Quote Originally Posted by Calmatory View Post
Go away please.

How would YOU have done the naming? HD 5860 and HD5890? HD 5960/5990? HD5999 for Antilles? X2? Why X2 when there is no X2 for dual Cypress board? Doesn't the 4+1 -> 4D transition warrant a new gen naming? What about the rumoured upcoming Fusion products "polluting" the naming scheme for lower end SKUs? What about the possible future plans to introduce Caicos and Turks to lower end parts to replace Redwood and Cedar? The fact which Nvidia leaked that OEMs want new gen stuff badly to ship with their products just gives more of a reason to not keep them as HD5xxx parts. Do you honestly believe that it would've been better for consumers to have 4-6 new cards in HD5xxx series during the next few months? And that Nvidia would've gotten away with next gen stuff while AMD couldn't have delivered it until 28nm? What do you think that these "average joes" who supposedly feel pissed because of HD68xx would have felt about AMD because they "failed to bring out new stuff" while Nvidia would push GTx 5xx series?

And people still do not understand what maximum board power and TDP stands for, and what's the actual difference between those two even though it has been discussed multiple times here on XS and other boards during the past few years or so, and was clarified by SKYMTL recently. Sigh.
Learn to respect others ideas, it's not up to you to invite or dismiss others, kid.

If AMD is going to use a new generation-number (with a new first-digit) then have to deliver the performance/power accordantly, otherwise a re-fresh, re-brand, or evolution should keep the generation-number.

It remains to be seen if Cayman can beat/match the performance/power 5970, and if it can't it would be a disappointment for many who are expecting to see a a real new generation.