Thanks for the reply and link, appreciated. That thread doesn't have the pricing, just "You will be very happy with our pricing." from the OP. I guess the prices were elsewhere in the forum, but not official. EDIT - Ok, 2 hours later (I'm ashamed) I have actually found the prices, and they seem fairly official, thanks.most likely the OcUK forums. Don't forget that the price rises in January are at least partly down to our VAT rates going from 17.5% to 20%
Edit: linky
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18217697
I made it 148 boxesI counted that to 162 cards (163 if you count the unboxed blue one at 3rd top row), just doing it in my head without marking cards or anything.
Plenty of HIS cards ready for launch at OcUK:
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Go back and read the date on that article. It reads Monday, November 15th. Fail!
Is Appopin's site alienbabeltech? I'm gonna have to check it out. Not many reviewers will take the time to post with the average user so props to him.
How much performance does it cost to limit to 190watts compared to the full 250watts?
I can understand people that dont need the extra performance, or have a lower rated PSU, might stay at 190watts mark, but wouldnt most want the extra performance?
*pushes the magical switch to the 250w marker, watches performance climb*
Is the effeciency of the chips performance/watt differnt at differnt volt/watt values? Im guessing the 190w value might be for people that care more about the electrical bills than the 250watt value users?
Plenty of HIS cards ready for launch at OcUK:
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Originally Posted by Gibbo
Thats just 6970's and only 1/3rd of what we have in stock for launch.
For those thinking 6950, well I have nearly 1000pc of those in stock ready for launch as well.![]()
Needless to say this is a true *HARD* launch!![]()
6970 x2 vs 480 x2 and seeing 50% differnce in performance @ 5760x1080... that would shut the case, for surround vs eyefinity with multi screen setups.
I think that the "switch that shall not be named" was a bad idea for amd. clearly they wanted to continue to get the street cred from lower heat/noise/thermals but they also wanted to go for the performance crown. anybody who buys a 6970 is just going to keep it constantly on the 250w setting, barring the extremely rare scenario of "I want to upgrade my rig but want to wait 3 mos for a new psu so I'll get 6970 and run it at 190w mode until then". just doesn't seem like it was needed, and it will highlight that nvidia's arch is just as efficient as amd's until you go for the very top end. at which point both company's tdp's go out of control, not just nvidia's. amd should have either sold out all the way for high performance or kept their small ball/low tdp strategy in effect.
And this is the latest pricing from Gibbo at OCUK:
If true, and 6970 is close to the 580, then it will sell really damn well. FWIW, those are basically 58xx launch prices, without the supply issue, so that's very nicely priced.
5-10% slower than the 580 but $100 cheaper is a-okay in my book
yes, it is www.alienbabeltech.com
great site.
DRAT!!! ninja'd again!! I need to quit spending so much time in RL and spend all my time in vc&g...
look at this:
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stock 6970, Heaven 2.1 benchmark, 1920x1080 4AA ~67.7 fps
Tessellation performance seems much improved.
Check post #444.![]()
naw, this is nothin' compared to 4 different amd iq threads right before 69x0's release.
