I never left AMD, and I am sure glad that I won't need to in the near future.
The 1600X seems most promising to me, and that's going to be my fall upgrade.
I think this case's interiour can be looking great, working well, and be quiet at the same time.
A H110i GT in the front set as intake, 2 fans at the bottom set as intake.
Exhaust can be taken care of by a reference design GPU, a H90 connected to a HG10 Bracket on the GPU, and a high end PSU on top.
Novus Vancouver:
I am supposed to get only 25Mb/s with my plan but I have been getting 100Mb/s already for a week. I love it when they make mistakes :)
Well, according to http://techpowerup.com/139121/AMD-Slashes-Prices-of-Radeon-HD-6800-and-HD-6900-Series-Products.html :
# Radeon HD 6870 1 GB: $219
# Radeon HD 6950 1 GB: $259
# Radeon HD 6950 2 GB: $269~289
With this, the 6950 2GB will probably see eol pretty soon as it doesn't make...
That's why I don't quite understand the euphoria reviewers currently are displaying. Sure, the 560 is a well designed answer to the 6950 1GB, but that's about it.
Looks like there isn't much of a difference in performance at all between the 1GB and the 2GB version: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/40165-amd-radeon-hd-6950-1gb-review-17.html
This, together with the price cuts, suddenly makes the 560 look not so "outragesly...
I can confirm another XFX 6950 unlock working, using XFX 6970 bios and running on 6970 clock speeds. Furmark and Unigine Heaven stable.
Maybe I should pick up another one, before the hardware locked batches come out....