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Spaceman wrote in message ...
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>"Paul Goodhew" <Paul.Goodhew@TW.com> wrote in message
>news:dg7mps$55c$1@mws-stat-syd.cdn.telstra.com.au...
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>> Carl wrote in message ...
>>>Will ATI soon have a card out that can rival/better current nvidia
>>>offerings?
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>> Yes. It's recently been announced that it will be called the x1800
>> xt/pro/xl
>> and will be based on the R520 chipset. there are million rumours floating
>> around about weather it will be 16/24/32 pipelines and various clock
>> speeds
>> etc... should be as good or better than the 7800gtx, but we will have to
>> wait and see.
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>> scheduled for realease within a month.
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>> have a look at anandtech.com , theinquirer.net or rage3d.com (go to the
>> forums there, look under "general radeon discussion", and there is a sub
>> heading called R520 Rumors. there are HEAPS of views/bits of info in
>> there.
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>I think the R520 will have 16 pipes, and the R580 will have 24
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anandtech have some supposedly official stats on the r520 confirming it is a
16 pipe card. the R580 could be 24 or even 32 pipes.
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