Even if it isn’t extremely powerful, the MSRP of $75 could be really interesting especially thanks to the pretty similar memory frequency (-11%) and the possibilities of core overclocking. Now, we will have to find out whether if the number of units will be identical to the higher end version. FYI, the price of the Radeon X1650XT is around 135€. | |
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Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Radeon X1650GT: a bargain?
ATI releases more GPUs using 80 nm fabrication process. The manufacturer will announce soon the Radeon X1650GT based on RV560. The product will be right between the Radeon X1650Pro and X1650XT. Compared to the latter, the Core/memory duo is clocked at 575MHz/675MHz instead of 450MHz/600MHz.
Quadro FX 4600 and FX 5600
Today, Nvidia announced the release of professional Quadro FX 4600 and Quadro FX 5600 cards based on G80 (already equipping the GeForce 8800).
The Quadro FX 5600 is clocked at 600/800 MHz, instead of 575/900 MHz for the 8800 GTX. Memory is notably slower and the bandwidth is reduced to 76.8 GB/s. The counterpart is that the memory is two times bigger (1.5GB)!
The Quadro FX4600 is the workstation equivalent of the GeForce 8800 GTS but unlike the latter the memory interface is 384 bit instead of 320 bits. Memory bandwidth will be comparable at 57.6 GB /s (instead of 59.6 GB /s). Memory and core frequencies will be respectively 600 MHz and 500 MHz.
As usual, the cards will have specific drivers for 3D pro software and this explains the price of $2999 and $1995. They will be integrated and distributed in Europe and in the US by the usual partners: HP, Dell, IBM, Sun and PNY Technologies. NVIDIA also published a couple of benchmarks with Viewperf in this page.
The Quadro FX 5600 is clocked at 600/800 MHz, instead of 575/900 MHz for the 8800 GTX. Memory is notably slower and the bandwidth is reduced to 76.8 GB/s. The counterpart is that the memory is two times bigger (1.5GB)!
The Quadro FX4600 is the workstation equivalent of the GeForce 8800 GTS but unlike the latter the memory interface is 384 bit instead of 320 bits. Memory bandwidth will be comparable at 57.6 GB /s (instead of 59.6 GB /s). Memory and core frequencies will be respectively 600 MHz and 500 MHz.
As usual, the cards will have specific drivers for 3D pro software and this explains the price of $2999 and $1995. They will be integrated and distributed in Europe and in the US by the usual partners: HP, Dell, IBM, Sun and PNY Technologies. NVIDIA also published a couple of benchmarks with Viewperf in this page.
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