The info you all want! Well at least for the 6850!

[opethdisciple]

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pictures-and-Details-of-the-XFX-HD-6850-Leaked-161519.shtml


hmm going by the specs this is not the succesor to the 5850!

Seems to confirm indeed the rumour of a new naming scheme.

Few more details emerge: http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Radeon-HD-6850-and-6870-Listed-161427.shtml

 

[Rroff]

I'm just hoping AMD see sense at the last minute and sort the names out.

 

[opethdisciple]

To me, I think this is AMD's answer to the GTX 460.

 

[RavenXXX2]

I'm just hoping AMD see sense at the last minute and sort the names out.

Bit late for that lol.

 

[Scougar]

As one would expect, the HD 6870 and 6850 will be the higher-end models of the series, and it seems that XFX is ready to launch its HD 6850 as soon as AMD gives the word.

Which completely contradicts the spec they list.

EDIT: UNLESS they mean higher end of the 68xx series, rather than the 6xxx series (which includes teh 69xx series?) lol. But why do they call it 'series'? Wrong word.

 

[opethdisciple]

Which completely contradicts the spec they list.

True

 

[Rroff]

I wonder if nVidia is taking notes and will skip to releasing a GTX780 and 790 that are just rebadged GF104 cores

 

[TheRealDeal]

I'm just hoping AMD see sense at the last minute and sort the names out.

Price is all that matters i could care less about the name. If there is stupid people out there that think a 6870 priced around £200 is faster than there £300 5870 then thats there problem. Most people with a brain know that price dictates what speed a graphics card will give you.

 

[mmj_uk]

"As one would expect, the HD 6870 and 6850 will be the higher-end models of the series, and it seems that XFX is ready to launch its HD 6850 as soon as AMD gives the word."

Umm what?

With only 960 stream processors it's certainly not high-end, unless he means just barely faster than mid-range.

 

[psychas]

we knew all that ages ago, should not post posts like that if there no review.

 

[opethdisciple]

we knew all that ages ago, should not post posts like that if there no review.

I agree, but I havent seen any clockspeeds or technical specs anywhere.

 

[Rroff]

"As one would expect, the HD 6870 and 6850 will be the higher-end models of the series, and it seems that XFX is ready to launch its HD 6850 as soon as AMD gives the word."

Umm what?

With only 960 stream processors it's certainly not high-end.

We are yet to see exactly how they will perform in real games - they have been working on make the architecture more efficent so 960SP could be quite fast.

 

[TheRealDeal]

We are yet to see exactly how they will perform in real games - they have been working on make the architecture more efficent so 960SP could be quite fast.

From the rumours 960 sp is more like 1200 sp on the 5 series we shall see.