hothardware.com — Although it?s technically very similar, ATI's RV790 differs from the RV770 in a number of ways. The RV790 at the heart of the Radeon HD 4890 is a new chip that is comprised of more transistors than the RV770 (959M vs.956M) which are dedicated to updates made to the core to support higher clock speeds. According to AMD, the entire chip was re-timed.
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frccApr 2, 2009
Trades blows with a GTX 285 for $80-$100 less - clocked at 1GHz.
Closed AccountApr 3, 2009
Does anyone remember those intel commercials circa 2000, which stated that in 10 years there would be a billion transistors on CPU's? Pretty amazing that it's happening.
bobsworthApr 8, 2009
Thank you Moore's law