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Originally posted by ATilaptops
You misunderstand me. I knew exactly what ATi was doing with the 9600 replacement of the 9500's. While everyone else was going "What the heck are they doing?" I knew exactly why they had. My confusion is, it seems like they could have made a .13 card with the same amount of pipelines and transistors as, say a 9800 pro, and made it their ultimate high end card. So the only reason I can see, is that they needed a mid range card so they didn't bother with the idea. And the next chip will be along those lines.
Shrinking to a new process it a DARN tough thing to accomplish. That's why in the CPU world, it's most often done midway through a processor's run, when they know that they can still push out more chips on the old process if they need to, but have time to get the new process right on something that they know(an old chip).