68xx pricing

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http://vr-zone.com/articles/report-amd-radeon-hd-6850-details-leaked/10068.html

6850 $200
6870 $250

Pinches of salt on standby


Edit: Techpowerup reports:
"An pair of early listings by a Dutch online store indicates what prices of some Radeon HD 6800 series products could look like, in that part of the world. The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 (part number 11180-00-20R), is listed at €158.82 without taxes (€189 with it); and Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 (part number 21179-00-40R) at €214.29 w/o taxes (€255 with it). We conservatively estimate the USD pricing to look like $199 for the HD 6850, and $249 for the HD 6870, on the basis of this listing."

 

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If these prices are true then 68xx won't be competition to the 460 768MB

 

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Update from techpowerup:

"An pair of early listings by a Dutch online store indicates what prices of some Radeon HD 6800 series products could look like, in that part of the world. The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 (part number 11180-00-20R), is listed at €158.82 without taxes (€189 with it); and Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 (part number 21179-00-40R) at €214.29 w/o taxes (€255 with it). We conservatively estimate the USD pricing to look like $199 for the HD 6850, and $249 for the HD 6870, on the basis of this listing."

So I guess that means we are looking at £170/£220 price points in the UK

 

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Sounds quite reasonable but expect launch pricing to be a bit higher due to demand and lack of product as always.

Sounds like £250 for a 6870 then!

 

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I know this is off topic so sorry ,but what I don't understand is why they have fewer SP's ?

Bear in mind the 6870 is the replacement for the 5770, not the 5870 as you might be lead to believe

 

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NO ITS NOT! I am so tiring of repeating myself now, does anyone actually read my post?

5770 has no replacement now, its replacement comes in Q1 next year.

6870 replaces 5830, expect 5830-5850 performance levels.

6850 is new and designed to compete with GTX 460 768MB and will perform between 5770-5830 levels.

5770 is staying, the 6850 and 6870 are faster new SKU's and priced as such.

5850 and 5870 replacements/speed bumps are coming November!

Whatever it is, my main point was it isnt the 5870 replacement

 

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Hard to see how all this confusion could have arose

 

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Final specs here alledgedly

http://translate.google.com/transla...ueltige-spezifikationen-der-hd6850-und-hd6870

"As we learned from a business-related source, the HD6850 to 775MHz and tailed with 256bit memory from 1024 to 1000MHz. It also has 1120 stream processors. The HD6870 will be a core clock speed of 900MHz and a memory clock of 1050MHz, while also set to 1024MB and 256bit and will use both graphics cards in GDDR5. The HD6870 will include 1120 stream processors."

 

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Late November I read on an AMD slide for Cayman (6950/6970)