Quote Originally Posted by Kai Robinson View Post
All you guys whining about how it didn't live upto the hype - AMD has remained virtually silent - the Hype is of your own making. Theorising over and over about specs, when nothing concrete has been released, trying desperately to get the information you all crave. So you built up the card into some nVidia toppling king, which clearly ISN'T the case.

Look at the data you have:

5870 = 1600SP's/80TMU's
6970 = 1536SP's/96TMU's

You're expecting miracle performance from this....why? The fact it's 15 to 20% faster than a 5870 which has an SP advantage, is pretty impressive. Take into account the whole package. It's EVOLUTIONARY - not REVOLUTIONARY.

nVidia have consistently released cards with the words 'WE ARE TEH WINZ0RS! WE ARE FASTER THAN ANYONE!' and then slap on a pricetag to match. So AMD comes along, gives you 95% the performance, for a lower price, gains marketshare, as they're 'fast enough' (this is an INITIAL release, with release drivers afterall). Seriously - what gives with some of you?

I buy cards not based on the brand, but the bang-for-buck. I considered upgrading to a GTX460 from my HD4850, and then the 6850's came along, stomped on that sandcastle, and here i am again, re-assessing what i really NEED. Do i game at 2560x1600 with ALL the eye candy? No. I have a 1680x1050 monitor that i want to last before replacing - and most games i find don't need more than 4xAA & 8xAF to look 'pretty'. If you want more performance out of these cards - overclock them, perhaps? That is, afterall, what this forum specialises in, not hypothetical fanw@nking...
well written! what is to be expected with less shader and same node? I like some new things as power saving thing

69xx is quite good.. even better at Crossfire again..

people were disappointed for 68xx but missed that they scale in CF at good way with less shaders. I think 6850/6950 CF gives amazing value/perf.

Seems that Nvidia fans care about being No.1 while AMD is humble, silent player, acting to sell price effective cards for mass people. while most nvidia fans afford 460 and spend time praising the ultimate fastest card

6990 comes and rock their world down like 5970 does