Dont take it personal it was a joke my friend. :thumbsup:
Sorry for the off topic..
Oh, okay, guess I was taking it personally.
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Dont take it personal it was a joke my friend. :thumbsup:
Sorry for the off topic..
Oh believe me, I think AMD has been more shady with naming schemes recently.
Between this, the 5870 v 6870 debacle, and trying to confuse customers by naming their CPUs the 920 and 940 after i7 was already out....
But nV does the same thing on the low end.
I guess I am just fascinated by the emotional attachments people get to corporations. I used the think brand loyalty was just BS marketing speak, but after seeing all of the Apple v Android, AMD v nV, and Xbox v PS3 wars, I believe in it 100%.
The best thing to do is what Anandtech did: Get the information out there, and let people digest it.
Even if there were only a hundered, I would be happy to help at least one.
That is just the kind of character I have in me.:thumbsup:
How about you?
one of the reasons why I do not support you.
Its not ME i want you to support its the reason I made this thread I want you to support.
I condemned nVidia when they did it and I am condemning AMD now for it. I just looked at the Saphire 5770 vs the Saphire 6770 on Newegg and the 6770 was $10 more but was missing the X-Fire bridge. Others may disagree with me but to me that is a rip off. I don't think HDMI 1.4a support is worth the price difference.
Ah, I'm just having trouble distinguishing whether CUlincoln is having a problem with the data, or the way it's being presented? Or is one bleeding over into the other. Because frankly, if the data is accurate, then CUlincoln should not care less about how "sensationalistic" the data is presented. Do you agree or not?
That's awesome. I'm so glad you've found closure in this matter. Not so cut and dry to me. Maybe you're just smarter than I.
Who, what, how, derail, bait, spin, up, down, left, right, no matter how you see it, the fact is this rebage from a 5770 to a more expensive 6770 is FAIL.
Why defend it?
Can a 5770 be flashed to a 6770?
Whoever is in charge of AMD's marketing department has been messing up royally for some time now. This is a dirty move similar to what OCZ recently did with their Vertex 2 25nm SSDs. They have also released way too many GPUs with similar performance IMO. Their model numbers have been stupid. The 5870 and 5850 being faster than their 6870/6850 counterparts is one example of this.
yea, you just remove the 5770 sticker and replace it with 6770 sticker. :thumbsup: Make sure you don't brick it.
good question, i would assume it could given the identical guts they share
Whoever is in charge of AMD's marketing department has been messing up royally for some time now. This is a dirty move similar to what OCZ recently did with their Vertex 2 25nm SSDs. They have also released way too many GPUs with similar performance IMO. Their model numbers have been stupid. The 5870 and 5850 being faster than their 6870/6850 counterparts is one example of this.
If you ask them they would tell you its ATI naming vs AMD naming. Im not defending it, just telling you how they justify it.
LOL! Ya, Ok. I bet that they also secretly broke into your house and stole your first born while they were at it. Please, stop being silly.AMD ripping off the end user again, not surprising.
LOL! Ya, Ok. I bet that they also secretly broke into your house and stole your first born while they were at it. Please, stop being silly.
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AMD ripping off the end user again, not surprising.
My guess is that it's Rollo incarnate. D:Seeing as that's he's 1st post. I wouldn't take him seriously.
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LOL, nice first post. You're on the fast lane to happy's board :sneaky:
In all seriousness, looking at QBah's post I can't see AMD avoiding this move.
There was a hole in the current 6XXX line up and the re-badged Barts filled it up perfectly. Filling that hole with a weaker 6850 would probably yield the same power as a 6770, so why waste more resources when they can use their best seller again and fit it perfectly in the 6XXX line up?
While I hate re-badges, this move is somewhat comprehensible.
I didnt know they where 5770's with a vga instead of dvi/ hdmi.. id say pretty sad as well and a rip off.. if they where smaller fab then would overclock better save power or something but if not why bother.
By the way does anyone know if you can CF a 5770 + 6770?