Next-generation ATI Radeon cards to pack GDDR5 memory
By Darren Murph 
posted May 21st 2008 2:04PM
posted May 21st 2008 2:04PM
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Hopefully this will reduce the price of previous generations now. Memory has been getting to pricey at those speeds.
Wow, nice...
Cool... This means for only a few hundred dollars more I can squeeze out 2 extra fps in Crysis....
These cards ati are bringing out will be better than the GX2, and will be cheaper, ATI(AMD) are playing the margin game, offering things are far cheaper prices and comparable performance mean that it will actually gain money, its not simple maths, but it still never the less is logical. Its the same as lowering an entry fee to a theme park to increase interest. ATI(AMD's) costs with their new boards are much lower than the costs of nvidias because they went to 55nm quickly, and things like a 256 bit bus bandwidth and 2 phase vrm units all save them money, AMD have got them on track, if no themselves.
* if NOT i mean, add the edit button please ;)
"its not simple maths"
You mean price elasticity of demand? It's a bit of simple multiplication and division :P
It isnt simple maths, the price of your raw materials fluctuates, the supply and demand chances, were assuming the product will be a big hit, Nvidia might actually bring out a card that cuts AMD's margins, unlikely as they hold the 'performance crown' But AMD are taking the right approach, even if we are not sure how sucessful this will be.
my GDDR goes to 11.
*awaits Spinal Tap Hero Band*
This all well in good but it doesn't matter unless they start building faster dual core GPUs. SLI and Crossfire are only stop gap measures until true multicore GPUs become reality. We are up to 8 core CPUs now but the best they can do on a single graphics board is 2 cores.
you realize that GPUs consist of thousands of very small cores right? Thats one of the reasons that GPUs are better at handling graphics than a CPU.
Yes but will this work with my Power Mac G5?
what about GDDR4?
ati currently uses gddr4....
...and still gets bested by nVidia using GDDR3. So while I'm a heavy PC gameing & hardware enthusiast, this news does not excite me. Bring all the fast memory you want, but if you can't build a GPU up to snuff then what's the point?
Buy maybe the 4800 will suprise me. My 8800GTX is getting close to 18 months old and that's too long in video card land.
Thats great, I'm sure it will play doom :)
Putting a smiley face after your comment doesn't make it acceptable you tool.
As for the card, let's see what happens.
If you mean the first Doom under DOS, not sure...
I thought it was funny. Maybe it got old :(
Long time ago... Crysis is the new thing to ask.
Or maybe not.
Kwon lee, just slap a new number on it and raise the price!
this was reported on engadget when the HD 4k series was announced a coupla weeks ago, sheesh!
Apples.
How come PCs are still using DDR2 (well, I know laptops are at least)? Are DDRs and GDDRs a lot more different nowadays?
Graphics memory is different than RAM.
Well, here's what the good old Wikipedia / some random dude says:
"GDDR-2 memory used on graphics cards is not DDR2 per se, but rather an early midpoint between DDR and DDR2 technologies... ATI... designed the GDDR technology further into GDDR3, which is more true to the DDR2 specifications, though with several additions suited for graphics cards."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDDR2#Relation_to_GDDR_memory
Maybe this will be the start of a knew comeback for ATi, since Nvidia seems only able to re-release different variations of their 1 1/2 year old design as of late.
i think thats just because ati has nothing that can compete with nvidia's 9800 GTX/GX2 cards.
Its already been leaked that nvidia has their GT200 core (the successor to the G92/G80) ready to go, they are just holding back for ati's HD 4x00 cards