The troublesome birth of ATI's R520 "Fudo"

Sidney · 14th October 2005, 18:35

Yields are now very good and you should expect to see a massive quantity of X1800XT on shelves in about four weeks.

Yes, it's late; yes, was delayed and, yes, it's not available instantly but, still, we liked what we saw.

If you still haven’t bought a GTX card then it might be a good idea to wait for a R520-based X1800XT or check out the even more affordable X1800XL cards available now. The R520XL, named Radeon X1800XL and clocked at 500MHz core and 1000MHz memory is on a par with Nvidia's Geforce 7800GT.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26932

Sidney · 14th October 2005, 18:36

Production YEILD factors are keys in chip manufacturing.

jmke · 14th October 2005, 19:16

from what I've seen, there is no need to *wait* for the X1800XT as it costs more than 7800GTX and performs equal (if not a bit worse) in most games

not to mention the fact that no Crossfire master cards are present and motherboards either, so you have no idea of Crossfire performance.

14th October 2005, 18:35	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	The troublesome birth of ATI's R520 "Fudo" Yields are now very good and you should expect to see a massive quantity of X1800XT on shelves in about four weeks. Yes, it's late; yes, was delayed and, yes, it's not available instantly but, still, we liked what we saw. If you still haven’t bought a GTX card then it might be a good idea to wait for a R520-based X1800XT or check out the even more affordable X1800XL cards available now. The R520XL, named Radeon X1800XL and clocked at 500MHz core and 1000MHz memory is on a par with Nvidia's Geforce 7800GT. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26932 __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

14th October 2005, 18:36	#2
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Production YEILD factors are keys in chip manufacturing. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

14th October 2005, 19:16	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	from what I've seen, there is no need to wait for the X1800XT as it costs more than 7800GTX and performs equal (if not a bit worse) in most games not to mention the fact that no Crossfire master cards are present and motherboards either, so you have no idea of Crossfire performance. __________________

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