ATI's R580 chips in production

[Gamer X]

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[crazydingo]

Inq is on a roll today. 😀

 

[Slitherythesnake]

Originally posted by: crazydingo
Inq is on a roll today. 😀

Indeed they are, first G71 specs and then R580 news right after it.

 

[RobertR1]

Sweet! Hopefully HKPEC can get a working sample as usual and give us some numbers beforehand. This will be the last great DX9 battle before vista. Let's see who wins!

 

[5150Joker]

Originally posted by: RobertR1
Sweet! Hopefully HKPEC can get a working sample as usual and give us some numbers beforehand. This will be the last great DX9 battle before vista. Let's see who wins!

I think i'ts going to be the usual: nVidia will lead in non-AA/AF benchmarks but will lose to ATi when you turn on AA/AF.

 

[Munky]

Well, at least they didnt claim the r580 wil be a 24 or 32 pipe gpu. They must be catching on to the rumors I've heard since last summer.

 

[RobertR1]

Originally posted by: 5150Joker

Originally posted by: RobertR1
Sweet! Hopefully HKPEC can get a working sample as usual and give us some numbers beforehand. This will be the last great DX9 battle before vista. Let's see who wins!

I think i'ts going to be the usual: nVidia will lead in non-AA/AF benchmarks but will lose to ATi when you turn on AA/AF.

The AA advantage would be quite a plus on such flagship cards since you should be using such features anyway.

 

[TomKazansky]

r580 is planned for 1/24/06

true story.

 

[HDTVMan]

I find this interesting about the R580:
From what we know the card won't have more than sixteen pipelines but will be able to process much more than thirty two pixels per clock. We will let you know soon how that is possible.

My buddy was talking about ATI and producing a dual core but that was the R600 but maybe his rumor has something to do with the R580? Maybe dual core is the wrong term to use? I posted that about a week ago.

 

[mrkun]

Originally posted by: HDTVMan
I find this interesting about the R580:
From what we know the card won't have more than sixteen pipelines but will be able to process much more than thirty two pixels per clock. We will let you know soon how that is possible.

My buddy was talking about ATI and producing a dual core but that was the R600 but maybe his rumor has something to do with the R580? Maybe dual core is the wrong term to use? I posted that about a week ago.

Supposedly, the R580 will have three pixel shaders per pipeline, for a total of 48 pixel shader units.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: mrkun

Originally posted by: HDTVMan
I find this interesting about the R580:
From what we know the card won't have more than sixteen pipelines but will be able to process much more than thirty two pixels per clock. We will let you know soon how that is possible.

My buddy was talking about ATI and producing a dual core but that was the R600 but maybe his rumor has something to do with the R580? Maybe dual core is the wrong term to use? I posted that about a week ago.

Supposedly, the R580 will have three pixel shaders per pipeline, for a total of 48 pixel shader units.

Hence the 16-1-3-1 design.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Let's just say that X1800XT and 7800GTX 512MB buyers are going to be pissed when R580 and G71 start shipping early next year. That is unless they debut at $800, which at current trends is possible!

 

[Nirach]

I don't forsee much of a release that early into the year, even if ATI (Or nVidia) slate the release as end of January, I can't see anyone making that unless they've managed to keep it under wraps..

Judging by previous releases, they probably haven't been at it for long.. I'll probably be totally wrong, and they will see launches end of the first month.. Either way, I don't plan an update to my graphics for a while yet, possibly not until 32 pipe cards hit the shelves..


It'd be nice if ATI hit a release date properly this time, though!

 

[jiffylube1024]

R580 taped out months ago on it's first try; nothing like the debacle that was the R520 multi tapeout bonanza. Jan/Feb paperlaunch and March availability of R580 is very reasonable IMO 😉 .