AMD Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850 confirmed to be launched on 22.10.2010

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You had to quote the whole thing?

Seriously, I lol'ed when he quoted the whole thing and called it jibberish. Not my fault he can't process that many numbers.

cause his argument was that 6800 is worse than 5800 in many ways

Well, it was 5850 > Barts XT in many ways, and on paper, CPC, Barts gets the crap beat out of it by Cypress.

It's an illogical argument.

The 6800 series, is not priced the same as the 5800 series.

How is

5850 > Barts XT

Illogical in any way?

The 5850 and 6870 will be in the same price segment. The fact that 5800 series prices will go down as well just makes my arguement more valid.

his argument is that a 6870 will have a worse price to perf, and power to perf, ratio than a 5850. which is a very valid argument to have if true. i dont care if its called a "sh*ty870" no new generation should be worse than the old in every way. time will tell how true his numbers are though

Even if it performs the same, it won't matter, because the 5850 will be cheaper.

I've had at least five people flame and troll me about this, telling me I'm ignorant and making me look stupid. How stupid do I look now?

Barts XT Vs 5850:

HD6870 (Barts XT) from the black slide ($260?):
12 SIMD's
2 FP ops * 960 SP's * 850 Mhz Core Clock = 1.632 TFLops SP
48 Texture Units * 850 Mhz Core Clock = 40.8 GTexel/s
32 ROP's * 850 Mhz Core Clock = 27.2 GPixel/s
128 Z/Stencils (as noted on black chart) * 850 Mhz Core Clock = 108.8 GSamples/s
1050 Mhz GDDR5 * 256 bit bus / 2 = 134.4 GB/s
Max board power: (greater than) >150w

vs


HD5850 (currently selling for $260 @ Newegg.com on Oct. 15 2010):
18 SIMD's
2 FP Ops * 1440 SP's * 725 Mhz Core Clock = 2.088 TFLops SP
72 Texture Units * 725 Mhz Core Clock = 52.2 GTexel/s
32 ROP's * 725 Mhz Core Clock = 23.2 GPixel/s
128 Z/Stencils * 725 Mhz Core Clock = 92.8 GSamples/s
1000 Mhz GDDR5 * 256 bit bus / 2 times = 128 GB/s.
Maximum Board Power = 151w