ATi counter-attack choice: X1800 XT PE or R580?
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ncVidia GeForce 7800 GTX 512 just as soon as went on the market on suppresses ATi current flagship - - Radeon X1800 XT by the performance superiority. In officially initiates before the counter-attack, ATi must have to consider two factors: Price, performance, not only is oneself, also must be consumer.
At present, in front of ATi has two Lu Ke Xuan:
1. Issues RADEON X1800 XT Platinum Edition
2. Waits for code number R580 next generation of flagship GPU at the middle of February goes on the market to next year at the end of January
Anticipates R580
The ATi close relations information source discloses, ATi will in next year at the end of January to middle of February period issues new flagship GPU - - code number R580. As the R520 overhead construction optimization improvement version, the R580 test work then starts from July to carry on.
The unofficial information discloses, R580 will have 48 picture elements packing engine, 8 or the more apexes processor, 16 textures packing unit (TMU), certainly also will have, high frequency. R580 will support Shader Model 3.0, the GDDR4 memory body, will use the 90nm system regulation production by TSMC.
X1800 XT PE goes against!
Although the R580 footsteps edges, but will not be able to let GeForce 7800 GTX 512 continuously dominate the next year? The ATi at present high carries Radeon X1800 XT obviously cannot 512 contend with with GeForce 7800 GTX, the only way only has - - and 7800 same " the ultra frequency " goes on the market.
According to we before this report, the X1800 XT PE frequency already achieved about 700MHz/1700MHz, AT official also " the ultra frequency " the behavior expressed the support to the partner.
At present in the ATi product line highest model Radeon X1800 XT has 16 pipelines, 8 apexes processors, support Shader Model 3.0 as well as the HDR technology, the frequency hypothesis are 625mHz/1500MHz.
Already some news put the speech state, X1800XT PE most quickly will go on the market in the next week, ultra frequency GPU before this then already started to produce goods, we will make closer pay attention to the ATi recent military news, promptly delivered X1800 XT for you the PE evaluation report - - only depends on ultra frequency R520, whether or not can ATi surmounted 7800 GTX 512?