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AMD Introduces First 1GHz Graphics Processor

May 20, 2009 10:04:34 AM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

AMD has announced that they have released the world first 1GHz graphics processor. 

From the AMD blog:

  • With this product, AMD achieves a notable engineering milestone as the first graphics company to break the 1 GHz barrier.
  • The new ATI Radeon™ HD 4890 utilizes advanced GDDR5 memory and a 1 GHz clock speed to deliver 1.6 TeraFLOPs of compute power, 50 percent more than that of the competition’s best single-GPU solution2. With this level of raw compute power, the1 GHz ATI Radeon HD 4890 is set to deliver new levels of general purpose GPU-accelerated performance in ATI Stream applications such as video transcoding and post processing.
  • This new version of the ATI Radeon™ HD 4890 marks the latest addition to the award-winning ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 series delivered by AMD technology partners Sapphire, XFX, Asus and TUL.
  • As a result of the worldwide accolades from media, developers, enthusiasts and fans, AMD released an “inside look” at how the card was made and what it means for gamers. The card marks a new aspect to the AMD “Dragon” desktop platform technology, providing an even more powerful single GPU desktop graphics option to OEMs, channel partners, and do-it-yourself (DIY) consumers.

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Reply #1 May 20, 2009 10:17:22 AM
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I'm consantly amazed how much better PC componants are compared to PCs I have owned during my lifetime.  You have to love Moore's law, right?

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Reply #2 May 20, 2009 10:26:33 AM
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Meh. I'm still holding out hope for a holodeck.

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Reply #3 May 20, 2009 10:35:44 AM
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I'm consantly amazed how much better PC componants are compared to PCs I have owned during my lifetime. You have to love Moore's law, right?

Good point. 

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Reply #4 May 20, 2009 10:48:08 AM
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Sounds like an awesome card.GPU accelerated video processing is the future.Too bad the app that ATI coded to take advantage of that capability is horrible.

True awesomeness is on the way tho...soon as more apps are coded to start using the GPU along side the CPU.

 

I was having problems playing hidef video on my wimpy emachines til I ran across WMP classic home theatre edition...it was able to use my gpu to take the load off my cpu.(only if you have later model vid cards)

Cpu usage dropped from 100% to 20% and the gpu never went above 20%.NICE! [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

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Reply #5 May 20, 2009 10:51:49 AM
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Meh. I'm still holding out hope for a holodeck.

Not me...have you seen the failure rate on those things?Damn things off switch dosnt even work sometimes.I dang sure dont need some photonic being from another dimension telling me I am the projection,not him. [e digicons]ur:[/e]

 

Certainly dont want the safety protocols turning off while holographic hang gliding. [e digicons]O[/e]

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Reply #6 May 20, 2009 10:52:51 AM
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old news

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Reply #7 May 20, 2009 10:59:36 AM
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The real news is two crossfired ATi 4770's beating this card, while being 40$ cheaper. [e digicons][/e]

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Reply #8 May 20, 2009 12:25:33 PM
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Was a big ATI fan boy for a lot of years , nowadays  the cards and software just dont stack up to Nvidia for the price you pay and the power you get (exlude the 9000 series since most were recalled.) 

I Dont think AMD/ATI will survive if they keep up with their current cards and chips. They get hammerd from both sides from Intel and Nvidia on their chips and their cards . Also Intel and Nvidia are devloping GPU CPU's with full intergration by 2010 which is supposed to streamline everything directly into the mboard.

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Reply #9 May 20, 2009 2:30:03 PM
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Quoting Zubaz,
reply 1
I'm consantly amazed how much better PC componants are compared to PCs I have owned during my lifetime.  You have to love Moore's law, right?
Half a decade ago, I was running on a 400 MHz processor without a GPU at all...

However, I think I'll wait 'til nVidia unveils their next line. As I recall, the GeForce 200 series chips are gigantic because it uses the 65 nm construction. It's about time they move to the next smaller method.

 

[e digicons]:fox:[/e]

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Reply #10 May 20, 2009 2:39:01 PM
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Nice card, post is great timing for me considering my vid card just went tits up on me today and I'm back on my onboard Intel chipset.

 

[e classic][/e]

 

 

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Reply #11 May 21, 2009 3:00:50 PM
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I'd suggest reading this article if you're in the market for a new GPU.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-graphics,2296.html

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Reply #12 May 21, 2009 3:21:17 PM
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Now if we could just get an updated Windows operating system that isn't a piece of moolaka to go with it.

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Reply #13 May 21, 2009 3:42:07 PM
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With this card, I could burn up solitaire.[e digicons]:grin:[/e]

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Reply #14 May 21, 2009 4:04:35 PM
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Can somebody explain top me what a GPU actually does. I guess Imissed a few chapters somewhere...  [e digicons]8C[/e]

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Reply #15 May 21, 2009 5:17:27 PM
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Quoting CenturionJixra,
reply 12
 

Now if we could just get an updated Windows operating system that isn't a piece of moolaka to go with it.

 

Try out the Windows 7 RC. I'm running it as my main OS and liking it a lot. [e digicons]^_^[/e]

 

Quoting Solam,
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Can somebody explain top me what a GPU actually does. I guess Imissed a few chapters somewhere... 

Basically, the Graphics Processing Unit is thing you need in order to run 3d applications. [e digicons][/e]

 

Check out this wikipedia link for more details.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit

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