Cayman Slide Deck

[Sottilde]

Appears to be the real deal... lots of great 6970 info, including the confirmation that the 6970 is not built to beat the 580 but instead be slightly better than the 570.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q14992KY

 

[XacTactX]

This is what I've been waiting for along with the benchmarks.

Thank you very much.

EDIT: BTW it opens with .pdf readers like Adobe.

 

[Sottilde]

Holy misleading graph Batman!

Notice how system power starts from 200, but FPS starts from 0. This is textbook (extreme) graph manipulation.

 

[XacTactX]

Holy misleading graph Batman!

Notice how system power starts from 200, but FPS starts from 0. This is textbook (extreme) graph manipulation.

I know right it seems like AMD has always(don't remember if nVIDIA does too) misrepresented the area of the bar by making it larger.

In the 13th slide the 6970 is 69% faster in Unigine Heaven, but the area of the bar is like 450% greater than the 5870's. Ridiculous.

There is a 30% difference in TDP but a 100% increase in the area of the bar Didn't AMD take statistics in high school?

 

[Sottilde]

I know right it seems like AMD has always(don't remember if nVIDIA does too) misrepresented the area of the bar by making it larger.

There is a 30% difference in TDP but a 100% increase in the area of the bar Didn't AMD take statistics in high school?

I'm sure somebody did, which is why they did this.

Video cards have always been absurd IMO, because the average user who buys top-end video cards is pretty savvy. Generally, savvy enough to see through the very intense marketing bullshit both manufacturers make. I mean really, who are they trying to fool?