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Old May 16th 07, 02:42 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Default AMD R600 Architecture and GPU Analysis (long read)

Bababooey wrote:
On Tue, 15 May 2007 12:53:56 -0600, "rms"
wrote:

[lots of stuff clipped]

Alas, it appears a rushed chipset product has resulted in a power-hungry
beast that had to be underclocked before it could be released, and also
prevented the release of a contender for fastest videocard.

Perhaps when it's retooled on a smaller process.

rms


It's a crap card and doesn't hold a candle to the G80. nVidia is king
of the hill for the next year or so at least.


yeah...its a great card for dx9 games