9970 to be twice as powerful as GTX 780/Titan ???

[Duff-Man]

Traffic, most likely.

This.



The genuine spec leaks will start to drip out in the 2-3 weeks prior to release, when official information starts getting circulated to retailers / reviewers etc. At this stage someone on XS or a similar forum will get hold of some solid info.

Until then it's just either guesswork or BS. This is either an extremely bad attempt at the former, or a very successful implementation of the latter.

 

[Duff-Man]

The information I have is that IBM Hudson Valley is doing the "heavy lifting" with assistance from GF unfortunatly I have no way of getting hold of the real details of what that is. Hints that its a big GPU but I've been unable to find anything publicly backing it up.

Hmm... interesting

 

[Rroff]

Oops made a mistake its not the Coretex-A15 ARM has just taped out that was awhile ago. Its the apple stuff thats just taped out (Getting all those A numbers mixed up :S). Regardless theres been no news of 20nm big GPU tape outs from the main fabs.

 

[Jamesyboyjim]

I think, more likely we'll see a card more evenly matched, twice as powerful seems ridiculous!

 

[LambChop]

Sounds like a Roy Taylor article

 

[flopper]

like a charlie article to draw traffic

 

[Drangueos]

I don't think the performance jump from 79xx to 99xx will be the same jump from 69xx to 79xx... but the price will be bigger for sure.

unfortunately I think the 9970 will be around £500 and the 9950 will be £400...

 

[Kaapstad]

I don't think the performance jump from 79xx to 99xx will be the same jump from 69xx to 79xx... but the price will be bigger for sure.

unfortunately I think the 9970 will be around £500 and the 9950 will be £400...

I think it all depends how quick they are, if they are about the same as the GTX 780 I think you will be right. If they are 10% or more quicker than a GTX 780 it could get expensive.

 

[Orangey]

Sauce is that same GPUboss "article" that's been doing the rounds lately. Stats plucked from 7990/wiki/a certain orifice. Confirmed as BS.

We really ought to have a sticky or list on a website somewhere with all the confirmed rubbish articles about the 7900 series. About all we know is that it might not be 20nm and could be here anywhere from September to Q1 2014.

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Maybe they are going to be so powerful and so cheap they need to get shot of the 7 series before the 9 series launches hence all the deals.


No I don't think that either, but it would be nice to be proven wrong.

 

[VincentHanna]

When they released the top spec 6870 in 2010 it was £200.

Can they really charge £500+ for a top spec card now?

 

[Confused Stu]

When they released the top spec 6870 in 2010 it was £200.

Can they really charge £500+ for a top spec card now?

When the 6870 launched, it wasn't their top spec card. The 5870 was the top spec for the generation before (launched at about £300), then they changed the numbering and the 6970 was the top for the 6xxx generation (and the 6970 also launched at £300).

Definitely agree with you that £500 for a top spec card is pretty steep though!

 

[Marine-RX179]

When they released the top spec 6870 in 2010 it was £200.

Can they really charge £500+ for a top spec card now?

6870 was not top end card back then...

Don't mind of the 9970 was really priced at £500 ish (it would also mean much better bang for bucks for lower teir cards as well), if it really beat the GTX780 by a big margin. The biggest problem with GTX780 is not its price, but rather it is lacking the performance that match the asking price.

 

[VincentHanna]

6970 came out a bit later, so technically it was the top spec card for a few months

 

[Marine-RX179]

6970 came out a bit later, so technically it was the top spec card for a few months

Except it was slower than the 5870...5850 even.

 

[bemaniac]

I'd swap the 780s for one if true but it's a lie like cake so not bothering.

 

[straxusii]

6970 came out a bit later, so technically it was the top spec card for a few months

It wasn't mate, the 5870/5970 was, now stop you're embarrassing yourself

What you meant to say was they charged £300 for the top spec card in 2009 (5870) so can they now charge £500 for the same. The answer is ATI released the 5870 not AMD and even ATI at the time said in hindsight they charged too little for it.

 

[VincentHanna]

Ok fair do's, I was wrong.

6870 is still a decent card though, i'm waiting to upgrade to the 9000 series

 

[Kaapstad]

It wasn't mate, the 5870/5970 was, now stop you're embarrassing yourself

What you meant to say was they charged £300 for the top spec card in 2009 (5870) so can they now charge £500 for the same. The answer is ATI released the 5870 not AMD and even ATI at the time said in hindsight they charged too little for it.

The HD 5970 had a very long run as the fastest card on the block.

 

[straxusii]

And it was only £450!