Graphic Cards R580+ becomes Radeon X1950XTX

[dipdude]

ATI DECIDED what to call its upcoming R580+ chip. The company has dubbed it the Radeon X1950 XTX, or XT, depending on the variation.

ATI didn't have many more numbers left and it wanted to keep the XTX and XT sub-brands alive. And it figured that X1990 would be too complicated.

This is rather evolution than a revolution, just slightly faster and that's it. The faster one, Radeon X1950XTX is set to replace the current-fastest ATI Radeon X1900 XTX while the new Radeon X1950XT aims to replace X1900XT cards.

We still don’t know about the clock speeds but we know that the new cards comes with GDDR 4 memory. They are set to be released at some point in September/October timeframe.

 

[Anish]

Not worth the cash at all, especially since R600 is few motnhs away.

But.... X1900XT may drop to $350

 

[Vandal]

Oh yeah baby... hyeah: shoulda waited a bit before going for that X1800 darn it!

 

[hunt3r]

Somehow im not even sure this chip even exists. Theres no concievable reason for them to launch a new faster DX9 chip just a few months before they launch a DX10 chip. If it does though, this looks like a Geforce 7800 512 like situation here.

 

[deathvirus_me]

Maybe do what nvidia did ..ATIi may remove the X1900XT , ans XTX and keep only this one ...

 

[Sandy]

Somehow im not even sure this chip even exists. Theres no concievable reason for them to launch a new faster DX9 chip just a few months before they launch a DX10 chip. If it does though, this looks like a Geforce 7800 512 like situation here.

lol yeah that could very well happen
the 7800 512 was a overclocked 7800 256 some extra memory

 

[x86]

Ati wudnt market x1900xtx and x1950xtx parallely the former wud be removed 4m market . so dont expect any signifanct price variations as x1900xt/xtx in market till stocks last .. then replaced by the x1950's.