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Official AMD Radeon 6000 Series Discussion Thread

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im just pissed paypal fucked me over so i cant order the 2x 6970s i was going to grab and now do to there bullshit i gotta wait another 30days just o get my money full out of paypal to order the damn things so.. looks like i get to pay marked up inflated prices.
 
crazyeyesreaper said:
im just pissed paypal fucked me over so i cant order the 2x 6970s i was going to grab and now do to there bullshit i gotta wait another 30days just o get my money full out of paypal to order the damn things so.. looks like i get to pay marked up inflated prices.
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:( that sucks

I wish paypal would die, i stopped using it after i got screwed out of well over £100 and now i hate it, i hope you do as well now :laugh:
 
crazyeyesreaper said:
im just pissed paypal fucked me over so i cant order the 2x 6970s i was going to grab and now do to there bullshit i gotta wait another 30days just o get my money full out of paypal to order the damn things so.. looks like i get to pay marked up inflated prices.
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Are you serious, I would be going on a killing rampage if that happened to me:banghead::mad::laugh:
 
Thatguy said:
its actually not true and in some games the Phenoms beat the I's. It depends on the types of code optimizations in use and wether the load is steady or erratic and how it read and pages from ram etc etc etc.

basically. disregard most instnaces of Intel kicking AMD's ass. Its alot of show boating and rigging going on where the code is heavily optimized for intel and heavily deoptimized for AMD.

look up the settlement with the FTC regarding AMD/Via and Intel on the code compiler they sell. Which BTW is used in a ton of benchmakrs, mostly video encoding benchmarks to boot.
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But no one's arguing that, of course it all ends in the piece of code/software being ran, there is no definitive answer to what's better and what's not. Currently though, architecturally Intel is currently in the lead, with AMD crushing in the price for performance category, read up.

And both companies do that, they both write code to run well on their particular cards and then release it and go ''ohh hey everyone look!!, our cards beat their cards in these games/benchmarks!!'', when in reality they tweaked the settings/code to to run better on their own hardware, this has been happening since the dawn of time.

Edit: this isn't an Intel vs AMD thread, the original point is that he is correct. As Heaven is GPU dependent, even if they used an Intel CPU you'd only see a minor increase.
 
yea paypal just fucked me over on $1000 thats not a typo $1000 refused to allow me to buy items on newegg saying my account didnt have enough turns out theres a limit aka $500 so its gonna take me 60 god damn days to get my $1000 back by then these cards will be price gouged. I seriously cant believe its THIS HARD to spend my god damn money.
 
CDdude55 said:
But no one's arguing that, of course it all ends in the piece of code/software being ran, there is no definitive answer to what's better and what's not. Currently though, architecturally Intel is currently in the lead, with AMD crushing in the price for performance category, read up.

And both companies do that, they both write code to run well on their particular cards and then release it and go ''ohh hey everyone look!!, our cards beat their cards in these games/benchmarks!!'', when in reality they tweaked the settings/code to to run better on their own hardware, this has been happening since the dawn of time.
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on page 99 you claimed Intel cpu's are faster in games then AMD's. I refuted that assertition as it is in fact poppycock.

No shit both companies do it. It doesn;t take a smart man to figure out the ford and chevy screw each other over everytime they can. the truth is however with intel and AMD in the past goes something like this.

Both comapnies build 400hp engines. Intel changes the fuel blend at the pump and delibrately cuts the hp of the AMD engine by 50%.

and that is the only gas you can get at the pump.

so its not what it looks like.
 
Thatguy said:
on page 99 you claimed Intel cpu's are faster in games then AMD's. I refuted that assertition as it is in fact poppycock.
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Where, i want to see that...quote the post on the last page where i said anything about Intel being better in games vs AMD.

btw, as i said in my last post this isn't an Intel vs AMD thread so bring it down.
 
The lowest 580 sells for $520 @ the egg ... if the 6970 is just 10-15% slower than the GTX580 and sells for $370 ... i'd say its a clear winner ... :) .... but lets see reviews first ...
 
crazyeyesreaper said:
yea paypal just fucked me over on $1000 thats not a typo $1000 refused to allow me to buy items on newegg saying my account didnt have enough turns out theres a limit aka $500 so its gonna take me 60 god damn days to get my $1000 back by then these cards will be price gouged. I seriously cant believe its THIS HARD to spend my god damn money.
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That really sucks, i got conned out over something like £145 (inc shipping to the con artist of a buyer) but at least i didn't have any plans for the money the fact paypal has pretty much yoinked your money for the next 2 months causing you to lose out while they gain interest from your money is just messed up.
 
yup gotta love America / Capitalism where your money really isnt your money you just think it is.
 
crazyeyesreaper said:
yea paypal just fucked me over on $1000 thats not a typo $1000 refused to allow me to buy items on newegg saying my account didnt have enough turns out theres a limit aka $500 so its gonna take me 60 god damn days to get my $1000 back by then these cards will be price gouged. I seriously cant believe its THIS HARD to spend my god damn money.
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I would demand your money back, even if you have to take some action "rings up Chuck Norris":rockout::rockout::rockout:
 
yea if only it was that easy paypal like most companies has iron tight clauses and agreements i play by there rules or i can take a hike just said i dont get my 6970 crossfire action i had about 30 games i wanted to bench for fun
 
thats paypal, i have been screwed before and they left me out there also but back on topic

seems that the card is on the heels of the 580 from ixbx
 
yup it is for the most part which is why i wanted to buy earlier as im fairly sure AMD will push prices up not down lol
 
crazyeyesreaper said:
yea if only it was that easy paypal like most companies has iron tight clauses and agreements i play by there rules or i can take a hike just said i dont get my 6970 crossfire action i had about 30 games i wanted to bench for fun
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Sue them for mental anguish!

You're pissed right (from what i've read, with good reason)? It will put you back for quite a while right (60 days)? Don't these qualify for a sue?
 
Normal prices are $399 for 6970 and $329 for 6950. $30 off each to clear them out before christmas. This is a real hard launch, for once.

It's there at the 'egg, if you look for it.
 
cadaveca said:
Normal prices are $399 for 6970 and $329 for 6950. $30 off each to clear them out before christmas. This is a real hard launch, for once.

It's there at the 'egg, if you look for it.
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Gigabyte is already sold out at 'egg xD
HD 6970
 
cadaveca said:
Normal prices are $399 for 6970 and $329 for 6950. $30 off each to clear them out before christmas. This is a real hard launch, for once.

It's there at the 'egg, if you look for it.
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I noticed this to...Have to add it on my xmas list for santa :pimp:
 
I've also noticed the 6950 is 2gb as well :)

are you going to trade in your 580s Erocker?
 
dosent matter most of these reviews are garbage using 10.10 drivers amd dosent even really have a 6900 series driver ready this is a pretty damn lame release. cant blame the reviewers tho AMD apparently just manages to reinforce the notion there drivers suck lol makes me feel kinda sad
 
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