ATI R350 early march?

[Budmantom]

It will, we think, be introduced in the first week of March and we reckon that's intended to throw dust into Nvidia's eyes

from the Inquirer

This will be a huge blow to Nvidia but it will be a great time to buy a new card

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

More rumours from the Inqwell.

 

[Metalloid]

Has the inquirer ever once been right about anything?

 

[Jalapeno]

LOL

 

[Bovinicus]

Either way, I hope it's not a paper launch. I would't be surprised if they pulled one of those just so they could compete with NVIDIA's flagship.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

More on R350 - Joe "Steejee" West - Hardware: ATI - (108)
[Spicy Story] Sounds like ATI has an Ace up their sleave: a top dog at ATI has told us that the R350 will debut in march, and as told before will be 10% faster than the FX, but the kicker will be that it's also $150 cheaper. The massive price difference is due to the fact the R350 will be a 10 layer PCB, while Nvidia's fastest will require 12 layers. Graphics wars are gonna be interesting in the coming months to say the least...

Source

 

[308nato]

Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian

More on R350 - Joe "Steejee" West - Hardware: ATI - (108)
[Spicy Story] Sounds like ATI has an Ace up their sleave: a top dog at ATI has told us that the R350 will debut in march, and as told before will be 10% faster than the FX, but the kicker will be that it's also $150 cheaper. The massive price difference is due to the fact the R350 will be a 10 layer PCB, while Nvidia's fastest will require 12 layers. Graphics wars are gonna be interesting in the coming months to say the least...

Source

$150 cheaper LOL. I imagine that was based on the rumors of a $500>$600 price point on the NV30. Currently, that would put the R350 at $250 which would be roughly $100 less than the R300.

How much less does 10 layer pcb cost than 12 layer ? A couple of bucks ? I have no doubt the R350 is ready but it ain't gonna be $250.

 

[Corsairpro]

Originally posted by: 308nato

Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian

More on R350 - Joe "Steejee" West - Hardware: ATI - (108)
[Spicy Story] Sounds like ATI has an Ace up their sleave: a top dog at ATI has told us that the R350 will debut in march, and as told before will be 10% faster than the FX, but the kicker will be that it's also $150 cheaper. The massive price difference is due to the fact the R350 will be a 10 layer PCB, while Nvidia's fastest will require 12 layers. Graphics wars are gonna be interesting in the coming months to say the least...

Source

$150 cheaper LOL. I imagine that was based on the rumors of a $500>$600 price point on the NV30. Currently, that would put the R350 at $250 which would be roughly $100 less than the R300.

How much less does 10 layer pcb cost than 12 layer ? A couple of bucks ? I have no doubt the R350 is ready but it ain't gonna be $250.

500-150=350
600-150=450

 

[308nato]

Originally posted by: Corsairpro

Originally posted by: 308nato

Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian

More on R350 - Joe "Steejee" West - Hardware: ATI - (108)
[Spicy Story] Sounds like ATI has an Ace up their sleave: a top dog at ATI has told us that the R350 will debut in march, and as told before will be 10% faster than the FX, but the kicker will be that it's also $150 cheaper. The massive price difference is due to the fact the R350 will be a 10 layer PCB, while Nvidia's fastest will require 12 layers. Graphics wars are gonna be interesting in the coming months to say the least...

Source

$150 cheaper LOL. I imagine that was based on the rumors of a $500>$600 price point on the NV30. Currently, that would put the R350 at $250 which would be roughly $100 less than the R300.

How much less does 10 layer pcb cost than 12 layer ? A couple of bucks ? I have no doubt the R350 is ready but it ain't gonna be $250.

500-150=350
600-150=450

Ummm. The FX is $399. So subtracting $150 would be $249.

 

[Metalloid]

Well there will be a few different models of FX i believe. Not just a $399 one.

 

[308nato]

Originally posted by: Metalloid15
Well there will be a few different models of FX i believe. Not just a $399 one.

The $399 Ultra and a lesser one at unknown $ amount.



From Nvidia's PR chief Brian Burke:

Brian Burke has just passed along the official specs for the Geforce FX 5800 Ultra and Geforce FX 5800
Geforce FX 5800 Ultra
- 500MHz core
- 1GHz Memory clock
-$399 preorders

Geforce FX 5800
-400MHz Core
-800MHz memory clock
-lower pricepoint