Amd Renames 57xx to 67xx

[Jionix]

So now AMD is re-branding cards and price gouging customers. As if they did not lose enough of their fans by killing off the ATI name and screwing up the 6900 launch.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Maybe they have a hotfix for this situation?

And hey! Maybe AMD can make and entire line of faulty chips, deny they are faulty, ignore the problems until any system containing them are out of warranty, be sued over the issue, and then finally, some 2 years later, kindly offer to replace said chipsets --- after everyone has already moved on and thrown them in the garbage.

Yeah.... I don't think AMD would ever sink to the levels that Nvidia has in the past to save a buck. But, I could be wrong.

 

[Wreckage]

Yeah.... I don't think AMD would ever sink to the levels that Nvidia has in the past to save a buck. But, I could be wrong.

http://www.dailytech.com/ATI+Sued+Over+False+HDCP+Claims/article2203.htm

:whiste:

 

[Jionix]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

 

[evolucion8]

At least the impact was far less notorious than the nVidia's bump issue which costed them millions and tried to hide them. AMD's mistake was that they said it was HDCP Ready but it required that GPU vendors had to implement them and simply no one did loll

 

[sxr7171]

nVidia has done this time and again. It makes money. If Joe Schmoe lands up at Beast Buy looking for a video card he's going to buy the one with a bigger number at the front. These low/mid cards are Beast Buy fodder anyway. It's all just common business sense, nothing really designed to impress enthusiasts, but more to hopefully impress shareholders.

 

[taltamir]

nVidia has done this time and again. It makes money. If Joe Schmoe lands up at Beast Buy looking for a video card he's going to buy the one with a bigger number at the front. These low/mid cards are Beast Buy fodder anyway. It's all just common business sense, nothing really designed to impress enthusiasts, but more to hopefully impress shareholders.

if joe schmoe is actually impressed with a bigger number and the busty anime girl on the cover of the card... well, let him waste his money.

 

[sxr7171]

if joe schmoe is actually impressed with a bigger number and the busty anime girl on the cover of the card... well, let him waste his money.

Yeah. I've seen the interactions between Best Buy sales people and random people looking for a video card. The sales people themselves are really that clueless. The fact that a 5xxx product is renamed to 6xxx will help sell the product. Even the sales people will think that it is a new/current generation product at the $xxx price point.

 

[jiffylube1024]

So now AMD is re-branding cards and price gouging customers. As if they did not lose enough of their fans by killing off the ATI name and screwing up the 6900 launch.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Maybe they have a hotfix for this situation?


Flame-bait is not acceptable. Stop and desist the needless baiting.

Moderator Idontcare

Oh please. When Nvidia set the MSRP of the 7800 GTX 512MB at $599, and then prices skyrocketed to $700-800, you didn't call that gouging! Yet this (rebranding), or the 5870 going for $50-100 more than MSRP you do consider gouging...

Pick a position and stand by it!

And by the way, video card companies gouge all the time, and Nvidia is far more adept at it than ATI is. It's widely termed "skimming the market" and it happens whenever a new top-end product comes out that seriously distances itself from the competition, or whenever there's massive shortages.

It happened with the GTX 280, the 6800 Ultra, it happened with the 7800 GTX 512MB and it happened to an extent with the 5850/5870.

As a matter of fact, the last card that was in such a position that wasn't priced way higher to my memory was the 9700 Pro, which was a very long time ago!

 

[notty22]

Guess these are available retail.
Got a email from XFX

Available at Best Buy and BB online store.

 

[Red Storm]

Did you really need to bump a 3 month old thread just to let us all know that a single mid range card is now available to retail...? :hmm:

 

[Lonyo]

Did you really need to bump a 3 month old thread just to let us all know that a single mid range card is now available to retail...? :hmm:

He could have made a new thread if that would be better?

None of the 5750s on Newegg seem to be single slot, but the XFX 6750 is, which is a bit weird.