AMD: R9xx Speculation

Yeah 275€ without VAT makes around 330€

 

Isn't this top secret knowledge?

 

Did reviewers have access to the new drivers in time to do their reviews, or are the results we see tomorrow going to be a fair bit slower than the cards are actually capable of?

 

Apparently not..
http://www.achetezfacile.com/hd6970/
420€ and the shop is among the cheapest in France.

 

You'd think it to be in AMDs own best interest to keep reviewers supplied with the most recent drivers in order to shed the best possible lights on the cards at launch, don't you?

 

Should we take this as a "yes, you are going to see all reviews with 8.851 drivers on?"

 

Of course, but I also know they don't tend to give reviewers a whole lot of time to bench/write their reviews and depending on how new the 8.85 drivers are they could have been too late for reviewers to use.

 

8.85 drivers?

 

The drivers used in this heaven bench.

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5185/6970.png

 

Old News, look at what the just-posted-but-not-yet-leaked 8.86 drivers can do! They unlock a third switch to unlock even more shader cores.



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Justamarvellousfake

 

I was actually trying to be serious... unless you're saying the 8.851 drivers don't actually exist, which would be odd since the guy said he got them from Sapphire and also Gibbo over at OcUK also confirmed the existence of the new drivers.

 

Weird, the FPS is higher but everything else is the same as the below pic. Maybe you got duped? Also, is it my imagination or does the 97.7 look weird?



Actually, now that I have a look at it properely, the bottom pic looks werid too.

 

Ouch.
Chopjob. Rotate 6 by 180 degrees.

 

Actually, it was the "real" 9 from one line below.

 

Cat. 10.12 is 8.801. So 8.85 would be cat. 11.4 or .5?

 

Right, the 8.80 branch is the newest that I'm aware of. That, however does by all means NOT rule out the possibility that some shops, AIBs or other member of the press do have more recent information whatsoever.

 

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18217817

 

I can confirm some awesome AMD prices , .. lets just say that HD 6970 will be sold for less than 400$ !

Edit : or shall I say less than 380$ !

 

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=18001337&postcount=83

 

So either this guy here is making stuff up and has faked a screenshot, or not even the reviewers have the latest drivers, or possibly you guys are under NDA in regards to them?

I'll be glad when it's tomorrow.