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thebluebumblebee · Oct 22, 2010, 03:33 PM

There are going to be people who walk into a store and see 6870 and think that this is the replacement for, and therefore better than, the 5870. Hopefully, the low price will stop them in their tracks. x8xx has been the top end forever and only the x1900's and HD2900's didn't follow that. Although AMD has explained the change, I don't see a reason for it. I'm wondering if it has something to do with their up coming APU's.

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Oct 22, 2010, 03:33 PM	#32
thebluebumblebee Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 2,143 (1.20/day) Thanks: 1,559 Thanked 884 Times in 628 Posts System Specs	There are going to be people who walk into a store and see 6870 and think that this is the replacement for, and therefore better than, the 5870. Hopefully, the low price will stop them in their tracks. x8xx has been the top end forever and only the x1900's and HD2900's didn't follow that. Although AMD has explained the change, I don't see a reason for it. I'm wondering if it has something to do with their up coming APU's.