Radeon HD 7000 Revealed: AMD to Mix GCN with VLIW4 & VLIW5 Architectures

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This 7970 will be a bust if it's not at least 50% faster than the GTX 580.

Why?

All AMD has to do is price their next generation cards accordingly if they can't compete against the top bin NVIDIA offerings. As they have proven time and again: marketing success may lie in the high end but the real sales take place in the $150 - $300 price brackets. Even if NVIDIA's next gen cards blow AMD out of the water, there is still plenty of room for competitive products at lower price points.