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by: MB on 6/3/2009
I agree it looks to be 180-200mm2.

Everyone seems to think it's 12x15 - 180mm2.

I think it's more likely to be 12x16 - 192mm2, the same amount of silicon as Rv670.

Of course, the rumors of yore all said 205mm2, which isn't out of the question, but it does look a little big for that to be possible.

Still, the question remains: If Evergreen is dx11/1200sp/48tmu/32 ROP/256-bit, how the heck did they make that fit versus the 137mm2/826M rv740 that is dx10/640sp/32tmu/16 ROP/128-bit with only 1.5x (or less) transistors?

Could it be they got rid of all their never-to-be-used tech (like the proprietary tessellator) and it actually took up more space than the dx11 logix that replaces it? That would be funny, in a sad kind of way.
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