AMD Cayman info (or rumor)

[Iconyu]

Overclockers have always price gouged new products for as much as they can get away with, especially if that new product is thin on the ground. I wouldn't use Overclocker prices as proof that the 6970 will be faster, it's just proof that they are trying to get as much money out of early adopters as possible.

I'm comparing Overclockers 580 and 5970 prices to that £400.

what do you mean by they ? if 6950 is also faster than 580 that pretty much means beginning of new era in gpu industry

If the 6950 is faster too, then it'll be the 9700pro all over again. But I can't see that happening as the numbers we're hearing about shader count so far would put the two Cayman's pretty far apart.
If both are faster, then nvidia will be frozen out of DX11 altogether, I doubt you'd see a high profile physx game for another two years.

[s1nykuL]

I'm comparing Overclockers 580 and 5970 prices to that £400.

Fair enough, I accept that price can be indicative of performance. The point I am trying to make is that the prices charged by an online store known for price gouging on new, hard to obtain GPU products shouldn't be taken as absolute indication of the performance of such GPU's. It is an indication of greed rather than performance.

For instance OC prices for an Asus 580 are approx £50 more than the same product from Scan. Does this mean that an Asus 580 purchased from OC is faster than the same Asus 580 purchased from Scan?

[generics_user]

Fair enough, I accept that price can be indicative of performance. The point I am trying to make is that the prices charged by an online store known for price gouging on new, hard to obtain GPU products shouldn't be taken as absolute indication of the performance of such GPU's. It is an indication of greed rather than performance.

For instance OC prices for an Asus 580 are approx £50 more than the same product from Scan. Does this mean that an Asus 580 purchased from OC is faster than the same Asus 580 purchased from Scan?

AMD always had more competitive prices in the last 3 years, if it's priced higher than 580 from the start it has to offer a higher performance

[s1nykuL]

AMD always had more competitive prices in the last 3 years, if it's priced higher than 580 from the start it has to offer a higher performance

I concur, but only if the price set by AMD is higher, not the price set by price gouging online outlets.

[Borden]

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