Quote Originally Posted by Chumbucket843 View Post
yeah, they just magically rebranded directX 10.1 into their chips too. 40nm doesnt count for anything either?
actually those 40nm chips clock worse than the 55nm chips dont they?

Quote Originally Posted by 570091D View Post
Jowy A, shouldn't you be mad at ati for rebranding the 4870 as a 5770? just because it's built on 40nm and has dx11 doesn't mean it's new!
dx11 is enough to make it a different part in my books... its pretty irrelevant, at least now, but its a real change... 10.0 to 10.1 isnt really... if you look at the changes they had to make to go from .0 to .1 its really more of a revision, not a new part... if even that... i mean the 260 v2 with more sps was a more notable improvement and bigger change...

5770 is a 4870 with lower temps, it clocks better, and costs less, and has dx11

nvidia has lower temps too, but worse clocks, same or HIGHER costs and no dx11

i think calling it a g92 rebrand is the nice thing to do here... cause g92 was a kick4ss product, if you call this 10.1 chip a new chip, you would have to call it a square silicon piece of F A I L... calling it a rebrand sounds much more favorable