Or performance/$.
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Or performance/$.
Bugger. "The LAST LAST R600 Rumours & Speculation thread", ahoy? :smile: Or would that be tempting fate?
From various reports on the net, its clear that editors day was already scheduled for March 11 and has now been cancelled. That's a fairly major step to take, and could not have been taken lightly.
It's starting to smell a lot like "family launch", and the only two previous family launchs I can think of were GFFX and X1k. Anyone remembering another one? Because those two are not super comforting precedents for the enthusiast segment.
From various reports on the net, its clear that editors day was already scheduled for March 11 and has now been cancelled. That's a fairly major step to take, and could not have been taken lightly.
It's starting to smell a lot like "family launch", and the only two previous family launchs I can think of were GFFX and X1k. Anyone remembering another one? Because those two are not super comforting precedents for the enthusiast segment.
Sound_Card
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And turn our yearly GPU cycles and our half year refreshes into 3 year CPU cylces...? God I hope not.
Barcelona being what? (sorry if I missed something)
chavvdarrr
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Well, I'm gonna build my own R600, with Black Jack and hookers...
SCNR.
"We know, RV610 sucks, but it's built on the leading technology of the most performant GPU in the universe - the R600." Perfect marketing.
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vertex_shader
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This will be a huge mistake, i'm not 100% sure they can survive the time for this.
I haven't heard anyone say that yet, and don't have any reason today to think it true. If you look at the language xbit quoted:
Then the impression you get is not hardware bug. That smells an awful lot like marketing dude language for "we're going to compete on price/performance/features rather than just performance."
The first chip based on the K8L architecture; quad-core on a single die and some other goodies.
vertex_shader
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It won't be a mistake if both are real good. AMD needs to put itself on the map again and this is a perfect opportunity.
vertex_shader
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Both good is not enough, something (some official info) need for the users, or they stop the waiting.
More than anything, both vendors should try to release some upper midrange single-slot cards.
As for W/fps/$ etc., I am a perfect example of a (HTPC) user who will never again buy a 2-slot card or any card requiring a power plant to run. Besides being limited by the size of the HTPC housing, I already have proper heating at home, thankyouverymuch.
No, most people pick a price segment that reflects what they are willing to pay for this particular part of their entertainment budget first. Then they worry about other stuff.
If you mean lower in price, then yes, I agree that's what they are saying. I don't see any way to read that which doesn't mean they feel a need to be able to hit lower price points at launch than they originally intended when they scheduled an end of March launch.
Why would they feel that need? If, hypothetically, they had a part which wiped the floor with G80 they could charge what they liked for it. It's not like the global economy has gone into meltdown in the last week and everyone is suddenly tightening their belts. Is it the GTS 320 which is causing them angst?
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