Report: AMD to Launch Radeon HD 7950 on January 31
AMD is expected to unveil the Radeon HD 7950 below the higher-end HD 7970 on January 31, according to online reports.
The 28 nm card will feature 1792 stream processors, down 256 from the 7970's 2048. The cards will arrive with a 384-bit memory bus and 3 GB of GDDR5 memory. Suggested retail prices will land between $400 and $450. The flagship model HD 7990 is still on track for a March 2012 release.
Nvidia is preparing for the release of its Kepler GPUs, including the GK107 for the entry-level market, the GK106 for the mid-range, the dual-GPU GK104 and the high-end GK112, as well as the GK104, which is expected to replace the GeForce GTX 560Ti. Kepler GPUs could be released at the beginning of Q2 and may be positioned to sail with the momentum of the introduction of Intel's Ivy Bridge processors.
AMD's HD 7990 is rumored to be equipped with two HD 7990 GPUs and a total of 6 GB memory and 4096 stream processors. The card is likely to be rather expensive and could be reminiscent of the outlandish graphics card prices in the first half of the last decade. Fudzilla wrote that HD 7990 cards will arrive with a suggested retail price of $849.
Can't blame them for charging what the product is worth tho, even if it is a lot more than it costs.
Hopefully this generation will drive the 6000 series prices down further. I can already see 6870s at a very nice pricing around here, even with the Dollar going up against BRL.
2 7990 gpus in one pcb... awesomeness!
When I see 50% performance increase or more for the same money (Less than £200) I will upgrade like the move from 3850/4850/5850 1
The 7970 has more than 3 times the transistors that Bulldozer has. When you add the rest of what's on a video card - DDR5 memory, a cooling solution, of course the board itself, and connectors, whatever other goodies the manufacturer throws in (cables and connectors), paying $550-$600 for the 7970 doesn't seem like so much.
(Of course, I remember when you could pay a grand for a single-GPU card. $600 doesn't seem like so much in that light.
I think it would be silly for Nvidia to hold off and try to time Kepler's release with Ivy Bridge. What's the point in making potential customers wait longer? Many of us are chomping at the proverbial bit already. I think this is probably a silly rumor, really.
HAHAHA I wish!
You know how much the 7970 cost's here? $700...
The 6990 was $950-1000 until the 7970 came along.
According to the rumors, the 7850 will perform like a slightly higher clocked 6950. Basically they are going back to the naming from the 4xxx series and 5xxx series days instead of their weird naming for the 6-series.