Radeon 5970 AKA 5870 X2

[Dkcode]

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2009/11/02/new-dual-gpu-ati-radeon-5970-spotted/1

Mod: Please change title to Radeon 5970 AKA 5870 X2

 

[HumblePie]

Nifty, but did anyone manage to scrape the images of the performance benchmarks for the card by Alien Babel Tech before they were removed by ATI?

NVM, quick google search found them some on tweakers.net

 

[CKTurbo128]

A lot of power, both performance and energy wise.

With the reported length being at 12+ inches, it's going to have a very hard time fitting in many people's cases, including mine.

 

[nitromullet]

Also, please note that according to AMD, the following leaked pictures are not the final card as this is an engineering sample.

Yeah, it looks like the 'bat mobile' end cap is missing.

 

[Hauk]

Running stock 725 core 1000 mem per GPU-Z posted by our friends at Alien Babel. Looks like early fud about clocks being lowered was accurate. If so that sucks.

 

[T2k]

DJ is clearly not a journalist then, as we all know that companies are singular.

And Clive clearly isn't either as he obviously has no clue about the case when you are talking about a group of people thus you use plural as opposed to the (legal) entity when it's singular.

BTW I'm still holding out for my 5850 X2 2GB...

 

[happy medium]

They can't even make a good supply of current cards, I can't see this releasing for a few months.

 

[dguy6789]

They can't even make a good supply of current cards, I can't see this releasing for a few months.

It's launching this month. Supply of the 5800s is good(they come in and out of stock multiple times per day on many sites), it's just that demand is insane.

 

[lopri]

Mod: Please change title to Radeon 5970 AKA 5870 X2

You can change the title from "Advanced" edit.

 

[happy medium]

Dguy,
Please link me with an official Amd release date and the "insane" demand supply numbers. Thanks.

While you do that, read this about the 40nm yield issues.

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/16217/65/

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/17864

QUOTE:
"Both AMD and Nvidia have claimed in the past that their 40nm processes are yielding just fine, though several rumours are afloat as to Nvidia's troubles with the 40nm process, for the current GT21x shrinks, as well as the upcoming GF100. Meanwhile, the HD 5800 series continues to remain in short supply."


"On a positive note, TSMC CEO Morris Chang has vowed to fix all 40nm issues by the end of 2009. 40nm product revenue surged to 4% of all TSMC revenue in Q3 '09, compared to 1% in Q1 '09. TSMC expects 40nm products to take a 10% share by the end of 2009. If TSMC can get yield rates up to scratch for both AMD and Nvidia products, that seems like a fair target."

Note the lines "5800 series in short supply" and "by the end of 2009".

 

[ronnn]

Dguy,
Please link me with an official Amd release date and the "insane" demand supply numbers. Thanks.

While you do that, read this about the 40nm yield issues.

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/16217/65/

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/17864

QUOTE:
"Both AMD and Nvidia have claimed in the past that their 40nm processes are yielding just fine, though several rumours are afloat as to Nvidia's troubles with the 40nm process, for the current GT21x shrinks, as well as the upcoming GF100. Meanwhile, the HD 5800 series continues to remain in short supply."


"On a positive note, TSMC CEO Morris Chang has vowed to fix all 40nm issues by the end of 2009. 40nm product revenue surged to 4% of all TSMC revenue in Q3 '09, compared to 1% in Q1 '09. TSMC expects 40nm products to take a 10% share by the end of 2009. If TSMC can get yield rates up to scratch for both AMD and Nvidia products, that seems like a fair target."

Note the lines "5800 series in short supply" and "by the end of 2009".

Did you just quote fudo? Anyways I am still waiting for the fermi reviews you promised.

 

[bigriggg]

that's a wild boar hog beast