AMD Radeon 7000-Series 28nm (Southern Islands) | 7990 7970 7870 7770 | Discussion

[SirPauly]

Value is relative. Market place and competition contribute more to pricing than anything else to me.

 

[MrTeal]

just like the times of pentium 1 to p2 to p3...all jumps gave almost double the performance, today if a new cpu give 40% more, it is a huge win.

guess what? we don't see a 100% jump many years ago for gpus too.

Pentium MMX to PII
http://www.anandtech.com/show/77

PII to PIII
http://www.anandtech.com/show/254/7

Not even close to 100% performance jumps between generations.

 

[Pacman4]

Lets not pretend like your situation applies to everyone.

Great point, the 79xx's don't apply to most people, the X2's won't either, so I guess the bulk of gamers will be able to enjoy some rebadged 78xx's.
Good to see AMD really catering to it's existing customer base.

 

[Pacman4]

It's been 2years since 58xx's.....wtf are they doing!!!!!!!!!

 

[flopper]

amd fastest single card tomorow in the world.
amd fastest card in the world 6990.

get a grip nvidia.
ur slacking behind.

 

[Skurge]

Looks like you guys are being trolled...

 

[Saico]

AMD keeps promises. New generation of GCN-based videocards in 2011? Yeah, they did it.

 

[lavaheadache]

Looks like you guys are being trolled...

I agree. I'm gonna try to ignore his posts form now on

 

[toyota]

AMD keeps promises. New generation of GCN-based videocards in 2011? Yeah, they did it.

lol, by having a paper launch? availability will not be until sometime in January. they did come close though.

 

[lavaheadache]

we really don't know what will happen till tomorrow, which even that is speculation really.

 

[yours truly]

So nvidia's answer to AMD's 7 series is due to be released towards the middle and end of next year?

By then AMD will be readying their next cards..

 

[toyota]

we really don't know what will happen till tomorrow, which even that is speculation really.

if it was a hard launch we would know it.

 

[lavaheadache]

how would we know?


I'm not saying that I think it is, but just saying.

 

[toyota]

how would we know?


I'm not saying that I think it is, but just saying.

lol, is this your first new card launch? do you think they secretly shipped them to stores and not one person has seen them yet? if its a hard launch then people would be posting left and right showing the cards in stock. dont you recall all the pics that get posted right before every hard launch? plus AMD pulled the launch forward pretty quickly so of course its a paper launch.

 

[fourdegrees11]

Great point, the 79xx's don't apply to most people, the X2's won't either, so I guess the bulk of gamers will be able to enjoy some rebadged 78xx's.
Good to see AMD really catering to it's existing customer base.

Yeah, I'm so upset that I'll be able to get a 28nm 6970 (7870) with GCN shaders, crazy OC headroom, and lower power consumption for the same price as a 40nm 560ti 448. Damn you AMD

 

[96Firebird]

Yeah, I'm so upset that I'll be able to get a 28nm 6970 (7870) with GCN shaders, crazy OC headroom, and lower power consumption for the same price as a 40nm 560ti 448. Damn you AMD

Wow you know a lot of info... How far is yours overclocked, and how many watts is it pulling?

 

[fourdegrees11]

Wow you know a lot of info... How far is yours overclocked, and how many watts is it pulling?

It's called common sense. Exact same specs, 40nm vs 28nm. You explain how it will not OC higher and pull less power.

 

[Erazor51]

Most of the benchmarks posted is actually off a 7950 xD

 

[badb0y]

Most of the benchmarks posted is actually off a 7950 xD

Explain yourself

 

[wand3r3r]

Are there any NEW sites selling the 7970? Considering launch is likely tomorrow, the price might be accurate if some site just starts accidentally listing it today...

 

[96Firebird]

It's called common sense. Exact same specs, 40nm vs 28nm. You explain how it will not OC higher and pull less power.

Oh, okay. So you were assuming. Noted.

 

[fourdegrees11]

Oh, okay. So you were assuming. Noted.

No I have one in my basement Just like everything else in this thread, it's all speculation.

edit: good job eplaining how 40nm to 28nm wont increase performance

 

[Erazor51]

Explain yourself

All i can say is you will be surprised when you see the actual 7970 benchmarks

 

[Zed03]

All i can say is you will be surprised when you see the actual 7970 benchmarks

troll, troll, troll your boat, gently down the stream

 

[maddie]

All i can say is you will be surprised when you see the actual 7970 benchmarks

I guess your new sig was done to tell us this. In that case, was AMD's reviewers guide a misdirection?