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  1. 09-08-2009, 06:39 AM #11
    Wesker
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    Oh, hey Lord, long time no see!

    Quote Originally Posted by LordEC911 View Post
    Dave Baumann begs to differ, PowerPlay was not "broken" at launch.
    I read the B3D thread and there were a lot of unhappy RV770 customers (when it came to idle power consumption).

    Dave, as an employee of ATI/AMD, had to say that RV770's PowerPlay was functioning at launch. I'm not denying that PowerPlay wasn't working (as I mentioned the core did downclock from 750MHz -> 500MHz), just that it wasn't working to the best of its potential.

    VID's, clock speeds and heat output of RV770 cards in the idle state, around launch time, they all pointed to PowerPlay not being very effective.

    As I mentioned before, it's much better now with the GPU downclocking to only 240MHz.
    Last edited by Wesker; 09-08-2009 at 06:41 AM.
    Quote Originally Posted by flippin_waffles on Intel's 32nm process and new process nodes
    1 or 2 percent of total volume like intel likes to do. And with the trouble intel seems to be having with they're attempt, it [32nm] doesn't look like a very mature process.
    AMD has always been quicker to a mature process and crossover point, so by the time intel gets their issues and volume sorted out, AMD won't be very far behind at all.
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