Quote Originally Posted by tajoh111 View Post
No way will it be 229 for a 6870. The cheapest x870 series was the $219(it's price had to drop after) 3870 which is 50 percent smaller and was facing much stiffer competition. and AMD/ATi had completely lost the momentum.

If rumors are true, 68xx is rather close to 270mm in size and it will be priced closer to 300 than 200 because of that.
So if RV670 was 192mm2 and Barts is ~270mm2... where does the 50% smaller come into play?

Quote Originally Posted by tajoh111 View Post
The efficiency AMD seems to be stressing this part generation is power and chip size, not pricing.
Really?