NVIDIA's response to ATI's 48XX series

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GTX260/280 GDDR3 pa lang gani perteng mahala na unsa pa kaha kung gi GDDR5 pa to nila... Maybe they would release a version later with GDDR5 to beat the HD4XXX... who knows...

mas mobarato actually kung mag GDDR5 sila... kay one of the reasons ngano mahal ang 280 and 260 are its memory bandwidth... 448bit for the 260, and 512bit for the 280... mas pricey actually ni nga strategy, compared to using GDDR5. here's the source.

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ang ako lang kai ngano dili sila mag design kanang dili lapad kaayo

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NVIDIA desperate for 55nm G200, upset partners
The fact is that many NVIDIA partners have been left out after G200, simply because of a lack of chips. And the partners that do get cards are not happy with the margins. NVIDIA is trying hard to get the 55nm "G200b" out as soon as possible, but it doesn't look like it will happen anytime soon. G200 at 55nm should be about 470mm2, which should make room for about 120 dies on a 300mm wafer. Hopefully this will push yields closer to 50%, but NVIDIA is probably going to be satisfied with above 40%.

On top of that, NVIDIA's new Unilateral Minimum Advertised Price Policy (UMAP) has limited partners' playing field and minimizes competition between them. When NVIDIA at the same time decides to launch new cards based on existing cores, at lower prices, partners get upset over diminishing earnings. Add to that AMD's new RV770 chip is looking very tempting to some of these partners...

poor nvidia

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mas mobarato actually kung mag GDDR5 sila... kay one of the reasons ngano mahal ang 280 and 260 are its memory bandwidth... 448bit for the 260, and 512bit for the 280... mas pricey actually ni nga strategy, compared to using GDDR5. here's the source.

AnandTech: The Radeon HD 4850 & 4870: AMD Wins at $199 and $299

Radeon 4870 GDDR5 Shortage

Radeon 4870 GDDR5 Shortage

RV770XT-based Radeon HD 4870 is affected by shortages of GDDR5 memory and the cards are barely going to make it for the last week launch. The good news is that Radeon HD 4870 should be available after some initial shortage,s but we were assured that the volumes of these cards will be shipped as of early July.

Law of supply and demand, if there is much demand and the supply is low, then the price will go up.

Kung GDDR5 gamiton sa GTX260 ug GTX280, coupled with the already expensive 512-bit bus and 448-bit bus, I wouldn't be surprised if this would sell $700 upwards.

Only then could they save when they shift to 55nm or lower fabrication, more dies/cores per silicon wafer/sheet.

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Law of supply and demand, if there is much demand and the supply is low, then the price will go up.

Kung GDDR5 gamiton sa GTX260 ug GTX280, coupled with the already expensive 512-bit bus and 448-bit bus, I wouldn't be surprised if this would sell $700 upwards.

Only then could they save when they shift to 55nm or lower fabrication, more dies/cores per silicon wafer/sheet.

di na sila kinahanglan mogamit ug 512bit bus and 448bit bus kung GDDR5 ilang gamiton... kay mas kusog man ang access sa ram kung gddr5 ilang gamiton.

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Rumors have it that nVidia is planning for a GDDR5 version together with the 512-bit bus architecture to distance itself from ATi, again. Saving the best (and probably the most expensive?) part yet, when the HD4870X2 arrives?