AMD Cayman info (or rumor)

[tajoh111]

So roughly $350 for the 6950 and $500 for the 6970

AMD prices its cards competitively, so those are the levels one should look at for performance..

I could see spursindonia having to take a small trip. I wonder how much Antilles is going to cost.

[Oztopher]

One must be polite

Of course

I can't wait to see how they perform, i always like new tech, and especially with the architecture of cayman.

6950 will be a bit out of my price range, but i may just have to get one anyway if they're on level with a 480 then i would be very happy with that performance. However, we will have to see what the GTX 570 offers (but i think it's pretty much obvious anyway).

[FischOderAal]

I suppose one must be very happy of how a certain something producingcertain benches of something else as well,

What are you trying to tell us?

Maybe you speak the same language as this guy:


(No offense intended )

[freeloader]

I think you may have stumbled upon a new law of reality. In essence:

"Nvidia has always had a faster single GPU, except for when they didn't. Therefore Nvidia will always have a faster single GPU, except for when they won't."

I dare doubters to try and assail this logic.

Sigged....

[minaelromany]

What say you about 5970? It is the fastest card, and it has been the fastest card for a full year, after it was released Nvidia brought the 400s and then the 500s but still the top-of-the-line 500 isn't as fast as AMD's 1 year old card.

I mean, if it's about performance AND price AND power, AMD has been annihilating Nvidia for quite some time. But even if it's just performance, AMD's been on top for quite a while again. So what is your criteria, exactly?

Very well said

And let me add that even when GTX580 is indeed the fastest single GPU card now, it is not a good deal against something like HD6850 CF (I know , I know , two cards but who cares ! We want best performance for cheaper + less power consumption)

I tried HD6870 CF , HD6850 CF and GTX580 and let me tell you that HD6850 CF beats GTX580 in most games and sometimes with a large margin, and for 360$ VS 530$ for the GTX580 , so AMD wins hands down

I should get the HD6900 pretty soon too

[cold2010]

217w

http://bbs.expreview.com/viewthread....om=recommend_f

Real or Fake

[eric66]

217w

http://bbs.expreview.com/viewthread....om=recommend_f

Real or Fake

seems to me that amd screwed up 6970 so its 580/570 all the way this christmas

[spursindonesia]

So roughly $350 for the 6950 and $500 for the 6970

AMD prices its cards competitively, so those are the levels one should look at for performance..

Agreed, with those prices, one can conclude that HD 6950 will be around GTX 480 performance, while HD 6970 will be FASTER than GTX 580 (which can easily drop its price to anticipate HD 6970 absolute performance).

That... or availability will be limited, so they want to control the demand right from the start

I don't think AMD will risk a very bad press that their card will come later than competition, perform just as fast or infact slower like what you've insinuated, but cost as much while loosing on feature front (hey, CUDA & PhysX are still great selling checkboxes for the green team). It will be directly stamped as a FAILURE by reviewers out there.

I could see spursindonia having to take a small trip. I wonder how much Antilles is going to cost.

Yep, no worry, i'll keep my bet & promise. But only happily taking that 6 months hiatus if HD 6970 does have monstrous performance, if not, i'll be begrudgingly turning into an nVidiot, i swear !

[zalbard]

Still 1GB and not even 1600 shaders... :S

[ripken204]

this is slide 11... i wonder what the other slides say

[Heinz68]

The "Worlds most advanced enthusiast GPU"
So what is HD 6970 going to be?

[zerazax]

They misspelled speed... and Worlds should be World's sounds like a fake to me

Still 1GB and not even 1600 shaders... :S

1536/4 = 384

1600/5 = 320

That's 20% more shaders

[Heinz68]

They misspelled speed... and Worlds should be World's sounds like a fake to me



1536/4 = 384

1600/5 = 320

That's 20% more shaders

Not too bad for slide made in China.

[Vipeax]

They misspelled speed... and Worlds should be World's sounds like a fake to me

Not the first time that they misspelled speed...



hint: this 6950 looks too small (looks like an edited 6850 slide) also note that the space after the + before HDMI is missing, AGAIN.


6870 is even bigger.... (this slide is likely to be false too, fyi)

[zerazax]

Plus, 127W -> 217W is a easy photoshop

[zalbard]

1536 number is fake, it does not line up with the rest of the data in the table.
Whoever photoshops this stuff should diaf, srsly...

[LightSpeed]

when did amd produce a single GPU card which was the fastest on the market??

not since Nvidia failed with the FX5800
otherwise nVidia always been ahead of AMD

and will probably win this round too
it is certainly what history tells us.

LOL

X850PE, X1950XTX?

...HD5870? Get a reality check

Btw, 1536/1920 for 6950/6970 respectively seem to be true. Lets just wait a few more days

[spursindonesia]

The "Worlds most advanced enthusiast GPU"
So what is HD 6970 going to be?

The Chuck Norris of GPU ?

[ripken204]

The "Worlds most advanced enthusiast GPU"
So what is HD 6970 going to be?

"Universe's most advanced enthusiast GPU"

or

"Super duper epicly amazing omg wtf im going to jizz in my pants XTXTXTXYAYTXTXT GPU"

[blindbox]

Less than 2 weeks till release and all that we know is that it has a freaking backplate. Ooohh the internet disappoints me with the lack of information.

[Johnny87au]

The Chuck Norris of GPU ?

nah MacGyver lol

[ripken204]

Less than 2 weeks till release and all that we know is that it has a freaking backplate. Ooohh the internet disappoints me with the lack of information.

we should collectively pay/hire the guy from wikileaks to get info for us

[7he ]-[0rr0r]

nah MacGyver lol

Does that mean when we remove the cooling to slap a water block on it we are going to find they made 6970, the uniblerses most uber graphics card all with a shoe string, bottle cap, thumbtack and piece of glass?

I can't wait to find out.

[Johnny87au]

Does that mean when we remove the cooling to slap a water block on it we are going to find they made 6970, the uniblerses most uber graphics card all with a shoe string, bottle cap, thumbtack and piece of glass?

I can't wait to find out.

Well you never know , MacGyver is full of suprises!!

[Manicdan]

Does that mean when we remove the cooling to slap a water block on it we are going to find they made 6970, the uniblerses most uber graphics card all with a shoe string, bottle cap, thumbtack and piece of glass?

I can't wait to find out.

naa, it means the card rips throats.... thats just its thing.....