ATI Radeon 6000 seriers rumor to be released in october

[blackpanther26]

http://vr-zone.com/articles/-rumour...schedule-first-iteration-in-october/9688.html

Popular Turkish website Donanimhaber has released an expected schedule for the release of ATI's Radeon HD 6000 series. The first HD 6000 GPU to be released will be the Radeon HD 6700 series, codenamed Barts. The HD 6700 is scheduled for a release as early as October. As suggested by the nomenclature, the HD 6700 will directly replace the HD 5700 series.

The HD 6700 release will be followed up by Cayman in November, expected to be branded as the ATI Radeon HD 6800 series, replacing the current HD 5800 series.

The flagship will be Antilles, and branded as the ATI Radeon HD 6970. Antilles, as expected, will be a dual-GPU Cayman. While the HD 5970 lowers clock speeds from the HD 5870, HD 6970 is expected to feature the same clock speeds as the HD 6870 - basically a HD 6870 in CF. This will be much like the HD 4870 X2. The Radeon HD 6970 is scheduled for December.

 

[tomasz]

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/08/27/first-radeon-hd-6800-series-benchmark-score-leak/

 

[Maziar]

In one of the news i read in xbitlabs's site, they mentioned that there isn't a huge difference in performance between HD 5xxx and 6xxx series, the main difference is in their power consumption, which the new cards are said to have less power consumption.

 

[decode]

Yes, I've been following this topic vigourously seeing as im going to be upgrading my graphics card this year, from 9800GT -> 6850? or 5890? although depending on pricing I may choose to buy a 5870? I won't need UVD for a good while nor will I be doing eyefinity so if there isn't alot of upgrades in features to the new series I may stick with the old lot.

Depending on performance, pricing and TDP I could be swayed etheir way, At the moment however I think I'll be going for a MSi hawk/Asus DirectCU/HIS OC? maybe

Can't wait for nov.

 

[mactronix]

I read that the 6700 would need 2 6 pin connectors and would support a new eyefinity called eyefinity 4 which you could probably guess is support for 4 monitors.
Cant see how that would equal better/less power consumption. Of course the article i read could have been mixing up the cards as its not exactly crystal yet is it.

Mactronix

 

[blackpanther26]

dose any one know if this card is going to be 40nm or the next step down? If they are going to release the card as a lower powered card then could that mean that they are shrinking the die to 30nm or so?

Wish I could have waited before I got the 5870 but my other card the 4850 was starting to die and I wanted DX 11

 

[mactronix]

The way i heard it was that these SI cards are coming out because there was an issue with the 32nm fabrication process and these will be a 40nm stop gap refresh untill the NI cards come out next year.

Mactronix

 

[blackpanther26]

can't wait to see the benchmarks in october and november

 

[phenom90]

and that's why for the time being i settled for gtx 460 first... wait till the end of the year to see what outcome will be...

 

[wh3resmycar]

whats actually is refresh?Do manufractures just crank up the card specification and call it a refresh.

same architecture, smaller die process or some process improvement, much like the gf104 and the 4890/4770.

not to be confused with the term rebadge by nvidia. where the very same chip gets a brand new sticker on top of it (example: 8800gs -> 9600gso, 9800gtx+ -> gts250) and marketed as new.

 

[decode]

same architecture, smaller die process or some process improvement, much like the gf104 and the 4890/4770.

not to be confused with the term rebadge by nvidia. where the very same chip gets a brand new sticker on top of it (example: 8800gs -> 9600gso, 9800gtx+ -> gts250) and marketed as new.

Haha making fun of nVidia, one of my favorite things, I also like long walks on the beach :lol:

Can't wait for SI. the anticipation has been killing me since I found out a month or so ago.

 

[yannifb]

someone put up leaked benches a while ago. As many people expected it had about a 25-30% increase in performance across the board, which considering its still 40nm isnt bad. That would put the 6870 above the gtx 480 in performance. Hopefully the tesselation will be improved on the 6xxx series. But until we get 100% legit benches who knows. I'd buy a 6870 or two for xfire if they do have a 30% perf increase over the 5870, to replace my gtx 295. However i am saving for bulldozer and a new mobo, and im not sitting on a bank :/

 

[blackpanther26]

I wish I could have waited but I needed a new card so I got the ATI Radeon 5870. but hey when the 6000 series comes out I can get another 5870 for cheaper and crossfire it.

 

[AMW1011]

I'm hoping for some serious improvements in crossfire scaling. The GTX 4xx series has such good scaling that it makes it hard for me to look elsewhere since I don't upgrade regularly so a dual card setup is likely to happen at some point.

I want to see at least a little more performance, better tessellation, and better crossfire scaling

 

[phenom90]

but there are rumors said that the hd 6000 series will not have a significant improvement in performance compared to hd 5000 series... so i don't understand what's the selling point for hd 6000 series?? also if i go for ati i would only stick with single gpu as their cfirex scaling is poor than sli....

 

[Dekasav]

but there are rumors said that the hd 6000 series will not have a significant improvement in performance compared to hd 5000 series... so i don't understand what's the selling point for hd 6000 series?? also if i go for ati i would only stick with single gpu as their cfirex scaling is poor than sli....

Depends on what you consider significant. So far it seems like it'll be a good 20-30% across the board, which is definitely important, it's just not the HUGE MAJOR MUST-HAVE like a new gen. often is. And Crossfire scaling is close to SLI, and very good (esp. if you consider where SLI/CF were just a few years ago.)

 

[phenom90]

if 20 - 30 % for me it seems very much... that should make it a good buy...

 

[decode]

I'm looking at a 6850, Comparable to a 5870 at stock I expect, but with a new feature-set, I will then possibly? Overclock, although I don't think it will be necessary

 

[bobdozer]

Nvidia are staring down a barrel if this is true.

http://we.pcinlife.com/thread-1500103-1-1.html

But, can it play Crysis? At Very High, 1920x1200, 4x AA, the HD 6870 comfortably plays along at 43.55 fps. The minimum fps is 29.57. Crysis has been well and truly conquered at HD resolutions with high IQ settings. At these kind of settings, previous single GPU cards barely broke 30 fps average, which means the HD 6870's minimum framerate is the same as the average of HD 5870 / GTX 480.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Im still waiting a few more days, then we will know

 

[bobdozer]

Im still waiting a few more days, then we will know

Whats happening in a few days?

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Word is, we will know alot more. Leaks are a comin

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

If those benches are real, its not a dual card, they arent the first cards out, they always come later

 

[unknown_13]

Nice. If these numbers are real, then it's actually great, considering that there will be a lot of performance upgrades through new drivers. I'm still curious about DX11 and tesselation performance.

 

[phenom90]

hd 5850?? then you should wait some more time before grab one as ati will drop its prices on hd 5000 series prior to the release of hd 6000 series... damn sure you don't want to buy now and two months later its price lower so much....