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AMD's next high-end rumored to stay in 55nm

by on24 February 2009

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Nothing but an overclock thang

 

We all know that RV770 was a godsend to AMD, as graphics reminded the company what was like to be on top, but rumor has it that AMD has another chip, the RV790 in store. Although it would’ve made sense to use the 40nm process for the new chip, rumor has it that RV790 will be nothing but a super-overclocked RV770.

If this is indeed true, then the reason for not transitioning probably hides behind the fact that Nvidia has been seriously recuperating with its latest products. A super-overclocked RV770 would introduce a quick fix to regain competitiveness with Nvidia’s GTX285, and such a move would make sense at least until the new 40nm cards are here.

Expreview’s report, based on an unnamed source, claims that RV790 will be codenamed HD 4970 and be overclocked from HD4870’s 750MHz to 950MHz. The memory will allegedly be left unchanged and the RV790 will feature 800 stream processors, instead of the rumored 960.

Although the RV790 might not sound as exciting as some already announced next-gen offerings, it might result in some interesting solutions, since such a chip would require great cooling and AMD would make sure it isn’t lacking in other departments either.

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Last modified on 24 February 2009
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