New rumor about ATI Southern Islands

[Final8ty]

1) So you're not pissed at all that 6870 has about the same performance as 5870, as long as the generation increase is not due to a shrink?

2)For me, a generation increase means a performance increase, that's about it. Maybe power consumption reduction is acceptable as well. If power consumption is half of Cypress, I don't really mind if 6870 has the same perf as 5870. I did say a power reduction would warrant a generation increase but as far as I am concerned, I wouldn't upgrade from 5870 to 6870 just for less power.

1) nope not pissed at all, die shrink alone is relevant if it does not offer anything different/new.

2) Performance or new features counts as a new gen, because not everyone needs more performance but may want new features.

What if shrinking was never an option that would not mean that there could never have new generations with more efficient architecture & features.

Too many people are hangup on the shrinking & that it alone defines new gen without any changes.