The first details regarding the new GeForce 7800 GFX board have been passed on to partners by nVidia and suggest that the new card may even be twice as powerful as its predecessor.
The version of the card the company is releasing information about, will have its core clocked at 430MHz with the memory running at 1400MHz. It will carry 256MB of 256-bit memory and is expected to feature two DVI's, VIVO and HDTV support. The board will feature 24-pipelines and a whole shedload of blending and filtering options. These boards are expected to score over 7800 3DMark05 points, that's where the number after the GeForce comes from. You can compare these nVidia announced specs, with the latest, rumored ATI R520 specifications found below.
R520 Specs (Not Confirmed)
Radeon X900 XT-PE
- 32 Pixel-Pipelines
- 10 Vertex-Shader
- 90nm low-k TSMC
- 500 Mhz
- 700 MHz (1,4 Ghz)
- 512 MB GDDR-3
Radeon X900 XT
- 32 Pixel-Pipelines
- 10 Vertex-Shader
- 90nm low-k TSMC
- 450 Mhz
- 600 MHz (1,2 Ghz)
- 512 MB GDDR-3
Radeon X900 Pro
- 24 Pixel-Pipelines
- 10 Vertex-Shader Einheiten
- 90nm low-k TSMC
- 450 Mhz
- 600 MHz (1,2 Ghz)
- 256/512 MB GDDR-3
Radeon X900
- 16 Pixel-Pipelines
- 8 Vertex-Shader Einheiten
- 110nm low-k TSMC
- 500 Mhz
- 500 MHz (1,0 Ghz)
- 256/512 MB GDDR-3