Higher Clockspeed R420 on the way? Maybe.

[Vapor]

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Talks of .11 micron RV410 (budget/mainstream) and R430. Could R430 be a higher clocked version of the R420? Or is it a cheapo version? Anyway, little is known other than it should be coming relatively soon (R480 replacement possibly). The Die-shrink should allow for both higher clockspeeds and a higher transistor count (maybe they added SM3.0 support or more vertex pipes)....but it also allows for lower priced fabbing.

Anyway, time will tell I suppose...just look for details on the horizon (especially with the reconfirmed roadmap with NV48 coming out late this year [which will likely end up being early April '05--based off what happened this round]).

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[davemar14]

Interesting, have to wait and see.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Likely the die shrink won't give the higher clock speed as regular (non low-k) 0.11 process caps out around the same speed as Low-k 0.13, but the die shrink should allow more room for features or smaller cost per VPU (barring production problems).

This could make it an interesting time for such solutions, and another reason to wait.

The RV410 sounds interesting, we know what the RV380 has to offer (not much over the R9600series), but who knows what they might add with that 0.11 chip. I do like the idea of a PCI-EX card that doesn't require another power connector (the X800pro PCI-E is supposedly one of those cards too).

Another case of looking to the horizon, but since there's no rush at least I don't feel stressed about it.


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[addiarmadar]

I dunno about higher clock speeds but better performance with the additional transistor count.

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