AMD Cayman info (or rumor)

[eXceeded]

real reviews with updated drivers i say will tell us the big picture ...

That's exactly what was said for the X1900 and then the HD2900... I'm VERY disappointed with the performance of this card, could you imagine the difference if AMD had gone for 1920SP? Still it's a good card but I think the GTX570 and GTX580 came out of nowhere and just makes this card look like rubbish!
Must also consider that the 6990 is just around the corner and whilst I don't doubt it'll be clocked lower than the 6970 I'm sure performance will be where we expect it to. Wonder why the card was delayed for soo long, any bets on TSMC messing things up again?
And no chance of getting these cards before Christmas now :o, real **** up at AMD!!

[zerazax]

TSMC isn't to fault - there are plenty of cards.

The delay in Cayman delayed Antilles since its based on Cayman. Anandtech hinted though that Antilles has a lot more nifty features as a platform for future dual GPUs though

[andos]

Yeah, but you're going to have to mount it vertically.

For ease of eyes...

½

What do you mean by vertically? Is my 5850 vertically? lulz.

[Gaul]

@ ^ = try beat 6970

460 @ 950/1100

[Jodiuh]

Oh I was just messin with ya.

You have a cavern of a case. I don't think you have anything to be worried about.

[Sn0wm@n]

That's exactly what was said for the X1900 and then the HD2900... I'm VERY disappointed with the performance of this card, could you imagine the difference if AMD had gone for 1920SP? Still it's a good card but I think the GTX570 and GTX580 came out of nowhere and just makes this card look like rubbish!
Must also consider that the 6990 is just around the corner and whilst I don't doubt it'll be clocked lower than the 6970 I'm sure performance will be where we expect it to. Wonder why the card was delayed for soo long, any bets on TSMC messing things up again?
And no chance of getting these cards before Christmas now :o, real **** up at AMD!!

amd bad with driver optimisation .. but nvidia good right???

[Particle]

That's exactly what was said for the X1900 and then the HD2900... I'm VERY disappointed with the performance of this card, could you imagine the difference if AMD had gone for 1920SP? Still it's a good card but I think the GTX570 and GTX580 came out of nowhere and just makes this card look like rubbish!
Must also consider that the 6990 is just around the corner and whilst I don't doubt it'll be clocked lower than the 6970 I'm sure performance will be where we expect it to. Wonder why the card was delayed for soo long, any bets on TSMC messing things up again?
And no chance of getting these cards before Christmas now :o, real **** up at AMD!!

What's wrong with this card? It's faster than the previous generation and faster than the newly released 570. It's between -15% and parity with the 580 as well and for $140 less. You also get more video memory which is always nice for AA, AF, and games making use of large texture sets. You also get improved crossfire scaling versus previous generations. It's a good step forward even if not a major one. This is what we were told to expect. "Rubbish"? Please.

Getting a card before Christmas isn't a question. Mine will be here tomorrow, thanks.

[trinibwoy]

Remember: When debating online, everyone else is ALWAYS wrong if they do not agree with you!

Lol, I see you're sticking to your own guidelines. Btw, the 6970 isn't faster than the 570. They both get their lumps in but it's a wash.

[Olivon]

Hope GTX 560 and GTX 595 will not bring more damage

[zalbard]

Hope GTX 560 and GTX 595 will not bring more damage

If they do AMD will drop prices. So that would be welcome, IMO.

[Olivon]

If they do AMD will drop prices. So that would be welcome, IMO.

I was not talking on consumer side but that's for sure zalbard

[Sn0wm@n]

I was not talking on consumer side but that's for sure zalbard

antilles Q1 release .... so amd allready has a dual gpu card answer in case galaxy decide to do their dual gpu card ...

[Lanek]

That's exactly what was said for the X1900 and then the HD2900... I'm VERY disappointed with the performance of this card, could you imagine the difference if AMD had gone for 1920SP? Still it's a good card but I think the GTX570 and GTX580 came out of nowhere and just makes this card look like rubbish!
Must also consider that the 6990 is just around the corner and whilst I don't doubt it'll be clocked lower than the 6970 I'm sure performance will be where we expect it to. Wonder why the card was delayed for soo long, any bets on TSMC messing things up again?
And no chance of getting these cards before Christmas now :o, real **** up at AMD!!

For the 2900 ok .. but X1900XTX and X1950XTX ? where those cards was under performer against the Nvidia one ? sorry i have maybe some memory problem ( it's not like it was yesterday after all ) ...

for 6970. hum i wait too see crossfire test allready vs 580 ( have see only 2 but no direct comparaison with 580 - 570SLI ) and Overclocker results . ( the anandtech let see some good thing allready, without proper cap profile )

For driver thing, when i don't hope for miracle, there's anyway some strange information of disfunctionnement, when the card make a good job in some games, it take the dive in some other, games with similar engine ( can be due to a bad choice, or just cause the card have not enough SP for make the difference with previous generation ).

[Vardant]

For driver thing, when i don't hope for miracle, there's anyway some strange information of disfunctionnement, when the card make a good job in some games, it take the dive in some other, games with similar engine ( can be due to a bad choice, or just cause the card have not enough SP for make the difference with previous generation ).

When it's coming from the same people, that hyped the card to no end, I would be really careful.

They are so blinded by fanboyism, that they can't see, that instead of helping AMD, they are severely hurting their image.

There's nothing wrong with these cards, definitely nothing that can't be fixed with better pricing.

So they're not faster than the competition. Who cares, if you like what you get for their price?

[JohnJohn]

Well now that i read several reviews, in general gaming, it is not so espectacular, but it seems it did quite some progress were it was lacking.. tesselation.





I think it was a good launch, of course not the kind of domination people hyped for, but there is so much it can be done in the same process

[Olivon]

Well now that i read several reviews, in general gaming, it is not so espectacular, but it seems it did quite some progress were it was lacking.. tesselation.

[IMG]


I think it was a good launch, of course not the kind of domination people hyped for, but there is so much it can be done in the same process

And what about cranking that tesselation level up ?

But on that note while the 6970 does well at moderate tessellation levels, at extreme tessellation levels it still falls to the more potent GTX 400/500 series.

[flippin_waffles]

And what if you buy a ferrari to drive on a gravel road? Utterly pointless also? Yeah that's what I thought. Nv aren't too smart tesselating scenes that are practically invisible to the human eye and makes no sense.
As far as overall performance, Cayman falls in line perfectly, as AMD still has the performance lead with hemlock and it's a year old! Besides, this hard launch schools nv on how to do a real hard launch. Cayman cards seem to outnumber fermi by at least 10 to 1. Gibbo from ocuk commented that he's sold more 6900's in preorder than he has 570's overall!

[Olivon]

Regarding strictly rumours :

nApoleon, neliz : -1

PHK : +1

[crazydiamond]

[LordEC911]

Regarding strictly rumours :

nApoleon, neliz : -1

PHK : +1

What did they get wrong?

[Tha Last Meal]

Cayman i will you up

[Oliverda]

Cayman i will you up

[Olivon]

Time to close that thread ...

[Dezmen]

So no info about 8.851 yet?

[cold2010]

Time to close that thread ...

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