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R520 XT Details- Launch Date

Friday September 2, 2005
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anonymous

at 4:4 14/10/2005

wait 1 year before buying cards :)

Anonymous

at 1:26 29/9/2005

personally i just like ati better. traded in my 6800 for an x800 - just cuz

Anonymous

at 12:55 21/9/2005

The R520 will be substantial faster. The intial scores released for the R520 are false. That site had a bone to pick with ATI and used a overclocked XT850PE for the test. jUST LOOK AT THE SCORES. tHEY ARE QUITE ODD.....

FACTS

at 2:18 18/9/2005

what r520 has 16 pipelines only! damn its crap
even now the cut down version of 7800gtx has 20 pipelines with a reasonable price!! hahha
here in uk it costs around £270
even with 17.5% tax!, which still outperforms all then cards available in the market, referring to the becnmarks which i've seen in some magazines!!
And dont forget guys nvidia will cut down the prices of their 7800gtx/gt as soon as ati releases r500 series.
CONCOLUSION: Nvidia wins both ways, especially the price they'll be offering that time!!

Anonymous

at 11:8 15/9/2005

you d**k is small. I hope your girlfriend is happy with your 2 7800's and your miniscule d**k.

Anonymous

at 7:59 12/9/2005

you cant get the maximum of a graphic card like 7800gtx because, it isn“t only graphic card that matters!!! ASSHOLES!GO TO SLEEP

Anonymous

at 7:57 12/9/2005

one more thing why do you want outrageous graphic cards if you dont have processors and ram fast enough!

omosa

at 14:44 11/9/2005

Well i might have a small p***s but i feel alot better having two 7800gtx's =)

Anonymous

at 17:52 9/9/2005

Cheap answers as "it has 24 pipelines", why having that much when an ATi can have the same or even better results with less?

nVidia launched a "double" graphic card, not that you need 2 to attemps to reach 1 ATi graphic card.

Who invented most of the graphic card today technologies or first to integrate them? ATi (PCI-Express, GDDR3, CrossFire motherboard, HD Chip, ...)

I could continue on and on...


Anonymous

at 17:50 9/9/2005

"HAHA....YOU AMERICAN ARE FOOLS FOR BUYING CANADIAN VIDEO CARD. CANADA SUCKS. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER TO AMERICAN. ALL THEY CAN DO IS FLAMED BUSH FOR BEING AN IDIOTS. CANADA SUCKS AND SO DOES ATI."

well pretty really .... now you don't know how to reply to a tech specs so you need to put international politics to proove your point... Canadians may be blaming bush for everything (wich I disagree) but that won't change that Ati is still better. no matter we like bush or not, I think the card won't change its aspects for you
No feelings mate


Anonymous

at 13:52 8/9/2005

"no real proof for thier alleged accusations that ATI/NVIDIA "SUCKS""

lmfao, the fact that nvidia has cheated with their drivers several times, one being recent and then blaming it on dwrivers! ha, good enough reason for me


LeoN

at 11:18 8/9/2005

i own a x800pro, much better thn 6800gt. but,lets see...when nvidia launched sli, it was because it cant challenge the powerfuls ati 9800xt, x800...(do you remember that?)so "lets fight 2 to 1..." would said nvidia engineers... dirty strategy

with the new ati & crossfire...nvidia 7800'll take a big kick in the a*s...lets see...


Anonymous

at 9:48 8/9/2005

HAHA....YOU AMERICAN ARE FOOLS FOR BUYING CANADIAN VIDEO CARD. CANADA SUCKS. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER TO AMERICAN. ALL THEY CAN DO IS FLAMED BUSH FOR BEING AN IDIOTS. CANADA SUCKS AND SO DOES ATI.

Anonymous

at 9:20 8/9/2005

The r520 will have 24-32 pipelines also

Anonymous

at 8:21 8/9/2005

r520 roxors!

Anonymous

at 5:10 8/9/2005

What the fuc is wrong with the reporter for this article. It doesn't say jach s**t about launch data.

Anonymous

at 1:25 8/9/2005

I dont know why most of the people post here as most of you cant even have a descent discussion, and provide no real proof for thier alleged accusations that ATI/NVIDIA "SUCKS". So please STFU and get sum damned brains.

TheShadow

at 15:35 7/9/2005

well until they release something better nVidia OWN

and don't forget they just said they gonna have it 32 pip ! they might won't be able to make it


Anonymous

at 13:7 7/9/2005

It was nice back in the day when you only had 2 cards to choose from... and each generation you could actually tell a difference in quality.. but NOO not now.. lets see how many different BS cards we can put out and confuse the sh*t out of everyone over minimal increases and sometime decreases in quality.

Anonymous

at 11:3 7/9/2005

the r515 will have 4 pipelines on the "le" and 6 to 8 for the "pro".

the r530 will have 12 pipelines on the "pro" and 16 for the "xt" (should be cheaper than the 7800, at 256mb of ram, but almost the same power level)

the r520 will have 24 pipelines on the "pro" and 32 for the "xt" (should be the fastest card out)

not all of the cards will be direct x 10 (if that is it's name) but most will have a few more visual abilities when you put it up against the Nvdia 7800.


Anonymous

at 10:19 7/9/2005

the last four post came from me... i could not post it as one long article and i could not post anandtech web site either... what is megagames afraid of???

Anonymous

at 10:10 7/9/2005

take a look at this site...

anandtech (megames will not let me post this web site)

and look for this "ATI R5xxx Roadmap Inside: Value First"


Anonymous

at 10:8 7/9/2005

Continued...

you will see that ATI is launching there lower end cards first and the higher end RV520 later.

RV515

* 450MHz Core Clock
* 800MHz Memory Clock
* 256MB Maximum Memory Support
* 128-bit Memory
* 4 Pipelines
* Maximum 16x16MB 2.5ns GDDR2


Anonymous

at 10:7 7/9/2005

COntinued...

RV530

* 600MHz Core Clock
* 1400MHz Memory Clock
* 512MB Maximum Memory for "XT"
* 256MB Maximum Memory for "Pro"
* 128-bit Memory
* 12 Pipelines
* Maximum 16x32MB 1.4ns GDDR3

the "pro" will have 12 pipelines and the "xt" will have 16.


Anonymous

at 10:4 7/9/2005

Continued...

now also keep in mind that these ATI cards (RV5XXX) are direct x 10 and not 9 like the current best card out. will this make a difference??? only time will tell. keep in mind the difference in direct x could be just like how shader 3.0 vrs 2.0b had really made no visual improvements.


Anonymous

at 9:53 7/9/2005

hi this is no good

Anonymous

at 9:17 7/9/2005

new orleans got flooded with GFX cards

hairdie

at 8:34 7/9/2005

purposefully holding back hardware to make the next gen consoles luck good i trhink we all ought to teach em a lesson and boycott both of em

Anonymous

at 6:37 7/9/2005

Like omosa even has 2 7800's let alone 1. More like he has a Rage Fury 128.....loser. Who gives a s**t what you have. Liar.

Anonymous

at 4:16 7/9/2005

I own a whole island. who gives a crap what you have Omosa? STFU. thats all we care about. :)

omosa

at 0:9 7/9/2005

I own 2 7800gtx's oc'ed at 485 1200,
why worry about some bs ati is delayed bringing out.

Anonymous

at 21:4 6/9/2005

pipelines...yup, i noticed, did they say anithing about the R520's GPU architecture? anithing new?

what u guys are talking is juz like intel's "GHZ" hype


Arru

at 12:35 6/9/2005

I have x800 xt and 12 inch p***s.

Anonymous

at 12:19 6/9/2005

STFU ANON BELOW, THE R520 IS GOING TO SUCK SO MUCH ITLL LAG PLAYING HL2 AT MEDIUM DETAIL LOL!!! ATI IS s**t AND ANYONE WHO USES AN ATI CARD IS A f**kTARD WITH NO p***s

Anonymous

at 11:46 6/9/2005

"Wait for something that really pushes the limits for game slike unreal 3 and ut2007."

the r520 and 7800gtx will run unreal 3 games fine. These new cards arent really for current gen games, they are for next gen games


Anonymous

at 11:44 6/9/2005

f**k Nvidia, americans stink anyways.

Anonymous

at 9:33 6/9/2005

Love those "extreme pipelines" Marketing ploy. And it turns out to be 24.

Anonymous

at 9:30 6/9/2005

f**k ati, canadians stink anyways

bill

at 9:22 6/9/2005

I have to agree with Anonymous below. I for one will never believe "inside" sources. They almost always end up being false.

Anonymous

at 8:27 6/9/2005

Careful. Many sources confirmed that the R520 was a 24 if not 32 pipeline part. Now "inside" ATI sources say it's 16. Not to coinincede with Nvidia cancelling the Ultra version of the 7800. Coincedence? Not. Pure tacttic by ATI. When released. Expect to see "extreme 16 pipelines" Which translate to 24. The same way they marketed the X800 as "extreme 8 piplines" Remember that? Expect the same here folks.

Anonymous

at 4:54 6/9/2005

ati lost for months...that is a FACT

Anonymous

at 2:57 6/9/2005

ATI rules

Arru

at 2:35 6/9/2005

Did not hear . . .

*offers napkin*


City of Dis

at 1:18 6/9/2005

Did someone say unreal 3?

*drools stupidly*


Anonymous

at 23:14 5/9/2005

f**kING DIRTY NEGROIDE CAN YOU STFU WITH THE CANADIAN STORY WE ALL KNOW ATI IS CAME FROM CANADA!!!!THATS WHY ATI PWNED YOU JOO

Anonymous

at 19:49 5/9/2005

It seems as though the stupid xbox360 has made ATi drop behind and lose the GPU race...for this year anyway, let's hope they don't do anything stupid like make more deals with the likes of micrap$oft in the future. Congrats to nVidia for winning for this year, they weren't conned into a bribery delay, I'm not an nVidia man, but for raising the bar just that little bit more for this year, contratulations.

Anonymous

at 19:15 5/9/2005

The x800xt plays all games almost lag free with all graphics. Dont bother with this card or the 7800gt. Wait for something that really pushes the limits for game slike unreal 3 and ut2007.

Ronaldhino

at 16:7 5/9/2005

ATI or nvidia not really a question. It used to be that a reliable card was all you needed. Now with all the deals and "way its meant to be played" and other crap we can't even tell if our card is good or not. I say REVOLUTION buy S3 or smtn'

Anonymous

at 15:18 5/9/2005

i have a 9800 pro and ive been waiting for this baby for a while, almost a year and a half now. Im still debating though, whether to wait the extra few months for the r580, which is supposedly way better

Arru

at 14:38 5/9/2005

I will wait for R600 XT PE. I have X800 XT and it is good enoughe.

Anonymous

at 13:23 5/9/2005

ATI SUX and ATI have lost the RACE BOOOOOOOOOOO

last post ho

at 8:32 5/9/2005

w00t last post

Anonymous

at 8:28 5/9/2005

FREAKING ATIDIOTS THIS CARD IS GONNA BE s**t LIKE ALL OTHER CARDS FROM ATI, YOU ARE MORONS IF YOU BUY THIS SORT OF CRAP AND THINK THIS IS QUALITY, ATI STAFF AND ATI FANBOYS ARE A BUNCH OF DONKEY SUCKING PEDOFILE b***hES!

Donkey Rapist returns

at 8:19 5/9/2005

2 donkey cannibals eating a clown, 1 says to the other... does this taste funny!!!

The original donkey rapist is now 4 years old and going strong.


Anonymous

at 7:55 5/9/2005

"Why did they change it from 32 pipelines to 16?"

like i say to everyone else who says this. the 32 pipelines and even 24 wasa RUMOR. It was NEVER confirmed by ATi that it would have 24 or 32


Anonymous

at 7:25 5/9/2005

ati suckz badly, they are just trying to piss-off nv buyers by making stupid statements.
this card will be s**t, as every other ati product out there.

Pollynator

at 7:3 5/9/2005

Why did they change it from 32 pipelines to 16?

That s**t, i would rather go with an x850xt (SLIed maybe)


gregpl

at 22:15 4/9/2005

i was allways ati fan 9800 then x800xl then x850xt for 20days and returned it lol killa
now i ordered a motherboard and bfg7800gtx yeah yeah

Anonymous

at 20:38 4/9/2005

Well atleast if you held off and the card still sucks, your 7800 will be cheaper ;) I highly doubt the 520 will be a 16 pipeline card tho

Anonymous

at 17:53 4/9/2005

Dillholio, dont worry u dont have to worry, nvidia sux balls, theyve even once again been claimed to be cheating with their drivers and the 7800, they lowered image quality to get better speeds, but anyway, ati will always be the king.

Dillholio

at 13:27 4/9/2005

ok i held out on buying an 7800 so i could see what ati have to offer.
ive waited long enough now so it better seriously own the 7800 or im going to be so pissed at ati for wasting my time on this!

I have trust & confidence in ati though.


just_a -guy

at 8:23 4/9/2005

you guyz suck

Anonymous

at 22:6 3/9/2005

F U C K I N G MICRO$OFT...PAYING ATi to delay the release because of the xbox360...they are evil...evil...f u cked in the head...PC gaming is and always will be the best. MS will always be s**t.

Anonymous

at 18:38 3/9/2005

i think either way, 16, 24, or 32 pipelines, this card is gonna kick ass. Sure, it could be very possible that this is wrong, but they also say in the artciel its faster than the 7800gtx, so who cares, if it outperforms the leading card atm, it doesnt matter whether it has 1, 16, 32 or 512, it wins!

Anonymous

at 18:31 3/9/2005

If ati is going to have 16 pipelies, even at 600/1400, they can eat s**t. My 6800GT o/ced to 450/1200, so the 7800GTX must go to 525/1350. Nvidia>Ati again. If Ati's card will have 32 pipelines at 600/1400, then nvidia is an nvidiot.

nemesis

at 17:27 3/9/2005

a message to nvidia:

give back my fu*king $560 you thife!

thank u


Anonymous

at 16:6 3/9/2005

I don't think it will have 16 pipelines do you know how many people will be pissed, the inquirer doesn't know jack s**t, they made flase statments in the past, besides why not have 32, they hav 48 in the r520 core, and besides the paper launches they had have had 32 pipelines they wouldn't redo the entire core in just few months if they couldn't get it runing then they would probaly tell mircosoft to screw itself and get the r500 for pc to the market. And to have the core running at 500mhz is no big deal people have had 850s run at 500mhz with 16 pipelines so does that mean this just a beaf up 850??

Pinhead

at 15:33 3/9/2005

that card looks sweet...wish there was a bigger photo.

stupid americans

at 15:12 3/9/2005

New Orelans sucks donkey balls

Anonymous

at 14:28 3/9/2005

pretty lame

Anonymous

at 11:52 3/9/2005

NV>all

ati sucks rotten monkey s**t


Anonymous

at 11:4 3/9/2005

SCREW ATI & NVIDIA. HELP NEW ORLEAN DAMN IT!

Anonymous

at 8:5 3/9/2005

The Difference between ATI and Nvidia is...

Nvidia is retard and ATI is Smart


Anonymous

at 7:44 3/9/2005

"Unlike PC, once you got a burner its all over."

technically u dont even need that if u dont want to keep a copy of the discs. If u download the image files off a P2P program such as emule, and then get a virtual drive manager, u can load the image. So in theory, u dont need anything to copy pc games (hardware wise)


Anonymous

at 6:15 3/9/2005

the fact that xbox360 uses stripped windoes and PS3 can run linux = a gateway to piracy

Anonymous

at 4:31 3/9/2005

you lot need lives and girlfriends

Anonymous

at 4:22 3/9/2005

Console games make more money than PC games, as it is harder for everyone who has a console to pirate games or chip a console. Unlike PC, once you got a burner its all over.

Anonymous

at 23:53 2/9/2005

This is very similar to the sitituation that occurred with nVidia's Fx5800 and the Radeon 9800. The 9800 arrived earlier with more pipelines, although it had a slower clock. The Fx5800 arrived later with the same number of pipes as the previous generation but with a higher clock speed. Sounds very similar, doesn't it.

Anonymous

at 21:13 2/9/2005

I run linux on my xbox.

Anonymous

at 20:40 2/9/2005

basically, a console is a very low class pc. It doesnt have all the ports like a pc motherboard does, no keyboard and mouse, no expandability, and no real OS. Once u get an OS on a console though, it makes it just as easy to pirate games as on a pc. Software can do just about anything

Anonymous

at 18:56 2/9/2005

Its PC gamers killing PC games. Piracy and all is just too easy, damn u can buy too ps3's for the price of these cards which arnt as technically advanced. I recon weel have consoles plugged into our monitors in the future. I just damnwell hope they can invent a mouse for them. In the short term though i think there will be more console game ports with there s**t textures and slightly odd control methods (silent hill 4)

Anonymous

at 17:59 2/9/2005

Its all damn microsoft's FAULT. Cant you see there trying to kill PCGAMING! They want us all to buy there evil console! REVOLT AND KILL!!!

Anonymous

at 17:23 2/9/2005

i don't give a f u c k.

Anonymous

at 16:57 2/9/2005

Ultra will have its turn,64 pipelines at 990mhz. THATS RIGHT! :P

Anonymous

at 16:44 2/9/2005

The R580 is taped out and this one is 32 pixels pipeline

Guruboy

at 15:31 2/9/2005

I wouldn't say that the card is going to necessarily beat any with a 24 just because ATI says it will.

Razorblade you prove my point where until something's actually OUT, and people have used it, you can't judge it at all.


RaZoRbLaDe

at 15:23 2/9/2005

didn't they say b4 it was going to have something like 32 pipelines?

Anonymous

at 14:22 2/9/2005

Did the ATI office in New Orlean got bombed?

Anonymous

at 14:7 2/9/2005

just to say something...its not out yet..its all ATI's claims...remember nvidia's marketing for the geforce 5?
nuff said...we will all wait and see..ohh and its the XT that might beat the GTX..the xt is the fastest..GTX is not..there is the ultra

Anonymous

at 14:0 2/9/2005

btw, first post

Anonymous

at 14:0 2/9/2005

ATi rocks. This card is going to kickass, when a 16 pipeline card beats a 24 pipeline card of the same generation, that means power


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