Sunday, February 15th 2009
RV740 Launch Pushed to April
Following reports of AMD's next flagship GPU, the RV790 being pushed to April, a fresh report from Hardware-Infos suggests that its sibling, the RV740 will join the league of the company's product launches slated for April. Company sources tell Hardware-Infos that the company has no product-launches scheduled for the upcoming CeBIT event held in Germany. The report suggests constraints of TSMC, a major foundry partner for AMD's graphics product group (GPG), with regards to its 40 nm bulk manufacturing process, as a likely cause although this bit wasn't endorsed by the source.
Another source shed some light on the specifications of the two graphics processors. It is suggested that the RV790 has expanded machinery at its disposal, with 960 stream processors and 48 texture memory units. Engineering samples based on the said GPU are known to carry faster memory chips. The specifications coupled with the suggested higher clock speeds of 850/975 MHz (core/memory) help explain how the RV790 could manage to pose competition to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 accelerator. The RV740 on the other hand, is said to carry 640 stream processors, 32 texture memory units, and a 128-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface.
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Hardware-Infos
Another source shed some light on the specifications of the two graphics processors. It is suggested that the RV790 has expanded machinery at its disposal, with 960 stream processors and 48 texture memory units. Engineering samples based on the said GPU are known to carry faster memory chips. The specifications coupled with the suggested higher clock speeds of 850/975 MHz (core/memory) help explain how the RV790 could manage to pose competition to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 accelerator. The RV740 on the other hand, is said to carry 640 stream processors, 32 texture memory units, and a 128-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface.
13 Comments on RV740 Launch Pushed to April
If those specs are right for RV790, GTX 285 is going to be in for some big hurt. Maybe I'll finally have something that's worthy of replacing the 'ol 8800GTX in the main game rig. I like to upgrade when it's guaranteed to be an eye opener. :)
And in the low end segment, the 9500GT gives pretty much double the performance of the HD4550 at the same $45 price point.
Obviously prices vary greatly from place to place, but in terms of performance nVidia seems to be putting out some pretty decent cards in the mid and low ranges.
My 3870 will hold me over for another year, so, I'll be waiting :D