AMD 6850 and 6870 will be on sale October 18!

[Ropy]

For those who haven't seen this as yet, here you go. Until it has been announced by AMD, this should be treated as a rumor and nothing more.
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/16943/amd_radeon_6850_and_6870_are_go_to_launch_on_octob er_18/index.html

If this is actually true, I hope it causes the cost of other GPUs to fall.:eusa_pray

[pezz]

The thing is.
The 6850/6870 will replace 5750/5770. 69xx will replace 5850/5870. I dont know what amd is doing, but lets see.

[Technocrat]

The thing is.
The 6850/6870 will replace 5750/5770. 69xx will replace 5850/5870. I dont know what amd is doing, but lets see.

Whaaaat!??? That just nuh mek nuh sense. Now they going to confuse the market.

[Madshatta]

makes no sense at all, are the intimidated but nVidia's GTX line???

[Technocrat]

Can't see why they should be intimidated, AMD has the ability to provide fantastic bang for buck if needs be, nvidia has only now got a clue that the major segment of the market is driven by value.

[pezz]

Whaaaat!??? That just nuh mek nuh sense. Now they going to confuse the market.

Well seeing that the 6870(6770 in diquise) is faster than a 5870 there really shouldnt be a problem. the 6770 get 2.5k more in vantage xtreme than a 5870.

i think amd is doing this to maintain prices, because nvidia is on a fail streak.


makes no sense at all, are the intimidated but nVidia's GTX line???

the nvidia gtx line is a complete failure, with exception to the gtx 460.

[Malloc-X]

so anyone know what the prices for these new cards will be?

[BNOVA]

This is getting confusing star. Just have to wait till official release but what is sure is that the "slower" version of the new cards will be out first.
Some interesting stuff seems to be ahead.

[M20]

I think this is a reaction to Something that Nvidia is about to come out with OR Ati/amd geniunely have found a much much cheaper way to manufacture the cards and even give us twice the speed and will just sell us these 68xx at roughly half the price per performance. Because essentially, they just want to either
A. maintain performance crown, OR
B. make more profit from the now cheaper to manufacture (but still twice as fast) 6000 series.

[pezz]

This is getting confusing star. Just have to wait till official release but what is sure is that the "slower" version of the new cards will be out first.
Some interesting stuff seems to be ahead.
Its not confusing. The 6870/6850 will be faster than a 5870/5850. just not by much like we normally get.


I think this is a reaction to Something that Nvidia is about to come out with OR Ati/amd geniunely have found a much much cheaper way to manufacture the cards and even give us twice the speed and will just sell us these 68xx at roughly half the price per performance. Because essentially, they just want to either
A. maintain performance crown, OR
B. make more profit from the now cheaper to manufacture (but still twice as fast) 6000 series.

I think Amd wants to charge more for the performance they offer.

[sk@tta]

So will AMD be reintroducing the "X2" name on its dual PCB cards?

[pezz]

So will AMD be reintroducing the "X2" name on its dual PCB cards?
No, it will be 6990 series I believe.

[sk@tta]

I wonder if these cards will come with the ATI Branding dropped off. (AMD Radeon 6770)

[BNOVA]

I wonder if these cards will come with the ATI Branding dropped off. (AMD Radeon 6770)

Yup. ATI brand is no more...at least publicly.

[Mr.Grim]

The first set of pics his here, source (http://techpowerup.com/132432/AMD-Radeon-HD-6870-Reference-Design-Looks-Refined-Ready-to-Market.html)
http://forums.legitreviews.com/download/file.php?id=6724&sid=b20b8004578e3eb9392cf79baff11456
Notice the fan has AMD Radeon on it