In the past two months, provided the graphics card manufacturer to confusion and also some surprises. So you expected a head start by AMD with the release of the long-awaited Radeon HD 6800 series, but it was different. Unexpectedly came the GeForce GTX580 graphics card on the market in early November and this time were anything but a pure paper-launch. The cards of almost all board partners were immediately available for consumers in the trade. There were not even have signs or serious leaks in the network. Shortly after AMD released the Radeon HD 6870 on 11/22/2010 and HD 6850, which were somewhat different from what had previously presented below. Was 5870 before a high-end model, the HD 6870 is however more of a mainstream graphics card, which is currently trading at $210 .
The Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850 based on this chip Barts, which we have detailed reports. Not long did it take until then Nvidia has introduced the second litter of the GTX 500 series official. On 07 December was the slightly weaker GTX 570 in price comparisons and showed their teeth. The expected AMD's high-end models based on the Cayman chips were so far unconfirmed, causing many rumors to leaks of films that were unconfirmed.
But now it's finally come and the AMD Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950 are allowed to rush on the market, to show what Cayman and Cayman XT Pro to have it. Lack of time, we could muster can not correct Nvidia GTX 570 and GTX 580 card, which will be discussed in our report on the news and a comparison between the new Radeon HD 6950 and HD 5870.