I guess they used up every integer that marketing was capable of assigning to a product... they've come full circle back to the original Radeon 7000 from 11 years ago.
Is that a prediction of performance? That were good times for ATI (now AMD). Their 7000 series kicked NVIDIA's GeForce FX 5000 series ass. The GeForce FX 5000 were the first to be dual-slot (FX 5800 Ultra for example, hot card) while ATI maintained single slot design and more performance.
Sounds like you're referring to Radeon 9700 and sibblings. The Radeon 8500 looked good compared to Geforce 3 Ti 200, but couldn't keep up with Geforce 4. And Radeon 7500 was.. a nice attempt.
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Pessimism - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - link
I guess they used up every integer that marketing was capable of assigning to a product... they've come full circle back to the original Radeon 7000 from 11 years ago.Filiprino - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - link
Is that a prediction of performance? That were good times for ATI (now AMD). Their 7000 series kicked NVIDIA's GeForce FX 5000 series ass. The GeForce FX 5000 were the first to be dual-slot (FX 5800 Ultra for example, hot card) while ATI maintained single slot design and more performance.MrSpadge - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - link
Sounds like you're referring to Radeon 9700 and sibblings. The Radeon 8500 looked good compared to Geforce 3 Ti 200, but couldn't keep up with Geforce 4. And Radeon 7500 was.. a nice attempt.MrS
Filiprino - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - link
LOL yeah. I was referring to the 9000 series.Stas - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - link
9700Pro was the s**t! :DJedi2155 - Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - link
9700 Pro was my first AMD card and absolutely loved it to bits.MrSpadge - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - link
Yeah, but now "it's got the HDs!" :DMrS
Stas - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - link
Wonder, if we can expect 50%+ performance increase in the same class compared to today's solutions.