Rumored Specs of ATI's R520 To Be Launched Q2 2005
Posted :: Feb 24, 2005 by Haggs
ATI is expected to launch their new high-end GPU, the R520, in Q2 2005. As the launch approaches, the rumors have begun. While it's fun to read about the rumored specs, it is important to keep in mind that they are merely rumors which may or may not be based on factual, official documentation. With that said, the latest list of rumored specs circulating message boards and the internet nearest you for the R520 include the following:
24 Pipelines
700MHz Core
256-bit 512MB 1.8GHz GDDR3 Memory
57.6 GB/sec Bandwidth (at 1.8GHz)
32 Texture Units
96 Arithmetic Logic Units (ALU)
192 Shader Operations per Cycle
134.4 Billion Shader Operations per Second (at 700MHz)
300-350 Million Transistors
90nm Manufacturing
Shader Model 3.0
ATI HyperMemory
ATI Multi Rendering Technology (AMR)
Performance Improvement of 3X Over Radeon X800 XT
16x stochastic FSAA
FP32 blending, texturing
