Horrible ati yeilds (3%!!)

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Well I've done some testing on my Asus 6800NU and I have to say that the card running 8 pipes @ 400 mhz is faster then 16 pipes @ 200mhz. 3dmark gives higher scores @ 8 pipes. 16 pipes is like a dual-core 8 pipeline card, it can handle more threads at the same time but it completes a thread in a slower time.

What I try to say is that the fastest card would just have 1 pipeline at an xtreme speed. That's why you can't say that 16 pipes at 700mhz is slower than 24 pipes at 500mhz. The fillrate is lower, that's for sure. But just look at the R420 vs NV40. The R420 has a much higher fillrate but isn't faster in particular.

You're forgetting that if the clockspeed isn't up there, the extra bandwidth is not being utilized. That is the main advantage of having more pipes. 200MHz is probably not enough to push 16-pipes worth of data.

Thats bad and this is after they retaped it about 3 times

Where does it say that? They don't even list a source or when they got the info.

whew!!! And to think, I almost bought some ATI stock (atyt) this week... will wait til it hits 11 now.

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Ya don't. They won't be turning a real profit until next year anyway.