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AAA
July 26th, 2009, 11:58 PM
While there is no solid news of this for proof, I had decided today to crossfire my 4770 and when I did a search on Newegg, other retailing stores, and even calling, I found they were all out of stock and didn't even have a prediction for another shipping. Is this thing turning into the 40nm Rare Classic?

:saddowns: I wanted a grand performance for the price.
legionaire45
July 27th, 2009, 12:14 AM
These are scarce right now since TSCM is having trouble manufacturing GPUs on the 40nm node. They'll probably still be around until September or October when ATI is supposed to released DX11 stuff - maybe later.
AAA
July 27th, 2009, 12:22 AM
These are scarce right now since TSCM is having trouble manufacturing GPUs on the 40nm node. They'll probably still be around until September or October when ATI is supposed to released DX11 stuff - maybe later.

What/Who is TSCM?

and Thank you for the slight reassurance...
Phopojijo
July 27th, 2009, 12:31 AM
TSMC is the Taiwanese company that manufactures ATI's cards... as well as nVidia's cards I believe... it WAS Foxconn at one point but...
Bhamid
July 27th, 2009, 06:16 AM
I thought TSMC provides part of the technology to do that, then the partners like Sapphire and EVGA manufacture them.
343guiltymc
July 27th, 2009, 10:09 AM
Shame, would have been an overclocker. Better than that other loser card in the 4700 series, or the GTS 240.
Bhamid
July 27th, 2009, 01:39 PM
GTS 240 is just another 8/9800 gt isn't it?
legionaire45
July 27th, 2009, 02:36 PM
TSMC manufactures the silicon only. The AIB vendors (Sapphire, HIS, etc.) manufacture the PCBs and other components.

GTS 240 is a GT200 core shrunk down to 40nm. Not sure if it uses a similar PCB to the G92 based stuff but I believe it fills that role.
InnerGoat
July 27th, 2009, 02:54 PM
GTS 240 is the 8800GT.


Yep.
343guiltymc
July 27th, 2009, 03:12 PM
TSMC manufactures the silicon only. The AIB vendors (Sapphire, HIS, etc.) manufacture the PCBs and other components.

GTS 240 is a GT200 core shrunk down to 40nm. Not sure if it uses a similar PCB to the G92 based stuff but I believe it fills that role.
It's not 40 NM, it's pretty much the same as a 9800 GT OC 1GB spec wise, done to the same die size. AIB vendors don't sell the card, only OEM vendors like Dell are getting the GTS 240.