AMD's R600 to suffer another delay?

Vikingod · Jan 4, 2007, 02:25 PM

Source: The INQ
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"The first AMD/ATI graphics chip just cannot enter the world without much screaming and wriggling.

In fact, it's looking more like Nvidia is going to be to the market first with an 80 nanometre version of the G80 graphics chip, rather than ATI's 720 million transistor monster.

The last revision of the prototype chip - upon which a certain "pre-review" is based - also suffers from problems which are serious enough to get another re-spin, sources tell me. This re-spin puts a hold on the launch for another couple of weeks, and now R600 is looking like an early March launch, probably the week before SnowBIT in Hangover. However, AMD/ATI is making severe changes to the whole line up and we can say that this launch, when it happens, will be very, very shocking for the 3D industry."

Erroneus · Jan 4, 2007, 02:52 PM

Hmm offcourse the card can't be introduced with bugs and flaws, but if this is true, Amd has to deliver a real killer, because 8900gtx or something would be very close to the launch of R600 then.

Jan 4, 2007, 02:25 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	AMD's R600 to suffer another delay? Source: The INQ __________ "The first AMD/ATI graphics chip just cannot enter the world without much screaming and wriggling. In fact, it's looking more like Nvidia is going to be to the market first with an 80 nanometre version of the G80 graphics chip, rather than ATI's 720 million transistor monster. The last revision of the prototype chip - upon which a certain "pre-review" is based - also suffers from problems which are serious enough to get another re-spin, sources tell me. This re-spin puts a hold on the launch for another couple of weeks, and now R600 is looking like an early March launch, probably the week before SnowBIT in Hangover. However, AMD/ATI is making severe changes to the whole line up and we can say that this launch, when it happens, will be very, very shocking for the 3D industry."

Jan 4, 2007, 02:52 PM	#2
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Hmm offcourse the card can't be introduced with bugs and flaws, but if this is true, Amd has to deliver a real killer, because 8900gtx or something would be very close to the launch of R600 then. __________________