
Originally Posted by
VRZone
At first, we thought that G71 is for mid range segment to replace 6600 series but it turned out otherwise. The secret weapon for NVIDIA against ATi's R520 is actually G71, the successor to the current G70. VR-Zone has learned that G71 is based on a finer 90nm process technology at TSMC like the R520. NVIDIA is likely to make a switch when the process technology is more mature like towards end of the year. No doubt, the core frequency can be clocked higher on finer process. However, we can't rule out the possibility of releasing 7800Ultra on the 90nm G71 core when R520 launched since volume production are not expected for such a high-end GPU. Of course it could be based on 110nm process initially as INQ has suggested. 32-pipes or not, it is still unknown.
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