New rumor about ATI Southern Islands

[blindbox]

It's actually more like 8800GTX -> 9800GTX. A name that implies a generational leap, but is only about as fast (sometimes faster sometimes slower depending on what you throw at it) as the previous chip while being smaller and cooler.

You're right! +1

Just shrinking components in a GPU with no feature or performance changes does not count.

Some Xbox 360 have shrunken GPU/CPU components, they don't count that as a new product.

Okay, while we're at it, Radeon HD 2900 -> 3870

Hum hum.