68xx pricing

[Rroff]

Edit: I suppose they could be called 6780 and 6790?

That would make far more sense if they really felt they had to shuffle the names on them...

I can't see the problem with sticking to the x7xx, x8xx, x9xx tiers relative to each product generation.

 

[Nico_Joey]

Looking at it, with regards to the ATI to rebranding.

I think this whole situation needs to be looked at as the big picture, these new cards being rebranded, shifted into different tiers, stamped with Radeon etc. It seems AMD just want to shift around the graphics card 'tiers' to start the new Radeon generation with shifted names. Whether it's because they felt the need to start with somthing new for the Radeon generation (a Radeon 6950/6970 etc) or just wanted to be sneaky and get people to upgrade, well only time will tell.

But AMD/ATI/Radeon haven't, to my knowledge, been that sneaky in the past so im giving the the benifit of the doubt atm and looking forward to these new Radeon cards

Just my 2c anyways

 

[dmxdex2020]

Cayman 6970

Is that an X2 card or a single solution?

 

[An Exception]

Is that an X2 card or a single solution?

single solution...

 

[Lightnix]

Is that an X2 card or a single solution?

As above, it's a single chip solution, the 6990 based on Antilles is the dual-GPU version (it'll probably be two 6950s stuck together).

 

[Jokester]

single solution...

Looks like the 6970 is going to be a lot more expensive than the 5870 was. That's a $90 increase on the 5770 release price.

The 6990 might actually be 2x6870.

 

[dmxdex2020]

Im proberly going to get a 6970 or 2 depending on if they are much of an improvement over the 5 series. Ideally i want to see improvements to tessalation.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Looks like the 6970 is going to be a lot more expensive than the 5870 was. That's a $90 increase on the 5770 release price.

The 6990 might actually be 2x6770.

You mean 2x 6870...

 

[Jokester]

You mean 2x 6870...

*Curses AMD for changing their naming convention*

 

[straxusii]

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

 

[Mr Krugga]

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

I hope it won't happen, that is good $25-50 premium we'd have to pay as a mark-up for EU retailers. That's before the tax

 

[Gibbo]

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."

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

 

[shadow_boxer]

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

We've been warned!

 

[straxusii]

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!

 

[psychas]

250 £ is just to much for 6870 what about 6950 300 £+ , 6970 350 £+ madness

 

[Martini1991]

Lol.
Way too expensive for what they are.

 

[RobotGirl]

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

 

[Freddie1980]

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

Hold on, it's Friday and these cards are due out early next week and you're talking like you don't know what you're going to charge for these cards.

 

[psychas]

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

i think its something like this barts = 4x320= 1280 sp's

edit new sps says its 800 mh strange

 

[Freddie1980]

i think its something like this barts = 4x320= 1280 sp's

edit new sps says its 800 mh strange

And aren't AMD meant to be using 'medium sized shaders' instead of smaller ones or something?