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Cayman to have enhanced rendering scalability and off-chip buffering for DX11 applications.

dont think ill be able to fit a cayman in my case (and i do like my case :p). My 5770 is holding out just fine and hopefully will do so for the next year or so. I think ill wait for 28nm. Im doing a 6 month stint in the states in the second half of next year. If ATI get some 28nm parts out next oct like they have this year and last year, i might be able to get one cheaper than over here...
 
from what ive read, people seem happy and impressed with the 6870 card
amd have improved these cards over the 5000 range and from what we read its only going to get better.
but i cant help think that when it does come to 69xx cards they are going to sting us, with " yes these cards kick ass and are the best thing since slided bread " and here is a big price tag too.
maybe the whole rename and entering the mid range cards into the world first as a cushion for whats to come ?
 
GJ02 said:
from what ive read, people seem happy and impressed with the 6870 card
amd have improved these cards over the 5000 range and from what we read its only going to get better.
but i cant help think that when it does come to 69xx cards they are going to sting us, with " yes these cards kick ass and are the best thing since slided bread " and here is a big price tag too.
maybe the whole rename and entering the mid range cards into the world first as a cushion for whats to come ?
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LOL! Fingers crossed.
It would nice to have a return to the 4xxx prices.
 
Ejizz said:
December will see the introduction of Antilles which is meant to be the lynchpin of AMD’s renewed assault on the DX11 market. The HD 6990 will bring untold performance to the table through the use of a pair of Cayman GPU cores and additional features we can’t divulge at this time."

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37286-amd-radeon-hd-6870-hd-6850-review-3.html
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Additional features are definitely what multigpu needs! You can't make two cards designed for single use act as one without additional features. Forget about drivers, the problem is hardware.
 
Ejizz said:
If they can eliminate micro-stutter with this off chip processing, then I might actually go multi-GPU again but I have a feeling it won't happen.
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What makes you think the off chip processing has anything to do with multi gpu? The statement clearly states that it's aimed at improving DX11 games so surely it's to improve stuff like tessellation performance.
 
wolvers69 said:
What makes you think the off chip processing has anything to do with multi gpu? The statement clearly states that it's aimed at improving DX11 games so surely it's to improve stuff like tessellation performance.
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"November will see the release of the Cayman XT-based HD 6970 and Cayman Pro-based HD 6950 which have all of the features seen in Barts plus enhanced rendering scalability and off-chip buffering for DX11 applications. These will be the spiritual successors to the HD 5870 and HD 5850 and should go head to head with the higher end Fermi cards."
 
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