AMD Radeon HD 6xxx Thread!
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Holy expensive prices batman
Well the 6950 itself is around £220,So the 6990 been Dual Gpu,Latest tech + Overclockers been more expensive than anyone else usualy,Im not suprised at that price.
4gb of vram though
,I thought 2gb was overkill ...makes you wonder if they will release a 2gb version.Dont see why not because they released a 1gb version of the 6950.
Immagine having 2x 6990s in Crossfire
...the electric bill :0
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Aastii
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Well the 6950 itself is around £220,So the 6990 been Dual Gpu,Latest tech + Overclockers been more expensive than anyone else usualy,Im not suprised at that price.
4gb of vram though
Dont see why not because they released a 1gb version of the 6950.
Immagine having 2x 6990s in Crossfire
It is 2 x 6970's on a single PCB, not 6950's, and it is 2GB per GPU, which I agree is mental.
There was speculation of it being around £450 at one point, which I was seriously considering going for, but for £570, they can keep it. I'm just wondering that the 590 will cost and how it will stand up to the 6990. by the looks of things, for the first time since the 8000 series Nvidia will have all corners tied up again with most powerful single and dual GPU card, and best option for the mid range for the price in the 460
Aastii
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To give you an idea russ, the 6990 is 2 x 6970 chips on a single board.
A single 6970 uses ~300W, so you can guess that the 6990 will be using ~450-500W each. You get two of them, before you factor in your CPU, motherboard, hard drives, memory, other expansion cards and optical drives, you are pushing 1KW from the video cards alone, so it will cost a hell of a lot to run it
tech savvy
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i thought it was going to be the GTX 595.
fastdude
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One review here:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2011/03/08/amd-radeon-hd-6990-review/12
It breaks the PCIe power standard lol.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2011/03/08/amd-radeon-hd-6990-review/12
It breaks the PCIe power standard lol.
Aastii
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tech savvy
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6990 being released midnight tonight
Those of us in the UK, OcUK have (they claim) 75% of the countires stock of the cards:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18249974
Depending on price, I may be saving up and forgetting my plans to get a 6950...
its still not here? on newegg anyway.
Aastii
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Not in stock, but they are there:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3901 600126572&IsNodeId=1&name=Radeon HD 6990
WOW, check those prices out. Better come down. Looks like two 6950 in CF can match it more or less. For just around 550 bucks.
The 6990 is so close to the 6950CF in performance that on average at 2560 the two are identical.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4209/amds-radeon-hd-6990-the-new-single-card-king/1
CrayonMuncher
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AMD have released the HD6790 today (Dunno why but the name looks real wierd), reatails at $150.00 and comes close to to a HD5830 performance wise, reviews below.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_6790/1.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-6790-barts-gpu-geforce-gtx-460,2917.html
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/powercolor_6790/
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6790-review/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_6790/1.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-6790-barts-gpu-geforce-gtx-460,2917.html
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/powercolor_6790/
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6790-review/
tech savvy
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Anyone hear or came across some leaked information about AMD HD7xxx series cards? I read around to see what I could find and seen some websites that said we should see them around Q2 2011. If thats true, then we could see them as early as June 1st. but again this information is from scattered websites that i gathered, dont know how true this is, just what ive seen. Just wondering if anyone else knows more about it.
Aastii
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What I have heard is this:
Initially, they were working with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to try and get 28nm out before Nvidia, hence pushing for Q2-Q3 2011 release, as Nvidia have said their release of Kepler will be Q4 2011. I have heard other reports to say that AMD are no longer working with GLOBALFOUNDRIES for Southern Islands.
The latest I have heard is that the cards are already in, or soon to be in, production, with release looking to be early Q3, rather than Q2.
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I should point out the last point is a few weeks old, and I think we all know how fast rumours can change in the technology world
=EDITEDIT=
I've found other sources to clarify what I said about them no longer working with GLOBALFOUNDRIES. Apparently, initial production will be performed by TSMC, and then will be shifted to GLOBALFOUNDRIES for their later, lower end and revised chips
Initially, they were working with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to try and get 28nm out before Nvidia, hence pushing for Q2-Q3 2011 release, as Nvidia have said their release of Kepler will be Q4 2011. I have heard other reports to say that AMD are no longer working with GLOBALFOUNDRIES for Southern Islands.
The latest I have heard is that the cards are already in, or soon to be in, production, with release looking to be early Q3, rather than Q2.
=EDIT=
I should point out the last point is a few weeks old, and I think we all know how fast rumours can change in the technology world
=EDITEDIT=
I've found other sources to clarify what I said about them no longer working with GLOBALFOUNDRIES. Apparently, initial production will be performed by TSMC, and then will be shifted to GLOBALFOUNDRIES for their later, lower end and revised chips
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tech savvy
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What I have heard is this:
Initially, they were working with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to try and get 28nm out before Nvidia, hence pushing for Q2-Q3 2011 release, as Nvidia have said their release of Kepler will be Q4 2011. I have heard other reports to say that AMD are no longer working with GLOBALFOUNDRIES for Southern Islands.
The latest I have heard is that the cards are already in, or soon to be in, production, with release looking to be early Q3, rather than Q2.
=EDIT=
I should point out the last point is a few weeks old, and I think we all know how fast rumours can change in the technology world
=EDITEDIT=
I've found other sources to clarify what I said about them no longer working with GLOBALFOUNDRIES. Apparently, initial production will be performed by TSMC, and then will be shifted to GLOBALFOUNDRIES for their later, lower end and revised chips
thx Aastii.
kennebell347
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I got both my 6950's for $460 free shipping after rebate. I don't think they perform as well as a 6990. I am not that impressed with them so far.
sweet
Every benchmark I have saw, there are only 2 or 3 frames difference. The 6950 beat it in a couple by the same amount.