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ATI's R600 to be out by the end of the year?

By Justin Mann

On June 12, 2006, 4:11 PM

Could we see R600 by the end of the year? It's a possibility, as ATI has finished producing samples of the cards for development and now the manufacturers will be able to start producing the cards. We may see them by the end of the year, which is fairly soon considering how short ago it was that R600 was first demoed. Many people are looking forward to it, especially because of how good it looks on paper:

According to sources familiar with the plans of ATI Technologies as well as some media reports, ATI R600 will have 64 unified shader processors – an unprecedented number so far, 16 texture units – inline with today’s GPUs, clock-speed beyond 650MHz and support for high-speed GDDR4 memory controller.
ATI isn't exactly known for their on-time releases, though, so don't expect miracles here. However, seeing new cards out before the holidays would be great, especially because of how it would impact the pricing of current-gen cards (which is still astronomical at the enthusiast level).

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  1. June 12, 2006 4:47 PM
    DragonMaster said:
    As long as the current card prices go down, I'm happy with this!
    Reply
  2. June 12, 2006 4:49 PM
    Kaleid said:
    I'll use my 6800LE till the new DX10 cards come out.
    Reply
  3. June 12, 2006 5:25 PM
    Canadian said:
    I will just use my 7900 GTX for the next 5 years, lol.
    Reply
  4. June 12, 2006 7:48 PM
    swker98 said:
    this is a totally stupid move by ATI,taht is is microsoft doesnt rellice DX 10 before thise (whitch isnt susto happion) why doesnt ATI hold off till DX 10 totaly senseless move imo and ive like ATI
    Reply

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