ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series discussion

[Eastcoasthandle]

RV670 (HD3850/3870) mainstream >> RV770 (HD4850/4870)

R680 (HD3870X2) enthusiast >> R700 /R780 ?? (HD4870X2 ?)


regards

As stated still a guess game until the product is officially released!

Another interesting angle is if this card comes with 480SP or 800SP on top of the fact if it's true there is RV770Pro, RV770XT and X2. Interesting post from W1z that puts this into prospective of why I say what I say. But again, we won't know for sure until it's released

Source

the problem with 480 or 800 shaders comes from the architecture:



see the yellow thingies inside the red shader blocks? the big question is how many of these are in the rv770 per red block.

if it's 5 then 800 is correct (160 * 5 = 800)
if it's 3 then 480 is correct (160 * 3 = 480)

IMO, if it's true that there is a 800SP card using 32 TMUs found in the RV770Pro (for example) it should not be called a mainstream card . The point isn't if it's true or not, what is the point is there are way to many contradicting leaks presented. Therefore, it's better to wait and see what's released.