ATI R580+ revealed

March 29th 2006 | Graphics Cards

[ATI] informed its partners that it has a R580+ card up its corporate sleeves. It is nothing more than 80 nanometre R580 core, but this shrink will make the chip cooler, smaller and cheaper to produce. ATI will probably be able to get some higher clocks out of it as well.

Samples are scheduled for May, while production should start in Q3 between June and August. Such timing clearly indicates that ATI is not in a rush to release the R600 and we know that R600 is actually doing just fine. The R600 needs Vista to glow.

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ATI R580+ revealed
Published in: Graphics Cards on 2006-03-29