Next gen ATI cards

[Primitivus]

Just came across this report, for those who are interested:
http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/16898

 

[daedalus685]

Noone in their right mind was expecting it in q2 or early q3... Though noone at fudzilla is in their right mind.. so you know.

 

[mactronix]

Yes i agree, just plain didnt make any sense to get these parts to market before Q4
Mactronix

 

[gkay09]

^+1 And the Q4 is the best time as it is Holiday season and they can expect good sales...

 

[The_Blood_Raven]

Good sales? You mean they can charge more for low stock? 8800 GT anyone...

 

[gkay09]

^ well that is one way to put it

 

[Jaysin]

I don't see that being a big issue, especially if the 4980x2 hits. They are doing great market wise right now, there really isn't is a need to fill in the market besides possibly a new high end which that card should give them.

 

[jennyh]

50%

 

[The_Blood_Raven]

^ 800 to 1200

800/1200 = 0.66 = 66.6% = 33.3% increase.

 

[daedalus685]

It is 50% more SP's than the current 800. Jennyh is correct in that context

I'm not sure why one woudl use the context where 33% is corerct. Unless the sentence were "The new card will ahve to have 33% less SP's in order to be the same as teh old one." or "The current card have 33% less SP's as the upcoming cards."

Though neither is actually correct in a scientific view. The % difference is actually 40%.. Though indicating how many more, i.e solving for x in the expression OLD*(1+x) = New is certainly the normal context..

There I go again.... sigh

 

[cjl]

^ 800 to 1200

800/1200 = 0.66 = 66.6% = 33.3% increase.

50% is correct. 800*150%=1200. Because it is stated as "50% more than the current generation", you have to use the current generation as your reference (100%) value.

Oh, and Daedalus, I'm not sure where you're getting 40% from, as that is incorrect in pretty much every context. You almost never would use the mean value as a reference in a case like this.

 

[mactronix]

Why are you guys using formula (that's probably technically wrong) for this ? 800 on the currant card possibly 1200 on the new card. My kids can see that's half as many again or 50% increase.

Mactronix

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

OK, lets ask this then. Isnt 33% half as much as 66%? So, going by those skewed numbers, its actually 200% heheh

 

[cybot_x1024]

1200 stream processors? Wow, thats a 33% increase in sp's.

Man you need to learn to interpret whatever you read correctly.
when you increase 800 by 50% you get 1200. When you increase 800 by 33% you get 1064.

 

[cybot_x1024]

OK, lets ask this then. Isnt 33% half as much as 66%? So, going by those skewed numbers, its actually 200% heheh

troll!

 

[Dekasav]

I'm amazed that I'm on a tech forum and people can't do the level of math my 12 year-old brother can do.

 

[boudy]

I'm amazed that I'm on a tech forum and people can't do the level of math my 12 year-old brother can do.

hahaha that's what I was thinking.

Of course the card wont come until Q4.........

 

[Dekasav]

Maybe they'll learn by then.....

 

[soundefx]

If the people who built the card do math like some of the people here, I for one am NOT buying it...