ATI DirectX 11 GPU Schedule AND CPU price cuts!!!!!

[opethian]

ATI Months Ahead of NVIDIA with DirectX 11 GPU Schedule?
Never in recent times have we seen NVIDIA and ATI locked in such fierce market competition. The two are seen exchanging blows with product launches and price-cuts. ATI looks to be in the mood to take this competition to the next-level: DirectX 11 compliant GPUs. Microsoft has already released DirectX 11 with the pre-release versions of Windows 7 operating system. A recent report by Heise Online indicates that AMD will be ready with an ATI RV870, the company's first DirectX 11 GPU by the end of July, or early August.

Another source, The Inquirer, states NVIDIA's GT300 GPU launch for October. If you were to count these claims, AMD is put two to three months ahead of NVIDIA when it comes to time-to-market introduction of a new GPU generation. Now, whether you have DirectX 11 compliant software that makes use of the new technology available that soon is a different thing altogether. This will determine the practicality of a DirectX 11 GPU in July/August.

AMD Reports First Quarter Results

AMD today reported first quarter 2009 results.
For financial reporting purposes, AMD consolidates the operating results of GLOBALFOUNDRIES in its results as of March 2, 2009 and has created the Foundry segment as of the start of the fiscal year. References to “AMD” in this announcement include these consolidated operating results which are reported for GAAP purposes. “AMD Product Company” refers to AMD, excluding the operating results of the Foundry segment and intersegment eliminations.
AMD reported revenue for first quarter of 2009 of $1.177 billion. First quarter 2009 revenue was flat compared to the fourth quarter of 2008 and decreased 21 percent compared to the first quarter of 2008.

AMD Intros CPU Price Cuts, Makes Space for New Products
AMD has implemented price-cuts for its desktop CPUs under the Athlon X2, Phenom and Phenom II series. The price cuts affect Athlon X2 model 7750, Phenom X3 models 8750, 8650 and 8450, and the company's current flagship product Phenom II X4 940. The Phenom X3 8750 in particular, is pushed into the $100 mark with its 26% reduction in price.

With the revised price-table, AMD looks to make space for three upcoming products that include the much awaited Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition. Expected to have reached retail in the US on April 20, the chip has been pushed to a later date, when the company plans four launches in all: Phenom II X4 955, Phenom II X4 945, Athlon X2 7850, and AMD Overdrive 3 software.

Phenom II X4 945 is a 3.0 GHz quad-core processor with its multiplier locked at 16x, while the Athlon X2 7850 takes over as the company's flagship dual-core chip spec'd at 2.80 GHz, 3 MB of total cache, and a TDP of 95W. The chip is based on the 65 nm Kuma core. Phenom II X4 955 has already received listings in Europe, where it is priced at €229.90 including taxes.

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Source: Hardware-Infos

Source: TechPowerup!

 

[Ali Man]

does this means that the amd laptops would be cheaper too?

 

[abdulrahim]

WOW boy now i have real choice there. I think it will be wise for me to delay my new rig.
And Also +rep for OPETHIAN for given a real useful information.
One more thing to add NEWEGG is giving AMD PHENOM 940 in just $189.
WISH i if newegg start shipping to Pakistan.

 

[abobobilly]

well AMD is rising slowly..... i think they have memorized the words "Slow & Steady wins the race"
DX11 GPUs of Nvidia are still too late. & AMD is looking forwared to launch 'em in early August ....... "IMPRESSING" .....

 

[opethian]

well amd has filled all price gaps ... almost all ... in cpus n even in gpus ... 4670 4830/4770 4850 4870 48701gb 4890 4870x2 n 4890x2 ... what a great line up they have for gpus ... for every one ... but cpu just lack one thing ... a raw power ... rest they have got every thing ... best overclocking cpus best gpus range ... best cpus range (price/performance wise) ...

 

[abdulrahim]

well amd has filled all price gaps ... almost all ... in cpus n even in gpus ... 4670 4830/4770 4850 4870 48701gb 4890 4870x2 n 4890x2 ... what a great line up they have for gpus ... for every one ... but cpu just lack one thing ... a raw power ... rest they have got every thing ... best overclocking cpus best gpus range ... best cpus range (price/performance wise) ...

I second that.

 

[AI Protech]

AMD has developed really well in past couple of months..... i hope they wont have any issues in their new cpus and gpus

 

[iameXtreme]

hhmmm....so this means dx11 coming in mid this year....thts good news man...thought the gtx 300 series was still gonna b dx10.

 

[opethian]

nahe sir read my new post
aap intezar nahe kartay ... must ask me n kashif before u decide something ...

 

[shujaswati]

So, this means that...our dx10 are no longer worth getting when dx11 comes, and does dx11 compatible games support dx10 cards.

 

[Necrokiller]

^Ofcourse they are. Its the same story all over again just like when DX10 was introduced. How long was Dx9 for and compare that to the minuscule time developers had to work with Dx10. After all this time I still don't believe DX10 was taken to its full potential... so it'll be a loooong time before you see some real DX11 games.

You see, hardware is progressing really fast but software is still behind. Unless we see major performance improvements with Dx11, which I highly doubt, Dx11 is just another bling bling feature which these card owners can brag about. Remember how DX10 was Vista exclusive and in Crysis it was a MUST to run it on Vista for Dx10 features?And weeks after the release a hack came out to turn on DX10 on XP. And now they are gonna include DX11 with Windows 7. Pure marketting, nothing else, no real gains as of yet.

 

[iameXtreme]

nahe sir read my new post
aap intezar nahe kartay ... must ask me n kashif before u decide something ...

lol bro intizaar hee intizaar hai....im quite happy with my current rig so im not very keen on jumping on the dx11 band wagon. and plus i wont get the first dx11 enabled card that comes off the production line. im gonna wait till they get better and throw something really good out...specs wise and much more optimized. i remember when i got my alienware laptop 2 years ago i think dx10 was all the rage and the new 8700mGT in sli was being recommended to everyone where as the 7950GTX a dx9 card in sli owned 8700 in every single way. im assuming the same happens with desktop cards, so the first ever dx11 card wouldnt be very much to look forward to. thats what i think

 

[Necrokiller]

^^Thats true for just about any new tech.
The G80 8800GTs [320mb and 640mb] were a huge disappointment in terms of performance for dx10. Several months later 8800GT came out which pwned them...and then the 8800GTS g92 which when overclocked would compete with 8800GTX.

 

[SikandarBhai]

What will be the main Diff in D10 D11.?

 

[xxSC4Rxx]

gud info...still ppl shud wait cause even now very few ppl play games on dx10

 

[opethian]

people must read GT 300 thread ... whether dx11 will be better or not bu gpus will be much more powerfull than what most of us r using at the momnent ... atleast nvidia will be comin back very stong ... as the article editor said ... gt300 to gt200 will be same what 8800gtx was to 7xxx gt ...
gud things r coming but at a very hefty price tag ...
n listen to necrokiller ... he is very rght ...
total marketing dx11 wud take to develop n show its real strength ...
but FREE INFO every one likes n im here to provide it

 

[Necrokiller]

as the article editor said ... gt300 to gt200 will be same what 8800gtx was to 7xxx gt ...

Now that statement alone is really making me restless. The jump from 7series to 8series was HUGE. 9-series were just a refresh of g92 archietecture and totally aviodable... GT200 was decent.. but the next upgrade would be massive. Cant wait!!! The only thing that concerns me right now is, how much bigger are these cards gonna get? You can seriously knock out a person with the GTX 260/280 hahaha

 

[Chugi]

I dont think they will do that. They are already bleeding cash. They don't want to piss off customers with a faster card for lesser money only a few months after they released the gtx 200 series. (260 and 280 plus that is).

I guess it will be the same more frames per second stuff. You need that enhancement be prepared to cough up for it.

Don't expect any revolution or obsoletion of nvidias current line here.

 

[Necrokiller]

Well nvidia has been known to do that in the past so dont be surprised this time around too. Im not saying the gt200 would be obsolete, definitely not, but we can expect a better bang for buck card. Can u imagine how pissed off the 8800gts G80 owners were after the release of 8800Gt/gts G92?

 

[opethian]

I dont think they will do that. They are already bleeding cash. They don't want to piss off customers with a faster card for lesser money only a few months after they released the gtx 200 series. (260 and 280 plus that is).

I guess it will be the same more frames per second stuff. You need that enhancement be prepared to cough up for it.

Don't expect any revolution or obsoletion of nvidias current line here.

brother u need to read gt300 thread ist before making such comment ... i know its frustrating ... magar nvidia n ati both will comeout wih something intresting with nvidia in the lead ... they have made lot of money by rebranding thier old stuff ... so dnt be surprised f they release something MINDBLOWING!!!