R600 beanz from Hexus

[ronnn]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

Hexus is less reputable than the Inquirer.

This is a joke, right?

I'm not saying either are necessarily right but Hexus doesn't have a history of being wrong as many times as the Inquirer is.

Doesn't have a history of being right as many times either. Actually I have a hard time remembering hexus being right with ati products.

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: Cooler

Originally posted by: crazydingo

Originally posted by: Cooler

2 Ghz GPU that is crazy fast i think its not true. ~800-850mhz should be their real target. I Dont think there will be another respin if A12 can reach 1ghz.

Well G80 being the biggest GPU evar! has shaders clocked at "only" 1.35GHz so call me circumspect before calling BS on this 1-2GHz rumor.

Does any one know if some one from Kristopher's team (Dailytech) is in Taipei to cover the CES?

ATI's R600 has 64 Shader 4-way SIMD so i dont think it could clock as high. Thats 256 simple shading units.

Not necessarily. It all depends on how the ALU's are designed - maybe they're using netburst-style ALU's designed for clocks of 2ghz. It's possible that the r600 may even use scalar ALU's like the g80. I kind of expect the r600 to have some surprises up its sleeve, I'm only surprised at the lack of rumored specs at this point.

 

[crazydingo]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
R520 700+mhz

G70 800+mhz

G71 750 mhz

G71 700~750mhz

I could probably dig more but i cannot be bothered. INQ/Hexus/Vr-Zone/all rumour sites practically copy one from another, saying they heard it from their "sources".

I say BS on ATi claiming 1ghz core clock speed because its literally impossible for a complex chip to be clocked that high unless we are talking about nitrogen cooling. Now 2ghz, and thats just pushing it.

Maybe ATi decided to go for the clock domain concept like nVIDIA but ive never seen ATi do it before so its hard to say that either.

None of your links are in reference to "sample spins", save except the R520 link which was bang on target; some working above 800mhz, most reaching 700mhz but 600+mhz (ATI's target) is achieved.

So we're back to square one where there wasnt any rumor that suggested that a G71 spin was done and it would result in 800+mhz clock.