ATI cuts 6950 allocation

[Gerard]

What was his name again? Ah. my imaginary friend.

Seems strangely convenient that his crossfire results just happened to match the rumoured performance increase over the 580.

 

[seena]

this going to be One of the worst jump in perf over previous

 

[muppet]

so i am guessing that the 6950 will be as fast as a 5870 or a bit faster

 

[RavenXXX2]

If the 6970 hits at £300 I think it will do very well, a 2GB card with 570 performance and some new features will do well at the stated price, much higher and you may as well go 570.

 

[Gerard]

so i am guessing that the 6950 will be as fast as a 5870 or a bit faster

Would be pointless if it is, isn't the 6870 as fast or faster than a 5870?

 

[MichaelM]

Damn, you got there before me

 

[seena]

Now to wait for 7xxx and kepler(3-4 times faster than fermi?)

 

[Skyrocket]

so i am guessing that the 6950 will be as fast as a 5870 or a bit faster

Tesselation = faster
Without = slightly / level / sub

 

[muppet]

i think its a bit slower@stock

 

[Ezyryder]

If the 6970 hits at £300 I think it will do very well, a 2GB card with 570 performance and some new features will do well at the stated price, much higher and you may as well go 570.

you can already buy a 570 for £240 or thereabouts if you know how to look, so even £300 looks like a lot of money if the performance shown is true.

What is your friend saying these days btw?

 

[straxusii]

Erm actually where is the competition for the 6970, looking around the usual suspects I see practically no stock or stock at prices around the £450 mark for the 580.

 

[Gerard]

What is your friend saying these days btw?

The results between 6970 and 6950 crossfire apparently got "mixed up".

 

[RavenXXX2]

Erm actually where is the competition for the 6970, looking around the usual suspects I see practically no stock or stock at prices around the £450 mark for the 580.

Yeah 570 and 580 stock is drying up big time but are still available for less than £300 and £400 respectively.

 

[jigger]

It's faster than a 5870, that's a good start then. Pricing is key here, we are looking at 570 performance maybe worse, as I have already stated I expect £300 for the 6970 and £250 for the 6950.



Yeah he got back, apparently they were testing 6950 crossfire as well as a 6970, he got the results mixed up, doh.

So he was quoting Crossfire HD6950 numbers ?

 

[Skyrocket]

Now to wait for 7xxx and kepler(3-4 times faster than fermi?)

Kepler is 3-4 times performance per W better than fermi.

 

[Jibber55]

So AMD might win by default because they have actual stock?!?! Crazy!

 

[IT Troll]

Any word on how large the cards are Gibbo? Are we talking 5970 size or 5870 size? Those pics make it look worryingly huge

The PowerColor 6970 is 275mm based on the leaked pictures.

 

[muppet]

i think if the performance is as low as we are seeing/guessing and nvidia can pump some 570/580 stock out i can see amd losing a lot of customers that they won with the 4800/5800 cards

 

[jigger]

If the 6970 hits at £300 I think it will do very well, a 2GB card with 570 performance and some new features will do well at the stated price, much higher and you may as well go 570.

Not if its only 1.2-1.3 times faster than the HD5870. Really it should be a direct replacement, maybe $25 less if the yields are as good as it seems.

 

[555BUK]

doesnt the 5870 offer 90% of a 580 when overclocked or am i mistaken

The 5870 cannot get anywhere near a GTX580. When overclocked to 1000MHz the 5870 is still slightly behind a stock GTX480.