Photos of what is claimed to be an ATI’s graphics card based on the next-generation visual processing unit code-named R520 has been posted over the Internet. The board is large and resembles NVIDIA-based solutions, which was expected. In a separate news-story, an Asian web-site suggests that ATI will use RADEON X1800 brand-name for the R520 part.

As reported, ATI R520 graphics card is not as compact as the company’s RADEON X800-series products, but is relatively long, about the same size or longer compared to NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX products. The voltage regulator design of what is allegedly the R520 XT-powered graphics card is much more complex compared to that of the RADEON X850 XT products, it involves a lot of load-bearing elements some of which require passive cooling.

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(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by Dessimat0r on 08 Sep 2005 - 15:38
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Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by Adnan248999 on 08 Sep 2005 - 16:03
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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by Timmah on 08 Sep 2005 - 16:02




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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by stncttr908 on 08 Sep 2005 - 16:40
ATI is finally on the "massive PCB" bandwagon.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by kronik on 08 Sep 2005 - 16:58
nice pics here also:
http://www.hkepc.com/hwdb/r520firstlook-e.htm
(3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by Jason on 08 Sep 2005 - 17:37
Umm its a graphics card, nothing worth seeing
Quote this comment #5.1 Posted by dolimite35 on 08 Sep 2005 - 18:29
i guess some people get their kicks if the card looks good also. Whats next? diffrent colors
Quote this comment #5.2 Posted by roadwarrior on 08 Sep 2005 - 18:31
I've never understood quite understood why people are concerned with what a card looks like. I've seen cards that have graphics on the fan shrouds and heat sinks! What's that for? Who's ever going to see it once it's put in the computer (even if you have a window in your case, you won't see the graphics most likely)?
Quote this comment #5.3 Posted by stncttr908 on 08 Sep 2005 - 22:20
A lot of people mod cases, so the looks of the card might be important. Personally I have a case that isn't very deep, so large cards might interfere with my hard drives. That's why it's good to know what size a card is before it's released so I can plan ahead.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by PENGUINwithM4A1 on 08 Sep 2005 - 19:23
can wait for the X800 market price to fall, sort of like the 9800pro to XT price drop
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by j0j081 on 08 Sep 2005 - 23:45
If these are the same pics I read about yesterday at rage3d and nvnews a lot of people are claiming they are fakes.
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