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    Quote Originally Posted by roadie View Post
    If the die size is the same as the 4890, does anyone have any idea how many transistors could be fitted using the 40nm process? I guess a rough figure could be extrapolated using the 4770 info and scaling up...
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    ~1700m transistors?
    The ~181mm2 die is estimated to have ~1.1-1.2b trannies.
    A 256mm2 die, you are correct, we are looking at ~1.6-1.7b trannies.

    Like trini said, those are just loose estimates based on previous architectures. Depending on the tweaks and density, these numbers could be quite a bit off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LordEC911 View Post
    The ~181mm2 die is estimated to have ~1.1-1.2b trannies.
    A 256mm2 die, you are correct, we are looking at ~1.6-1.7b trannies.

    Like trini said, those are just loose estimates based on previous architectures. Depending on the tweaks and density, these numbers could be quite a bit off.


    Please don't use the term "tranny" for transistors.. please..

    I don't want to think of transvesties every time we talk about transistors..

    Not that there's something wrong with it, though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ToTTenTranz View Post
    Please don't use the term "tranny" for transistors.. please..

    I don't want to think of transvesties every time we talk about transistors..

    Not that there's something wrong with it, though.
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    Evergreen is probably a 40nm HD4890 with DX11 right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Smartidiot89 View Post
    AMD is usually really quiet unless the company has grown a confidence level above avarage
    My post could have been interpreted as sarcastic or as "pleasantly surprised"

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToTTenTranz View Post
    Please don't use the term "tranny" for transistors.. please..

    I don't want to think of transvesties every time we talk about transistors..

    Not that there's something wrong with it, though.
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    Lets be fair and objective.
    First of all AMD has brought out some excellent products in the last year from cpu's to video cards. Can't fault them at all.
    Second, if they didn't promote themselves and I was the CEO I'd fire the marketing manager and PR people.
    You can't sell what people don't know exists and thats the simplest way to say it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
    Lets be fair and objective.
    First of all AMD has brought out some excellent products in the last year from cpu's to video cards. Can't fault them at all.
    Second, if they didn't promote themselves and I was the CEO I'd fire the marketing manager and PR people.
    You can't sell what people don't know exists and thats the simplest way to say it.
    true that, but telling the world that dog poo will cure cancer doesn't do the company any favors either.

    i'm looking forward to what ati will bring to the table with this generation, but i will reserve judgment until we see nvidia's latest monster.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 570091D View Post
    true that, but telling the world that dog poo will cure cancer doesn't do the company any favors either.

    i'm looking forward to what ati will bring to the table with this generation, but i will reserve judgment until we see nvidia's latest monster.
    That is an incorrect approach. You do not wait to compare an 2010 Mustang with the 2012 Camaro, you compare it with the 2008 Stang and the 2010 Camaro.

    You may reserve your judgement, but the majority of people will compare it against the other parts ATI and Nvidia have out atm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by perkam View Post
    That is an incorrect approach. You do not wait to compare an 2010 Mustang with the 2012 Camaro, you compare it with the 2008 Stang and the 2010 Camaro.

    You may reserve your judgement, but the majority of people will compare it against the other parts ATI and Nvidia have out atm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by perkam View Post
    That is an incorrect approach. You do not wait to compare an 2010 Mustang with the 2012 Camaro, you compare it with the 2008 Stang and the 2010 Camaro.

    You may reserve your judgement, but the majority of people will compare it against the other parts ATI and Nvidia have out atm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bill_d View Post

    true there is always something new coming next week,next month,next quarter, you can endup waiting forever
    no, i'm going to compare first gen dx11 parts...
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    Quote Originally Posted by 570091D View Post
    no, i'm going to compare first gen dx11 parts...
    So what have you been comparing? ATI was 10.1 nvidia was not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DoubleZero View Post
    So what have you been comparing? ATI was 10.1 nvidia was not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
    Lets be fair and objective.
    First of all AMD has brought out some excellent products in the last year from cpu's to video cards. Can't fault them at all.
    Second, if they didn't promote themselves and I was the CEO I'd fire the marketing manager and PR people.
    You can't sell what people don't know exists and thats the simplest way to say it.


    But these interviews are so boring that I'm not sure they count as "positive promotion".

    Like politics, maybe it's the interviewer's job to make sure the interviewed doesn't turn every answer into a marketing or self-promotion statement.

    So it's either a very technical presentation (like the one we saw in the first post) or the interviewer must carefully ask for something very specific, so the answer won't turn into "we were the first to use GDDR5/40nm" or "we're happy with the innovation and performance of our products".


    But still, the guy being interviewed could/should answer "GDDR5 allowed us to decrease the GPU bus and reduce PCB complexity while retaining the overal bandwidth" instead of "We pioneered with GDDR5 and we were the first company ever to use it, so we also innovate. And did I tell you GDDR5 was first used by us and it's great?.

    This the overall problem: PR and Marketing guys are boring and repetitive.. Most of the time it's a well-shaved and happy face in a good-looking suit saying the same thing over and over -> which means they don't really know what they're talking about.
    I wouldn't want that for my company..
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    Quote Originally Posted by ToTTenTranz View Post
    But these interviews are so boring that I'm not sure they count as "positive promotion".

    Like politics, maybe it's the interviewer's job to make sure the interviewed doesn't turn every answer into a marketing or self-promotion statement.

    So it's either a very technical presentation (like the one we saw in the first post) or the interviewer must carefully ask for something very specific, so the answer won't turn into "we were the first to use GDDR5/40nm" or "we're happy with the innovation and performance of our products".


    But still, the guy being interviewed could/should answer "GDDR5 allowed us to decrease the GPU bus and reduce PCB complexity while retaining the overal bandwidth" instead of "We pioneered with GDDR5 and we were the first company ever to use it, so we also innovate. And did I tell you GDDR5 was first used by us and it's great?.

    This the overall problem: PR and Marketing guys are boring and repetitive.. Most of the time it's a well-shaved and happy face in a good-looking suit saying the same thing over and over -> which means they don't really know what they're talking about.
    I wouldn't want that for my company..
    Problem probably lies in the PR and marketing people's lack of knowledge when it comes to the technical stuff. Sure, they are probably quite well educated in the features and such but not why they were implemented and what this meant for the product. Like with GDDR5 and the smaller bus and thereby smaller die size. Or the yield problems at TSMC at 40nm and what that does to 4770 being non existent in stores (probably not something they want to say anyway).

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToTTenTranz View Post
    Please don't use the term "tranny" for transistors.. please..

    I don't want to think of transvesties every time we talk about transistors..

    Not that there's something wrong with it, though.
    now this is rich, coming from ToTTen Tranz - sexual?

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    Quote Originally Posted by marten_larsson View Post
    Problem probably lies in the PR and marketing people's lack of knowledge when it comes to the technical stuff.
    Well this is wrong..

    If it's a bikini girl smiling while holding a graphics card (booth babe), maybe it makes some sense.
    But if you let someone actually talk about the product, you better make sure he knows what he's saying.
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    Quote Originally Posted by perkam View Post
    That is an incorrect approach. You do not wait to compare an 2010 Mustang with the 2012 Camaro, you compare it with the 2008 Stang and the 2010 Camaro.

    You may reserve your judgement, but the majority of people will compare it against the other parts ATI and Nvidia have out atm.

    Perkam
    Heh, I don't follow this analogy. Is GT300 supposed to be the 2012 Camaro? Unless the two companies release parts on the exact same day every generation of course one is gonna be first and get compared to "old" stuff. But that's not going to be relevant for most of the generation or the sales period.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Donnie27 View Post
    He did one thing right, he helped the EU get most of the 1.8 Billion they've invested in AMD back
    True....very true

    Joking aside ATi and nVidia have the same driver issue at the moment with Windows 7 RC (or the issue COULD be Windows 7 RC itself?) the issue I am on about is.... ASPECT RATIO SCALING.

    Works perfectly in Vista and XP, but is flakey in Windows 7 for both nVidia and ATi users.

    Back on topic, nVidia will have the performance crown for DirectX11, however ATi MIGHT be first out the door with DirectX11 products, as I sense nVidia will follow in November, yet ATi will lead the way in Late September.

    (Anyone who thinks nVidia will not have the fastest single GPU solution only has to read about DirectX compute and other computational functions of DirectX11....and then realise that the current crop of nVidia hardware already does this.....and VERY well)

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    Quote Originally Posted by 570091D View Post
    true that, but telling the world that dog poo will cure cancer doesn't do the company any favors either.
    if the public believes that dog poo will cure cancer, then why not make some money off of it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnZS View Post
    Back on topic, nVidia will have the performance crown for DirectX11, however ATi MIGHT be first out the door with DirectX11 products, as I sense nVidia will follow in November, yet ATi will lead the way in Late September.
    Uh, that's just rumours... Nvidia will be late for sure, unless they are secretly planning the release, which I doubt. ATI even demonstrated their cards already.
    And you have no idea about ATI chip performance and Nvidia chip performance, how can you compare them... Best not make such assumptions or people will put your words in your signature now and back into your mouth after the release if you are wrong.

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