AMD Cayman info (or rumor)

[Mad Pistol]

well since you obviously know this as you apparently designed it... since your avatar is a large cpu cooler....
so tell me, based on what awful design flaws will Antilles not be able to cool itself? I am just asking simply because I never met anybody from the GPU designer team, and judging by the way you talk you seem to be one.... good on ya

Here's my business model


Step 1: Hunk of metal.

Step 2: Profit.



That hunk of metal (in my avatar) made a lot of profit.

[kuroikenshi]

Here's my business model


Step 1: Hunk of metal.

Step 2: Profit.



That hunk of metal (in my avatar) made a lot of profit.

lol that did not answer my query at all.

now here's MY business model:

if I am no related to a project that is yet to be made public, how can I criticize anything based on nothing????

think about it

[eXa]

Thats pretty far off from a hunk of metal...

[Solus Corvus]

Give me a break guys. It is a video card, not a breakthrough in fusion or the end of global strife. In a year or (hopefully) less it will be surpassed by something even better.

And this is coming from someone who has owned a 4870x2, 5970, and will probably own an Antilles card (unless Nvidia has a compelling answer, which I doubt).

Ps. Chuck Norris was surpassed in brainpower by a vacuum tube, I doubt Antilles will have any trouble in that regard.

[informal]

Fact 8 : Antilles is the only known entity to emit awesomeness greater than that of Chuck Norris.

.... it was so coming.

Fact xx : When Antilles runs a game code,a random GPU dies somewhere in the PC world as a aside effect.
Fact xxx : Chief designer of Antilles is no other than Chuck Norris himself.He round-kicked the whole previous design team and made himself a new boss.

[flopper]

Fact 9 : When buying Antilles a servant is provided that ******** and builds a temple to your honor.

EDIT - do we really need comments like that? - STEvil

[Sn0wm@n]

Ps. Chuck Norris was surpassed in brainpower by a vacuum tube, I doubt Antilles will have any trouble in that regard.

legend has it that chuck invented vacuum tubes

[Solus Corvus]

legend has it that chuck invented vacuum tubes

By imparting them with a tiny fraction of the suck that is within his own skull perhaps.

[highoctane]

By imparting them with a tiny fraction of the suck that is within his own skull perhaps.

With Chuck all it takes is a tiny fraction!

[Solus Corvus]

On that we agree. I'm sure his cranial cavity could evacuate many millions of hollow glass cylinders and still have room to spare.

[Your_Boss]

Fact 10) All the awesomeness blown off the Antillies card can be redirected into a whole new computer to power it.

[Chrono Detector]

I wish AMD/ATI would release some specs already, we already know it still comes with 1GB, which by the way is not enough. 2GB would be more sufficient for today's high end gaming.

[RaV[666]]

I wish AMD/ATI would release some specs already, we already know it still comes with 1GB, which by the way is not enough. 2GB would be more sufficient for today's high end gaming

Unless you play in eyefinity, thats not really the case, besides, 1GB is for reference model, 2GB versions are coming in for sure.Same affair was with the 5870.
More memory doesnt magically make a card faster unless it needs this memory.

[RaZz!]

fact 11: antilles can divide by zero.
fact 12: everytime antilles is manufactured, chuck norris senses a disturbance in the force.

[Sn0wm@n]

I wish AMD/ATI would release some specs already, we already know it still comes with 1GB, which by the way is not enough. 2GB would be more sufficient for today's high end gaming.

1GB or 2GB does it really do a massive difference right now????


otherwise i couldnt care less ... id still love me a 4GB single gpu ... but i prefer architectural changes instead

[zalbard]

1GB or 2GB does it really do a massive difference right now????

Yes, sure, I am massively out of VRAM with my 2560x1600 screen using 1GB 5870 right now.

[generics_user]

1GB or 2GB does it really do a massive difference right now????


otherwise i couldnt care less ... id still love me a 4GB single gpu ... but i prefer architectural changes instead

there are so many tests which found out that there might be some settings you can trigger with console switches or textur packs that might make it necessary to use more Vram but stock games hardly benefit from the extra ram

if they improve memory efficiency and compressing they can get the same effect as with doubling the amount of memory together with a wider bus width

remember 5870 2GB versions proved to be pretty much useless except for e-peen and those who like to mod games like crysis to use even bigger textures...

[Sn0wm@n]

Yes, sure, I am massively out of VRAM with my 2560x1600 screen using 1GB 5870 right now.

single gpu ????

[Mad Pistol]

Fact 13: When the power goes out, all power is redirected at Antilles because Antilles does not lose power.

[Sn0wm@n]

i love these fun facts .. they keep this thread civilised

[Dimitriman]

Lol some very good facts there guys

and they say amd didnt release any info on antilles yet. there are plenty of facts now! and vs facts there are no arguments...

Fact 14 - Antilles is so fast its calculations can break space-time continuum and correctly predict lotery results. It can also predict your last day alive - this only fails on Chuck Norris since Chuck Norris cannot die.

[madcho]

i think AMD didn't wanted go to 2GB, not really usefull in most case. If you don't have at least 3x 24", or play crysis in ultra, on 30" with AA8x, there is no real need.

Actual games, don't use 512Mo of textures.

And if they want go to a 384bits bus in next gen ( they won't go in 512bits, we don't need it before a very long time ), they'll sell 1.5go Vram video card, and sold before 2GB. So This could become a problem for the "upgrade" path.

1GB and special 2GB eyefinity 6 is a good choice.

The thing i hope, is AMD will sell the first day in same time, 2GB special eyefinity and 1GB normal edition and will be fully available in sellers. It was a problem with old 5870 six edition.

and i would like to see cayman pro 2GB edition too.

It would be a real smarter choice.

[Your_Boss]

Fact 15: Antilles is so good it creates all it's own facts. A sort of self fulfilling FACTory card.

[Dimitriman]

i think AMD didn't wanted go to 2GB, not really usefull in most case. If you don't have at least 3x 24", or play crysis in ultra, on 30" with AA8x, there is no real need.

Actual games, don't use 512Mo of textures.

And if they want go to a 384bits bus in next gen ( they won't go in 512bits, we don't need it before a very long time ), they'll sell 1.j5go Vram video card, and sold before 2GB. So This could become a problem for the "upgrade" path.

1GB and special 2GB eyefinity 6 is a good choice.

The thing i hope, is AMD will sell the first day in same time, 2GB special eyefinity and 1GB normal edition and will be fully available in sellers. It was a problem with old 5870 six edition.

and i would like to see cayman pro 2GB edition too.

It would be a real smarter choice.

Problem I see is with the new display ports and outputs each card will push 5 or even six monitors already if Im correct. making the six edition sorta a moot product this time. I think they need reference designs with 2gb and not have a 100$ premium like the six edition. amd advertises eyefinity for their cards but its exactly those resolutions that require 2gb. they should push 2gb more this time around.

[madcho]

Problem I see is with the new display ports and outputs each card will push 5 or even six monitors already if Im correct. making the six edition sorta a moot product this time. I think they need reference designs with 2gb and not have a 100$ premium like the six edition. amd advertises eyefinity for their cards but its exactly those resolutions that require 2gb. they should push 2gb more this time around.

100$ for a premium edition 2GB and a hub i think it's a good deal