AMD HD6000 will appear in October
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phoenix
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Dare I ask what the point of this card [other than to make more money for AMD]
is if its performance isn't head and shoulders above that of the HD5000 series?
I would like to know whether there will be a significant improvement in the performance
of the tesselation engine. Currently, it does lag behind nVidia's just a tad.
is if its performance isn't head and shoulders above that of the HD5000 series?
I would like to know whether there will be a significant improvement in the performance
of the tesselation engine. Currently, it does lag behind nVidia's just a tad.
Toxin
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It works out well for me tho.
I need to get myself a new g-card and this will either be the card I get or I'll be getting an older card when the new one'll drive down the prices.But I seriously need a new card, my old 8800Ultra workhorse is over four years old. Still runs everything tho.
Phatso
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The AMD offerings are looking very attractive lately. It's such a pity that you can't use dedicated PhysX with AMD and Nvidia together in one system. I know it's possible to do it in a very "sticky tape and bubblegum" kinda way, but it would be awesome if there was an official way of doing it.
Tank
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http://www.techpowerup.com/131745/AMD-Radeon-HD-6700-Series-Barts-Specs-Sheet-Surfaces.html
looks good
AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series ''Barts'' Specs Sheet Surfaces
Here is the slide we've been waiting for, the specs sheet of AMD's next-generation Radeon HD 6700 series GPUs, based on a new, radically redesigned core, codenamed "Barts". The XT variant denotes Radeon HD 6770, and Pro denotes HD 6750. AMD claims that the HD 6700 series will pack "Twice the Horsepower", over previous generation HD 5700 series. Compared to the "Juniper" die that went into making the Radeon HD 5700 series, Barts features twice the memory bandwidth thanks to its 256-bit wide high-speed memory interface, key components such as the SIMD arrays split into two blocks (like on Cypress), and we're now getting to learn that it uses a more efficient 4-D stream processor design. There are 1280 stream processors available to the HD 6770 (Barts XT), and 1120 stream processors to the HD 6750 (Barts Pro). Both SKUs use the full 256-bit memory bus width.
The most interesting specification here is the shader compute power. Barts XT churns out 2.3 TFLOP/s with 1280 stream processors, GPU clocked at 900 MHz, while the Radeon HD 5870 manages 2.72 TFLOP/s with 1600 stream processors, 850 MHz. So indeed the redesigned SIMD core is working its magic. Z/Stencil performance also shot up more than 100% over the Radeon HD 5700 series. Both the HD 6770 and HD 6750 will be equipped with 5 GT/s memory chips, at least on the reference-design cards, which are technically capable of running at 1250 MHz (5 GHz effective), though are clocked at 1050 MHz (4.20 GHz effective) on HD 6770, and 1000 MHz (4 GHz effective) on HD 6750. Although these design changes will inevitably result in a larger die compared to Juniper, it could still be smaller than Cypress, and hence, more energy-efficient.
looks good
What the hell! This was going to be a slightly improved 5000 series right? The specs are telling an entirely different story. A core redesign and doubling up the performance in most areas is huge. The 5970 already has 
amounts of power, what kind of beast will they unleash with a 6970.
This isn't good news for NVidia, getting their DX11 cards to market a year late is about to catch up with them as they get cornered in both price and performance.
amounts of power, what kind of beast will they unleash with a 6970.This isn't good news for NVidia, getting their DX11 cards to market a year late is about to catch up with them as they get cornered in both price and performance.
phoenix
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Glordit
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Still plenty of life in my 4870.
Why replace a card if it still runs your games?
lol my HD4670 is still working well, was surprised when it ran BFC2 at 40~ Fps. passing it onto a friend in November and getting a New pc tho... It will be missed [Cept for the lame GSOD's I used to get :<]
DenSweeP
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Still plenty of life in my 4870.
Why replace a card if it still runs your games?
True, but then you don't get to enjoy DX11 goodness!
XeroS1x
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Must say I am certainly keen on checking out the upcoming cards, I am not entirely satisfied with my 5770, so this will be something worth looking at considering the prices seem fairly decent.
Had that card in my old PC, couldn't run BFBC2 at all, although, it probably didn't help that my CPU was sluggish. But I had a bad experience with that thing.
phoenix
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I get the impression that "DX11 goodness" is cosmetic and therefore, as far as I am concenred, not worth forking out wads of cash
for capable nVidia hardware.
XeroS1x
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Must say the difference between 10 and 11 is not that great from what I can tell.
DenSweeP
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Are all Gfx cards not for cosmetic reasons eventually? Yes, obviously, you need to upgrade as well from time to time to be able to play a game, but that is still essentially for prettier games.
Kuga
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Let me know what card I can buy off you guys when you upgrade to the new 6xxx series, my 6600aint doing it for me anymore
Can take my 4870 1GB version off me hands. How much are you offering?