Quote Originally Posted by tajoh111 View Post
You are thinking short sighted.

If barts is named the 6870, the pricing of it has to be 259 most likely 299. No damn way will they allow the 6870 to be priced under 200 dollars.
Man, they will look at the performance of the competition and price the cards accordingly. Naming has nothing to do with it. Maybe $30 give or take, but just because they are named 6850 instead of 5750 doesnt mean theyl charge a load more just because the name says so. If the 6870 is faster than the 5850, theyll price it at around 5850 levels I guess. If its slightly slower, no way will they charge a price higher than the 5850, let alone $299.

Yeah people will scream renaming, etc. But after what nv has done, this is nothing. Sure it still doesnt look too good, in fact its not good practice IMO, but if this helps them earn $$ let them earn it. They could have earned much more from the 5xxx if TSMC didnt muck it up so bad..

Nvm lets see how things pan out