Caporegime
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http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3721 first list says it all
So spin basically, utter spin but with a little architecture info(that theres still got some spin going on). At least we can see some basics, but how it relates to if its a good card is completely unknown.
hehe, unfortunately, of that list thats the only 6 things we need to know in terms of if anyone wants it
Which is honestly completely and utterly useless, the single performance being Tesselation which is most likely the single most changeable performance parameter, and will without question change based on a lower SP part with or without lower clocks. Its possible everything launches with the same clocks but we know there will be lower SP parts, because AMD/Nvidia always do this with every generation. If it takes a hit from real world performance aswell, well, we need game testing to see.
LIke I said though, VERY interesting architecture and changes, however as I've previously said, I can't see it staying, Nvidia will almost certainly need to jump ship to become remotely competitive in the future. When the 280/285gtx were being made, AMD were gaining market share, because though lower performance they were better price/performance. Nvidia can't continue to be so expensive and offer such small profits to their partners, again a rumour but the rumour is AMD are getting 3x as many cores off a wafer as Nvidia, when the wafers cost exactly the same Nvidia can't and won't ever be able to compete. AS with last gen AMD can drop prices lower than Nvidia while still making a decent profit, while Nvidia were losing money to sell some cards in real numbers. They really can't continue as a business forever making next to no real profit.
So spin basically, utter spin but with a little architecture info(that theres still got some spin going on). At least we can see some basics, but how it relates to if its a good card is completely unknown.
hehe, unfortunately, of that list thats the only 6 things we need to know in terms of if anyone wants it
Which is honestly completely and utterly useless, the single performance being Tesselation which is most likely the single most changeable performance parameter, and will without question change based on a lower SP part with or without lower clocks. Its possible everything launches with the same clocks but we know there will be lower SP parts, because AMD/Nvidia always do this with every generation. If it takes a hit from real world performance aswell, well, we need game testing to see.
LIke I said though, VERY interesting architecture and changes, however as I've previously said, I can't see it staying, Nvidia will almost certainly need to jump ship to become remotely competitive in the future. When the 280/285gtx were being made, AMD were gaining market share, because though lower performance they were better price/performance. Nvidia can't continue to be so expensive and offer such small profits to their partners, again a rumour but the rumour is AMD are getting 3x as many cores off a wafer as Nvidia, when the wafers cost exactly the same Nvidia can't and won't ever be able to compete. AS with last gen AMD can drop prices lower than Nvidia while still making a decent profit, while Nvidia were losing money to sell some cards in real numbers. They really can't continue as a business forever making next to no real profit.
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