and before you actually know the clocks? Dumbass.

[anzak]

So, basically kilmas, you're trashing it for not being fast enough before its out, before you know how many pipes it has, and before you actually know the clocks? Dumbass.

He's spreading this BS over at R3D too.

People act like having 16 pipelines is a bad thing. All that means is that they will need to compensate with a high clock speed. This shouldn't be an issue since its on the 90nm manufacturing process.

I have a feeling the next couple of weeks is going to be interesting.

[coldpower27]

Please ATI, get the R520 out and quell all these 16/24/32 500MHZ-700MHZ rumors. :thumbdwn:

[jAkUp]

If the R520 is as fast as the 7800GTX I call it a failure. The R520 NEEDS to be faster than a 7800GTX. The 5800 Ultra, was about as fast as a 9700 Pro. Failure.

[anzak]

If the R520 is as fast as the 7800GTX I call it a failure. The R520 NEEDS to be faster than a 7800GTX. The 5800 Ultra, was about as fast as a 9700 Pro. Failure.

The 5800Ultra had many issues. 128bit memory bus, 4x2 pipeline design, awful SM2.0 performance, and last but not least it had a cooler that could wake the dead at high speeds.

Sure ATI is late getting into the game (GITG heh), but I wouldn't go as far as to call it an NV30.

[Darkoz]

People act like having 16 pipelines is a bad thing. All that means is that they will need to compensate with a high clock speed. This shouldn't be an issue since its on the 90nm manufacturing process.

The problem with that approach is heat, core yieds, availability and price, overclocking might be an issue as well.

The situation as it stands now with the 7800GTX being available in quantities for the past 4 months, no supply issues and the price dropping considerably since launch, it'll be difficult for ATI to compete no matter what sort of card they release.

All these factors will have to fall into place and more importantly, their cards will have to be available, in quantities, immediately on release day.

[anzak]

Hopefully ATI's yield issues are behind them.