Quote Originally Posted by Bo_Fox View Post
Guys, what if this is really a "cover-up" for the ultimate 40nm refresh of the same chip generation, like the 2900--> 3870? I wouldnt be surprised if ATI has caught Nvidia off-guard at this. At 40nm, even 950 MHz seems possible. It would just really make sense to have more TMU's.
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RV790 is a product made from the 55nm GT process. The 55nm GT is the newer improved 55GC process.
40Nm would be very unlikely since ATI had lots of trouble with the RV740. Lots of leakage and clockspeed problems.
Most of those problems may be solved now, but its doubtful that ATI would have working samples by now, and fully working GPU's within a few weeks while they still have problems with RV740, which should be a less difficult design.