Curacao XT 8970 pictured... courtesy of 4chan.

[flopper]

http://community.amd.com/community/.../06/07/e3-2013-amd-is-the-core-of-your-gaming

Couple days old, but they do say:

sounds like xbox one and ps3 and 7990.

 

[LtMatt]

We'll be invincible? That hash tag does make me wonder. If they dethrone a titan with a card costing less than a 780 then i will be impressed.

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Titan beater at 780 pricing should be possible given the 780 isn't that far off plus its [the 780] 100-200 pound overpriced.

Still, what motivation do AMD have having seen how many people were willing to spend £800 on a graphics card?

 

[psychas]

it looks more like 8950 then 8970 when you look at the specs ,

 

[LtMatt]

If that slide is true then the 8950 is going to kick ass.

 

[Duff-Man]

it looks morel like 8950 then 8970 when you look at the specs ,

2560 shaders at 1050Mhz on the 8970 part looks very tasty! If AMD could pull out at ~10% efficiency improvement on top of the extra GPU grunt (which is not unrealistic for a mid-process spruce of an existing architecture), then it could indeed compete with the GTX780.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Having 8970 for OEM and retail, being different specs just isn't cricket for those not in the know about computer hardware IMO.

 

[humbug]

it looks more like 8950 then 8970 when you look at the specs ,

8870 has exactly the same specifications as my Tahiti LE.

 

[pgi947]

If that slide is true then the 8900's had better be damn fast, October is ages away.

 

[whyscotty]

If that slide is true then the 8900's had better be damn fast, October is ages away.

Only 112 days

 

[LtMatt]

If that slide is true then the 8900's had better be damn fast, October is ages away.

Only 112 days

I can't survive that long without my gaming evolved titles, Battlefield 3 and Fifa 13. No way Rose.

 

[humbug]

I can't survive that long without my gaming evolved titles, Battlefield 3 and Fifa 13. No way Rose.

Are you rattling already Matt?

 

[LtMatt]

Are you rattling already Matt?

I'm temped but ive fallen for the 7950 xfire setup and assuming this 8970 ties or beats a titan/780, my 7950 xfire setup will still be faster, you'd think.

 

[whyscotty]

I'm temped but ive fallen for the 7950 xfire setup and assuming this 8970 ties or beats a titan/780, my 7950 xfire setup will still be faster, you'd think.

You know you want to

 

[Duff-Man]

I would also point out that, since the release of this lineup spans from October to December, it doesn't bode well for us seeing 20nm cards in early 2014. It's unlikely that AMD would want to release their latest cards with only a few months of shelf life.

This release suggests to me that we will be looking at the second half of 2014 for 20nm, despite TSMC apparently still being on-schedule for their 20nm production.

 

[LtMatt]

You know you want to

I do indeed.

 

[psychas]

maybe they will just not bother to make 8970 with those specs from a sheet and naming 8950(specs from the sheet ) in to 8970

 

[Diagro]

Why?

The motto atm is be invincible so they need as much umph as they can get from these next set of cards before 20nm

Im eyeing up that 8990

 

[humbug]

I would also point out that, since the release of this lineup spans from October to December, it doesn't bode well for us seeing 20nm cards in early 2014. It's unlikely that AMD would want to release their latest cards with only a few months of shelf life.

This release suggests to me that we will be looking at the second half of 2014 for 20nm, despite TSMC apparently still being on-schedule for their 20nm production.

Let Nvidia go first with 20nm to see whats what and then compete with that.

The biggest mistake AMD made was going before Nvidia with 28nm.

 

[bru]

I would also point out that, since the release of this lineup spans from October to December, it doesn't bode well for us seeing 20nm cards in early 2014. It's unlikely that AMD would want to release their latest cards with only a few months of shelf life.

This release suggests to me that we will be looking at the second half of 2014 for 20nm, despite TSMC apparently still being on-schedule for their 20nm production.

Well yes the reports do seem to say that TSMC will be able to produce at 20nm by the end of the year, so 20nm cards late 2013 early 2014 would appear to be possible, so I agree that a October release seems a bit odd.

Let Nvidia go first with 20nm to see whats what and then compete with that.

Now this could be a definite possibility, it would also let the 20nm process mature a bit, maybe allowing them to release whatever they are planning at slightly better speeds than they did last time around.