R600 series of cards

[Asus]

Here is a list of the cards that should be coming out. Not sure how accurate it is being released this early but I wouldn't think it would be that off.
Card model, Clock speeds (Core/Memory), Memory type, Memory bandwidth (bits), Memory size, Shaders, nm size, Cost (order from the chart)

 

[FieryGoose]

Looks like we're starting to see some legit. stats. Nice find.:thumbs:

 

[ehudyoda]

Thanks most helpful

Thanks most helpful and here is nVidia's answer

 

[bryanf445]

Man my7800gt is ancient now, wtf

 

[DEATHMASTER]

"The recent leaked R6xx series chart with pricing contains lots of false information is all we can say."

Shocking

 

[giant384]

Thanks most helpful and here is nVidia's answer

man the 8600gt doesnt look like much an upgrade from my 7600gt. also what does the 3rd column from the left mean? i dont understand those numbers. pixel shaders im guessing?

 

[Cole]

Actually it should be. The 8800GTX can beat a pair of 7800GTX's. So i'd say the same for the GT's.

Those numbers are not pixel shaders. But rather "shaders". Remember, they are using a unified shading system now.

 

[CyberPitz]

Why is the first one have lower numbers then the one under it? I'm not video card expert, but isn't it the higher the numbers, the better?

 

[Naudian]

^ Because the chart is a bunch of BS

 

[Cole]

Why is the first one have lower numbers then the one under it? I'm not video card expert, but isn't it the higher the numbers, the better?

The first one is probably a dual GPU. So while some of the numbers are lower, theres double.

 

[TCfromBN]

Yeah the false information is most defiantly the core clock speeds. Stock 700mhz is pushing it.

 

[Stigmata]

Then again, it might NOT be pushing it

 

[function9]

Yes that chart is bogus. There is a little blurb on vr-zone about it. The r600 line of cards will the 2900 line.

 

[3ssence]

How can a core clock of 700mhz stock most definitely be fake ?

I have an X1800XT in my rig that has been around for a good year and a half, which came at a stock core clock of 620mhz, and runs daily in my rig at 710mhz, so why should a brand new card not be able to attain that kind of core clock ?

:|

 

[The Brick]

Clockspeeds don't necessarily indicate the relative performance. Only if it's the exact same card and chip, you can compare clockspeeds for performance.

 

[3ssence]

Thanks for stating the obvious.



I was merely stating that a stock clock speed of 700mhz wouldn't be such a bogus proposal.

And btw, it's clockspeeds.

:thumbs:

 

[Evo]

My X600 seems like a stone-age relic now D:

And my laptops X1400 seems just the same

D:

 

[bryanf445]

yea but for a laptop thats not too bad

 

[Evo]

That is a good point Bryan

 

[Bastion]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6138

Late yesterday DailyTech was briefed on the final details for the upcoming R600 retail specifications, just in time for everyone to go on vacation for Chinese New Year. AMD has briefed its board partners on the specifications that will appear on the marketing material for the card launches.

AMD's guidance claims R600 will feature 700 million transistors. By comparison, the Radeon X1900 series R580 GPU incorporated 384 million transistors into its design; the half-generation before that, R520, only featured 320 million.

As disclosed by DailyTech earlier this year, the GPU features a full 512-bit memory interface with support for GDDR3 and GDDR4. R580 was also similar in this regard as it supported GDDR3 and GDDR4.

On March 30, 2007, AMD will initially debut the R600 as the ATI Radeon X2900 XTX in two separate configurations: one for OEMs and another for retail. The OEM version is the full length 12" card that will appear in high-end systems.

ATI guidance claims the X2900 XTX retail card comes as a two-slot, 9.5" design with a vapor chamber cooler. Vapor chambers are already found on high-end CPU coolers, so it would be no surprise to see such cooling on a high-end GPU either. The OEM version of the card is a 12" layout and features a quiet fan cooler.

1GB of GDDR4 memory is the reference configuration for Radeon X2900 XTX. Memory on the reference X2900 XTX cards was supplied by Samsung.

Approximately one month later, the company will launch the GDDR3 version of the card. This card, dubbed the Radeon X2900 XT, features 512MB of GDDR3 and lower clock frequencies than the X2900 XTX. The X2900 XT is also one of the first Radeons to feature heatpipes on the reference design.

AMD anticipates the target driver for X2900 XT to be Catalyst 8.36. WHQL release of the X2900 XTX drive will appear around the Ides of March.

Radeon X2900 will feature native CrossFire support via an internal bridge interface -- there is no longer a need for the external cable found on the Radeon X1000 series CrossFire. There is no Master card, as was the case with other high-end CrossFire setups. Any Radeon X2900 can act as the Master card.

A much anticipated feature, native HDMI, will appear on all three versions of Radeon X2900.

One 6-pin and one 8-pin (2x4) VGA power connectors are featured on Radeon X2900, but both connectors are also backwards compatible with 6-pin power supply cables.

AMD claims the R600 target schedule will be a hard launch -- availability is expected to be immediate. Board partners will be able to demonstrate R600 at CeBIT 2007 (March 15 - 21), but the only available cards will be reference designs.

Why was there such discrepancy with the board layouts and designs up until now? An ATI insider, who wished to remain nameless, states "The original Quad-Stealth design is what we build the R600 on: GDDR4, full-length and dual-slot cooling. As the silicon further revised, [ATI] took up several alternative designs which eventually included GDDR3 and heatpipes into the specification. The release cards demonstrate the versatility of R600 in each of these unique setups."

Final clock frequencies will likely remain estimates until later this month.