Slimebeast said:
Oh yeah it was The Inq. So what are your conclusions about Southern Island? Will it increase 65% performance compared to last gen as usual? |
The information we do have (codename, tapeout date, launch date, architecture and performance estimate) is ALL from Charlie. So if he's right, then a substantial increase of 20-30% in IPC or more if they add more shaders. If he's wrong, no one knows.
Don't expect the earth because it's the same 40nm node as Evergreen, so they can't double the shader count like usual (Well, there was RV770, but that was exceptional).
The important thing about SI will be the price drops. AMD is selling a 166mm^2 chip (HD57xx) for a higher average price than they sold a 250mm^2 chip (HD48xx) last generation. They could easily afford to sell the 5770 at half the price. So if supply improves, even if SI is a modest improvement then prices for X level of performance should fall by ~$100 on the high end.
