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It seems more than one independent source leaked this information recently, and the dual card was even on that roadmap 4gamer put out a while ago labeled as Antilles...so it is coming.
While the folks at Chiphell seem set in their 'confirmation' of 480 4D shaders for the Cypress replacement, ala 1920sp, even if nothing else changes (there is still 20 SIMDs with 4 Tex units apiece, but 24 shaders per SIMD instead of 20) and bus/ROPs stay at 256-bit/32, the increase in transitors for shaders, the new UVD, and improvements to 'surface subdivision' (read: tessellation) should increase the die size a fair amount.
Considering 5970 is already at 5850 clockspeeds/voltage to remain under 300W, something has got to give.
Did TSMC fix the via problem, allowing ATi to allocate the redundant space to actual units? Is the new dual-card going to be based on the '50' version of the card? Will they just simply aim for lower clocks with lower voltages on the higher-end cards than they did with Cypress?
Something just isn't right in the land of ATi rumorville.
BTW, here, I made you a slightly less ridiculously Christmas logo for your articles. I raise your MS-Paint skills with my MS-Paint skills.
http://img90.imageshack.us/i/amdatimockup.jpg/
While the folks at Chiphell seem set in their 'confirmation' of 480 4D shaders for the Cypress replacement, ala 1920sp, even if nothing else changes (there is still 20 SIMDs with 4 Tex units apiece, but 24 shaders per SIMD instead of 20) and bus/ROPs stay at 256-bit/32, the increase in transitors for shaders, the new UVD, and improvements to 'surface subdivision' (read: tessellation) should increase the die size a fair amount.
Considering 5970 is already at 5850 clockspeeds/voltage to remain under 300W, something has got to give.
Did TSMC fix the via problem, allowing ATi to allocate the redundant space to actual units? Is the new dual-card going to be based on the '50' version of the card? Will they just simply aim for lower clocks with lower voltages on the higher-end cards than they did with Cypress?
Something just isn't right in the land of ATi rumorville.
BTW, here, I made you a slightly less ridiculously Christmas logo for your articles. I raise your MS-Paint skills with my MS-Paint skills.
http://img90.imageshack.us/i/amdatimockup.jpg/
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