R600....all high end or mix of options?

[jshuck3]

I know it's not out yet and rumors are all over the place, but does anyone have any insight on whether or not ATI/AMD will be releasing a couple of variants of the new chip? I'm thinking along the lines of what Nvidia did with G80 ala 8800GTX and 8800GTS.

Thanks!

 

[Sable]

No, they're just gonna release one version, the R600, and call it X2000XTX and make everyone pay £500 for it.

 

[Keysplayr]

Like it's always been in the past. High end seems to surface first. Then the mid range appears. There will probably be an RV600 eventually.

 

[apoppin]

think there will be an agp r600?
:Q



i might get stuck with my rig for a long time
:heart:

same rig ... r8500 > 9800xt > x1950p >x2950p [?!?]
:shocked:

 

[jshuck3]

I don't remember the history of past launches but you say high end first then mid range later....you thinking couple of weeks/months later?

 

[Keysplayr]

Not possible to know. Maybe a month or two. Wild Guess.

 

[A5]

We have no idea. All there is to go on is what has been done in the past, which is usually a high-end launch part followed 1-2 months later by the mid-range and low-end.

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: jshuck3
I know it's not out yet and rumors are all over the place, but does anyone have any insight on whether or not ATI/AMD will be releasing a couple of variants of the new chip? I'm thinking along the lines of what Nvidia did with G80 ala 8800GTX and 8800GTS.

Thanks!

ATI will make a cut down version just like GTS because of yield issues.

 

[Matt2]

Mid-low end Nvidia products will come in January or Feb, right along with R600, jsut to steal a little thunder.