R520 Release Date?

[Major_A]

Do keep in mind...for everyone buying a 7800GTX right now. The R520 was delayed for one purpose and one purpose only....for it to be finalized at a higher spec than the G70 ... so the R520 WILL end up faster than the GTX...that's almost guaranteed...because the guys in Markham, Ont. are playing around with the clocks as we speak

Perkam

That may be true to a certain extent. From what I've read different places they are having a tough time yielding working GPU's. Granted one of those places was theinquirer.net.

[GregP24]

That may be true to a certain extent. From what I've read different places they are having a tough time yielding working GPU's. Granted one of those places was theinquirer.net.

It's not hard to be pessimistic about ATI's ability to do more than a paper launch, though. Most of us are likely to believe any rumor that ATI is having a hard time with good yeilds. Did X800XT PE's ever become much more than vaporware?
I got lucky with mine. I pre-ordered my X800XT PE from Compusa in early May last year. It was on my doorstep 2 days before the official launch in June. I was one of the few to even get one in 2004. Sooooo, I figure if I can manage to not buy a GTX for awhile, I'll just preorder an X900XT/XT PE as soon as I can. Maybe I'll get lucky again.

I really do think ATI is going to build the faster cards again.

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

X900XT PE is expected to be 2-3 times faster than X850XT PE (unconfirmed ATI source).

[Achilles17]

2-3 times faster? This generation is about 25% faster than last generation, MAYBE 50% TOPS. a 200-300% increase would be huge, more than last generation, which was the biggest leap in technology since like the voodoo2. Your ATI source isnt totally truthful lol, sorry.