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7850/7870 spec and price leaked

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AMD Radeon HD 7850 1GB
$139 (Rumored)
20 Compute Units
1280 cores (Stream Processors)
80 Texture Units; 72.0 GTexel/s
24 Color ROP Units; 21.6 GPixel/s
1 GB GDDR5 Memory; 156.25 GB/s
900 MHz GPU Core
1250 MHz QDR GDDR5 clock (5.0 GHz "effective")

AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
$169 (Rumored)
20 Compute Units
1280 cores (Stream Processors)
80 Texture Units; 72.0 GTexel/s
24 Color ROP Units; 21.6 GPixel/s
2 GB GDDR5 Memory; 156.25 GB/s
900 MHz GPU Core
1250 MHz QDR GDDR5 clock (5.0 GHz "effective")

AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB
$199 (Verified)
22 Compute Units
1408 cores (Stream Processors)
88 Texture Units; 83.6 GTexel/s
24 Color ROP Units; 22.8 GPixel/s
2GB GDDR5 Memory; 171.88GB/s
950MHz GPU Core
1375 MHz QDR GDDR5 clock (5.5GHz "effective")


The prices look too low to me
 
Well if those Dollar prices are correct, you can guarantee we will get a £1 for $1 price conversion..:rolleyes:

Anything less would mean AMD would have to drop prices massively on remaining stocks of 69xx cards and the new 77xx cards.
 
wow ive just ran my 5850 at 950/1200 and get 153 gb/s does that mean a 1gig 7850 is only slightly faster than a o/clocked 5850 or are there other factors to err factor in
cheers
 
The 7870 specs look pretty impressive to me if the price is close. I think from the specs it will be pretty close with a 6970 and offer better dx11 performance. It will hopefully clock like a beast as well.
 
LtMatt said:
These 78 cards confuse me. Whats the point if they are slower than the 69** cards?
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Nothing about these 7xxx cards make sense to me whether its pricing,performance,naming, I'm just hoping Nvidia can bring a 650/660 card in for well under £200 that beats these 78xx cards.

I've had ATI gfx cards for the last 6yrs, and really fancy a change to Nvidia this time round.
 
LtMatt said:
These 78 cards confuse me. Whats the point if they are slower than the 69** cards?
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Cheaper to make, less power draw, very similar performance. Same as every refresh.

Just like the 5770 was pretty much 4870 speed, and the 6850 is pretty much 5850 speed, and how the 78XX will be pretty much 69XX...
 
yea i bet they o/clock well . i wonder if the 7870 will get near gtx 580 speeds when overclocked . now that would be nice

edit also will the part be 1or 2 6pin connectors
 
HeX said:
Cheaper to make, less power draw, very similar performance. Same as every refresh.

Just like the 5770 was pretty much 4870 speed, and the 6850 is pretty much 5850 speed, and how the 78XX will be pretty much 69XX...
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Well, let's hope the launch price is £50-£70 cheaper like 5770 vs 4870, 6850 vs 5850...otherwise, at the same price range as the 69xx the 78xx are just gonna be poor value high-heeled shoes for 79xx to step on in attempting to justify their high price.
 
it used to be that the new high end cards were double the performance of the old ones at about 1.5x the price and that the new mid range cards were equal to the last gen top end cards for 75% of the price (e.g. half the price of the new top end)

what AMD seems to have done is 1.5x the performance for more than double the price
and equal the performance for 1.5x the price

which is bobbins
 
Why would AMD launch the 7850 at the same price as the 7770? Not sure about above pricing because it is out of sink with recent rip-off pricing for 7x00 parts.
 
555BUK said:
Why would AMD launch the 7850 at the same price as the 7770? Not sure about above pricing because it is out of sink with recent rip-off pricing for 7x00 parts.
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That's what I was thinking.

I think those prices are completely wrong.

Even if the 7870 is £199 (pound for dollar) that leaves a £150 gap up to their next card. If they had any brains they would release enough power to be able to charge £200-£250 for the 7850 and £250-£300 for the 7870.
 
There is already word of a 7890. I think amd have the option of bringing a 7790 as well to bridge the gap. Could be wrong but as amd have a new price structure they may need more cards to fill in the different price brackets. Maybe a 7790 with increased shaders.
 
ALXAndy said:
That's what I was thinking.

I think those prices are completely wrong.

Even if the 7870 is £199 (pound for dollar) that leaves a £150 gap up to their next card. If they had any brains they would release enough power to be able to charge £200-£250 for the 7850 and £250-£300 for the 7870.
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Perhaps we will see big price cuts across the range if Nvidia can come to market with aggressive prices on the Keplers.

Either way, you would have to be crazy to buy any 7xxx card until Kepler shows up, unless you have money to burn.
 
Well, 7700's are barely faster than 6700's, yet cost significantly more than current 6700 prices, even though die's are much smaller and the cards must cost less to produce.

If 7870's come close to 6950 speeds, I fully expect AMD to continue the pricing trend and launch them for $299/£250. It seems that the days of mentioning AMD and value for money in the same sentance are long gone.
 
555BUK said:
If 7870's come close to 6950 speeds, I fully expect AMD to continue the pricing trend and launch them for $299/£250. It seems that the days of mentioning AMD and value for money in the same sentance are long gone.
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Huh..:confused:

The 7850 is the replacement for the 6950, so if anything is going to cost £200 it will be that, the 7870 could well be £250 though.
 
Cooper said:
Huh..:confused:

The 7850 is the replacement for the 6950, so if anything is going to cost £200 it will be that, the 7870 could well be £250 though.
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Based on current prices of the 7XXX that isn't the case though.
The 7770 is no better than a 6850 but closed near to 6870 prices.

That's why these prices don't seem realistic at the moment, but should eventually be the price, which would make them reasonable cards.
 
Cooper said:
Perhaps we will see big price cuts across the range if Nvidia can come to market with aggressive prices on the Keplers.

Either way, you would have to be crazy to buy any 7xxx card until Kepler shows up, unless you have money to burn.
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Yes I am certain that AMD would drop prices comprehensively if Kepler came out and was any good.

The thing is, Kepler isn't out so it's a moot point. AMD certainly won't be basing their prices on "what if". They did that before.

IE when Fermi was a rumour and about to come out they released their cards (5850 and 5870) at a launch price. Which was very cheap (and why so many are so annoyed at the 7970 price). However, when they saw Nvidia hadn't turned up in their green outfit for the party those prices soon rose, with only launch cards costing what they were supposed to.

I just can't see how they would make the 7770 redundant over night, for any reason (let alone a vapour release such as Kepler).
 
Martini1991 said:
Based on current prices of the 7XXX that isn't the case though.
The 7770 is no better than a 6850 but closed near to 6870 prices.

That's why these prices don't seem realistic at the moment, but should eventually be the price, which would make them reasonable cards.
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Well im betting that AMD will come to their senses with the 78xx cards price wise, because this is THE most important segment, where they make most money of the consumer.

That and the competition from Nvidia will hopefully restore the price/performance ratio to a sane level in Q2.

..hopefully
 
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