AMD Sees Improved RV670 Yields

[HardOCP News]

DigiTimes, citing industry sources, claims that AMD has seen a noticeable increase in yields of its RV670 chips fabbed at TSMC. The speculation is that better yields will translate into more competitive prices. Here’s a quote from the article:

AMD is expected to grow its penetration in the mainstream graphics card market after seeing a meaningful cost down thanks to improved yields for its RV670 series chips, according to industry sources. RV670 chips, fabbed under Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC's) 55nm process, have seen a noticeable increase in yields recently, the sources noted, which will enable AMD to be more price competitive, they believe.

 

[XamediX]

Too bad that doesn't translate into more competitive performance.

 

[thachamp05]

maybe the new cheap ones will oc better?

i've been looking into getting a 3870 fir a while... next price drop i think i will def get one.

 

[alg7_munif]

Too bad that doesn't translate into more competitive performance.

I would rather have a 50% faster card @ $150 than a 100% faster card @ $500

 

[XamediX]

I would rather have a 50% faster card @ $150 than a 100% faster card @ $500

Making up numbers is never too smart on the internet where information is easily obtained. A 8800GT is $200. A 9800GTX is $379. A 8800GTX is $300.