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Originally Posted by erocker
I like the part where the 78xx series is a die shrunk 69xx series.
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Exactly some Editors/writer would say OMG three different architectures in the same series! I say, "if it ain't broke don't fix it". To get Cayman level performance in mainstream, who will cry…? Though the shrink will need to bring down power, as I don't see the mainstream ready for TDP of +200W. I mean more than 2x-6-pins is pushing the envelope, and while the 6870 is a 2x-6Pin card (151W TDP) and there's plenty additional, to me it is one important limiting factor (length). Sure a 6950 with 2Gb (200W) works on 2x-6Pins, so the shrink and clocks can easily achive what they should need on a 7870.
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Originally Posted by FierceRed
I thought the 7900 series was having a bottom up release schedule, rather than a top down.
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No I think AMD will stay with what they always pretty much do... start with the Enthusiast, then mainstream, finally then fill in lower or the higher depending on what they see how Nvidia does. It beats what is being said Nvidia is going with, first the low-end starting Q2, then mainstream Q2-3, and finishing with the big dogs sometime in July-Sept 2012? AMD could be already to release their GenII, maybe with XDR2 memory... IDK but... that’s just wack?
If that's the case there might be again defection from within the ranks!
