6850 going to cost ~RM750 and according to sources, it is as easy as 5850 to overclock its core to 1GHz (with some voltage bump) and it gives GTX460 a run for its money. going to buy if it drops down to ~RM500

hmm, this is just the estimation, but taking into currency exchange and shipping cost. probably it will cost RM700+ when it reached our shore and then drops to ~RM650.


AMD already mentioned they want accomodate for some naming conventions used on their fusion products, so it will be saturated with many models coming next year, thats why they moving 57XX to 68XX

by the given reason of why they moving up their model numbers, they are probably naming fusion as 62XX -> 66XX maybe.
So i actually dunno why AMD wanna name their fusion as their GPU model. As fusion is completely different from GPU, it is not a GPU alone but also a CPU.

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Added on October 22, 2010, 11:10 pmcheck earlier replies, it will be slightly below 460 1gb or same price. but expect to be pricier when it just launched here.

This post has been edited by sparrowed: Oct 22 2010, 11:10 PM

actually i would expect 6850 to cost Rm500 eventually, this chip is smaller and 40nm is much matured compare to 5850 days so they have more yields. I hope it can drop to RM400+

anyone tried overclocking their 6850 to 1ghz? very interested to see this.

there are rumours 6850 is able to unlock to a 6870

which brand selling these 6850? very worth the money man, RM600 can get > 5850 performance

maybe try a 6870 bios mod? no risk no gain

460 got two version and 6850 is head to head with the 768 version and the same price range too, but based on reviews, 6850 > 460 768mb, and based on the overclcok ability of 460 vs 6850 OC&unlockable probabilty to 6870, i will get 6850 instead.



This post has been edited by Lacus: Oct 25 2010, 01:48 AM

dont compare two different categories, the 460 1gb is not at the same price range as 6850. 6850 is meant to compete with 460 768mb.

he shuld get 6870 instead, same price as 460 FTW super OC anyway, I believe 6870 can b pushed further to 1ghz with some voltage bump.

This post has been edited by sparrowed: Oct 25 2010, 02:01 AM

i dont think AMD need to drop 5850/5870 as well, it wont help them. They have upcoming products to replace their 5850/5870 in just few weeks, the only reason i can think of dropping 5850/5870 is to clear stock. and btw, 6870 is quite a good replacement for 5850 as well.

nobody will buy 5850 and 460 FTW anymore if really priced at RM750 with plenty of stock , i really think 6850 should cost RM500 only.

6850 able to push to 940MHz

http://fudzilla.com/reviews/item/20653-xfx...eviewed?start=4

u have to compare based on price segments:

6850 ~ RM600-650
460 factory OC (variable prices based on oc rate) ~ Rm 750-900
6870 ~ Rm850

6870 beats 460 even in OC, so if u wanna go for 460GTX, i suggest u to go for 6870

hmm, if this is the case, lagi not worth to get 460 super clock dy default clock can already beat 460 OC at lower price.



the most important thing is the price and performance, in this case, u can get cheaper solutions by saving at least 50-100bucks as well this money can buy a great dinner for ur gf dy.

there are no moore's law effect between 5 series and 6 series. 6 series is a tweaked version of 5 series and in fact, 6 series contained of smaller die area than 5 series.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-radeon-6850-review/19

Overclockable to 99% of 6870's performance. at RM600, 6850 is a real bargain