ATI R590 to appear in the form of X1800 GTO

ATI’s next graphic circuit seems to be R590 and contrary to what one might believe it is not the bigger brother to R580 (X1900). R590 is expected to be based on the X1900 series’ architecture, but will be stripped of some of its features and use lower frequencies. According to DailyTech we should expect R590 to arrive as Radeon X1800 GTO and with 256MB video card memory at $279, a very interesting price. It will not be possible to unlock the missing features that X1800 GTO will have though, simply because R590 is a completely different circuit. According to sources a R600 made with 80nm manufacturing technology will arrive in October, but that is all we know at the moment.

Source: DailyTech