Quote Originally Posted by Sam_oslo View Post
What AMD-fans were expecting, as you express it, was actually more like fighting and attacking to prove that 6970 would match/beat the 580. Just ask hard-core AMD-fan in this forum, many of them will confirm it.

What we got after release, was disappointing for many AMD-fans. But it's understandable if they wouldn't admit it publicly. Because many of them have been emotionally involved in fighting for 6970.

AMD or nvidia, doesn't matter which, the high-end is all about performance-crown. Make no mistake!

Indeed I've seen many AMD fans dearly hoping for AMD to "beat" nVidia. And no doubt they were disappointed. But does that mean the HD69xx are disappointing products? Definitely not - they've got excellent bang for buck, and an excellent set of features. The disappointment was in that AMD didn't even try to make the fastest GPU, but rather went for a smaller, more sensible one.

If you don't understand why AMD doesn't go for the single GPU crown, and in spite of all fanboy cravings deliberately hasn't done so in the last two years, please educate yourself by reading the following, truly excellent articles by Anand:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2679
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2937

If you like GPU tech, you'll definitely enjoy it!