AMD Cayman info (or rumor)

[flopper]

This i know But, i thought the new card would fare better

its as any, if you pay for a game, its likely you try to limit your rival with it.
if written with guidelines the cards should perfom similar.

[xdan]

This i know But, i thought the new card would fare better

Drivers, lacking support...

[japamd]

HD 6970 - 420€ here in France, In stock

Hmmm, about 100€ cheaper than GTX 580 and 30€ expensive than GTX 570, so performance wise it may be around there, between them.

[TheBreezyBB]

On an unrelated note the 6870 are down to 216$ WOW!! preparing for the 6950 >300$ ?!

[Olivon]

Hmmm, about 100€ cheaper than GTX 580 and 30€ expensive than GTX 570, so performance wise it may be around there, between them.

GTX 570 is 339€ in the same shop

[Oztopher]

On an unrelated note the 6870 are down to 216$ WOW!! preparing for the 6950 >300$ ?!

From the looks of the pricing in the UK, that would seem about right less than $300.

[TheBreezyBB]

From the looks of the pricing in the UK, that would seem about right less than $300.

That would be awesome!! I can't wait for tomorrow.

[flyck]

Its been said earlier in this thread, nvidia sponsored the development of lost planet 2 and thus favoring geforce cards. Its allways been like this, one time its AMD then Nvidia and so on.

and ofcourse the drivers for 6900 which are still not used.

[Tha Last Meal]

HD 6970 - 420€
GTX 570-339€

Jesus !! what the hell is this

[jmke]

It's a joke. Check the end of the article

you needed to check the end of the article?
the duct-taped switch at the back of the card did not give it away?

[Oztopher]

Gibbo's 6970 pyramid from OcUK

Thats just 6970's and only 1/3rd of what we have in stock for launch.


For those thinking 6950, well I have nearly 1000pc of those in stock ready for launch as well.


Needless to say this is a true *HARD* launch!

[-=DVS=-]

What is slide in pink ? with asian letters .

[Olivon]

What is slide in pink ? with asian letters .

Resident Evil 5

[zerazax]

God those scales are terrible

P.S. Lost PLanet 2 is heavily Nvidia. I tihnk some review had the GTS 450 beating a 5870 in it

edit: why'd they pick P settings and Lost Planet 2 huh? Those are pretty obviously the ones that were Nvidia favored from even the German leaks showed it

[spicypixel]

So basically OcUK have more 69xx cards on their own than GTX580s exist in the worlds shops?

[zerazax]

That's a hell of a pyramid lol

[Jeager]

There were some 570 at ~300€ last week in a few french online shop

[Jodiuh]

-2 points for lacking the Christmas star.

[Oztopher]

-2 points for lacking the Christmas star.

Not sure there would be enough room at the top there! about an inch difference between the ceiling

Does the loaf of bread count?

[cold2010]

God those scales are terrible

P.S. Lost PLanet 2 is heavily Nvidia. I tihnk some review had the GTS 450 beating a 5870 in it

edit: why'd they pick P settings and Lost Planet 2 huh? Those are pretty obviously the ones that were Nvidia favored from even the German leaks showed it

HD 6970 Works with Lost Planet 2

[Tha Last Meal]

AMD to Bring Extra-Large Vapor Chamber Cooling to HD 6900



As you can see in the image above, unlike in their previous attempts at Vapor Chamber cooling with modest sized vapor chambers like in ATI Radeon HD 4870X2, the approach with Radeon HD 6900 Series is more akin to Sapphire's pioneering 3870 Vapor-X, or recently the GeForce GTX 500 Series.

This massive Vapor Chamber cooling is the reason why AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series is achieving remarkable overclocking results, just like the GeForce GTX 580 and 570. We've seen GTX 580 working at 895MHz, GTX 570 at 880MHz as well as viewed results of Radeon HD 6970 clocked at 980MHz, and 6950 at 1010MHz. We've spoken with numerous board manufacturers and they're all telling us that this generation of graphics cards is "vintage", with overclocking headroom spanning much beyond the last generation.

Who'd knew, perhaps TSMC is finally maturing their 40nm process.

[zerazax]

A 6950 at 1010? Nice!

[Tha Last Meal]

A 6950 at 1010? Nice!

nice, but here :

Radeon HD 6970 clocked at 980MHz

880MHz-980MHz = 100MHz

[-=DVS=-]

We've seen GTX 580 working at 895MHz, GTX 570 at 880MHz as well as viewed results of Radeon HD 6970 clocked at 980MHz, and 6950 at 1010MHz

If these figures are common overclocks. These would be the gains.

GTX580 772 -> 895 (15.9%)
GTX570 732 -> 880 (20%)

6970 880 -> 980 (11%)
6950 800 -> 1010 (26%)

[Jodiuh]

Does the loaf of bread count?

Only if it's extra tasty, like honey wheat or that hawaiian stuff!

We've spoken with numerous board manufacturers and they're all telling us that this generation of graphics cards is "vintage", with overclocking headroom spanning much beyond the last generation.

Well, the 460 did it on a non vapor cooler, right? I must admit, it's almost as much fun as flashing 9500's to 9700's.