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Ati's quiet "bait and switch "on the X1900GT specifications..........
Since Ati has not been able to supply enough spec-speed R580 cores for
the X1900GT to satisfy current demand, they are quietly dropping the core clock spec from 575MHz to 512MHz and trying to compensate by increasing the memory speed. The 'derated' product will STILL CARRY THE SAME PRODUCT NUMBER, so anybody expecting to buy a X1900GT in the near future needs to be alert to this change, especially if they have any GPU overclock expectations. Any purchaser of the X1900GT should check the GPU clock specification on the board manufacturer's website before purchase and the default GPU clock speed after purchase. Anyway, with the (hopefully) imminent arrival of the X1950Pro, purchasing a X1900GT is now not to be recommended AT ALL, especially if one is looking towards a current or future Crossfire setup. The X1900GT is being phased out in favor of the X1950Pro, which uses the RV570 chip with an integrated compositing engine, finally allowing symmetrical Crossfire using SLI-style bridges with a pair of these cards. ATi is 'quietly relaxing' the X1900GT spec to push out as many R580 cores as possible before shutting off the product. Not at all surprising from ATi's business perspective, since the R580 is a large and extremely expensive die. See:- http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2858 for the full details on the X1950Pro and the issues with regard to the X1900GT. The article's author Derek Wilson has some very harsh words for ATi's deceptive marketing practices with regard to the unannounced changes in the X1900GT specifications. See page 2 of Derek's article. John Lewis |
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Ati's quiet "bait and switch "on the X1900GT specifications..........
John Lewis wrote: Since Ati has not been able to supply enough spec-speed R580 cores for the X1900GT to satisfy current demand, they are quietly dropping the core clock spec from 575MHz to 512MHz and trying to compensate by increasing the memory speed. The 'derated' product will STILL CARRY THE SAME PRODUCT NUMBER, so anybody expecting to buy a X1900GT in the near future needs to be alert to this change, especially if they have any GPU overclock expectations. Any purchaser of the X1900GT should check the GPU clock specification on the board manufacturer's website before purchase and the default GPU clock speed after purchase. Anyway, with the (hopefully) imminent arrival of the X1950Pro, purchasing a X1900GT is now not to be recommended AT ALL, especially if one is looking towards a current or future Crossfire setup. The X1900GT is being phased out in favor of the X1950Pro, which uses the RV570 chip with an integrated compositing engine, finally allowing symmetrical Crossfire using SLI-style bridges with a pair of these cards. ATi is 'quietly relaxing' the X1900GT spec to push out as many R580 cores as possible before shutting off the product. Not at all surprising from ATi's business perspective, since the R580 is a large and extremely expensive die. See:- http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2858 for the full details on the X1950Pro and the issues with regard to the X1900GT. The article's author Derek Wilson has some very harsh words for ATi's deceptive marketing practices with regard to the unannounced changes in the X1900GT specifications. See page 2 of Derek's article. John Lewis Oh good grief. This spec change was reported on Beyond3D over a month ago on September 7. The news article is still on their news page near the end if you want to go see it. They also did not just only reduce the core frequency, but they also increased the memory frequency from 600 MHz to 660 MHz to compensate. And if you look here where there are benchmarks of both old and new models, the difference amounts to about 2-4 fps. So, big freaking whoop. http://www.hardware.fr/articles/639-...9-200-350.html http://xtreview.com/review148.htm |
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Ati's quiet "bait and switch "on the X1900GT specifications..........
Most newreaders have the capability to filter out posts from specified
authors. Use it. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." wrote in message oups.com... Oh good grief. This spec change was reported on Beyond3D over a month ago on September 7. The news article is still on their news page near the end if you want to go see it. They also did not just only reduce the core frequency, but they also increased the memory frequency from 600 MHz to 660 MHz to compensate. And if you look here where there are benchmarks of both old and new models, the difference amounts to about 2-4 fps. So, big freaking whoop. http://www.hardware.fr/articles/639-...9-200-350.html http://xtreview.com/review148.htm John Lewis wrote: Since Ati has not been able to... |
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Ati's quiet "bait and switch "on the X1900GT specifications..........
So what has that to do with John's informative post? I hang out here and
it's all new news to me and I'm grateful to John. If you don't have anything constructive to offer why bother posting. I'm reasonably sure that no one is interested in your "I knew about it first" post. wrote in message oups.com... John Lewis wrote: Since Ati has not been able to supply enough spec-speed R580 cores for the X1900GT to satisfy current demand, they are quietly dropping the core clock spec from 575MHz to 512MHz and trying to compensate by increasing the memory speed. The 'derated' product will STILL CARRY THE SAME PRODUCT NUMBER, so anybody expecting to buy a X1900GT in the near future needs to be alert to this change, especially if they have any GPU overclock expectations. Any purchaser of the X1900GT should check the GPU clock specification on the board manufacturer's website before purchase and the default GPU clock speed after purchase. Anyway, with the (hopefully) imminent arrival of the X1950Pro, purchasing a X1900GT is now not to be recommended AT ALL, especially if one is looking towards a current or future Crossfire setup. The X1900GT is being phased out in favor of the X1950Pro, which uses the RV570 chip with an integrated compositing engine, finally allowing symmetrical Crossfire using SLI-style bridges with a pair of these cards. ATi is 'quietly relaxing' the X1900GT spec to push out as many R580 cores as possible before shutting off the product. Not at all surprising from ATi's business perspective, since the R580 is a large and extremely expensive die. See:- http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2858 for the full details on the X1950Pro and the issues with regard to the X1900GT. The article's author Derek Wilson has some very harsh words for ATi's deceptive marketing practices with regard to the unannounced changes in the X1900GT specifications. See page 2 of Derek's article. John Lewis Oh good grief. This spec change was reported on Beyond3D over a month ago on September 7. The news article is still on their news page near the end if you want to go see it. They also did not just only reduce the core frequency, but they also increased the memory frequency from 600 MHz to 660 MHz to compensate. And if you look here where there are benchmarks of both old and new models, the difference amounts to about 2-4 fps. So, big freaking whoop. http://www.hardware.fr/articles/639-...9-200-350.html http://xtreview.com/review148.htm |
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Ati's quiet "bait and switch "on the X1900GT specifications..........
Sorry First - My post was meant for dangtranvu
"Ed Forsythe" wrote in message ... So what has that to do with John's informative post? I hang out here and it's all new news to me and I'm grateful to John. If you don't have anything constructive to offer why bother posting. I'm reasonably sure that no one is interested in your "I knew about it first" post. wrote in message oups.com... John Lewis wrote: Since Ati has not been able to supply enough spec-speed R580 cores for the X1900GT to satisfy current demand, they are quietly dropping the core clock spec from 575MHz to 512MHz and trying to compensate by increasing the memory speed. The 'derated' product will STILL CARRY THE SAME PRODUCT NUMBER, so anybody expecting to buy a X1900GT in the near future needs to be alert to this change, especially if they have any GPU overclock expectations. Any purchaser of the X1900GT should check the GPU clock specification on the board manufacturer's website before purchase and the default GPU clock speed after purchase. Anyway, with the (hopefully) imminent arrival of the X1950Pro, purchasing a X1900GT is now not to be recommended AT ALL, especially if one is looking towards a current or future Crossfire setup. The X1900GT is being phased out in favor of the X1950Pro, which uses the RV570 chip with an integrated compositing engine, finally allowing symmetrical Crossfire using SLI-style bridges with a pair of these cards. ATi is 'quietly relaxing' the X1900GT spec to push out as many R580 cores as possible before shutting off the product. Not at all surprising from ATi's business perspective, since the R580 is a large and extremely expensive die. See:- http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2858 for the full details on the X1950Pro and the issues with regard to the X1900GT. The article's author Derek Wilson has some very harsh words for ATi's deceptive marketing practices with regard to the unannounced changes in the X1900GT specifications. See page 2 of Derek's article. John Lewis Oh good grief. This spec change was reported on Beyond3D over a month ago on September 7. The news article is still on their news page near the end if you want to go see it. They also did not just only reduce the core frequency, but they also increased the memory frequency from 600 MHz to 660 MHz to compensate. And if you look here where there are benchmarks of both old and new models, the difference amounts to about 2-4 fps. So, big freaking whoop. http://www.hardware.fr/articles/639-...9-200-350.html http://xtreview.com/review148.htm |
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Ati's quiet "bait and switch "on the X1900GT specifications..........
Thanks for the heads up, I didn't hear about this.
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