AMD Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850 confirmed to be launched on 22.10.2010

[Sn0wm@n]

id rather trust a review by an outstanding members of the community then some tech forum ... unless its an outstanding member of the community who posted the results for that forum

[zerazax]

Palit Sonic Platinium GTX 460(800/4000) scores 61 FPS .
We will see but Ati can do that much magic, i mean you think that a 960SP card will equal an 1440SP( 6850= 5850? ) , and 1120SP = > 1600SP( 5870) ?
I don't think so.
I think that 6850 performance will be between GTX 460 768MB an 1GB closer to 1gb version( between 5830 an 5850), and 6870 will be above GTX 460 1GB an slightly above 5850 more or less, so between 5850 and 5870.

People need to STOP talking about SP equivalency when ATI just re-did the architecture/shader arrangement

[Jowy Atreides]

[moonhunter]

http://www.chiphell.com/thread-130471-1-1.html


Power Color HD6870 1GB ￥1799
Sapphire HD6850 1GB ￥1499

[Hey Zeus]

Futurepowerpc.com has listed the EAH6850 @ 213.36

http://www.futurepowerpc.com/scripts.../1GD5&REFID=FR

6870 @ 265.39

http://www.futurepowerpc.com/scripts...870/2DI2S/1GD5

So i'm hoping for 199.99 and 249.99 at Newegg

[Sn0wm@n]

250 for a 6870 doesnt seem so bad .. and the 5800 did come out at around 350 iirc ???

[HelixPC]

6870 is an overclocked 5830?

[Manicdan]

6870 is an overclocked 5830?

yup
just like DDR3 is overclocked DDR2

[Sn0wm@n]

6870 is an overclocked 5830?

not really

[Hey Zeus]

Whats the status on ATI's drivers? Have they gotten that debacle straightened out?

[zalbard]

Whats the status on ATI's drivers? Have they gotten that debacle straightened out?

They are very good for mainstream games, less popular stuff might not work perfectly, however.

[Nintendork]

I have no problems with their drivers. Also, since the arrival of the propietary Linux drivers, AMD drivers are as good as Nvidia for penguin lovers.

[Hey Zeus]

They are very good for mainstream games, less popular stuff might not work perfectly, however.

Main game i play is BC2. Probably going to go with a pair of 6870's just to see how they compare to my 460's

[xellsyuh]

I have no problems with their drivers. Also, since the arrival of the propietary Linux drivers, AMD drivers are as good as Nvidia for penguin lovers.

Being as good as don´t mean they are actually good @ linux (tearing problems, for instance); but undoubtedly, ATI drivers for Windows, at least for Windows 7 x64 are good, updated monthly, their crossfire profile works, extended desktop works like a charm (through S-video, DVI or HDMI). No major problems at all.

[Jowy Atreides]

6870 is an overclocked 5830?

Of course!

...aside from the shader structure, tesselation unit, output display, cooler and everything else a GPU consists of.

The 6870 is also a G92 8800gt.
It's also a 9800XT in a Halloween costume.

[Tha Last Meal]

I think HD 6870 WILL BE Better than GTX 460 1GB around 13%
AND HD 6850 WILL BE Better than GTX 460 1GB around 6%

[Andi64]

Of course!

...aside from the shader structure, tesselation unit, output display, cooler and everything else a GPU consists of.

The 6870 is also a G92 8800gt.
It's also a 9800XT in a Halloween costume.

But it's a fact that HD6970 is just a faster Voodoo 3 3000...

[Mechanical Man]

But it's a fact that HD6970 is just a faster Voodoo 3 3000...

Nono, u got it wrong, It was nVidia who bought 3Dfx. So Fermi is just faster Voodoo.

HD6k is just faster RAGE 3D!

[jmke]

To all Quoted: If the reviews aren't using the same CPU... it's not apples vs apples.

not same drivers, ram speed, OS, driver settings etc etc
comparing FPS results between sites without looking into the test setups is FAIL.

[HelixPC]

Of course!

...aside from the shader structure, tesselation unit, output display, cooler and everything else a GPU consists of.

The 6870 is also a G92 8800gt.
It's also a 9800XT in a Halloween costume.

Very useful information, thanks alot, you must be full of information, what else can you tell me? are AMD Phenom II and Core i7 the same as well? thanks in advance.

[Lanek]

http://sites.amd.com/us/tfeevent/Pages/information.aspx

Someone's in Taipei the 19?

Agenda:
http://sites.amd.com/us/tfeevent/Pages/2010-agenda.aspx

9:15-9:40
"Northern Islands" Graphics Technology Briefing
Matt Skynner, Corporate VP and General Manager
Graphic Product Unit Division, AMD

12:45 - 2:15
Eric Demers, CTO, Graphics Division
Northern Islands Architecture Deep Dive

4:00-4:15
AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series Marketing
Casey Gotcher, AMD
* Product Positioning
* Product Brands
* APP Software
* Demand Generation for Radeon 6000 Series
* Q&A

[generics_user]

Main game i play is BC2. Probably going to go with a pair of 6870's just to see how they compare to my 460's

BFBC2 works like a charm on my 5850; 1920x1200; 4xAA and 16:1 AF; everything on MAX @ 60-80 fps without any hiccups (campaign is around 10-20 fps slower...

you'll also notice that loading time on AMD cards is a bit faster than on nvidia (5-10 seconds if you have a proper HDD/SSD, it used to take some 30-120 seconds but this was fixed one month after the game release!)

[Iconyu]

Very useful information, thanks alot, you must be full of information, what else can you tell me? are AMD Phenom II and Core i7 the same as well? thanks in advance.

You deserved it, 400+ posts in a thread and you drop a line as welcome as a fart in a elevator.

[kuroikenshi]

But it's a fact that HD6970 is just a faster Voodoo 3 3000...

WHAT?!?!?! I thought there was nothing faster than my onboard S3 video chip...

[kaktus1907]

Sapphire HD 6850