7990 what do we know about it?

[bakes0310]

All i know is, that its out in march and is gonna be around £700 is that right?
So what are we looking at twice the performance of a 7970, or is it to early to say yet?

 

[Andrew Moore]

To early to say

 

[d_brennen]

To early to say yet?

Pretty much this. Reasonable speculation can be made, but it would just be speculation.

I predict this card will be two 7950 cores, 3GB a piece with a core clock a shade lower than the stock 7950. Price of 700 notes sounds about right (or £699.99 for marketing types)

 

[old gamer]

my guess is it will proberly be like the 6990 being 2 6950's so 2 7950's but who knows

 

[drunkenmaster]

Won't be remotely close to £700, and, very difficult to say. While the 7970 is VERY clearly TDP limited and can overclock like a beast, at top clocks you're looking at 300-350W for a 7970 core.

A 7990..... who knows, we've seen a 6990, they can very easily put 2x 7970's with lower tdp on the same card. The question would be, will they be capable of overclocking in the same manor as the 7970 because you're talking about 30%+ performance difference between stock and max.

I think it will be the fastest card you can buy, but stunted and 2x 7950's will be better value, overclock much further per core and give better performance.


Reason it won't cost £700 +, its "early no competition no price wars" pricing. AMD are cashing in, before March we should have, 7950, probably the 7870, maybe GK104 (or close enough with performance leaks). By the time it launches its very very likely 7970/7950 prices will already be much lower.

 

[spain]

Reason it won't cost £700 +, its "early no competition no price wars" pricing. AMD are cashing in:

I might misunderstand you, but is that not exactly why the cost could be so high. It will slot in above the 590 and 6990.

 

[TAC4U]

Won't be remotely close to £700, and, very difficult to say. While the 7970 is VERY clearly TDP limited and can overclock like a beast, at top clocks you're looking at 300-350W for a 7970 core.

Actually, it will very likely come out near to £700 ($850 = £546; +20%VAT = £655, plus vendor mark-up). Afterall, it was the same with the 7970 - using the same calculation is converts to £420, plus vendor mark-up (most of the cheap ones are hovering around £450).

Don't forget that the 6990 commanded a high price for it's shelf-life. It's a premium product.

 

[555BUK]

The 6990 was launched at around £500 here, but has fluctuated with the exchange rate between £500 and £600. The 7990 is the logical replacement, so should be priced similarly (assuming NVidia offer some real completion with GK110 or whatever). I expect launch pricing to be around $800 / £600. By then the 7970 will likely have dropped significantly as well (as said above, it only holds a premium because it has no competition yet).

So, 7950 for £250, 7970 for £350, and 7990 for £600, dependent upon NVidia releasing decent copetition. If Kepler crushes AMD, prices will be cheaper still.

 

[straxusii]

At the moment I would expect it to be 700, but that will change if Nvidia come up with a competing product at an ~equal or lower price, and given their past history they won't, they will come up with a competing product that costs more

 

[chaotic_uk]

The 6990 was launched at around £500 here, but has fluctuated with the exchange rate between £500 and £600. The 7990 is the logical replacement, so should be priced similarly (assuming NVidia offer some real completion with GK110 or whatever). I expect launch pricing to be around $800 / £600. By then the 7970 will likely have dropped significantly as well (as said above, it only holds a premium because it has no competition yet).

So, 7950 for £250, 7970 for £350, and 7990 for £600, dependent upon NVidia releasing decent copetition. If Kepler crushes AMD, prices will be cheaper still.

i think you are under pricing it tbh , proberly be £700-800 just after launch