Just an idea... x1800xt pe

[SNiPeRX]

Do you think ATI will carry on with the xt pe edition cards. Take in consideration with both the x800 and x850 they hand selected some to be xt pe by overclocking them. However I have also heard that they are in work designing a x1800 xt pe with 24 pipes. Read it on some forum.. can't provide source. If this is to be true that would be great, but who knows how long that will take. Well the crown for now will go to the x1800 xt when it arrives until the GTX 512 card is released. Discuss...

 

[Pete]

They'd be better off pushing up R580 (X1900?), IMO. I mean, they could go with an XT PE, but that would mean taking more cores away from the new and probably limited-supply X1800XT. It'd be nice to see some of ATI's AIBs push some OCed X1800s, tho, as NV AIBs often do.

R580 isn't a 24-pipe R520, but it does pack three times the pixel shading power. I'm pretty sure any R520 p/review mentions this. If nothing else, compare RV530's (X1600's) pixel shaders to RV510's (X1300) to see how R580 will differ from R520: three times the pixel shader units per pixel pipe, basically.

 

[SNiPeRX]

My guess the r580 will be a x1850 kinda similar to the

x800 x850 move....

 

[anandtechrocks]

I can't find the article but I remember reading that ATI is not doing the whole X850XT PE, non-sense any more. I hope r580 is totally new, and I hope X1800XL and X1800XT are the only top end cards of this round.

 

[Snakexor]

i think r580 will be x1900age

 

[tuteja1986]

AT the moment i know they have no plans otherwise i would know something about a new crad ... They are just trying to enter the market with X1800XT/X1800XL ;( but nvidia is already launching a strike with 7800GTX 512MB. so it ain't looking good for ATI. Nvidia doesn't really need to launch the 512MB modle since 78000GTX 256mb is pretty damn good priced . But they want to make ATI life hell ;( ... ATI ain't getting no healing time.. ';(