6870 and 6850 Coming Friday

This pisses me OFF to NO end. They are simply trying to fool consumers into thinking the 6870 is the next iteration of the 5870 when it is NOT!!!!!!!

Most consumers have become accustomed to the 1000 increase and not this new 1100 increase. So buyer beware. 6870 is really an improved version of the 5770. Ouch.


Thanks AMD for sucking.

+1000^^^^^
Completely agree
thanks AMD for SUCKING
wonder GTX 480 or 470 equivalent will be like 6970 or 6950 ??

By the way, I was eagerly waiting for them but not any more

This is like the 4870 to 4890 step...

I like to see the reviews.

ATI can call their cards whatever numbers they like, its not misleading and theyre not fooling anyone. Everyone does it. By that logic I should complain that my old 9800xt doesnt perform as well as a 5770   Stop your whining! babies...

really if your stupid enough to get fooled by the names then you deserve to get ripped off. im just waiting in hope for a 5xxx price drop

So AMD and NVidia 'suck' just for changing naming schemes. Just who will you buy graphics cards from, Intel? I guess at least they are consistent in naming and badness.

I was about to get an ATI 5850 last month until I heard about the AMD 6800 cards coming out. I was waiting for the 6800s, but then I came upon a great deal on a GTX 470 this past weekend and picked one up... if the benchmarks show the AMD 6870 considerably outperforming the GTX 470 I might return it and pick up an AMD 6870 if the price is similar to what I got the GTX 470.  

Its not the fact that they are doing what they are with the naming scheme its the fact that they were not upfront with it.
People didnt know if the cards coming out were 5770 updates or 5850 updates and it turns out its more of a 5830 replacement.

Mactronix  

HD 6850 will take care of GTX 460 and perform better. HD 6870 will be better then HD 6850. any way gaming will be better then gtx 460

They are available for purchase over at the Egg..

$239. Hmmm. Let's see some benchmarks Toms!

6xxxx Not the card for me. Its a minor tweak for main stream market.

I'll wait for the next high end card release.

For Everyone that wishes to know, the 6870 is to the 5850 as the Intel Core i7 975 was to the 965. The 6xxx series is just a D step. A few features were added to the proc, and the clocks were raised. Slap a new cooler on and you have a new series. This will most likely be ATI's smallest DirectX 11 series of cards (lineup wise). Btw, the 6850 is the D step of the 5770 except the 6850 will have the increased bus size.