Shamino Announces X1950 Testing

**onethreehill** · 08-10-2006, 04:49 AM

ATi X1950XTX pictures @VR-Zone
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=85758

**zakelwe** · 08-10-2006, 05:46 AM

When's NDA expire again ?

Regards

Andy

**perkam** · 08-10-2006, 05:46 AM

23rd is official launch...so no clue.

Perkam

**blind_ripper** · 08-10-2006, 06:57 AM

NDA is same day as launch

belgium dutch member piotke has one his way

**zakelwe** · 08-10-2006, 07:45 AM

That's interesting. For a long time reviewers have complained that they have had a short time with he cards to put up the review, sometimes as short as a weekend. But not it is a couple of weeks it seems so Ati has listened. Or else the date has come forward ?

Interesting though.

Regards

Andy

**Marioace** · 08-10-2006, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by zakelwe

That's interesting. For a long time reviewers have complained that they have had a short time with he cards to put up the review, sometimes as short as a weekend. But not it is a couple of weeks it seems so Ati has listened. Or else the date has come forward ?

Interesting though.

Regards

Andy

tha date is the same, no changes

**Pisu87** · 08-10-2006, 11:02 AM

What about the weight?

**JuanFlaiter** · 08-10-2006, 02:53 PM

As far as I know Shamie is not under NDA.

**Kunaak** · 08-10-2006, 03:32 PM

if this is just a swap out, of DDR3 for DDR4, and the board has always supported DDR4 like ATI claimed, then theres no real reason this should be a huge drastic thing for them...
get the memory, put it onto X1900's they already have, call them X1950s, pack em, ship em and wait for the money to fall in thier bank accounts, haha.

its not like this a huge change, so they probably already have a few of these laying around, ready for the big time review sites (anandtech, tomshardware and such)

**n00b 0f l337** · 08-10-2006, 03:33 PM

Very right indeed Kunaak, though there has been some other less dramatic changes.

**Daveb2012** · 08-10-2006, 03:36 PM

2 weeks is launch?

**nn_step** · 08-10-2006, 03:44 PM

I thought it also was a smaller process...

**eddieate** · 08-10-2006, 03:55 PM

only the 'pro' is on 80nm isint it? ^^
Ed.

**Marioace** · 08-10-2006, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by Daveb2012

2 weeks is launch?

for the end of the month

**JuanFlaiter** · 08-10-2006, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by n00b 0f l337

Very right indeed Kunaak, though there has been some other less dramatic changes.

Like El Pimpo Heatsink

**Revv23** · 08-10-2006, 05:08 PM

rumor has it this thing proves its worth as an overclocker... also rumored is a more simple design to help cut prices, like sham said, it has less power circuits on the PCB, possibly meaning cooler running/ less power demanding.

**-Acid-** · 08-10-2006, 05:23 PM

cannot wait to see real sites results, ive seen the leaked results but i,m taking them with a pinch of salt.

**Daveb2012** · 08-10-2006, 05:34 PM

How much $ is this card going to run?

**perkam** · 08-10-2006, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Kunaak

if this is just a swap out, of DDR3 for DDR4, and the board has always supported DDR4 like ATI claimed, then theres no real reason this should be a huge drastic thing for them...
get the memory, put it onto X1900's they already have, call them X1950s, pack em, ship em and wait for the money to fall in thier bank accounts, haha.

its not like this a huge change, so they probably already have a few of these laying around, ready for the big time review sites (anandtech, tomshardware and such)

Let's wait for official word on changes before jumping to any conclusions

Perkam

**ahmad** · 08-10-2006, 07:10 PM

Memory ringbus was designed to standardize how memory communicates with the GPU. No need for changing anything serious to get GDDR4+ working on it.

Shamino also suspects much better power consumption numbers because of the improved power regulation.. at least thats what I understood from his posts.

**K404** · 08-11-2006, 12:58 AM

I was assuming part of the reason for the lower power consuption and the reworked power setup was because GDDR4 consumes less power?

I`m looking forward to the first numbers to creep out

**NinjaWreck** · 08-11-2006, 02:08 AM

Originally Posted by Daveb2012

How much $ is this card going to run?

The INQ said about $449 MSRP.

**Daveb2012** · 08-11-2006, 02:24 AM

Originally Posted by NinjaWreck

The INQ said about $449 MSRP.

i wonder how much the card will cost above this price though after price gouging comes into the picture?

**cantankerous** · 08-11-2006, 04:10 AM

As far as was mentioned the new cooler is only quiet at default fan speeds of 1k rpm. As soon as its ramped up to a full speed of 4.8k rpm its back to dust buster volume all over again. I was really hoping for some X2 style silencing but I guess not.

**GoriLLakoS** · 08-11-2006, 04:15 AM

Yesterday was the official announcement for europe at Germany....

..cards are coming to Greece...

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