Here's my business model
Step 1: Hunk of metal.
Step 2: Profit. :up:
That hunk of metal (in my avatar) made a lot of profit. ;)
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Thats pretty far off from a hunk of metal...
Give me a break guys. It is a video card, not a breakthrough in fusion or the end of global strife. In a year or (hopefully) less it will be surpassed by something even better.
And this is coming from someone who has owned a 4870x2, 5970, and will probably own an Antilles card (unless Nvidia has a compelling answer, which I doubt).
Ps. Chuck Norris was surpassed in brainpower by a vacuum tube, I doubt Antilles will have any trouble in that regard.
Fact 9 : When buying Antilles a servant is provided that ******** and builds a temple to your honor.
EDIT - do we really need comments like that? - STEvil
On that we agree. I'm sure his cranial cavity could evacuate many millions of hollow glass cylinders and still have room to spare.
Fact 10) All the awesomeness blown off the Antillies card can be redirected into a whole new computer to power it.:D
I wish AMD/ATI would release some specs already, we already know it still comes with 1GB, which by the way is not enough. 2GB would be more sufficient for today's high end gaming.
Unless you play in eyefinity, thats not really the case, besides, 1GB is for reference model, 2GB versions are coming in for sure.Same affair was with the 5870.Quote:
I wish AMD/ATI would release some specs already, we already know it still comes with 1GB, which by the way is not enough. 2GB would be more sufficient for today's high end gaming
More memory doesnt magically make a card faster unless it needs this memory.
fact 11: antilles can divide by zero.
fact 12: everytime antilles is manufactured, chuck norris senses a disturbance in the force.
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there are so many tests which found out that there might be some settings you can trigger with console switches or textur packs that might make it necessary to use more Vram but stock games hardly benefit from the extra ram :rolleyes:
if they improve memory efficiency and compressing they can get the same effect as with doubling the amount of memory together with a wider bus width :rolleyes:
remember 5870 2GB versions proved to be pretty much useless except for e-peen and those who like to mod games like crysis to use even bigger textures...
Fact 13: When the power goes out, all power is redirected at Antilles because Antilles does not lose power.
i love these fun facts .. they keep this thread civilised :D
Lol some very good facts there guys
and they say amd didnt release any info on antilles yet. there are plenty of facts now! and vs facts there are no arguments...
Fact 14 - Antilles is so fast its calculations can break space-time continuum and correctly predict lotery results. It can also predict your last day alive - this only fails on Chuck Norris since Chuck Norris cannot die.
i think AMD didn't wanted go to 2GB, not really usefull in most case. If you don't have at least 3x 24", or play crysis in ultra, on 30" with AA8x, there is no real need.
Actual games, don't use 512Mo of textures.
And if they want go to a 384bits bus in next gen ( they won't go in 512bits, we don't need it before a very long time ), they'll sell 1.5go Vram video card, and sold before 2GB. So This could become a problem for the "upgrade" path.
1GB and special 2GB eyefinity 6 is a good choice.
The thing i hope, is AMD will sell the first day in same time, 2GB special eyefinity and 1GB normal edition and will be fully available in sellers. It was a problem with old 5870 six edition.
and i would like to see cayman pro 2GB edition too.
It would be a real smarter choice.
Fact 15: Antilles is so good it creates all it's own facts. A sort of self fulfilling FACTory card. :D
Problem I see is with the new display ports and outputs each card will push 5 or even six monitors already if Im correct. making the six edition sorta a moot product this time. I think they need reference designs with 2gb and not have a 100$ premium like the six edition. amd advertises eyefinity for their cards but its exactly those resolutions that require 2gb. they should push 2gb more this time around.