So has the Inq been Accurate in its Predictions about R520?

[apoppin]

There has been LOTS of debate as toi whether the Inq has been relatively accurate in their predictions if r520. And now they rate themselves and offer evidence of thei sources accuracy.

Our year and a half of writing Radeon 520 news

WE DID the back search on R520 stories and this is what we found. As soon as reviews and details goes out please take a time to read and compare our stories some even over a year old, but still accurate. The list below is not complete.

ATI's R520 is codenamed Fudo
ATI's "Fudo" to have Shader 3.0
ATI's R520 has eight Shader units
The R520 "Fudo" could have 300 million transistors
R520 taped out
ATI R520 board codename is Raptor
ATI R520 "Fudo" has 300-350 millions of transistors
ATI R520 "Fudo" codename confirmed
ATI's R520 delayed until autumn
ATI R520 scores 10K+ in 3Dmark05
ATI can do H.264 decoding
R520 finally supports RDH
R520, "Fudo" rocks at over 600MHz
R520 frequency goes to 700+ MHz
R520 will also need a master card
All Rx5xx cards have two dual link transmitters
R520 has Ultra threading dispatch processor
ATI's Radeon X1800, R520 has eight vertex shaders
R520, Radeon X1800XT scores 9100¬¬+ in 3D Mark 05
ATI claims SM3.0 supremacy
ATI RV530, RV515 Vertex, pixel Shader saga unveiled
R520 Vertex Shader engine exposed

What do YOU think - have they been reasonably accurate?

 

[lifeguard1999]

Well, the Radeon X1800 XT does clock in at over 600 MHz, will need a xFire master card, does have an Ultra threading dispatch processor, does support H.264, and does have 8 vertex shaders.

But they also got a lot wrong such as 700+ MHz frequency, 32 pipes, 24 pipes, etc.

 

[Unkno]

Originally posted by: lifeguard1999
Well, the Radeon X1800 XT does clock in at over 600 MHz, will need a xFire master card, does have an Ultra threading dispatch processor, does support H.264, and does have 8 vertex shaders.

But they also got a lot wrong such as 700+ MHz frequency, 32 pipes, 24 pipes, etc.

The 700+ MHz frequency was about the r520 being able to overclock higher than 700...

 

[Shamrock]

The INQ has been 100% accurate about everything they publish! why you ask?

Because they report something with such a broad range of specs, that they can't be wrong. Then they update the article to reflect and narrow down the article in general.

For instance: "ATI will be codenamed R5xx, and will have a core clock of between 400-750Mhz" get my point?

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Shamrock
The INQ has been 100% accurate about everything they publish! why you ask?

Because they report something with such a broad range of specs, that they can't be wrong. Then they update the article to reflect and narrow down the article in general.

For instance: "ATI will be codenamed R5xx, and will have a core clock of between 400-750Mhz" get my point?

let's use your example:
R520, "Fudo" rocks at over 600MHz

Wednesday 06 July 2005, 10:48

yeah . . . that's really a "broad range"

:roll:

try the ONE BIG example of their INaccuracy - the 32/24 pipe prediction . . . it took awhile for the Inq to whittle it down to 16

 

[apoppin]

UP for the morning shift . . .

 

[Insomniak]

The Inq predicts everything on both sides of possibility, and thus they can't miss. It's the oldest gimmick in the book.

 

[apoppin]

Radeon X1800XL availability revealed: Listed for 11th of October, XT is 11th November
Here's their LATEST . . . where the "both sides" prediction?
:roll:

i think not

 

[ayabe]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Shamrock
The INQ has been 100% accurate about everything they publish! why you ask?

Because they report something with such a broad range of specs, that they can't be wrong. Then they update the article to reflect and narrow down the article in general.

For instance: "ATI will be codenamed R5xx, and will have a core clock of between 400-750Mhz" get my point?

let's use your example:
R520, "Fudo" rocks at over 600MHz

Wednesday 06 July 2005, 10:48

yeah . . . that's really a "broad range"

:roll:

try the ONE BIG example of their INaccuracy - the 32/24 pipe prediction . . . it took awhile for the Inq to whittle it down to 16

Yeah and they reported it about a dozen times...oops.

 

[tuteja1986]

Originally posted by: ayabe

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Shamrock
The INQ has been 100% accurate about everything they publish! why you ask?

Because they report something with such a broad range of specs, that they can't be wrong. Then they update the article to reflect and narrow down the article in general.

For instance: "ATI will be codenamed R5xx, and will have a core clock of between 400-750Mhz" get my point?

let's use your example:
R520, "Fudo" rocks at over 600MHz

Wednesday 06 July 2005, 10:48

yeah . . . that's really a "broad range"

:roll:

try the ONE BIG example of their INaccuracy - the 32/24 pipe prediction . . . it took awhile for the Inq to whittle it down to 16

Yeah and they reported it about a dozen times...oops.

i am pretty sure that ATI had plans for 24/32 pipeline card but they had yeild problems so they went and came up with another soultion. if ATI had gone with the 110nm then i am sure they would have released a 24 pipeline and i think the card they displayed at computer plex 2005 was a 24pipeline 90nm.

 

[Stoneburner]

INQ is just fun to bash for some reason. I suspect it's because 1) Their name sounds like the National ENquirer 2) They are damn brits. THey have been wrong but they never pass off everything as correct, all they do is dig up stuff and report it immediately. If you believe everything they report or you expect everything they report to turn out to be correct, I"m sure even they would consider you an imbecile. It's nice to have a group of semi-witty limey assholes digging into everything, even if they are a bit off they give you something to think about and they give you a general idea of where something is going. Most people cite their NV30 stuff as proof of their incompetence when all they were doing was reporting what insiders were telling them.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Shamrock
The INQ has been 100% accurate about everything they publish! why you ask?

Because they report something with such a broad range of specs, that they can't be wrong. Then they update the article to reflect and narrow down the article in general.

For instance: "ATI will be codenamed R5xx, and will have a core clock of between 400-750Mhz" get my point?

let's use your example:
R520, "Fudo" rocks at over 600MHz

Wednesday 06 July 2005, 10:48

yeah . . . that's really a "broad range"

:roll:

try the ONE BIG example of their INaccuracy - the 32/24 pipe prediction . . . it took awhile for the Inq to whittle it down to 16

Agreed. But also consider how many other sources expected 24/32 pipes also. Even went as far as saying that it has 32 pipes with only half of them functioning well enough to get the 16. So, it's not just the inq. for this example.

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: Insomniak
The Inq predicts everything on both sides of possibility, and thus they can't miss. It's the oldest gimmick in the book.

That's what I was gonna say - they've covered just about every combination/permutation of possibilities, so one of their predictions is bound to come true.