He said it was hot and power hungry and performs bad, 10-20%.
Did you read his article? That is not what he says at all, care to quote it?
Did you read his article? That is not what he says at all, care to quote it?
"Inside sources tell ABT that the HD 7970 is likely to be released much like GF 100 Fermi was. Originally, Nvidia released the hot-running and poor-yielding GTX 480 which was later reworked into the greatly improved GF110 GTX 580. "
"We are also hearing that in a few older DX9 games, it is not that much faster than than the previous generations HD 6970, and AMDs emphasis will be on DX11 and heavily tessellated games."
You can spin it how you like, but its there. It's overly negative.
Again, 50% faster than 6970 and ~30% faster than gtx580 is not terrible considering every other factor.
The fact that the gtx580 has a 10-20% lead on the 6970 and has been selling fine for a huge price premium, why do people diss the 7970 for selling at $550? No clue or just expect charity services from AMD but its ok for NV to rip them off?
ps. Why is it bad to focus on dx11 games? This will be the 3rd generation dx11 GPU.. isn't it time to focus on dx11?
Most of the benchmarks posted is actually off a 7950 xD
Lmao, quote me on this when NDA is lifted xD
He said it was hot and power hungry and performs bad, 10-20%.
Not all correct. In fact, its not hot at all, runs very cool and if anything its the most power efficient GPU outside of iGPU, period. Power hungry? With features like zero power on idle, no.
It's performance varies depends on what games you throw at it, but it wins across the board even in games that are traditionally NV's babies; TWIMTBP titles. A solid ~30% lead in games where it matters, and a hefty OC ability with excellent scaling.
I would say overall, Apop's sources are in fact incorrect.
But they should still apologize to him because their comments were uncivilized and overly harsh, reeks of fanboism.
If you're going to call out people on reading comprehension, better get your own ducks in a row, right?Right, he didn't say anything about the 7970 being hot running and power hungry. He was talking about the 480. Work on reading comprehension.
Reading comprehension? What part of: "Inside sources tell ABT that the HD 7970 is likely to be released much like GF 100 Fermi was. Originally, Nvidia released the hot-running and poor-yielding GTX 480" don't see you inferring that the 7970 is hot and power hungry?
Just the reference of it being Fermi is enough. You were around long enough to remember Fermi, right?
As to performance, infer from: "We are also hearing that in a few older DX9 games, it is not that much faster than than the previous generations HD 6970, and AMDs emphasis will be on DX11 and heavily tessellated games."
If it's NOT THAT MUCH FASTER than the 6970, then its hardly faster than the gtx580. But it turned out to be MUCH FASTER than the 6970. So he is wrong. Period.
His sources need to be spoken to by him if he wants to publish more reveals in the future.
really sad they crippled their own release by a greedy price point.
Imagine the reaction at $450, or even $499.
If you're going to call out people on reading comprehension, better get your own ducks in a row, right?
Inside sources tell ABT that the HD 7970 is likely to be released much like GF 100 Fermi was. Originally, Nvidia released the hot-running and poor-yielding GTX 480 which was later reworked into the greatly improved GF110 GTX 580.
Comparing the 7970 to GF100 directly, which turned out not to be true at all. The only thing to complain about the 7970 is it might not perform up to expectations, but the performance/watt is off the charts. As for the price, it performs better than the highest overclocked 580's and costs less. It is nothing like the 480 was when released.
It is nothing like the 480 was when released.
really sad they crippled their own release by a greedy price point.
Imagine the reaction at $450, or even $499.
Exactly. They could of made some money off of me. At $550 they won't see a penny of mine and now I wait for the 680.
really sad they crippled their own release by a greedy price point.
Imagine the reaction at $450, or even $499.
The MSRP for the 7970 will be $550, a premium price befitting a premium card, but a price based almost exclusively on the competition (e.g. the GTX 580) rather than one that takes advantage of cheaper manufacturing costs to aggressively undercuts the competition.
It's not greed, it's business. It's better priced and higher performing than it's competition. Can't find any crippling there. Availability will probably be limited at first, and AMD will sell every 7970 it produces.