RS480 to come with R9600 class VPU?

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

InQ has a little blurb about the RS480;

<A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17114" target="_new">http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17114</A>

Well hopefully this comes to pass. I'm looking for a fall refresh of the gaming system so something AMD64 based with mediocre integrated graphics would be nice, especially if it can do surround view stuff. It'll also allow me to use the integrated solution for trouble shooting the add-in card(s).

Now just to see what nV and VIA bring to the party as well. The NF4 looks good sofar (potential for 1 PCI-EX16G + 1PCI-EX 8X[specially designed for another Graphics card for SLI type work {hope the chipset lets you put two of any maker and not restrict you to nV-only just in case}] and a few 1x), but not much mention of the IGP's power there, which is minor if other features are attractive enough.


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[HardWareBoss]

Not to change subject but. Have you seen where X600 will be gone by end of year.

 

[phial]

TOO MANY PRODUCTS REFRESHES

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[phial]

indeed

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[phial]

its getting to the point where its like : "Oh, ATi and nvidia has new cards coming out? thats nice" i mean who gives a [-peep-] anymore lol

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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Yeah the RV410 is slated for an end of the year release. It should be fabbed on 0.11 process, but no low-k, so about the same max frequencies. This wouldn't be too bad as long as they increase the memory bandwidth/speed.


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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

The main thing is that faster refreshes mean better products for everyone in the long run, as long as they don't screw things up, and then the competition can capitalise.

Think of it like the CPUs, if it weren't for constant refrshes we'd all still be using 1hgz PIIIs if that. Of course they F'd up the early Prescotts, P4s, and even early Pentiums.

The thing is that we will likely hit a wall where features increase is more important than just raw speed. It's close now, but the raw speed still shows more return than feature-sets. Building with the 90nano process should open up alot of room or significantly lower costs (but unfortunately prices are more marketing sensitive than truely competitive, so we might not [likely won't] see lower prices).


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