AMD Northern Island slides

[mindfury]

[SimBy]

Puts Cayman XT in the HD 5970 territory.

[RaZz!]

what does mba on the 3rd slide (board/pcb) stand for?

[zerazax]

If Antilles is 2x Cayman's.... wow, that would be a beast considering each Cayman XT is going to be in the 5970 range

[zanzabar]

what does mba on the 3rd slide (board/pcb) stand for?

channel the minim standards so that what the POS non reference cards that will come out right affter launch that u have to avoid if u want a good card and or that end up in things like dells that are used to cut costs. MBA is what the reference is.

barts being pin for pin with the 58xx is interesting, i wounder if they are the same parts

[sutyi]

channel the minim standards so that what the POS non reference cards that will come out right affter launch that u have to avoid if u want a good card and or that end up in things like dells that are used to cut costs. MBA is what the reference is.

barts being pin for pin with the 58xx is interesting, i wounder if they are the same parts

Maybe not.

[Xoulz]

Is display port 1.2 that significant? Or, HDMI 1.4?

I have a 27" dell. What does each actually give the end user..?

[RaZz!]

Is display port 1.2 that significant? Or, HDMI 1.4?

I have a 27" dell. What does each actually give the end user..?

afaik, hdmi 1.4 supports 120hz refresh rates.

[Mech0z]

Dont look like 3 DVI/HDMI displays is possible stll (Without a active adapter)

[Sn0wm@n]

Is display port 1.2 that significant? Or, HDMI 1.4?

I have a 27" dell. What does each actually give the end user..?

DP 1.2 = daisy chains multiple monitors per port ... 3 to be exact from the slide

[RacingTurtle]

afaik, hdmi 1.4 supports 120hz refresh rates.

Also 100mb Ethernet connection and 3D.

[bro20000]

Look like a upgrade in november then!2xcayman XT!

[zanzabar]

Dont look like 3 DVI/HDMI displays is possible stll (Without a active adapter)

u can passive adapter dsub, and ati came out with the cheap one. its not like a 30" monitor would beable to work with 3 displays without DP as those cards i dont think come with dual link hdmi and i dont know of any monitors that are able to do over 1920 horizontal over hdmi

[safan80]

Look like a upgrade in november then!2xcayman XT!

Damn straight! I will probably be getting the x2 card.

[kadozer]

Is display port 1.2 that significant? Or, HDMI 1.4?

I have a 27" dell. What does each actually give the end user..?

I know for sure a monitor would need inputs for both. I don't think there are any adapters yet. You would be sol on using it for your Dell.

Don't know much about port1.2 (Though reading about it on paper it sounds to be the future replacement for DVI), but HDMI 1.4 today is for 3d signals over hdmi. More HTCP orientated with 3d capable tv and source of course. Any monitor would need an hdmi 1.4 input to use it.

[Mech0z]

u can passive adapter dsub, and ati came out with the cheap one. its not like a 30" monitor would beable to work with 3 displays without DP as those cards i dont think come with dual link hdmi and i dont know of any monitors that are able to do over 1920 horizontal over hdmi

I would like to upgrade my HD5770 in my Vidock, and if I could save 30$ on a cable then that would be sweet, Iam not going to use it for eyefinity Iam just going to use my 2 24" for desktop use and then have my plasma connected for when I am watching movies or series.

[zalbard]

No official Antilles info.
Cayman XT only has 1GB of VRAM.
TDP of <300W is scary, though. GTX480-like power consumption from AMD? Then again 1x6pin + 1x8pin only...
Does increased performance in every segment means finally decent geometrical and tessellation perf. increase?

[kuroikenshi]

lol so where are all the NV fanbois? I would love to heard some buts...

[zerazax]

No official Antilles info.
Cayman XT only has 1GB of VRAM.
TDP of <300W is scary, though. GTX480-like power consumption from AMD? Then again 1x6pin + 1x8pin only...
Does increased performance in every segment means finally decent geometrical and tessellation perf. increase?

The only thing from TDP we know is that it should fall somewhere between 225 and 300. Could be 300, could be 225, could be 224 with an extra pin just for overclock headroom, etc.

Given that Antilles is 2x Cayman's, that should give you a good idea of where the power consumption should fall under

[safan80]

lol so where are all the NV fanbois? I would love to heard some buts...

I'm sure you can call up Sir Mix-a-Lot for that.

[antiacid]

so if i'm sitting on a 5970, I wait for antilles?

[flopper]

so if i'm sitting on a 5970, I wait for antilles?

Likely yes.

[Calmatory]

No official Antilles info.
Cayman XT only has 1GB of VRAM.
TDP of <300W is scary, though. GTX480-like power consumption from AMD? Then again 1x6pin + 1x8pin only...
Does increased performance in every segment means finally decent geometrical and tessellation perf. increase?

GTX 480 consumes only ~230 W. Not 300, as many believe. I would expect Cayman XT to consume around ~200-230 W in games, so it tops near GTX 480.

[kuroikenshi]

so if i'm sitting on a 5970, I wait for antilles?

same boat, I will not only wait for antilles.... I will wait for a good version of it, non ref one

[SimBy]

GTX 480 consumes only ~230 W. Not 300, as many believe. I would expect Cayman XT to consume around ~200-230 W in games, so it tops near GTX 480.

I would love to see GTX 480 consuming only 230W. I guess all reviewers were wrong then. We are talking max board power here, not some average.