UniversalTruth
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Why not? Isn't it so nice? 
By the way, I want that puppy in my case, but I am afraid that it will be severely overpriced, 'cos there are rumours about 599 USD.
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Why not? Isn't it so nice? By the way, I want that puppy in my case, but I am afraid that it will be severely overpriced, 'cos there are rumours about 599 USD.
It's likely they have a stock of coolers labeled by old logo, so they use it for samples and engineering boards (I think this isn't production board, stickers are missing etc.)
By the way, I want that puppy in my case, but I am afraid that it will be severely overpriced, 'cos there are rumours about 599 USD.
Hmm.. 6950 looks to be a cheaper than the 570, so I don't know where the 599 is coming from, maybe rolleyeville?
UniversalTruth
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http://translate.google.de/translat...163.com/digi/10/1202/16/6MTNAIP9001618J1.html
Probably from here and the listed prices of 3999 and 2999 chinese national currency for HD6970 and HD6950.
Probably from here and the listed prices of 3999 and 2999 chinese national currency for HD6970 and HD6950.
-The_Mask-
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http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=17921345&postcount=69
Overclockers are currently selling 580s from £429, so 6970 is probably same/slightly lower performance.
Overclockers are currently selling 580s from £429, so 6970 is probably same/slightly lower performance.
DarthShader
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I don't think only 1GB mattered in Extreem preset of Vantage before...
It's certainly worth investigating, since many review sites do their test only in the performance setting and might be wowed by the performance. While sites who do at least 3 presets, like lab501.ro will notice there is something fishy in there.. and benchmark-optimizations-gate-version-two-point-o will start. Hope it was a temporary issue, maybe drivers or something.
Sources from China before the GTX580 release listed it a 4799 yuan. Go figure.
LOL. The 6970 being 30% faster than the 580? Not in my wildest dreams! I would eat my hat even if it came to be 5% faster, let alone 30! OMG!
There MUST be some mistake here.
OT: I am having serious trouble accessing the site the past couple of days. Anyone else? :S
-The_Mask-
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I hope your hat isn't that big, because in some tests a HD6950 is real close to a GTX580.
Yeah, your not the only one.
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Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.
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It would be hilarious, but I think it is wildly optimistic.
However, there is one thing that makes me stop and think: GTX 580 is what Nvidia should have produced last year. AMD got it right then, and have had another year to bring out their next product. No, they don't have a new process node to go to, but they've been working on their next generation product, where Nvidia have been just trying to get last year's one working properly.
If you take the view that AMD is a year and a generation ahead... well maybe surprising things might be on their way.
And if you don't take that view this delay looks just awful.
And if you don't take that view this delay looks just awful.
Well you didn't tell Catalyst maker that NO! Cayman would be more uber than Catalyst 12 for this year! I have a lot riding on this too, you're not the only one.
Nvidia GTX580 is about 20-30% faster than HD5870 and HD6870 has 30% less shaders and it's about ~5% slower than HD5870. If CaymanXT has 1920 shaders - has 70% more shaders vs. the HD6870. Now if we say shaders percentage is equal games percentage, then CaymanXT is about 70% more than a HD6870 - and about 65% more than a HD5870, and about 35-45% faster than Nvidia GTX580; now add in clock speeds, driver optimizations, possibly on one game at one level within quick second we could see 65% performance improvements.
chavvdarrr
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Cayman 30% over 580 in synthetic shader tests is believable.
But 30% faster in real-life game tests?
30-50% over 5870 will be fine for me.
But 30% faster in real-life game tests?
30-50% over 5870 will be fine for me.
That guy mentioned Heaven 2.1, 3Dmark Vantage, Dirt 2, Crysis warhead and Justcause 2.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=17934449&postcount=133
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