[RumorTT] AMD Radeon HD8970 a quick refresh product

[blackened23]

hasn't this rumor been debunked a loooong time ago?

no

 

[Rifter]

Cool, maybe i will get a double 580 performance single chip card this year. I'll be waiting here cash in hand ready to buy one the second it becomes available.

 

[Borealis7]

but why release a new series of cards before the 7XXX series has even been out for a year? why lose all the potential revenue?

i'm no big-shot product manager, but if it were up to me, i'd wait at least 6 months after the last mainstream product has been released.

 

[Screech]

but why release a new series of cards before the 7XXX series has even been out for a year? why lose all the potential revenue?

i'm no big-shot product manager, but if it were up to me, i'd wait at least 6 months after the last mainstream product has been released.

I imagine it would be something more like a 7980 in the same vein as the 4890 and and gtx 285 -- better optimized or higher clocked versions of the previous 'high end'. These things have so much headroom I'd be pretty shocked if they don't do this upon kepler's release.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

but why release a new series of cards before the 7XXX series has even been out for a year? why lose all the potential revenue?

i'm no big-shot product manager, but if it were up to me, i'd wait at least 6 months after the last mainstream product has been released.

The point is that they will be losing potential revenue to nvidia at that time. Their 7xxx cards will still be for sale, but AMD will most likely have a new high end GPU to take back the performance crown.

 

[Meaker10]

How to get this rumour:

1. Take one part good OCing 7970
2. Take two parts mistyped Sapphire sheet
3. Create BS!

 

[railven]

I'm settled in for the HD 7970 for my next purchase. So unless the HD 8000 series launches before the MSI Lightning - I'll have to sit that one out.

I'll be OCing my card as high as I can and will have to use it for 2 years (damn you devil!).

 

[exar333]

Any more than Kepler might "kill" sales of the 7xxx series? Those who want Fastest Right Now will still buy Tahiti. Those who were going to wait and see, will keep waiting and seeing, if not for Kepler, then for HD 8xxx. There is a mushy middle though that may wait (the area between GTX 580 and, say, HD 5770, which has a lot of options both in 40nm and 28nm).

Not sure about you, but I don't buy my GPUs at $500 to only be top-dog for <7-8months.

Folks who bought 5870/5970s or 480s enjoyed that performance for a long time. I will upgrade when Kepler is out and we know more about what 8970 looks like. Seems silly to re-release a whole new product line within a year though...

 

[railven]

Not sure about you, but I don't buy my GPUs at $500 to only be top-dog for <7-8months.

Folks who bought 5870/5970s or 480s enjoyed that performance for a long time. I will upgrade when Kepler is out and we know more about what 8970 looks like. Seems silly to re-release a whole new product line within a year though...

Oh and I still am enjoying my HD 5870, but it is upgrade time baby!

As for the first part of your post, isn't that what sort of happened with the GTX 400 to GTX 500? Isn it silly? I don't think so. Companies gonna compete and make money however they can, we're just the causaulties.

 

[MrTeal]

This is why AMD shouldn't have launched as the 7970, now they're stuck on model numbers. If New Zealand is launched as the 7990, there really isn't much room for an upclocked 79xx series card.

 

[blackened23]

How to get this rumour:

1. Take one part good OCing 7970
2. Take two parts mistyped Sapphire sheet
3. Create BS!

1. Take one part internet hype about kepler
2. Nvidia marketing team creating ridiculous online hype and exaggerated claims
3. Remember when Fermi was "ready" in March 2009 and doubled 5870 performance...yeah did that happen...i'll help: no
4. Create BS!

 

[railven]

This is why AMD shouldn't have launched as the 7970, now they're stuck on model numbers. If New Zealand is launched as the 7990, there really isn't much room for an upclocked 79xx series card.

Of course there is. 7980?

It can fall right between: 7970 stock < 7980 (OC'ed 7970 retail) < 7990

Set your prices where-ever, just make sure they hit the sweet spot I guess and call it a day?

EDIT: Now, that doesn't mean us informed will run out and buy this hypothetical 7980. That one would be for the consumers who aren't busy fighting in forums about which company is using lube when shafting their userbase.