ATI 6***series 2010 or 2011 confused

[3t3P]

as per title, later this yr or a while off yet...?
when did 5 series come out again?

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

It is planned for late this year, but will likely get delayed as new graphics cards often are.

The 5 series were out in 2009.

 

[Jokester]

Good chance for Q4 this year.

 

[Tute]

Yeah at an educated guess i'd say Q4 '10.

 

[RavenXXX2]

5000 series came out september 2009 so I would be very surprised if we don't see the 6000 series this year.

 

[3t3P]

woah ati are like a metronome atm,
are we expecting twice as many stream processors as the 5870 then for the 6870?

 

[DeeJayCee]

Well it's not a huge reworking on the 5xxx series so should be soon I hope

 

[Orcvader]

The 6000 series apparantly will be a hybrid of the 5000 series and the originally planned northern islands. Who knows what it has to offer!

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

Well it's not a huge reworking on the 5xxx series so should be soon I hope

ATI have not completely changed their designs for a few generations now.
Not that they need to as they are keeping up with the competition anyway.

 

[Jokester]

It's unlikely to be double the SPs of the 5870 as it's still on 40nm.

 

[Vince]

There seems to be some good info here

 

[Cd0gz]

I am still expecting a refresh of the 5000 series before we see the 6000s. Where is the 5890?

 

[Jokester]

I am still expecting a refresh of the 5000 series before we see the 6000s. Where is the 5890?

Languishing in the design folder called "What to release if Fermi is anygood".

 

[Cd0gz]

Languishing in the design folder called "What to release if Fermi is anygood".

If they released a 5890 now that was quicker than fermi, £100 cheaper and with better power management,all of which is easily possible, wouldnt it be better for ATIs market share?

 

[Jokester]

If they released a 5890 now that was quicker than fermi, £100 cheaper and with better power management,all of which is easily possible, wouldnt it be better for ATIs market share?

If they made a 5890 that was quicker than the 480GTX it would be very unlikely to be cheaper than it. There's no reason for ATI to make a small speed bump at the moment, they've got the fastest card and they're not really losing sales to Fermi as Nvidia can't make them in any sort of quantity (and don't want to due to the poor economics).

Southern Islands is also really just a testing ground for the technology to be used in Northern Islands on 28nm.

 

[dmxdex2020]

Ati are flying right now. I bet their bosses have huge grins everyday at work.

 

[Gerard]

I thought the ati 6xxx series was meant to be a totally new architecture?

 

[marc512]

any new software/hardware ( like nvidias physx/cuda ) in the new 6*** series cards?

 

[kylew]

any new software/hardware ( like nvidias physx/cuda ) in the new 6*** series cards?

Nothing of the sort, they're going for OpenCL and DirectCompute.

 

[Alexrose1uk]

I thought the ati 6xxx series was meant to be a totally new architecture?

It was, Northern Islands as mentioned above, however due to TSMCs shoddy work recently, they're now saving the complete architectural change til they can shift it over to GF's 28nm process.

The 6 series, unless they decide to introduce NI to it later on, is now formed of cards dubbed Southern Islands, which is a hybrid design featuring sections of the evergreen (5 series core), with some updated parts from the Northern Island design.