R580 to have a fPGA socket

Steven B · Oct 19, 2005

"However even with a dedicated socket, graphic card memory would still need to be soldered onto the board. The narrow tolerances of GPU memory would not allow for a DIMM-like solution. ATI's newest R520 GPU already advertises support for a wide range of memory products, including memory that has not even been announced yet."
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XooM · Oct 19, 2005

awesome... buy GPUs seperate from the GPU Motherboard? shame ram can't be DIMMed...

Steven B · Oct 20, 2005

im guess ing that, or even upgradability for cheaper?

wazzledoozle · Oct 20, 2005

Sweet. GDDR3 at 1.4 GHz should be fast enough for a long time, you can just upgrade the gpu :toast:

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R580 to have a fPGA socket

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