Maybe just a pure rumor, but a HD7890 "Thaiti LE" could well be on the go for mid november/december, similar of what we had expect appear as a HD 7930 back in the start of this year, but applying the same technic of Nvidia by pushing it in the midrange card lineup ( as is the GTX660 TI using GK104 ).
The card based on Thaiti core should pack 1536 SP and end faster of a 7870 OC.
Still the question is to know if the card will pack 1.5-3gb or a more exotic 2gb memory setup ( exotic due to the memory controller of Thaiti sku who is a 384bits bus ) .
http://www.3dcenter.org/news/tahiti-...ember-antreten
http://translate.google.com/translat...7800-modell%2F
http://www.arabpcworld.com/?p=21448
Could well be the case, even if i will not bet my house on it.
This will permit to AMD to clean Thaiti cores before launch the HD8970-8950, the end of the year and christmas holliday approach, and like we will not see a midrange HD8870 before 4-5months ( maybe even more ) stay on good place against Nvidia competition cards.
This short term decision look too a bit strange, as AMD have lower price and offer good bundle for the HD7000 series, and so there's not really a need for a card like that.
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