AMD to launch Radeon HD 8000 in 2Q13

LOL that's an epic dream pal...it's a refresh...both AMD and NVIDIA have a target purpose of 15-30% improved performance from current generation...

major new architecture we are gonna see at hd9000 series / gtx800 series.

 

I was hoping for much earlier.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814132008
heres hoping for a 780 gaming card variant. 2496 cuda cores

 

Maybe a dumb question, but where do you hook up a monitor on that vga? Can't see any outputs... :3eyes:

 

I'd like to see the full 15SMX version but I don't see that happening at the moment.

Looks like it's dropped from the workstation cards, honestly though you don't need them on a Tesla card, they're purely made for computation and usually paired with a Quadro for workstations. Passive cooled versions are used for servers.

Shame there's a delay for the release of the 8xxx cards, maybe there's a monster card in the works?

 

Thats the point. it aint a VGA (or at least you'd use it like a VGA).

 

That's not true. Ignore that.

 

Thats not a video card guys. Tesla series are for high end computing and rendering etc Basically CUDA monsters.

 

ok then, let's see. Pick the cheapest site in Spain, which is Pccomponentes.
7950 vs 660ti and 7970 vs 670, because of the price segment.

http://www.pccomponentes.com/zotac_geforce_gtx_660_ti_2gb_gddr5.html
http://www.pccomponentes.com/sapphire_radeon_hd_7950_3gb_gddr5.html

and

http://www.pccomponentes.com/zotac_geforce_gtx_670_2gb_gddr5.html
http://www.pccomponentes.com/sapphire_radeon_hd_7970_dual_x_3gb_gddr5.html

 

7970 GHz Ed 2GB (out of stock): http://www.pccomponentes.com/sapphire_radeon_hd_7870_ghz_edition_2gb_gddr5.html 199 €
660 2GB (out of stock): http://www.pccomponentes.com/zotac_geforce_gtx_660_2gb_gddr5.html 199 €

 

That's a 7870 not a 7970...

 

You question heffeque?! Obviously he knows more about GPU prices in Spain than you do. I mean sure, you LIVE in Spain, but... and yeah that's not even the right card... and... :wanker:

 

I stand by what I said. I hope AMD makes a killer 8000 series, don't know how and why all the fuss about my opinion... whatever

 

I guess my sarcasm was too subtle.

 

Really?
That's pretty amazing, I've personally had ATI for years just because they are cheaper fps/€, certainly would go for nVidia if it would've been like this.

 

And your examples don't exactly show your claim to be true....

 

It's clearly a typo: 7970 GE and 660 are clearly not equivalent in any way and the link is clearly a 7870 GE card.

Heck, he even posted a pair of "more or less" equivalent cards with the same price!

I stand by what I said: it's not true that in Spain ATi cards are more expensive than nVidia cards.

And no, I don't live in Spain anymore. My location clearly says "Brazil".

And no, PCcomponentes isn't the cheapest online store. It's just one of the cheapest.

Exactly.

 

I'm not a fanboy of either, but I'm also leaning toward this opinion.
Not only had ATI better fps/€ back when I got my 5870 and even when I got my 4850, but after checking prices here where I live, and benchmark results, the 7970 is better than the 670, even though they are around the same price (also like that spanish dude linked).
I don't see how nVidia is better if we consider raw fps/€ (of course it's benchmark dependent)

 

Lol, ok didn't catch the sarcasm...
I didn't say that one is better than the other, I just said that AMD never had a big and clear lead on Nvidia and I would love to see that. It would be great for us, the buyers.

And please tell me where to buy cheaper, this is not me mocking you, I would love to buy cheaper!
btw: Alternate has closed shop here in madrid.

 

Alternate was actually one of the ones I was going to comment on.
Also Pixmania usually has good prices too, and... believe it or not, Amazon.es can actually have good deals too.

I know of people complaining about Pixmania, but my experience with them and my friend's and family's experience with them has been always good. Same thing with Amazon (my mother buys from them continuously).

What I generally do is check on Google Shopping and order by total price (shipping included). Example: http://www.google.es/products/catal...I3BNYfs9ATUn4CACg&ved=0CFgQgggwAg#scoring=tps

It usually gives interesting results, and thanks to it I discovered PowerPlanetOnline. The theme is kind'a childish, but their business is serious and some of their products are priced quite nicely. Oh, and their price ALWAYS include shipping (I like that).