[SeniorEditor]

Die size is approximately 484mm2 and %16 lower than GT200 (thanks to new production process). It should be cheaper, faster and more efficient than GT200.

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http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-66...206-sizes.html

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[darren_soh86]

manufacturing defect spotted~ haha top left hand corner chipped liao..

[PPkiller]

Originally Posted by SeniorEditor

Source;
http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-66...206-sizes.html

i see something fishy.. the light green thing below the die... does it look like ATI logo blank out to light green ?

[j3pflynn]

Originally Posted by PPkiller

i see something fishy.. the light green thing below the die... does it look like ATI logo blank out to light green ?

Could be!

[RangeFighter]

It is unlikely chip off..

It is just like our CPU, there is a indication that the arrow must face each other to fit into the board...

[atomiccow]

manufacturing defect spotted~ haha top left hand corner chipped liao..

Thats not a defect. Thats the golden triangle. It tells which way to line up the processor in the socket.

[power666]

Look at the die itself for the defect, not the packaging. It does look like a corner is chipped off.

[Ish718]

Sooooooo, how much will the new GTX280 cost?

[jeuda]

definitely a chip off. Common when u mount heatsink unevenly...
It happened rampantly during the duron/spitfire era....

[Brandon1987]

Hmmm.. I thought nvidia's GT200 chip are big.. now it has really shrink small.. kinda unbelieving lol..

[hwmook]

Originally Posted by Brandon1987

Hmmm.. I thought nvidia's GT200 chip are big.. now it has really shrink small.. kinda unbelieving lol..

16% smaller....WOW its so small while a ATI die is like 50% smaller....

[hwmook]

Originally Posted by atomiccow

Thats not a defect. Thats the golden triangle. It tells which way to line up the processor in the socket.

He is talking about the die itself and that is a chip off.

[trek554]

Originally Posted by PPkiller

i see something fishy.. the light green thing below the die... does it look like ATI logo blank out to light green ?

yes people OPEN YOUR EYES because that is clearly the ATI logo right in front of you. if the OP would have taken 10 seconds to actually look at the pics then he would have realized how stupid this thread is.

[chinesefarmer]

lol thats the 2900XT core then?

[Crp1988]

Originally Posted by trek554

yes people OPEN YOUR EYES because that is clearly the ATI logo right in front of you. if the OP would have taken 10 seconds to actually look at the pics then he would have realized how stupid this thread is.

sure it looks like an ATI logo, but your american. you guys always come up with those stupid conspiracy theories. if i look @ the resitors (at least i think they are resistors) on the chip. its not a typical ATI resitor layout in compare with the other chips. these resistors are lined up perfectly around the chip as on the other chip. ATI's resitors are placed diffirent

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