New rumor about ATI Southern Islands

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If we're gonna speculate I'm guessing:

Barts Pro - ~GTX460 1GB performance or like ~5% better in some cases, $199
Barts XT - Slightly above HD5850 performance in avg, $249~259

I think it will be like this too.

Something tells me the 5850 performance is true because apparently partners that had the card confirmed such performance.

I am slightly more pessimistic and think Barts xt might perform a tad worse than the 5850 if the specs on the leak slide is true. Somewhere along the lines of 5 to 10 percent worse.

Is the 4 D shader rumor debunked if that slide is true? Where did this rumor come from. I think Charlie sources are not bad when it comes down to the chip level(tape out dates and chip sizes), but when it comes to performance and specs, he is not accurate at all.

I think the barts parts are going to be expensive this generation because the cards seem so huge(the pics atleast) compared to prior generations.

I think this generation will be more about AMD cashing in on weak competition than really providing a serious improvement. If the size of the die is correct, which is along the lines of 380-400mm. I can see 480-640 shaders being added without any new technology being added and giving it enough power to beat a gtx 480.