Rounding out the GPU announcements from AMD, the company also took the opportunity to crow that its Radeon HD 8000 series for desktops is now en route to OEM partners. What's more, we can expect desktop rigs with this technology to begin arriving on store shelves later this month.
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hope AMD come out with great 8000 series so it will force Nvidia release 700 series with cheaper price point. customer win win !
ps. i am waiting to get gtx 770 or 780 ( i can't afford 790 or Titan ^_^ )
But you know what, I hope AMD releases some incredibly fast GPUs.
I'm an Nvidia guy myself mostly because of the drivers, but man they need to be brought back down to reality in the pricing world.
Although AMD did charge hefty price tags in the early 7970/7950 days, it was a bit more justified seeing as how they were out first. Most of the prices of the 7970/7950s today are very good values for the performance.
My Gripe is the price of the GTX Titan. I mean come on, 30% performance increase from the GTX 680 but with a 100% increase in price is ridiculous. I know it has the Double Precision power that some people want, but that still does not mean they need to charge f'in $1000. Hell, $1000 is the cost of a pretty kick-ass i5 Rig.
Come on AMD, do it!
I think they are much better these days and I was considering a HD7970 as it's a great card for the money BUT as they are holding out on us they can forget about my cash. I'd feel I was buying 2 year old tech (which I would be) just because they want to play silly buggers in a game of one-upping NVIDIA.
TITAN is stupid price and not worth it.
600 series IS still over-priced and not that amazing.
If Nvidia play us for fools again on 700 series I think they will find all the good will they built up over the past 10 years from loyal PC fanboys will start to disappear. AMD have their own tricks too but as of now they appear to be the lesser of the two evils.
Im glad to see new gpu's $800-1000 release because that means in another year it will be closer to my price range of $400-500.
whatever is in the PS4PC/Xbox720PC is gonna be obsolete by release date, still quality stuff but not bleeding edge or even current Gen!
I wanna see these new chips Ray Tracing benchmarks!
the Last 2 Gen of GPU's have Ray Tracing technology but it's time to see some more in depth Ray Tracing benchmarking as hopefully we are closer to a Full Fledge Ray Traced Game!
I've had nothing but Nvidia in my PC going back to the 4200Ti - but even I have to admit they are taking the piss since the 600 series... now they are holding out on the 700 series (and AMD are following suit according to their OWN words), and this is because of trying to outdo each other while also fleecing the customers.
If everyone STOPS BUYING 600/7000 series (and certainly skip that overpriced con Titan) THEN they would have no choice but to start shipping 700/8000 series.
Why is it important? Because current cards even at 1200p can't MAX certain games @ 60fps and we are told 'they are good enough' - NO they are not! When they can run Crysis 3 on ultra at 60fps @ 1080p/1200p at least AND not cost more than the usual $500 THEN they are good enough.
Seriously, everybody stop buying and hold out for the end of year new series, even though I have a feeling the Nvidia stuff will be nothing exciting (15-20% improvement 680 - 780 at best guess) rather than the old jumps we used to get.
Maxwell is gonna be the next big jump but no doubt they have/will push that back to early 2015 now too. We only have one life and it's ebbing away - release the fkin tech you are sitting on while we are still young enough to enjoy it you assholes!
/rant over... and btw i'm STILL on a 8800 GTX that is why I'm so bitter (and waiting)
I will wait for the next proper iteration, as per your recommendation :]
AMD tho, they have better Linux Drivers IME
Great card but man I regret paying 500$ for it. 3 months after I got it they released 8800GT which wasn't far off and was so much cheaper.
That's why it's probably better to buy mid range cards from now on.
It's ludicrous that Nvidia is charging 800$ for their top of the line card now because there's no competitor from AMD yet.
Start the Graphics cards battle and bring the prices down!
But until MS is fixed i will probably stick to a single high end card that's not rediculously overpriced, for best speed at 1080p.