Official AMD Radeon 6000 Series Discussion Thread

Jul 28, 2010, 06:50 PM

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...r_Rumours.html

***This is the thread to discuss all of your HD 6000 pre-release needs. Any threads started about the HD 6000 series will be merged here, so do the mods a favor and post your information here.

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JATownes · Jul 28, 2010, 07:03 PM

So it was apparently good that I held on to my 4850s instead of grabbing the 5850s. 6850s here I come.

zithe · Jul 28, 2010, 07:05 PM

Oh dude. I'll actually have money this time around.

ZenZimZaliben · Jul 28, 2010, 07:07 PM

The 5k series was an awesome line of cards. ATI did such a good job with them. With the 6k series they can up the power usage a little and still be way under Nvidia specs and get big gains on performance. Was smart to start with an efficient card and build up from there. Vs. Starting with a very inefficient card.

HossHuge · Jul 28, 2010, 07:09 PM

If they don't drop the prices of the 58XX series soon, these are going to be expensive.

Quote:

Not a lot is known about the Southern Islands family of products. The SI family will offer higher performance compared to currently available ATI Radeon HD 5000 “Evergreen” line, but will hardly be considerably more advanced in terms of feature-set. It is rumoured that designers of the new GPUs concentrated mostly on improving efficiency, but not on building something completely new from scratch, which is why certain building blocks of the new Sothern Islands family will be inherited from the current Evergreen line.

I don't like the sound of that....

zithe · Jul 28, 2010, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossHuge

If they don't drop the prices of the 58XX series soon, these are going to be expensive.

I don't like the sound of that....

At least they're being honest rather than blasting out their own speculation. :P

AltecV1 · Jul 28, 2010, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossHuge

If they don't drop the prices of the 58XX series soon, these are going to be expensive.

I don't like the sound of that....

so you dont like that they make it even more efficient then the 5000 series and will receive a little speed pump

(bare in mind that SI will be 6700,6600 series)

KainXS · Jul 28, 2010, 07:41 PM

need more info, don't know enough, everything is rumors so far on the actual architecture.

ZenZimZaliben · Jul 28, 2010, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossHuge

If they don't drop the prices of the 58XX series soon, these are going to be expensive.

I don't like the sound of that....

On the other hand it may be less then you are expecting. All the R&D was already done on the 5K series, so hopefully that will end up saving ATI money to build these cards. Whether they pass that on to us though...

finndrummer · Jul 28, 2010, 09:06 PM

Please use the ATI HD6000 Thread.
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=127523

erocker · Jul 28, 2010, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by finndrummer

Please use the ATI HD6000 Thread.
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=127523

Lol, you just linked to this thread.

finndrummer · Jul 28, 2010, 09:23 PM

)) WTF sorry, we just have to use this thread http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=118792

ZenZimZaliben · Jul 28, 2010, 10:01 PM

Meh... this thread served it's purpose. Just a quick news blurb about the 6k series. If I don't see a similar thread on the first page I figure it's ok to post. Blah Blah Search Function, blah blah.

erocker · Jul 28, 2010, 10:04 PM

Use this thread please.

Super XP · Jul 28, 2010, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by finndrummer

)) WTF sorry, we just have to use this thread http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=118792

ZenZimZaliben · Jul 28, 2010, 10:23 PM

Well I am hardcore rooting for ATI. I am invested in both ATI/Nvidia and would love to see ATI get up to Nvidia levels. I think if ATI keeps this up they can catch up and maybe even surpass Nvidia stock.

I am wondering though if ATI will try to capitalize a little more on the 5x series with something like the 5890? Or something along the same lines as the old school XTX series.

Jizzler · Jul 28, 2010, 10:29 PM

First price cut around tax return time perhaps?

/me does a little dance.

Skipped my 'big' upgrade last year so I'm ready to go whole hog this time around.

TheMailMan78 · Jul 28, 2010, 10:47 PM

Well I hope I can score a 5850 for cheap then. I need some crossfire love.

Super XP · Jul 28, 2010, 10:49 PM

NVIDIA more than shot themselves in the foot. It's going to take at least 2 years to catch up and clean up the mess, but by then hopefully ATI will gain massive market share.

ZenZimZaliben · Jul 28, 2010, 10:49 PM

+!1 ^ I want another 5870 with a nice price reduction.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Super XP

NVIDIA more than shot themselves in the foot. It's going to take at least 2 years to catch up and clean up the mess, but by then hopefully ATI will gain massive market share.

I think you are 100% on target.

MadClown · Jul 28, 2010, 10:56 PM

My 4870 is still going strong, October wont be a painful wait.

finndrummer · Jul 28, 2010, 11:00 PM

From what i have heard about the the HD6000 i decided to buy a second 5870 from a friend for really cheap (180 euro) i think those cards wont have any performance advantage over a 5870 crossfire. Also Don't know if they will add 3D support for those pseudo-next gen cards.

ZenZimZaliben · Jul 28, 2010, 11:08 PM

Hopefully the For Sale section will have some good deals on them. I will be keeping my eyes on that section come October.

erocker · Jul 28, 2010, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenZimZaliben

Hopefully the For Sale section will have some good deals on them. I will be keeping my eyes on that section come October.

Might be sooner than you expect!

Quote:

Originally Posted by finndrummer

From what i have heard about the the HD6000 i decided to buy a second 5870 from a friend for really cheap (180 euro) i think those cards wont have any performance advantage over a 5870 crossfire. Also Don't know if they will add 3D support for those pseudo-next gen cards.

I agree. I don't think a single "HD 6870 or whatever" will beat out 5870's in CrossFire. I would expect 10% - 20% better performance than the current top single GPU card (GTX 480) in games/applications. It's in their best business strategy not to go over the top with performance. That said, no one really knows. All that there is currently is rumors based on rumors.

ZenZimZaliben · Jul 28, 2010, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

Might be sooner than you expect!

Ready to let go of those 5850's already? Awesome cards for the money especially in xfire.

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Jul 28, 2010, 10:01 PM	#13
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Jul 28, 2010, 10:23 PM	#16
ZenZimZaliben Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,100 (0.70/day) Thanks: 131 Thanked 517 Times in 383 Posts System Specs	Well I am hardcore rooting for ATI. I am invested in both ATI/Nvidia and would love to see ATI get up to Nvidia levels. I think if ATI keeps this up they can catch up and maybe even surpass Nvidia stock. I am wondering though if ATI will try to capitalize a little more on the 5x series with something like the 5890? Or something along the same lines as the old school XTX series. __________________ i7 930 @ 4.2Ghz GIGABYTE x58 UD7 Kingston HyperX T1 Series 12GB GIGABYTE 7970 (1280/1800) OCZ Vertex 2 100GB SSD & VelociRaptor 300GB HEATWARE

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finndrummer Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 181 (0.15/day) Thanks: 23 Thanked 29 Times in 22 Posts System Specs	From what i have heard about the the HD6000 i decided to buy a second 5870 from a friend for really cheap (180 euro) i think those cards wont have any performance advantage over a 5870 crossfire. Also Don't know if they will add 3D support for those pseudo-next gen cards. __________________ Why So Serious !!!!

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