ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series discussion

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i doubt that we see 1ghz core clocks with 55nm, maybe with 45nm but that will take some time.

780G witch is the last iteration from ATI in 55nm goes to 1Ghz and more with passive cooling.
Anyway RV770 hardly will come to 1Ghz to have more yeilds. RV670 also goes to 825Mhz and more but they lowered clocks at launch to have more yields.

Maybe 925Mhz for HD 4870 and 825Mhz for HD 3850.

32TMU´s working at 925Mhz will give very strong texture performance that was lacking in RV670. RV770 looks a strong performer with very lower die size witch will keep prices very low.

People say GT200 is 1.2Bilion transistor in 65nm witch is crazy in die size and in price offcourse.