No secret that ATI delayed the launch of a new generation of video accelerators. We don't know for sure whether it was due to the new process technology (90 nm) and attempts to design the R520 revision to provide necessary frequencies and yield of effective dies, or other reasons (for example, forced lull on the graphics market in terms of new products before the release of Vista and accelerators complying with WGF 2.0 paradigm). But the fact remains, the competing product from NVIDIA appeared earlier and we already had time to examine it, having drawn a definite conclusion on the evolutional rather than revolutional character of the G70 versus the NV4X series. As we already know (from our preview as well), this situation is different: a different process technology and a different architecture.



Link: Digit Life