Tuesday, May 26th 2009
AMD to Unleash R800, RV870, RV840 and RV810 Within 2009
Graphics major AMD is set to unleash a near-complete lineup of DirectX 11 compliant 40 nm GPUs within 2009. The lineup begins with the entry-level RV810, all the way up to R800 (a supposedly dual-RV870 accelerator). Along the way are two of AMD's key GPUs at the start of its DirectX 11 conquest: the high-performance RV870, and mainstream-performance RV840. The two succeed RV770/RV790 and RV740 respectively. A full-range lineup also means that apart from the RV740, the company will be sourcing three more GPUs from its foundry partners.
Preliminary specifications of the RV870 point at it to have 1200 stream processors, and 143 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The GPU may feature in the Radeon HD 5800 series, and in a pair as R800, possibly Radeon HD 5870 X2. No specifications of the RV840 or RV810 GPUs surfaced from the sources.
Sources:
Hardware-Infos, Expreview
Preliminary specifications of the RV870 point at it to have 1200 stream processors, and 143 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The GPU may feature in the Radeon HD 5800 series, and in a pair as R800, possibly Radeon HD 5870 X2. No specifications of the RV840 or RV810 GPUs surfaced from the sources.
115 Comments on AMD to Unleash R800, RV870, RV840 and RV810 Within 2009
They need 1600, not 1200 - 1600. Actually, since 480 beat 1600, AMD needs 1800.
Anyway, looks like AMD is going to make the R800 faster than 2x RV870s slapped on 1 PCB - which is good news for high-end buyers. :)
I'm just hoping this will be enough to truly put ATi in competition with nVidia, allowing ATi to match nVidia GPU for GPU.
most games won't even support it for a while.