Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
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...
Anand's article about Evergreen development is quite reviling on this subject. Basically ATI has calculated all of those risks, and made TSMC 40nm-friendly design (thanks to RV740 for that).
NVIDIA didn't do that breaking to many rules and pushing TSMC's manufacturing capabilities to the limit.
yeah but here its gddr5 vs gddr5 and i don't think testing gf100 will cost more than testing rv870, right? packaging maybe... but i don't think thats enough to make a difference in retail prices... maybe 5$ more for a more complex package?
it's hard to be precise on that matter w/o insight in all the factors that constitute final expense.
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...
good price indeed.