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If Nvidia don't have a reply until the summer as reported, expect it to be 5870 pricing all over again, £350/80+.
I would take the results with a bag of salt though, probably someones guesstimation!
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If Nvidia don't have a reply until the summer as reported, expect it to be 5870 pricing all over again, £350/80+.
I would take the results with a bag of salt though, probably someones guesstimation!
Relative performance.
Why when I read relative performance do I think about the Bulldozer charts?
well fudzilla says that 7970's 3d mark 11 score is close to HD6990
and in some cases beats gtx 590
awesome if fud is saying the truth
I don't believe those graphs and figures at all as the presets make absolutely no sense. Why use the high preset in BF3 on the very top end of GPU's? Since when did a 6970 = 580gtx in terms of performance? No mention of the actual models used in the test (1.5gb vs 3gb etc) or clockrates either.
Stop linking utter **** mate. When you actually see something from a reputable reviewing source, link that instead.
To top it all off, they are also supposedly using nvidia drivers that don't even exist...
290.36, NOT 290.38...
Sigh
I really don't understand why people have a problem with a lot of these benchies with respect to the values. Sure half are likely to be fake but in terms of results you would expect the 7970 to be around 70% faster than 6970 and therefore ~45% faster than 580.
This has happened with virtually every next gen release where a die shrink has been involved as far back as I can remember.
??? If you have issues have a whinge at DonanimHaber not at me. They have a comments section on the article webpage:
http://www.donanimhaber.com/ekran-karti/haberleri/AMD-Radeon-HD-7970-icin-resmi-test-sonuclari.htm
BTW,instead of getting so histerical about a "leaks" thread perhaps you should look at the pictures again.
At 2560X1600 using Ultra settings in BF3 the GTX580 is over 30% faster than an HD6970:
http://puu.sh/b678
Perhaps you should wait a few days for actual reviews to come out. Then you can feel calmer.
There are mentions of 290.38 BETA drivers in quite a few threads:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=218694
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4081328
Maybe they were up for a short time and then taken down. Again not my problem. You can either whinge at DonanimHaber or Nvidia.
I really don't understand why people have a problem with a lot of these benchies with respect to the values. Sure half are likely to be fake but in terms of results you would expect the 7970 to be around 70% faster than 6970 and therefore ~45% faster than 580.
This has happened with virtually every next gen release where a die shrink has been involved as far back as I can remember.