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Nehkara · 01-09-2013, 01:16 PM

Well... AMD did their best to confuse me. For the OEM market, they will be launching their 8000 series GPUs this week but none of them will actually be updated GPUs, they are all just rebranded 7000 series cards.

HOWEVER, they are still going to be releasing a line of GPUs that actually are higher performing (what was supposed to be the 8900 series are code-named Curacao LE, Pro, and XT).

The question now is... if there is an OEM release of 8000 series cards that hold the exact same number designations (which are really 7000 series cards) as the actual more powerful retail 8000 series cards, how does that work?

Can we assume that the more powerful parts like the Curacao XT will now hold different designations? (Radeon HOLYWOWTHISISAPOWERFULCARD 1500 SuperXTXMega???)

My head hurts.

Anyway, those cards are supposed to be coming out in the second quarter of 2013 (Apr-Jun) so I will probably get the Curacao XT. It sounds like the 700 series from nVidia will arrive after the new series from AMD.

For now I think I will scrap the plan to get a 7970 GHz edition and just keep running my trusty Radeon HD 6950 2GB.

01-09-2013, 01:16 PM	#5
Nehkara Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Exp:	Well... AMD did their best to confuse me. For the OEM market, they will be launching their 8000 series GPUs this week but none of them will actually be updated GPUs, they are all just rebranded 7000 series cards. HOWEVER, they are still going to be releasing a line of GPUs that actually are higher performing (what was supposed to be the 8900 series are code-named Curacao LE, Pro, and XT). The question now is... if there is an OEM release of 8000 series cards that hold the exact same number designations (which are really 7000 series cards) as the actual more powerful retail 8000 series cards, how does that work? Can we assume that the more powerful parts like the Curacao XT will now hold different designations? (Radeon HOLYWOWTHISISAPOWERFULCARD 1500 SuperXTXMega???) My head hurts. Anyway, those cards are supposed to be coming out in the second quarter of 2013 (Apr-Jun) so I will probably get the Curacao XT. It sounds like the 700 series from nVidia will arrive after the new series from AMD. For now I think I will scrap the plan to get a 7970 GHz edition and just keep running my trusty Radeon HD 6950 2GB. __________________ Huge thanks to Dion for the signature! Last edited by Nehkara; 01-09-2013 at 01:29 PM.