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

[zerazax]

doesn't deserve the name 6870.. more like 5890.

That would imply it's meant to replace the 5870

People need to look at the pricing/chart. There was no card to fill the gap between 5770 and 5850. So they split Cypress performance into two new GPUs... Cayman for the > $250 range, and Barts for $150-250. Juniper is now < $150 and will not be renamed

Sounds like a good market plan, and 6800 was kind of necessary as a name since a 6700 would kill the 5700 sales, unless they wanted to rebrand the 5700

[FlawleZ]

That would imply it's meant to replace the 5870

People need to look at the pricing/chart. There was no card to fill the gap between 5770 and 5850. So they split Cypress performance into two new GPUs... Cayman for the > $250 range, and Barts for $150-250. Juniper is now < $150 and will not be renamed

Sounds like a good market plan, and 6800 was kind of necessary as a name since a 6700 would kill the 5700 sales, unless they wanted to rebrand the 5700

How do you figure?

5870 didn't replace 5850. Why would 5890 replace 5870? It really is a more fitting name as the performance increase is likely to be similar to 4870--->4890 than 4870---->5870.

[Lanek]

How do you figure?

5870 didn't replace 5850. Why would 5890 replace 5870? It really is a more fitting name as the performance increase is likely to be similar to 4870--->4890 than 4870---->5870.

maybe cause HD4870 > 5870 was top to top cards .... and in the 6K series 5870 > 6970 is the top to top cards ... excluding of course the dual gpu's from both series .

[Jowy Atreides]

double post