Quote Originally Posted by Metroid View Post
They can disable or set the frequencies. That is how they split up the main chip into many fragments which is usually called market segments, that means the same chip can make many derived products from it like 4850, 4870 and 4870x2.

Metroid.
Yes, but current information all indicates that all these cards are going to feature the same full chip, namely RV770 in full configuration. He was wondering whether there would be any form of cut down RV770, which is of course very likely but it will probably appear later in RV770's life as some form of 4830.