Soldato
I heard all the new ATI (AMD) cards were going to be green in colour to match AMD's green theme.
Ha ha to compete with nvidia over the shade of green used
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Picture of AMD ''Cayman'' Prototype Surfaces
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Ha ha to compete with nvidia over the shade of green used
Soldato
Looks shopped.
, looks like 2.5 slot.
Soldato
My god ... it looks .... just like a graphics card.
I dont think its been shopped. If you look you see that there is a monitor connected to one of the dvi slots. It appears to be attached to a pcie slot but the but the card has been cropped around and the background replaced with black hence the missing/cutoff crossfire and power connectors
Soldato
In my mind its either fake OR the person who took it is trying to limit evidence that would incriminate them so removed certain things from the shot (like the motherboard etc)
Going by the size of the power connectors it looks like it needs a 6 pin and 8 pin power leads.
Yup that's just what I thought when I first looked at the image,
but then....... when you look a bit closer is it ?
I'm not so sure now, try closing your left eye then take a second look.
Soldato
Yep wayyyyy off.
Ha ha to compete with nvidia over the shade of green used
Haha if only, no I don't think that will be happening anytime soon.
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Yes, cropping does not mean its a fake image, hiding the mobo/any identifying images is incredibly common, even more so if theres only a very limited number that have been sent out for testing and in specific systems.
No idea why people think its a triple slot cooler, the backplate has the exact same spacing as my 5850's, the only thing I can figure is because the hdmi/display ports are very narrow the space between them and the vent holes looks rather big.
http://www.anandtech.com/Gallery/Album/503#6
best pic I can find that shows the same pci bracket screw holes, spacing, the two vents near the xfire connectors(replaced on the new shroud by a third long hole instead of the 6 little ones).
It is the price/performance i am looking forward too, i am hoping for a 5850 with a nice boost for not much more than the 5850 is now!
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How much of a boost are we expecting? I was expecting more of a rebadge, with effectively a 6870 being a 5870 revision (i.e. runs cooler for less power, but stock speed not changing much, maybe a few more ROPs, 5-10% faster for a price drop).
Will this be the case, or will it be a proper generational change?
Will this be the case, or will it be a proper generational change?
I think if we take the performance improvments from the 4870 to 4890 move and then add 20% ~ we should be close. Prices should stay around the current RRP's.
Soldato
Seems odd they would have a full rename 5xxx to 6xxx for limited performance improvement. Must be more than just performance to this release, surely? (Yes I realise it's all guess work at the moment).
Soldato
I think the current thought is that it's going to be a kind of half-generation and the top end single GPU card should be something like ~30%-ish faster than the 5870 or there about.
Soldato
Yeah I suppose you're right. Intended full generation, but due to production issues, half-step.
Soldato
Who knows...
This is what I am expecting though (small increase in performance via a clockspeed bump, and an improvement to power efficiency). I'm not expecting any real architectural changes, but we will have to wait and see.