Quote Originally Posted by Sn0wm@n View Post
seriously tajoh i didnt expect more .. i did expect a card to trade blow but for cheaper and thats what amd gave us ...
I don't see a card that trades blows with the gtx 580, it consistently loses to the gtx 580. It trades blows with the gtx 570 though.

You had to expect a more. 50% + bigger die than Barts and a new architecture. I don't even think that gtx 580 is that fast, hence why AMD could be able to beat it. It wouldn't be a super easy task but I thought AMD could do it considering they were using a new architecture. The bare minimum I expected of the 6970 was it to beat the gtx 480(by a tiny margin) and it just does that(the bare minimum) and that it. With Nvidia lineup and AMD lineup and their respective pricing, Nvidia doesn't have to lift a finger with pricing, which to me marks a disappointing launch. AMD prior launches for the last while had Nvidia dropping their prices left and right. They did it with barts, but it doesn't look like they are going to do anything with the high end.