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On OCUK the cheapest 580 is 470 pounds, and 6970's go for 280 pounds
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Guys, GPU-Z isn't reading how many shaders are actually on the card. It only displays whatever w1zzard programmed into the program to display for a given hardware ID. It's also easy to change the values in that program just by overwriting bits of its memory space--no image manipulation required, so you can't really ever take a GPU-Z shot as gospel.
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As a thread about any computer related subject has its length approach infinity, the likelihood and inevitability of a poorly constructed AMD vs. Intel fight also exponentially increases.
Rule 1A:
Likewise, the frequency of a car pseudoanalogy to explain a technical concept increases with thread length. This will make many people chuckle, as computer people are rarely knowledgeable about vehicular mechanics.
Rule 2:
When confronted with a post that is contrary to what a poster likes, believes, or most often wants to be correct, the poster will pick out only minor details that are largely irrelevant in an attempt to shut out the conflicting idea. The core of the post will be left alone since it isn't easy to contradict what the person is actually saying.
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You just can't win. If your product offers feature A instead of B, people will moan how A is stupid and it didn't offer B. If your product offers B instead of A, they'll likewise complain and rant about how anyone's retarded cousin could figure out A is what the market wants.
Just ordered a HIS 6950 for £230 inc deliveryWill be here thursday
I'm going out now guys, i will be back tomorrow to comment on reviews hehe...
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produc...=56&subid=1752
Taking this shop prices.
6950 - From 213.99 GBP to 249.99 GBP (252.39€ to 294.85€)
6970 - From 277.99 GBP to 339.99 GBP (327.84€ to 400.96€)
Rates - http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi
That's some amazing prices
I expect here in Portugal the 6950 to cost around 300€... i'll get one for shure![]()
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Just use this and draw your own assumptions:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produc...ortby=priceAsc
w/o VAT the cheapest 6950 would be $287.64
w/0 VAT the cheapest 6970 would be $373.67
No idea if those prices are marked up or not and no idea if that's what it'll show up as here, could be cheaper or more expensive. We'll know soon enough though.
EDIT: damn, 3min behind Sesto Sento, lol
Judging from product positioning in the UK, the 6950 is just a nudge above the GTX 470 and 6870 in terms of pricing, so you can probably take your best guess from that.
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Compare with GTX 580. The cheapest GTX 580 on that site is 470 pounds and the 6970 is 280 pounds.
According to this, wherever you are, multiplying GTX 580 price with 60 percent should give your 6970 price. Taking into account 580's MSRP is $499 6970's MSRP could actually be $299 (more like $349, though)
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I hate to say this, but it looks like KitGuru was right when they said "the cards' performances will be slightly below Nvidia but they will be priced insanely"
240 British pounds sterling = 378.6480 US dollars
Looks suspiciously like the MSRP for the 58xx at launch. Those poor, poor early adopters of the GTX580. Bent over the barrel and done dry without the courtesy of a reach around or a even a thank you. $120-$170 seems like an awfully stiff premium to pay for a month in the e-peen light. On a side note it does look like Nvidia has sold out what stock of GTX580 they had. The egg beater is completely out of stock.
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lolamd radeon hd 6970 review
Deja Vu to the 4870 launch this. Looks like AMD have got another winner on their hands. Low price, lower power draw, high performance, low noise. I take it Nvidia will be offering refunds before friday again?
so if the OcUK prices are correct we have a new 4870 on our hands as the pricedifference on 6970 and gtx 580 is 190 pounds
I might go for dual 6850s or 6950s depending on the price in sweden, this would go so well with my new bulldozer cpu who's gonna accompanying me in april 2011![]()
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Considering ocUK sells GTX 570 for around 279£, 6970 msrp will be around the same as GTX 570, or perhaps a tenner or two more. Now it's only the question of how much performance it has compared to a GTX 570.
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