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ModernPrimitive wrote:People are quick to say not to wait because something new is always coming. For the most part they are usually right but dropping 500 bucks on a high end GPU only to see one 50% faster for the same money in a couple of months can turn one green.... or red....
I'm waiting for the 28nm parts before buying any high end GPU. I've considered a 550ti or ATI equivalent to hold me over in a new build if need be but will probably wait at least until Ivy Bridge is available.
JustAnEngineer wrote:When the 28nm GPUs do finally arrive, they are going to be very appealing. The process shrink will allow them to use half as much power as current 40nm GPUs for the same or better performance.
TheWacoKid wrote:I mean that you'll be able to get Radeon HD6970 gaming performance with Radeon HD6850 power consumption.JustAnEngineer wrote:You mean like going from 45 nm to 32 nm with Bulldozer?When the 28nm GPUs do finally arrive, they are going to be very appealing. The process shrink will allow them to use half as much power as current 40nm GPUs for the same or better performance.
michael_d wrote:According to this article high-performance Radeon HD 7000 series will be out in Q1 of 2012. The good news is that it will have double performance in comparison to current cards. It coincides nicely with Ivy Bridge release road map, hopefully both will support PCI-E 3.0.
Radeon HD 7000 news
LoneWolf15 wrote:michael_d wrote:According to this article high-performance Radeon HD 7000 series will be out in Q1 of 2012. The good news is that it will have double performance in comparison to current cards. It coincides nicely with Ivy Bridge release road map, hopefully both will support PCI-E 3.0.
Radeon HD 7000 news
If so, it should push the high-end 6xxx cards down in price nicely.
Honestly, I can't think of a game my 6970 won't play with flying colors at 1920x1200.
riviera74 wrote:Of course the real news is their memory interface, seen here.
just brew it! wrote:riviera74 wrote:Of course the real news is their memory interface, seen here.
IIRC AMD had a Rambus license back in the day (though AFAIK they never released a product that used it). I wonder if they still have a license, and if so whether use of XDR2 with a GPU is covered. Or do they need to ante up and pay the patent troll?
I did not know that AMD had a license from Rambus that far back. XDR2 is Rambus IP ?! I suppose that AMD has figured out the licensing thing already with Rambus.
drbaltazar wrote:Fx 8150 need fma4 support and threading fix plus prob other stuff.this 7000 srie is it also part of a whole?ms does this all the time on the security front.you need ie9 plus mse plus mal soft rem tool plus sweeperto be secure .yes os will work if some are missing but it wont be optimal.so do we get same sauce here.is 7000 part of what would make an underwelming 8150?i am asking cause lot of review seem to hint that gpu and cpu are very very friendly so much in fact that the cpu would have been design from the ground up with gpu first and formost if this is true we might need some sort of ie9 accelerated test or such that use gpu acceleration.i know most user ignore this because they dont know how big a feature gpu acceleration is but i am beginning to suspect 8150 is just a piece of the whole bulldozer puzzle.i hope i am wrong cause if i am right lot of early buyer might have been too hasty.ty for reply.
TheWacoKid wrote:drbaltazar wrote:Fx 8150 need fma4 support and threading fix plus prob other stuff.this 7000 srie is it also part of a whole?ms does this all the time on the security front.you need ie9 plus mse plus mal soft rem tool plus sweeperto be secure .yes os will work if some are missing but it wont be optimal.so do we get same sauce here.is 7000 part of what would make an underwelming 8150?i am asking cause lot of review seem to hint that gpu and cpu are very very friendly so much in fact that the cpu would have been design from the ground up with gpu first and formost if this is true we might need some sort of ie9 accelerated test or such that use gpu acceleration.i know most user ignore this because they dont know how big a feature gpu acceleration is but i am beginning to suspect 8150 is just a piece of the whole bulldozer puzzle.i hope i am wrong cause if i am right lot of early buyer might have been too hasty.ty for reply.
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TheWacoKid wrote:This might be English...
Captain Ned wrote:And not everyone here on the forums is a native English speaker. Deal with the culture shock.
Thanks for listening.
drbaltazar wrote:i think the relationship between ati gpu and amd cpu might make the whole way more powerfull then the sum of its seperate part.now a days the role of cpu is very different.post fx 8150 intel buyer might not like what they see from the amd camp in january and might wish they had waited the whole bulldozer hardware release before moving to intel .time will tell.fma4 is a big surprise where it has been made avail.true huge amount of work is left before they can say were compatible but early sneak peak show speed on par with e serie unreleased intel cpu.only the lack of fund and boss going sideways could screw amd.as for the proc being average?isnt it exactly where the 8150 was planned to be?the max evo of bulldozer is probably gona be 8190 or such