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Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
I hope they learned from the A64 to Phenom transition not to release a good product then just sit on it. Hopefully they do make a nice in-between part before the RV870.
Originally posted by: BFG10K
It will be great news if ATi can release a refresh before the end of the year.
Originally posted by: Zstream
If they increase the SP count by 100 that will be around a 4-5% increase. Now if you have add decent overclocks to the card that is another 5%. So 10% total overall performance is what I am betting.
I think faster memory is a waste of time as they don't need more bandwidth. The 4850, for example, still pulls amazing 8xMSAA and AAA scores despite having absolutely lethargic bandwidth compared to nVidia's offerings.Originally posted by: nyker96
how about use faster DDR5s. It seems ATI's new 4xxx line benefits from bandwidth a lot. Get some new and better DDR5s and it should put some new life in this "old" line.
Originally posted by: CrystalBay
I wonder if they can make those old rumored 950+ clocks, with the new gas multilayerd heat sinks.
Originally posted by: ronnn
Doesn't q1 go all the way to april or may?
Originally posted by: ronnn
Thought they also gave themselves an extra month when necessary. Rarely do they seem on time with new tech.
Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Who knows thilan, the technology is there I think, so they could use it on this refresh.
So, since rv870 is coming q1 2009, we should be seeing the refresh in less then 2 months ?
Originally posted by: rjc
Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Who knows thilan, the technology is there I think, so they could use it on this refresh.
So, since rv870 is coming q1 2009, we should be seeing the refresh in less then 2 months ?
That date seems way too aggressive!
The wafer supplier for tsmc only announced it is taking orders for production levels of 45nm wafers in march next year. Once tsmc has the wafers the foundry takes at least 30days(from memory, it might actually be closer to 60) and then another 30days to for the card packaging up and shipping.So its like june for the first 40nm chips to arrive.
And when was the last time the first GPU on a new process was the high end chip? They always do a test one first. For amd this is the RV740 - little dragon.
RV870 is august at best.
Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
TSMC starts 45nm production September 2007
TSMC to ramp 32nm in 2009
So, they are already on their way to 32nm production in 2009. Have been producing 45nm wafers since September 2007