AMD Cayman info (or rumor)

[Zoran]

I only game at 1680x1050, so a 2GB 6950 WILL probably be overkill. But at least i can increase those AA and AF levels indefinitely

...or you can get yourself another two of those and have three on a single card...

[Oztopher]

Possibly... but i really have no room on this 'thing' which is supposedly a 'desk'.

Maybe in the future as i'm stretching to buy a card for over £200 anyway.

[cowie]

I bet one 6970 is overkill for 1920x1200. 2GB on those guys is asking for 2560x1600 or multi-monitor!

I would think your fps would be so slow by the time you ran out of ram that the 2-4 fps increase would not help anyway?

[Nintendork]

I only game at 1680x1050, so a 2GB 6950 WILL probably be overkill. But at least i can increase those AA and AF levels indefinitely

You can also enjoy texture mods

Will AMD release the "1GB" HD6950 for the "poor people"?

[Pyr0]

i'm about ready to upgrade from my old 4870X2.
i'll probably wait until wednesday for the full picture, but i'd just like to buy a single core card that can push decent framerates at 2560x1600 with eye candy enabled

[[XC] hipno650]

Yes, I've paid for my HD5870 £287+£5 shipping on launch!
These prices are better than I've expected!
My dilemma now: one HD6970 or two HD6950?
But the concious is saying one HD6970 is plenty enough for 1920x1200

what about two 6970??? you know you wanna

[Pantsu]

You can also enjoy texture mods

Will AMD release the "1GB" HD6950 for the "poor people"?

AMD probably won't, but the AIBs most definitely will.

[zerazax]

Interestingly, there are no memory chips on the back supposedly, so they're using 2Gbit chips...

[Dimitriman]

Interestingly, there are no memory chips on the back supposedly, so they're using 2Gbit chips...

I heard it is cause it's double density all the way, so intense...

or somehing like that.

[Heinz68]

I saved many of the slides posted at few forums.
Here is a slide showing both HD 6950 & HD 6970 with 2GB GDDR5. Probably it's still true.

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I saved many of the slides posted at few forums.
Here is a slide showing both HD 6950 & HD 6970 with 2GB GDDR5. Probably it's still true.
[IMG]xxxx://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6585/fot006.jpg[/IMG]

That slide only shows ram amount 2GB , we already knew that , talk is about new revelation , 6970 using new high density 2Gbit chips.

Maybe "Elpida 2-Gigabit GDDR5" Link

[FischOderAal]

Maybe "Elpida 2-Gigabit GDDR5" Link

Elpida is still around? Thought they went bankrupt quite some time ago...

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Elpida is still around? Thought they went bankrupt quite some time ago...

Article is from June 25, 2010 that's not exactly old.

[Nintendork]

FischOderAal
That was Qimonda

[Heinz68]

That slide only shows ram amount 2GB , we already knew that , talk is about new revelation , 6970 using new high density 2Gbit chips.

Maybe "Elpida 2-Gigabit GDDR5" Link

The talk was about, if AMD is going to have cheaper HD 6950 1GB edition, read post # 3204 this page. According to the slide I doubt's so. But sometime things change.

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FischOderAal
That was Qimonda

Dark Metal ? bleh

[FischOderAal]

FischOderAal
That was Qimonda

Aaaah, you're right! I remember! Thanks for clearing that up

[Oztopher]

So the TDP limit thing only really kicks in when the power draw goes over the default TDP in certain situations? i.e. only things like furmark, perlin noise, occt gpu test; overly stressful progs etc?

There seems to be some idea going about that it does it in all circumstances.

[zerazax]

So the TDP limit thing only really kicks in when the power draw goes over the default TDP in certain situations? i.e. only things like furmark, perlin noise, occt gpu test; overly stressful progs etc?

There seems to be some idea going about that it does it in all circumstances.

What's interesting is that it might limit max FPS in some demanding games, which might make the average seem lower - however, if the min FPS is much higher, and is smoother, it can be quite significant

[tifosi]

*puts on anti troll ear plugs*

*Removes the ear plug* advises to stop trolling threads and walks away... leaving with a warning, 'I'll be back!'

IMHO GTX 580 is still a better buy if your not dirty poor and compromising to save few bucks.

Staff... you got to give me this one... I really want to rip this one apart, limb to limb, and then some :P and then some more

Seriously dude... you want to buy something, buy it. But answer this...
Does Nvidia cards support 6 monitors?
Does Nvidia cards support 7.1 HD audio over HDMI?
No?
Then why troll?

[flippin_waffles]

Will these amazing power features (if true) be an indication of what's coming with Zacate/Ontario, Llano, Zambezi, Interlagos, Valencia and the other half a dozen or so products AMD will probably release if it keeps up at this rate?

[highoctane]

Will these amazing power features (if true) be an indication of what's coming with Zacate/Ontario, Llano, Zambezi, Interlagos, Valencia and the other half a dozen or so products AMD will probably release if it keeps up at this rate?

What amazing features and keeps up at what rate, feature set seems basically the same and it's release is late.

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*Removes the ear plug* advises to stop trolling threads and walks away... leaving with a warning, 'I'll be back!'




Staff... you got to give me this one... I really want to rip this one apart, limb to limb, and then some :P and then some more

Seriously dude... you want to buy something, buy it. But answer this...
Does Nvidia cards support 6 monitors?
Does Nvidia cards support 7.1 HD audio over HDMI?
No?
Then why troll?

Dude you listed two features one of them requires major Crossfire to be useful for games, and you have the nerve to call me a troll. And 7.1 audio over HDMI realy ? there is so many more ways to get audio, your points are laughable. Its equvalent of saying does your card have a green sticker ? no then why buy it.

Oh and keep that warning for your self.

Edit:
Do you even have 6 displays and 7.1 Speaker setup

[Nintendork]

*Removes the ear plug* advises to stop trolling threads and walks away... leaving with a warning, 'I'll be back!'




Staff... you got to give me this one... I really want to rip this one apart, limb to limb, and then some :P and then some more

Seriously dude... you want to buy something, buy it. But answer this...
Does Nvidia cards support 6 monitors?
Does Nvidia cards support 7.1 HD audio over HDMI?
No?
Then why troll?

Add CF scaling. So probably HD6970 CF > GTX580 SLI

Seems he is still in the "if I pay more, then it's better" attitude.

[Chocolate Pi]

Edit:
Do you even have 6 displays and 7.1 Speaker setup

I can't speak for him, but I've been lurking/following this thread because I have 5 monitors and nVidia isn't an option for me at all. Thanks for making the wait entertaining for me though!