Catalyst 10.8 Brings SC2 AA; Hints at Future GPUs

[duk3]

Bulldozer/SB and HD6000 is my idea.

 

[ddkshah]

Um yea the thing shows ni (northern islands) which is the codename for the 7000 series not the 6000 series which is southern islands. Maybe they will just release the 7000 series and forget about the 6000 series

 

[jkflipflop98]

[citation][nom]belardo[/nom]Okay... I am updated.But AMD had a choice: Performance vs compatibility? Choosing Performance was the right choice. We're still about 4~6 months away before Bulldozer hits the market and the timing of this info is NOT a shock. This thing kind of happens when the memory controller is built into the CPU.For most users, its not a deal breaker. They have a choice between X2~X6 CPUs with todays tech. That can't be said about intel's lower end sockets 775 & 1156 - which both's days are numbered. We can expect AM3+ boards to hit the market well before the release of Bulldozer.You're making a big deal of AMD going to AM3+ in which the SOCKET on the board is still compatible with AM3 and AM2+ CPUs and the mobo makers will quickly transition to AM3+ mobos.Intel is about to get REALLY ugly.1- Socket 775 - 1156 - 1366 are completely incompatible. Hence, its a BAD idea to buy any NEW core2 /LGA775 platform today (My main PC is a Core2Quad). If you went with 1156, forget 6core i7.2 - 1156 is NOT compatible with SANDY BRIDGE! Socket 1155 replaces 1156. Oh, what FUN that is going to be. (This is like AMD's Socket 940 > 939, but this was not a surprise and it allowed users to use higher end CPUs until 939 was ready). Every single low-end CoreI-whatever (Damn, what a stupid Model Name) user is screwed for drop-in CPU upgrade.3 - Socket 1366 is being replaced by Socket 2011!NONE of these new SOCKETS are backwards compatible with older/slower CPUs. Socket AM3+ *IS* backwards compatible with older CPUs.AMD wins with this. An AMD user can upgrade to a new board first, then later the CPU if he has budget issues.[/citation]

Sorry, man. Big business doesn't give a crap about people with "budget issues".

 

[tuyul2007]

http://vr-zone.com/articles/more-radeon-hd-6870-benchmarks-leaked/9700.html
ih this news is true, it will very impressive.. true NVIDIA killer

 

[xrodney]

[citation][nom]hardcore_gamer[/nom]what crown ?[/citation]
Biggest, hottest and most power hungry chip of all times.

Now I am sure Nvidia fans will beat me up

 

[Hilarion]

Seeing more stability with cross-fired 5770's with this one. I like it so far.

 

[andywork78]

now blizzard have to update there games now.

Give us more option for SC2 graphic setting.

Freedom!!!!