According to Tom's sources, R520 = fantastic.

[VIAN]

http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050830_205000.html

 

[Paratus]

Maybe we'll see the 520 this fall after all.

I for one am not upgrading my P4 and AGP mobo so I'll be interested in getting the highest performing AGP card in the next year or so. I have a feeling the R520 will probably be the last AGP performance card.

Wonder how long until the Ati vs NV flame war hits this thread.

 

[Regs]

Is that article even english?

 

[VIAN]

I'm a bit curious. It seems that with that kind of clockspeed, it could seriously blow the GTX out of the water. But remember, Nvidia's chip is very scalable in that area as well. All they need to do is increase clockspeed as well, which is what I think they're gonna do.

 

[Unkno]

Originally posted by: Regs
Is that article even english?

???

It looks english to me...

 

[BFG10K]

700 MHz sounds great, I just hope they don't need a propeller to cool it.

 

[Paratus]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
700 MHz sounds great, I just hope they don't need a propeller to cool it.

X900 XT PE (Propeller Edition)

 

[Corporate Thug]

wow, that provided next to no information

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

compared to Nvidia, ATI has usually had a good track record of having "quieter" solutions. Of course, Nvidia has improved considerably since the 5800 leafblower days, so it's anyone's guess as to how extravagant the cooling will be.

 

[Wreckage]

Originally posted by: Regs
Is that article even english?

That's how I post when I'm drunk.

What a kiss ass news post.... "according to sources" a new video card may keep up with a video card released months ago :roll:

Bolded for fun....

After weeks of delay, final silicon of ATI's next graphic chip generation, code-named R520, apparently mad it through the production line. According to sources, quality and performance and of the chip exceed initial expectations, allowing the company to announce serious competition for Nvidia's 7800 GTX possibly in a matter of weeks.

Nvidia may be sweeping the high-performance graphics market with its seventh generation GeForce, but ATI made significant strides in preparing its next graphics chip and likely set new records in graphic performance. Credible industry sources told Tom's Hardware Guide that the R520 may debut with clock speeds in the range of 700 MHz and a completely redesigned graphics architecture.

Compared to 7800 GTX, our sources claim that the R520 can best Nvidia's performance and image quality levels ina ny scenario. Nvidia recently came under fire to use "driver cheats" for its 7800 series to increase frame rate performance on one side but sacrifized image quality on the other. While we have to wait for the final product to reach our test lab for testing, ATI may have in fact a chip in its hands that may force Nvidia to release a new flagship for its 7800 series.

Ahead of the R520, ATI is expected to to release its Crossfire dual graphics support. Several vendors tolf Tom's Hardware Guide that motherboard designs are finalized and that the industry at this times waits for ATI to officially introduce the technology. Crossfire boards are expected to be priced about 5 to 10 percent below SLI boards.

Past the article into Word if you want to crash the spell checker.

"weeks of delay" try months....

I have lost all respect for Tom's

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: Regs
Is that article even english?

haha I wasn't going to go that far but spell check is only one button. I guess with Toms that may be a little too advanced.

 

[jiffylube1024]

You know what else is fantastic? Two eggs on a toasted whole-wheat bun. Mmmm.

"Credible industry sources" gets all us message board folk excited.

Of course the interpreter of these "credible sources" isn't exactly all that credible either . Either way, I'm still looking forward to R520 .

 

[Therk]

Originally posted by: Paratus

Originally posted by: BFG10K
700 MHz sounds great, I just hope they don't need a propeller to cool it.

X900 XT PE (Propeller Edition)

ROFL

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: Sudheer Anne
compared to Nvidia, ATI has usually had a good track record of having "quieter" solutions. Of course, Nvidia has improved considerably since the 5800 leafblower days, so it's anyone's guess as to how extravagant the cooling will be.

seeing that most accounts have this being a dual slot cooler for ati i doubt it will be considered quiet.

all in all, a very useless article.

 

[Killrose]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
You know what else is fantastic? Two eggs on a toasted whole-wheat bun. Mmmm.

LOL , however, now not only am I excited about the R520, i'm also hungry as hell !!

Originally posted by: BFG10K
700 MHz sounds great, I just hope they don't need a propeller to cool it.

700MHz :shocked: maybe they could slow it down abit by adding some more pipes

 

[ArchAngel777]

I would be incredably happy if ATI is able to release something that blows nVidia out of the water. We need this kind of competition if we are going to see strides made new and standards in performance set

Amazing isn't it? Someone who prefers nVidia will still not allow his bias to tarnish the image of another company or product. That person is me, and I sincerely hope that ATI puts out a card that can blow my GeForce 7800 GTX out of the water... I can only hope

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
I would be incredably happy if ATI is able to release something that blows nVidia out of the water. We need this kind of competition if we are going to see strides made new and standards in performance set

Amazing isn't it? Someone who prefers nVidia will still not allow his bias to tarnish the image of another company or product. That person is me, and I sincerely hope that ATI puts out a card that can blow my GeForce 7800 GTX out of the water... I can only hope

I prefer Nvidia too, and I hope R520 is competitive with or better than the 7800GTX so prices drop as faster cards come out.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

"Crossfire boards are expected to be priced about 5 to 10 percent below SLI boards."

The abundancy of SLI boards has increased dramatically, and the prices have fallen a lot since their debut (you can get an excellent SLI board for well under $150). I love hearing these things, inexpensive yet potent hardware for all! Buying a new motherboard for a new X2 system as opposed to a mere CPU upgrade would be most excellent.

 

[REMF]

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
I would be incredably happy if ATI is able to release something that blows nVidia out of the water. We need this kind of competition if we are going to see strides made new and standards in performance set

Amazing isn't it? Someone who prefers nVidia will still not allow his bias to tarnish the image of another company or product. That person is me, and I sincerely hope that ATI puts out a card that can blow my GeForce 7800 GTX out of the water... I can only hope

I prefer Nvidia too, and I hope R520 is competitive with or better than the 7800GTX so prices drop as faster cards come out.

agreed.

 

[mOeeOm]

I just hope it destroys nvidia to put all the nvidia fanboys in their place. You guys can't say anything I have plenty of rigs with ATI and nvidia cards

 

[Fenuxx]

Is it me or did they not comment on the number of pipelines in R520 in that article? Hmm... Though I suppose that ATi IS embarrassed for their "failure" .

 

[StrangerGuy]

When will we be seeing a 1GHz GPU?

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
When will we be seeing a 1GHz GPU?

It'll probably be a while. The general push is towards parallelism, meaning more cores and\or pipelines. Clock speeds will probably hold steady, just look at how Nvidia dropped clock speed from the GeForce FX to GeForce 6 series (5950 Ultra was 475MHz, 6800 Ultra was 400MHz) and added pipelines.

 

[McArra]

If ATi proves to be better this time I may consider not jumping this gen... well, if I have the money of course LOL.

 

[MegaWorks]

I hope it does beat nVidia top dog.

New architecture interesting! They mean WGF1.0 Unified Shader right?