Release of the NDA for AMD’s new Cayman cards slips to December 13th amid rumours of component shortages. Perhaps some time to tweak the BIOS and pull out a bit more performance to rival Nvidia’s new GTX 580? You decide…
Release of the NDA for AMD’s new Cayman cards slips to December 13th amid rumours of component shortages. Perhaps some time to tweak the BIOS and pull out a bit more performance to rival Nvidia’s new GTX 580? You decide…
Still before Christmas
We just got a nice little tip from one of our trusted sources that AMD just gave an official new date for Cayman launch, the 13th of December. This means that despite a brief delay, Cayman will still be on retail/e-tail shops before Christmas, and if the performance is right, will end up to be the fastest single GPU card this year.
The new date was given by AMD officially and probably sent to all partners and selected editors. It looks like the problem is quite real and partners mostly don’t care about this delay as they have enough other cards to sell and as long as the card comes before Christmas. According to what we know, partners didn’t recieve the final BIOS or the final driver for that matter, but that should hopefully change by the end of the month.
We are quite sure that we’ll hear more about AMD’s Cayman once it gets its final driver, as until then, the performance details are purely speculative and any early benchmark figures seen so far should be taken with a grain of salt, as proper drivers could squeeze out a bit more performance.
We just got a nice little tip from one of our trusted sources that AMD just gave an official new date for Cayman launch, the 13th of December. This means that despite a brief delay, Cayman will still be on retail/e-tail shops before Christmas, and if the performance is right, will end up to be the fastest single GPU card this year.
The new date was given by AMD officially and probably sent to all partners and selected editors. It looks like the problem is quite real and partners mostly don’t care about this delay as they have enough other cards to sell and as long as the card comes before Christmas. According to what we know, partners didn’t recieve the final BIOS or the final driver for that matter, but that should hopefully change by the end of the month.
We are quite sure that we’ll hear more about AMD’s Cayman once it gets its final driver, as until then, the performance details are purely speculative and any early benchmark figures seen so far should be taken with a grain of salt, as proper drivers could squeeze out a bit more performance.
Source: Fudzilla
EDIT 12/11/10: An official update from AMD
Demand for the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series continues to be very strong, the ATI Radeon HD 5970 remains the fastest graphics card in the world and the newest members of the AMD graphics family, the AMD Radeon HD 6850 and HD 6870, have set new standards for performance at their respective price points, and are available in volume.
With that in mind, we are going to take a bit more time before shipping the AMD Radeon HD 6900 series. As of today, the NDA lift for information relating to the AMD Radeon HD 6950 and HD 6970 will be week 50. We will be providing additional information on these products, including the exact date and time of the NDA lift, in the weeks prior to launch.
With that in mind, we are going to take a bit more time before shipping the AMD Radeon HD 6900 series. As of today, the NDA lift for information relating to the AMD Radeon HD 6950 and HD 6970 will be week 50. We will be providing additional information on these products, including the exact date and time of the NDA lift, in the weeks prior to launch.
Source: Fudzilla
