AMD 69XX delayed officially ?

Martini1991 · 11 Nov 2010 at 17:51

http://guru3d.com/news/amd-radeon-6900-series-officially-delayed/

Lul's at AMD.

kmufc77 · 11 Nov 2010 at 17:53

Em i wonder if that AMD statement is completely true or is there another reason.

Martini1991 · 11 Nov 2010 at 17:55

Of course it's a PR spin.

RedStarRiot · 11 Nov 2010 at 17:56

aaarrgghhhhh I want them soon

RavenXXX2 · 11 Nov 2010 at 17:56

kmufc77 said:
Em i wonder if that AMD statement is completely true or is there another reason.

580...?

kmufc77 · 11 Nov 2010 at 17:57

Right, for what reason?

Martini1991 · 11 Nov 2010 at 17:59

RavenXXX2 said:
580...?

Your point?
At the lowest rumored 6970 spec, the 6970 would be better..

kylew · 11 Nov 2010 at 17:59

I can't see continued demand for the 5 series when the 6 series has them beat badly on a price to performance ratio. I wonder how official this is considering how it doesn't really make any sense. Plus, can they change an NDA? It's an agreement between two parties right? Surely you'd need to sign a second?

psychas · 11 Nov 2010 at 17:59

good i dont mind even if they came january less stress for me on chrimbo shoping , also good for nvdia lets them enjoy extra week or two as top gpu :rolleyes:

kylew · 11 Nov 2010 at 18:00

kmufc77 said:
Right, for what reason?

If it's to do with the 580, I'd suspect they've realised there's no rush as it's nothing special, or something along those lines. £400 graphics cards don't sell very well regardless of who makes them anyway.

Martini1991 · 11 Nov 2010 at 18:02

kylew said:
If it's to do with the 580, I'd suspect they've realised there's no rush as it's nothing special, or something along those lines. £400 graphics cards don't sell very well regardless of who makes them anyway.

I'm sorry what?
GTX 480's can be had for the same price as the 5870's were at one point.
AMD have NOTHING single GPU wise to compare to the 480.

RavenXXX2 · 11 Nov 2010 at 18:02

Or they have to reevaluate the 6970's performance in relation to the 580, maybe up the clocks a bit.

Broken Hope · 11 Nov 2010 at 18:03

http://vr-zone.com/articles/amd-rad...age-launch-date-to-be-re-confirmed/10276.html is the probable reason, I doubt it's the actual GPUs.

psychas · 11 Nov 2010 at 18:03

as always raven comes up with random comments

Martini1991 · 11 Nov 2010 at 18:04

RavenXXX2 said:
Or they have to reevaluate the 6970's performance in relation to the 580, maybe up the clocks a bit.

Or you could read a post Raven.

kylew · 11 Nov 2010 at 18:05

Martini1991 said:
I'm sorry what?
GTX 480's can be had for the same price as the 5870's were at one point.
AMD have NOTHING single GPU wise to compare to the 480.

Didn't it occur to you that I was talking about the 580 since I made no mention of the 480? Compared to the 480, the 580 really isn't anything special.

Martini1991 · 11 Nov 2010 at 18:06

kylew said:
Didn't it occur to you that I was talking about the 580 since I made no mention of the 480? Compared to the 480, the 580 really isn't anything special.

You don't understand.
AMD have nothing against the 480, who cares if the 580 doesn't sell (Which I think it will), the 480 still will.

Jokester · 11 Nov 2010 at 18:07

Must be either yeild issues or the 580 is better than they expected and they need to modify the cards to increase clock rates to compete.

RavenXXX2 · 11 Nov 2010 at 18:07

Martini1991 said:
Or you could read a post Raven.

What? they are delayed, I gave a reason why that might be.

kylew · 11 Nov 2010 at 18:07

RavenXXX2 said:
Or they have to reevaluate the 6970's performance in relation to the 580, maybe up the clocks a bit.

I doubt it, 6970's rumoured specs should put it at least at 580 performance. When you compare a 6870 to a 5870 and see how they improved efficiency, it's obvious a cayman GPU with the same improvements and a higher shader count is going to be pretty powerful. If it doesn't at least match a 580, it's a fail.