Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
well, the fastest i heard of was the gigabyte card and that was cut down from 1ghz to 950 and now maybe even to 925, cause the latest rv870 chips dont clock that well anymore... probably a result of tsmc doing some weird things to try and improve yields...

the highest ln2 clocks i heard of were 1300... so i REALLY find it hard to believe 1150 stable on air...
Neliz is just stating what he has seen and heard. CJ has also said the exact samething. You are welcome to believe whatever you want.

Quote Originally Posted by neliz
March 11th is off btw, launch is right before Furby.
P.S. 5890 is coming! :runaway:
Quote Originally Posted by neliz
Nothing more than that AMD is really happy about Cypress' current yields.

In fact they are now in a situation where the supply outstrips the demand (if you can't get a Cypress card right now, it's because your AIB isn't ordering enough.

I'd say whatever AMD is doing with their current parts should show up in the market in April/May (as a new product and not yet Hecatoncheires/HD6XXX, there basically is no need for such a product in the short term!)
Quote Originally Posted by neliz
Some of the partner cards seem to hit 1150Mhz on air.
Quote Originally Posted by CJ
Yes, but this wasn't really news was it?

We have Lightnings running at about 1150-1175 with stock cooling (Twin Frozr II). Of course it helps that the cooling is pretty good, we use custom PCB with extra layers as well as add 15 phases PWM and added 2x 8 pins power connectors. :P

But it depends really on the GPU sample. I've also seen a R5870 Lightning hardly be able to reach 1000Mhz (early sample)... so 1100+ isn't for everyone although the latest batch should hit it pretty easily.
Also, there is a custom 5970 2x2GB in the works.





XFX, Sapphire and ASUS will be offering them.