@Eracer - R6xx
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How difficult will it be to manufacture R600 based cards given the power and cooling requirements, along with the 512-bit memory interface
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You could assume, that these will be slightly more expansive
compared to high-end Nvidia, but who cares, if AMD could
establish the CLEAR lead? I think it will be worth to put
10$ more overall down the line ...
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How will yields be on such a high clocked GPU?
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ATIs DIE is smaller compared to Nvidias, you should better
ask Nvidia how good their yields are?
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How much more expensive will the cooling be compared to that of the 8800GTX?
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Again, look at the picture, the cooling stuff for the high-
end ATIs isn't that different compared to Nvidia. Just go
to CPUs, where you could have a feeling for pricing. If,
and thats a big if, AMD needs a slightly better cooling device
, the spread is in the 2-3$ region. Again, if they reach with
that the performance crown, I don't complain.
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Will yields be high enough to meet demand
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I don't know, why do you repeat yourself? This topic is even
more an Nvidia topic.
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Will AMD have to resort to lowered clock rates and lowered performance just to get this thing out the door in reasonable quantities?
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I don't know, why you always assume, that Nvidia has good
or much better yields with a bigger DIE at the same foundry?
Strange ...
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Will future mainstream cards based on the R600 also use significantly more power than their NVIDIA counterparts
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No.
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When will those parts be available?
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April.
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