New rumor about ATI Southern Islands

[tajoh111]

the 6400 would have the same power as Llano if the Llano specs are correct .. so forget the 6400 series ... so that leaves us with 6700 6800 6900 ...

the specs of the fusion parts will take that space left in the radeon naming left over .. wich is the 6400 and and the lower end laptop fusion parts etc... the rest is all radeon .. it does make sense if we look at it this way .. for a future way of thinking that 2 years down the line bulldozer will probably be close to having a gpu into the cpu ... so that would fit quite well with the new naming scheme etc... much more to learn once the nda is over ... so i wouldnt put all my hate towards amd before the nda is even over ....





if the renaming scheme is how i pointed it out its not fooling people up .. its getting the proper parts for the proper markets ... no more need for cheapo 5450 type of gpu ... because now amd will have a gpu inside a cpu very soon .. so no more need for that .. that 5550 is out of there also ... 5570 also ... leaving the essentials ... 6700 6800 ... 6900 ... so since most people think higher numbers are good .. they inflated the line by one notch .. it does sound bad ... but we dont have the whole deal .. the pricing etc.... if the pricing is done nicely i think it might be brilliant ...

That still leaves the 63xx, 62xx and 61xx though. NV I remember started using numbers like 6100 or 6150 for their integrate parts when their 6xxx series was out. They can still use numbers in the 64xx series, just not 6450 or 6470. 6430 is obviously an option as is 6410.

The naming is scheming people thinking they are getting a 2 generation gap increase from buying a 68xx, upgrading from a 48xx. And to a much lesser quantity, it is fooling the people upgrading from a 58xx to a 68xx. Hopefully no one does this, but there are stories of people apparently upgrading from 8800gt to 9800gt(story I have yet to see for myself, but some AMD owners have claimed).

If I didn't know any better, I would be pretty pissed off from the upgrade difference between a 4870 and a 6870. It's an upgrade but not two generations(especially the rate AMD and NV as of late) worth. When considering the price of the 4870 and the 6870 might be pretty similar, this might be a common mistake as price is one of thing things that help a consumer from making this mistake.

This naming scheme is going to really hurt the value for 58xx owners trying to resell their cards to the general public though. Its going to be hard to sell like the above individual did, a 5870 for 255 euros, when a 6870 is the same price new or less when it comes out.