Hd5870 - $299

[tajoh111]

Came from a decent source, though lots of different interpretations.
Re-reading it now it doesn't say anything about having them ready at launch, just that the order is placed.

Original/best speculation is 300k Cypress and 100k Hemlock, which sounds like a lot.

I smell bull. 300k is a ridiculous amount of cards to have available at launch, especially that high end. Its really too much. Thats how much consoles alot of companies have available at launch and they sell way better than any high end videocard and produced much further ahead of time. Even worse is the notion of 100,000 hemlock cards. Thats 100k of the super high end. Thats crazy unbelievable, as there is no way AMD could move that many as it is still a 600 dollar card.

Not only that 40nm is still not the greatest manufacturing process. If it was, we would have seen alot more 4770s, which could of sold way more if they were more readily available.

Without a source it even smells worse, especially coming from a known ATI fan.

Why makes so many cards when no matter how good the reviews are, alot of people are going to stay with the 4870 or whatever card they have. If you look at this even further, that would mean their has to be atleast 1million r8xx cards because if they have 400k of the high end, there has to be atleast a million more for the mainstream parts.