8950?

[joshhedge]

Stumbled across this article on Engadget.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/06/lenovo-introducees-erazer-x700-gaming-desktop/

Not sure if this is a typo or not but this Lenovo desktop has support for AMD Radeon HD 8950 graphics and is available sometime around June.

This could be a rough indicator for when the new 8xxx series are due to be released.

 

[dragantoe]

it might not be a typo, either way it's not a very good deal

 

[Corporate Thug]

kind of odd lenovo is getting into the desktop game but I 8 series around June would not shock me at all.

 

[lehtv]

Hey look, it's a $1500 PC with a top-mounted PSU! Now that is high-end.

 

[Rvenger]

Hey look, it's a $1500 PC with a top-mounted PSU! Now that is high-end.

Yes but it does have the R-ATX spec which is kind of new.

 

[Haserath]

Doesn't seem like that bad of a deal.

Dual 660=$450
LGA 2011+Quad core+memory=$500-600
Other components=$200-300

You have to account for their business costs. Dell doesn't make any profit off of their consumer business.

 

[iMacmatician]

The HD 8950 has been announced and it looks just like the HD 7950 with Boost.

 

[3DVagabond]

The good thing about this is it could mean another price drop on the 7000 series. One can always hope. 😉

 

[FalseChristian]

The 8970 looks like a beast! 128 ROPS and 128 texture units. nVidia better wake up!

 

[BenSkywalker]

The 8970 looks like a beast! 128 ROPS and 128 texture units.

http://www.amd.com/us/Documents/AMD_Radeon_HD_8970_Feature_Summary.pdf

32 actual ROPs, the 128 is a zixel setup, good for MSAA or heavy stencil loads.

Edit

Some kind of joke? Those specs are the exact same as the 7970GHE.

 

[Will Robinson]

I suspect Series 2 of GCN will be a fair bit faster and more capable than the current HD79** cards.
Hopefully tho they won't fall for the "Slower is better" mantra getting pushed by the NV crowd here.:\

 

[BenSkywalker]

I suspect Series 2 of GCN will be a fair bit faster and more capable than the current HD79** cards.

Those specs are from AMD's site, as of right now they are claiming the same specs as the 7970 for the 8970. I'm assuming it must be a big mistake, this past generation was embarassing enough for both companies, can't see them making the same mistake.

 

[iMacmatician]

Edit

Some kind of joke? Those specs are the exact same as the 7970GHE.

Nope, no joke.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

Those specs are from AMD's site, as of right now they are claiming the same specs as the 7970 for the 8970. I'm assuming it must be a big mistake, this past generation was embarassing enough for both companies, can't see them making the same mistake.

It was posted days ago that HD8xxx cards are just OEM rebadges. It is unknown what the true refresh parts will be named at this time. I suspect there will be a rebranding of the HD series of GPU's to go along with the "Never Settle" campaign.

 

[brandon888]

looks like fermi 2.0 😀 or like radeon 5000 to 6000 series and nvidia 400 to 500 .... well 😀 that will suck ..... if there will be same story with 700 and 600 series then i will jump to 670/680 and wait till maxwell 😀