AMD Cayman info (or rumor)

[zerazax]

If AMD is releasing something 10% faster than a 5870 that is complete facking fail no matter how you spin it. The only thing that makes those scores acceptable is if they were for 6950. But seems like not. Now that begs the question, what is the point of a 6950 if its barely above a 6870?
Can we still be looking at fake scores even at this point?
wtf happened AMD?

3dmark != gaming

Disappointing if you're a bencher. But could be great for a gamer

[Dimitriman]

3dmark != gaming

Disappointing if you're a bencher. But could be great for a gamer

I dont know man this story is turning flipside very quickly. First Amd was keeping secret cause performance was really high now its the opposite, seems like Amd is hiding a mediocre product at best. And lets face it if the rumors hold true for the 1536 shaders, its going to be a huge letdown. The truth about the 4d is that one smd cluster is 90% the performance with 10% less die space. So although you got 20% more shaders they perform 90% as good so in reality 1536 shaders will be only 18% more efficient than 1600.

Its just not enough even with the other changes and this lets me down big time. Unless they manage 100% more shaders at 28nm then kepler with 700+ cuda will rape southern islands.
of course there is antiles but how many people will afford that and how much better is it gonna be than 580? from these scores it will be at best 15%.