I doubt it matters much. It is probably easier to clean dust and dirt from the mesh on the outside of the card than have to take the shroud off to get it from the actuall heatsink and between the fan blades.
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I doubt it matters much. It is probably easier to clean dust and dirt from the mesh on the outside of the card than have to take the shroud off to get it from the actuall heatsink and between the fan blades.
Wouldn't this 7990 also be at the top in performance? Unless you think some other card will come out before this and be faster.
It likely would be at the top, but I'm saying I seriously doubt AMD would charge double what a 7970 costs. I could be wrong but I don't see that happening.
The 5850 and 6970 were priced a lot cheaper than a 7970, so they had room to double the price to reasonable levels relative to their performance and relative to what nV were charging (ie. if a GTX580 cost $500 at launch and the 6990 was faster they would charge more of course). To me $700 is about the limit of what a high end card should cost and I don't see AMD going a lot higher than that. They will price it at what they think the market will bear, and I personally don't think the market will bear double the price of a 7970.
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Other than the 7770, I don't think any of the AMD cards are overpriced. And the only reason the 7770 can be considered overpriced is due to the availability and current pricing of AMD's own previous gen 6850s and 6870s at e-tailers as well as the FS/FT forums.
The 7970, though expensive, is an absolutely unbelievable GPU. It can handle 3x1080 eyefinity on a single GPU. How the hell is that not mindblowing? It overclocks like a maniac and its tesselation performance is awesome. To boot, you can barely notice any power draw from idle. I'd never pay the asking price for it, but that's because I'd never spend more than $250 on a GPU and I don't have an eyefinity setup, but the card is very very far from overpriced.
The yields from TSMC are supposedly pretty good, but who knows how much these cost to produce. If the 7990 tips the scales at over a grand a piece it wouldn't surprise me, but more importantly, it wouldn't even be considered unreasonable of an asking price. 9 billion transistors and 6GB DDR5 vRAM? Talk about overkill.
The 7970, though expensive, is an absolutely unbelievable GPU. It can handle 3x1080 eyefinity on a single GPU. How the hell is that not mindblowing? It overclocks like a maniac and its tesselation performance is awesome. To boot, you can barely notice any power draw from idle. I'd never pay the asking price for it, but that's because I'd never spend more than $250 on a GPU and I don't have an eyefinity setup, but the card is very very far from overpriced.
The yields from TSMC are supposedly pretty good, but who knows how much these cost to produce. If the 7990 tips the scales at over a grand a piece it wouldn't surprise me, but more importantly, it wouldn't even be considered unreasonable of an asking price. 9 billion transistors and 6GB DDR5 vRAM? Talk about overkill.
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1) You're posted this same thing about 87 times now, its seriously old by this point
2) The company you favor is worse price wise
3) Carry on :thumbsup:
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Wow, that is a sexy ass design. Does this mean Dead Space 1+2 (or maybe a 3, yet not even announced) would come bundled with it? Because that's all I see when the lights flare up.
Also, the dust grille is a beautiful idea. It is about time they think of something like that. As many can state, dust building up on the fans can be a nuisance to clean.
If it is removable than that would be so sweet. It could also affect the swooshing noise associated with blower fans.
Also, the dust grille is a beautiful idea. It is about time they think of something like that. As many can state, dust building up on the fans can be a nuisance to clean.
If it is removable than that would be so sweet. It could also affect the swooshing noise associated with blower fans.
I was thinking the same thing. 900$ price tag for this card sounds fair to me.
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/yawn at the laughable NV strike team doing nothing but the usual agenda, bashing and thread crapping, yet again.
As if these are supposed to be non profit humanitarian charity organizations lol. They price their shit accordingly. Don't like the price? Don't buy it.
As if these are supposed to be non profit humanitarian charity organizations lol. They price their shit accordingly. Don't like the price? Don't buy it.
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I like the design in general but when using a can of air to clean out wouldn't the dust be blown into the card making matters worse? I guess a vacuum would be better for that kind of design to keep it running cool, unless the it's easy to take off the mesh of course.
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/2428
3870 - $220
3870X2 - $450
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2584
4870 - $300
4870X2 - $550
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2877
5870 - $400
5970 - $600
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4209/amds-radeon-hd-6990-the-new-single-card-king
6970 - $350
6990 - $700
Notice the cheaper the single GPU card, the more expensive the Dual GPU card.
This card will be $850 just like the made up roadmap says. It would be better value than a 7970 then. If they do the same thing they did with the 6990 it will be faster than 7950 crossfire, but cheaper. Then maybe someone in this thread will stop whining and maybe get that card.
3870 - $220
3870X2 - $450
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2584
4870 - $300
4870X2 - $550
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2877
5870 - $400
5970 - $600
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4209/amds-radeon-hd-6990-the-new-single-card-king
6970 - $350
6990 - $700
Notice the cheaper the single GPU card, the more expensive the Dual GPU card.
This card will be $850 just like the made up roadmap says. It would be better value than a 7970 then. If they do the same thing they did with the 6990 it will be faster than 7950 crossfire, but cheaper. Then maybe someone in this thread will stop whining and maybe get that card.
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Mesh just pops off, it's a pretty awesome design imo.
The fan looks bigger than your average blower as well, and looking at the rear shot of the cards, the two GPUs are closer together and near the rear of the card. The bigger fan should contribute to somewhat lower noise levels than usual on a blower.
Its definitley getting clockspeed gimped, but nothing a bit of overclocking cant fix.
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Mesh just pops off, it's a pretty awesome design imo.
The fan looks bigger than your average blower as well, and looking at the rear shot of the cards, the two GPUs are closer together and near the rear of the card. The bigger fan should contribute to somewhat lower noise levels than usual on a blower.
Oh yeah I see that now. Very cool design that would look very nice in my HAF 932. The money though, hmmmmm.....
Doubt anyone including myself could really justify this card for 1080p and for me that's a first,so i will just settle for my gtx560 sli i got planned today....but which of you folks are crazy enough to purchase this?
My antec 300 had those stupid fan filters and i found removing them improved airflow major time so not to crazy about that but overall as its optional,its forgivable.
My antec 300 had those stupid fan filters and i found removing them improved airflow major time so not to crazy about that but overall as its optional,its forgivable.
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1) You're posted this same thing about 87 times now, its seriously old by this point
2) The company you favor is worse price wise
3) Carry on :thumbsup:
While you're on the right track, blackened, I think there are two questions Trash should answer....
Did he lament/blast every thread about the GTX580's price when it was released?
Is he lamenting/blasting the GTX580 at all for its price today?
Bet the answer is no in both cases, which just points out his hypocrisy.
It won't be double the price of an hd7970 because it won't have 7970 crossfire performance. An hd7970 uses more power than an hd6970, so expect a pair cutdown tahiti chips similar to what the hd6990 had with cayman chips (maybe a little more so in this case). I expect it to be twice as much as an hd7950.
If I were in charge of the release of this card I would say to heck with pci-e specs and release it with 7970 shaders and a 1 ghz clock speed.
Go for the gold when you can and don't look back. It's not worth winning if you can't win big =)
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On another note it looks like it will be here with time to spare and take the thunder from the Kepler release.
Go for the gold when you can and don't look back. It's not worth winning if you can't win big =)
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On another note it looks like it will be here with time to spare and take the thunder from the Kepler release.
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