Quote Originally Posted by Nedjo View Post
well transistors capable of 50% of targeted speed might as well be defected from usability, or yield standpoint.
how come almost all rv870s can clock past 1ghz then?
even the lowest rv870 part aka 5830 comes clocked higher than 800mhz...

if this would be such a big problem dont you think they would disable more units for a 470 than just 2? a 460 or 450 with more disabled blocks or lower clocks would still make a looot more sense than throwing away those gpus that have SOME blocks that cant clock that high...

Quote Originally Posted by Chumbucket843 View Post
the other parts were expensive to. nvidia caught a break by using gddr3 which was fairly cheap. there are a lot of other expenses besides manufacturing. testing and packaging are very costly.
yeah but here its gddr5 vs gddr5 and i dont think testing gf100 will cost more than testing rv870, right? packaging maybe... but i dont think thats enough to make a difference in retail prices... maybe 5$ more for a more complex package?

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...odlist=froogle
wow, 599 for a 5970, thats a good offer for anybody interested in that much performance...
thats 100$ cheaper than newegg...