Kuroimaho
09-24-07, 03:13 AM
2900 Pro, now this wow ATI really prepares for Xmas.
RV670, ATI's first 55 nanometre chip turns out to be better than anyone inside ATI expected. ATI planned to have the chip ready in very early Q1 next year but for the first time in ATI's history the A11 silicon doesn't need a re-spin.
Traditionally A12 was ATI's production revision but it looks like that A11 is bug free and that it is ready for production.
It was about time that ATI got something right.
LINK (http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3217&Itemid=34)
We learned that the faster iteration of RV670, codenamed Gladiator, has a TDP of 135W and this is actually not bad for a graphics card. R600 has 240W TDP which makes RV670 almost twice better than its previous brother.
The actual power usage of RV670 is just above 100W and this means that there should be a chance that it can work without a power connector at least in PCIe 2.0 motherboard.
Last time we heard about the Gladiator our sources claimed the performance close to R600 for the mainstream price. We will continue watching this space.
I wonder where would a little extra juice put this against the 2900XT.
RV670, ATI's first 55 nanometre chip turns out to be better than anyone inside ATI expected. ATI planned to have the chip ready in very early Q1 next year but for the first time in ATI's history the A11 silicon doesn't need a re-spin.
Traditionally A12 was ATI's production revision but it looks like that A11 is bug free and that it is ready for production.
It was about time that ATI got something right.
LINK (http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3217&Itemid=34)
We learned that the faster iteration of RV670, codenamed Gladiator, has a TDP of 135W and this is actually not bad for a graphics card. R600 has 240W TDP which makes RV670 almost twice better than its previous brother.
The actual power usage of RV670 is just above 100W and this means that there should be a chance that it can work without a power connector at least in PCIe 2.0 motherboard.
Last time we heard about the Gladiator our sources claimed the performance close to R600 for the mainstream price. We will continue watching this space.
I wonder where would a little extra juice put this against the 2900XT.