Quote Originally Posted by SKYMTL View Post
When you put it that way, gamers don't need the HD 6000 series, nor half the current GTX 400 series at this point in time.

Maybe the extra horsepower will come in handly when the Gen 2 DX11 games start getting released in H1 2011 but until then? Any additional performance is nothing more than window dressing which looks good in charts and not much else.

On the flip side of the coin, depending on the performance of these new cards, ATI could have the ability to put the screws to NVIDIA at the $175 - $250 price point.
my sisters kid still use a 8800gt.
a 4890 or similar is way good still.
dx11 with w7 and vista wont take off until Bf3 comes out and maybe some other game.
As developers scale the game to old hardware (sucky consols also), people really dont need more powerful hardware.

so if amd really wanted people to buy new cards they made sure some gamedeveloper made a dx11 cutting edge fun game people wanted to play and buy new hardware for.

I can build a budget system, for likely half the price or less with the same fps with old hardware as the new hardware dont bring much new to the table.
I use eyefinity, in any other case I wouldnt be upgrading my card.
I still use a 2 year old computer, 2 year?
sold my i7920 cpu to get a new i7950 but I dont get new performance.
some lower power and heat, but not by much.

The time has come for no return, people having a gtx460 dont need a new card, people having a 5800 series card dont need a new one, people having a 4800 series card likely dont need a new one.
I see a lot of people using old hardware, and have no incitiment buying new.

what does the new 6000 series bring us?
not much new.