Quote Originally Posted by Dimitriman View Post
No TDP can keep an nvidia boy away from his geforce. As proven by the gtx480. Maybe AMD will try the same this time around.
haha, same goes for 5970 owners. so many people put way to much stock in power handling.... like really does it make that big of a difference as long as you have a real PSU you should not have any issues... ya the GTX 480 uses tons and tons of power but it also has tons and tons of performance especially when OCed. i have NO issue with a really power hungry card as long as it's got performance to match, im not talking about performance per watt because you always gotta pay more for the most performance. take the GTX 480 for example, it would be crazy if it was slower than a 5870 and used more power but it is faster than a 5870 so the power draw is justified.

I have no issue if Cayman or Antilles use just as much power or more than my 480 as long as they are faster I would totally look at upgrading.

nobody buys a top end card for it's power consumption so I think we need to stop worrying about it.

what I do hope ATI fix is there stock cooling and stock fans, I have had many issues with blower fans on ATI cards blowing out bearings after a year of not so heavy usage, I have seen in on my 2900, a pair of 4870's and my 5870 and i really makes me hesitant to run the fans up for a long period of time. it would be nice to see a more innovative stock cooler on Cayman, maybe some external heat pipes like the GTX 480? or heatsink shroud combo? larger lower RPM fan? maybe bat-mobile v2? ok maybe not the last one