. With this late release, the 6970 is not going to hit the shelve in time overseas for it to become a present.
US is "overseas" as well as the cards come from China/Taiwan. But you already knew that
Air freight does not discriminate that much.
. With this late release, the 6970 is not going to hit the shelve in time overseas for it to become a present.
Guys, when do you expect GTX580's (or R6970) kind of performance at the 200 USD price tag?
28nm
Hey Dave at least drop us a hint of where 6870 will stand....so far we heard it will be 30-50% faster than 5870....which is fast... i hate waiting in the dark..and not able to plan ahead...better yet allow perf nda lapse on 22nd...do a part for the community AMD...stop making HD6000 into a dollar$ and cent$ thing....
Not really, I would say 22nm with new architecture.....
At 28nm it would be more like $280 - $300 US dollars!
Those are numbers meant for marketing purposes, of course - but I'm pretty sure we'll see some <220mm² chips performing close to or above GF110 level @28nm.GLOBALFOUNDRIES' HKMG enables full scaling from 40nm in area and performance; i.e., 28nm delivers twice the gate density of industry standard 40nm processes and an SRAM cell size shrink of more than 50 percent (cell size of 0.120 square micrometers for dense single port). 28nm transistors offer up to 40% higher performance than 40nm at comparable leakage with up to 50% lower energy per switch and 50% lower static power.
28nm will be a rather BIG step forward compared to 40nm in perf/mm² and perf/W characteristics, e.g.:
Those are numbers meant for marketing purposes, of course - but I'm pretty sure we'll see some <220mm² chips performing close to or above GF110 level @28nm.
Now bear in mind that Nvidia / their partners currently sell cards with ~370mm² chips for $199 ...
I'm sure he can easily do thatHey Dave at least drop us a hint of where 6870 will stand....so far we heard it will be 30-50% faster than 5870....which is fast... i hate waiting in the dark..and not able to plan ahead...better yet allow perf nda lapse on 22nd...do a part for the community AMD...stop making HD6000 into a dollar$ and cent$ thing....
... while retaining a very high gross margin.Now bear in mind that Nvidia / their partners currently sell cards with ~370mm² chips for $199 ...
GAAP gross margin was 46.5 percent compared with 16.6 percent in the previous quarter and 43.4 percent in the same period a year earlier.
Asus has the card is sold at a loss and the value of the voucher is greatly exaggerated. NV doesn't feel anything since they already sold the GPU long time before that.How can they do that ?!
Hey Dave at least drop us a hint of where 6870 will stand....so far we heard it will be 30-50% faster than 5870....
He was obviously talking about 6970, making usual mistake, I did it tooThe 6850/6870 have already been released. Read the existing reviews to see where it stands.
Why is the availability of R6870 so low at newegg in comparison with GTX 460? I think that is the end of AMD's domination and slowly but surely they are losing ground, respectively market share.
Holy cow, that's like giving it away. That's supposed to be "their new 8800GT." I don't remember, but did the 8800GT drop that fast?ASUS DirectCU TOP GeForce GTX 460 (~370mm²) : $129.99[/URL] + Free Shipping + Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2 (value: $49.99)
At newegg there are only 4 different R6870s, from 240 USD to 299 USD, made by three AMD's partners. On the other hand, the GTX 460s are 2 full pages of available models from different partners.
So, I don't know what you are trying to prove.