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New gen cards?
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In the past like 5 years that's been a one time thing, not really a trend.
Not exactly... The 4870x2 drooped a lot. the 5870 dropped abit.. and so did the ones that followed. may be not so much but still they did
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The 4870x2 was 350 (With some models at premiums)
The 5870 came in at 300-330 (With models at premiums/price gouging etc)
The 6970 came in at like 270-330
The 5870 came in at 300-330 (With models at premiums/price gouging etc)
The 6970 came in at like 270-330
There's no way Nvidia will be releasing two graphics cards generations within a 7 month period.
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Indeed, Nvidia fans would be quite annoyed as they would have bought 700 series cards earlier and only a few months later theres something else again, Sorry but if you p*** off your fans then your going to lose customers, Aint a good thing
The new prices will do that amywayIndeed, Nvidia fans would be quite annoyed as they would have bought 700 series cards earlier and only a few months later theres something else again, Sorry but if you p*** off your fans then your going to lose customers, Aint a good thing
Technically speaking an overclocked GTX 670, and overclocked 680 and a cut down Titan don't really constitute a "generation", its just a re-branding.
The last time Nvidia did a re-branding it was the 9xxx series (which also contained some new cards) which was followed up by the 2xx series 3-4 months later!
GTX 580 was just a full Fermi with some issues fixed, GTX 570 was a cut down version of that.
Titan/Titan LE are new cards and here to stay. If anything, they might have a GTX 785 ready for a potential launch of a Titan LE killer from AMD.
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If amd do go down the 20nm route then nothing nvidia have on 28nm will touch it. I hope amd go quit aggressive and pack in as many transistors as possible on a die around 400mm2. Bearing in mind the 7970 was 350mm2 we should see a really nice performance jump and nvidia will be forced into releasing something really nice themselves.
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according to Gibbo; 8*** series are OEM rebrands of 7*** series only, no consumer release
9*** series are basically ready and could be released any time from June onwards
^^ this being true, I find it extremely unlikely that they are 20nm, I would think that both camps would be in to 2014 before we see 20nm chips
I hope I'm wrong, some stern competition could do the market some good
9*** series are basically ready and could be released any time from June onwards
^^ this being true, I find it extremely unlikely that they are 20nm, I would think that both camps would be in to 2014 before we see 20nm chips
I hope I'm wrong, some stern competition could do the market some good
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I can't see them bringing out a GTX 785, It would be way too close to Titan performance seeing as an overclocked 780 can match or exceed the titan in some/certain benchmarks and games, They would actually be shooting themselves in the foot.
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It's been said the 8*** has been ready since around christmas time. If amd were gonna release them i doubt it would be towards christmas as that would be to close to 20nm being ready. I think amd are going straight to 20nm as at current prices the 7*** series has all bases covered bar gtx780 and titan. It really would confuse me if amd brought out the 9*** series on 28nm and waited so long to do it. If they did it now then it would make sense but q4 of this year makes no sense at all.
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Gibbo has confirmed that the 8 series are OEM only and won't be released to retail, they are already released to OEM's and are direct rebrands of 7 series cards (literally just a badge change, not even an OC or anything)
the next set of cards to go on sale from AMD will be the 9 series
the next set of cards to go on sale from AMD will be the 9 series
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Yes it seems that way. It makes sense, nvidia done something similar with the 3 series. Can't see amd 9*** releasing on anything bar 20nm if q4 is the release date, unless 20nm is not gonna be ready for a good while after. December this year would be 2 years exactly since the 7970 launch which was the first 28nm card.