AMD RV770, witch is planned in the end of the second quarter, will be also released on 55- nm technical process, whereas California company (NVIDIA) plans to update g92 core , after translating it to the same standards (from 65 nm to 55 nm).
This step allow not only to decrease heat emission, energy consumption , but also which is important, production expenses, So it is possible to reduce the prices of geForce 8800 and 9800 products, made on base of new compact core G92B.
Here is the crystal areas of those products :
- RV670: 194 mm2
- RV770: 250 mm2
- G92: 334 mm2
- G92b: 276 mm2
Let us recall, That G92b will become the sequential intermediate solution. However, the real competitor of high end products series radeon HD 4000, will become the new NVIDIA, GT200. Related Products :
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