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[INQ]ATI 4890 is not a new architecture, ASIC - Charlie

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THERE HAVE BEEN a lot of rumours flying around about the upcoming ATI 4890 board, and few if any of them are true. The fevered speculation of a few has gotten almost to the point of silly, so lets set the record straight.

The 4890 is not a new ASIC, it may or may not be a new stepping of the R770, but it is not a new part. It is not 40nm either. On top of that, there is no R790 in the works at all. The new board is called the 4890, and it is simply a much higher clocked 4870.

It will be at least 20 per cent faster than the 4870, a real kick in the pants, but will take a bit more power. The added power will require five-phase voltage regulation, so there will be a new board layout, quite likely lining up with a new downcosted 4870 board as well.

End result, faster card. No new chip, no more shaders, nothing huge, just better. Anyone saying anything else is full of it.
I put Charlie in the title so you know whats happening here

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/.../ati-4890-asic
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6 pin and 8 pin I assume.
2x 6 pin might be pushing it a bit.
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Originally Posted by vicious_fishes View Post
so what psu connection do we need again ?
8-pin + 6-pin
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If Video cards keep going like this, we're going to need 2x8 pin...
man, that sucks. at least a few more shaders would make good. i bet we can just oc a 4870 to match that one. i hope it's not true
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If Video cards keep going like this, we're going to need 2x8 pin...

Or 10-pin + 8-pin.
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Originally Posted by AMD+nVidia
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Or 10-pin + 8-pin.

Or probably just a wall plug.
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Originally Posted by PsikyoJebus
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Or a wall plug and a 6 pin connector


...powered by a nuclear reactor


But seriously, I didn't expect anything more than a clock bump either. If it was an architectural change, it would've been called a 49XX or whatever
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Yeah he is also hammering NVIDIA for the same thing they do every year lol
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Or a wall plug and a 6 pin connector

220V wallplug + 6-pin connector.
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Im taking everything with a grain of salt at this point.
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Originally Posted by gerikoh
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man, that sucks. at least a few more shaders would make good. i bet we can just oc a 4870 to match that one. i hope it's not true


Well I'm still not giving in my 8800GTX for that reason.
Better cards or ****
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Yeah he is also hammering NVIDIA for the same thing they do every year lol

When they make an entire new series out of them, then yeah.... I'd say that's a legitimate reason to rant.
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I'd like an 8800GTX Mk.II

That would be all specs ^2

Core: 1150
Shader: 2700
Memory 3600Mhz
Bus: 758-bit
Memory Size:1536MB
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Interesting news about the 4890, but I don't think anyone was expecting new architecture just higher clocks.
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