(INQ) AMD/ATI pull something out the bag

[K404]

And its smaller than expected

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38292

ALL yes ALL ATI R6xx cards will be 65nm. The respin in January WAS due to shocking leakage but instead of putting a plaster on it they went the whole hog and then some by shrinking it down to 65nm.

However, we did not know then that AMD did not order just a respin, but the company got an attack of bravery, didn't take the R520/R580 route, and scrapped the R600 altogether.

The 80nm R600 die - as it was leaked - will now come to life only in a very limited amount of chips, since AMD decided to solve their problems by pulling all resources to go 65nm across the board, including this 720 million heavy monster. This drastically reduces power consumption and enables AMD to clock R600 to 1 GHz or even more. Mass production R600 WILL BE 65nm.

This means that even though AMD is more than six months behind in terms of G80 vs. R600 battle, AMD actually now has six month levy over NV55, more known to people as ex-G81, currently known about G90 (or NV55 in halls of Satan Clara).

We have talked with several high-ranking AMD executives and confirmed this rumour. So, from March 16th at 19:59 CET - the R600 which you will buy in stores in May will be 65nm, and will consume almost one third less power than the 80 nanometre one

New Ballpark power consumption is around 180W.

Might coldbug though?

 

[OV3RCLOCK3R]

hmmm - Interesting

 

[Firelord]

Bout bloody time we see a reduction in power usage and heat output in graphics cards as it has just got insane!

I loved the fact that the conroe halved the TDP of the old dual core pentiums!

The heat output of recent equipment was just stupid and about time they brought it down to sensible levels. Does this mean we'll see a reduction in the frankly ridiculous 1000w+ PSUs?

 

[maverik-sg1]

1/3rd less power than teh 90nm unit is 1/3 of 200w so that means a 63w saving.

current G80 is 175w - the G81 will be 80nm so that would mean that they would consume the same power.

I like the idea of 1ghz of GPU processing power though - couple that with DDR4, makes for a very interesting few months.

Rumour suggests that its DX10.1 ready too.

There is a lot of value in 850w-1kw psu - as the load is less they run very quiet and produce less heat. Also the optimal efficiency of a psu is under 50-65% load so it save you money in terms of electricity.

 

[K404]

News update:

http://www.theinq.com/default.aspx?article=38442

AMD WILL launch its R600 product in Tunisia. We already told you that the launch will be the biggest ever, now we can disclose the location. The launch will be from April 23rd to April 24th in city of Tunis, capital of Tunisia and will span across two days, showing AMD's complete next-generation line-up of mobile and desktop GPUs.

AMD is simultaneously launching low-end, mainstream, and high-end desktop and mobile parts, making this a very first simultaneous, across-the-board launch for any GPU vendor.

When we write that AMD is launching everything, this means that the company is launching gaming, video and stream computing technologies: Radeons and FireStreams amd the Stream Processor line-up.

We are pretty sure that AMD will show R600 chips from the initial production batch - the 80nm one. The R600 is 80nm chip with the launch boards sportingm GDDR3 memory. Our sources continue to confirm to us that a later one - the "production" chip - is a die shrink.

Yes, we are talking about a 720M trannie chip manufactured on a 65nm process over at TSMC. When the 65nm chip will break cover remains to be seen.

 

[K404]

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=143108

Is it here????

 

[sacha35]

Wow monster size card and 2amp HS fan, this thing will need some modded cooling for sure.