Quote Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler View Post
Holy . What were you guys expecting AMD to do being stuck on 40nm? They clearly weren't going to create a 300w monster as that would go against what they've been doing since the HD3870. The HD6970 looks to me like a test of the architecture while they wait for the 28nm node to mature for mass production. On top of everything it isn't like the HD6970 is a GTX 480. It is a minor improvement on the HD5870 and it paves the way for a killer 28nm core.

Also, it is slightly faster than the GTX570 with a little over half a gig more memory and priced slightly higher in what I feel is the proper performance/price slot. What do you want, AMD to bleed money so you can get your high-end GPUs for $200?

I'm so disappointed in you guys, not AMD. AMD kept their lips sealed, you guys worked yourselves into a frenzy, and then turn on AMD when they don't deliver what you had hyped yourselves into expecting.

Just so we are ready for the HD6990.. "omg it comes with 2560SP, 128TMUs, two men/women(depending on the bundle you purchase) to wait on hand and foot and it consumes negative 400 watts!."

I will agree though that this naming scheme is horrible. What a trainwreck that is.
No matter how much people say, AMD could have done a lot better with Cayman. They chose not to because of one simple assumption: That Antilles will be the only dual gpu in the market like 5970 was previously.
If they assumed nvidia would have a faster counter to antilles I garantee you AMD would have put more shaders into Cayman so not to lose on every front.

Things are very different this time and AMD is losing on both its high end cards from day one. There is no six month grace and the reality is that nvidia is simply better right now. There is not even a significant power consumption difference. Count on it that in the next six months nvidia will take back most of the dx11 market share it lost in 2010.