Quote Originally Posted by jaredpace View Post
689D could be hemlock pro, since it's looking like 689c is hemlock xt. BUT, who says that gpuz read that bios and correctly identified any of the following:
689C dev id, 1600sp shader count, 725/1000 core/mem clocks.
GPU-Z reads the device id correctly. Shadercount/ROP's are derived from a database. Core/mem freq i don't know

IMO 689C will come with a full-cover cooling shroud that looks like the 5870 & 5850, be hemlock XT, have 2gb total memory, core clock of somewhere between 850-950mhz, and memory of around 1200-1250. 689D dev id will be 5950, 1440sp shader x 2, have a duo-orb w/ partial shroud style cooling, be hemlock Pro, 2gb memory @ 725/1000.
IMO, 5870 Six will have a different dev id and a different product name.
Like this?


The name for the 5870 six = HD5870 Eyefinity(6) Edition

People make the argument that they had to lower clocks of the memory and core to reduce the (completely rumored) 375w tdp to < 300w. But clockspeeds don't make anywhere near the impact on power draw that memory & core voltages do. Meh, no one is sure. I'm still hoping for 3 different parts, a 5970, 5950, and 5870six.
The card used here has the initial cooler which was also seen on the first hemlock pictures on chiphell. I guess it's an early engineering sample so core and mem speeds are not final.

edit: hey blob, where did you hear Nov. 9th as release date? Last i heard was Nov. 19th, but it was Oct. 23rd before that, so no telling.
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