16pipes for r520. pipes poll is dust....

[__TRONIK__]

I'm not happy about this. The inq says it will be clocked higher to compensate, but what I think tht will compensate for is benchmarks. For visuals, the pipes would make a difference. FOr AA/AF, the pipes would make a difference.

people in the know have gotten sample cards with more than 20 pipes, but there is no chance for us to unlock from 16 if there is no retail 16+ pipe card whose bios we can mess with. Besides, I think ATI has learned its lesson with card flashing - look at the trouble we have had with it since the arrival of PCI-e.

I'm a sad panda.

[ingentingmendeg]

not another thread about this :rolleyes:. i just also heard about this, http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25696

but i still dont quite get it. you will need a master card to run a R520?

[NeGe0]

not another thread about this :rolleyes:. i just also heard about this, http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25696

but i still dont quite get it. you will need a master card to run a R520?

No the master card is supposed to be the "key" if you want to run them in crossfire. But supposidly you don't really need a master card or so I heard.

[ingentingmendeg]

No the master card is supposed to be the "key" if you want to run them in crossfire. But supposidly you don't really need a master card or so I heard.

what do you mean by the "key" ? the thing that makes the R520 fast?

[Mich_vm]

what do you mean by the "key" ? the thing that makes the R520 fast?
the mastercard has a composition engine to combine the image of the slave and mastercard together to one and send it to you're monitor.

[Major_A]

Look at the source, they are right maybe 50% of the time. Just wait until the card is released.

[Ugly n Grey]

yep yep.....source sucks big donkey d1cks....I'll believe it all when I have one sitting in my grubby lil hands and not a moment before. Hey I'm a shareholder, maybe I can call them up and ask :) :toast:

[ingentingmendeg]

so you dont need a master card to run a R520?

[n00b 0f l337]

No you need a master card for crossfire. A visa won't work or an american express.

[ingentingmendeg]

im not talking about running crossfire though. just a single card.

[Tatewaki]

im not talking about running crossfire though. just a single card.

the mastercard has a composition engine to combine the image of the slave and mastercard together to one and send it to you're monitor.

If you still don't understand the deal about R520 and crossfire, read here:

http://www.ati.com/technology/crossfire/features.html

R520 is the next gen chip, while Crossfire is ATI's SLI. It's pretty plain actually

[ingentingmendeg]

all i need is a yes or no answer. can i run a single R520 in a pcie motherboard. its as simple as that? yes or no?

[Joatrucci]

Yes!

[ingentingmendeg]

Yes!

thanks and :welcome: to xtremesystems

[Joatrucci]

Hehe, Thanks man... Great forum btw! :toast: