MSI R6870 Review @ Vortez.co.uk

news · October 22, 2010

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"A year on from the release of the Cypress based HD5870 and HD5850, AMD are

looking at refreshing their line-up of cards with some new offerings. Any

graphics card release is met by a certain level of hype and following the

huge success of the HD5XXX series, consumers have every right to expect more

great things from AMD. However, in a confusing turn of events, today's

release is aimed at targeting the mid-range market as opposed to the

traditional method of releasing the high end cards first to create a halo

effect. More confusing is AMD's bold choice of renaming their new series of

cards to reflect an entirely refreshed product range, as opposed to

intuitively carrying the moniker we've been accustomed to seeing since the

HD3870 launched a few years back. Typically, the X870 naming convention has

been reserved for ATI's high end offerings, but under the new AMD logo

rebrand, they have decided that the moniker will now symbolise their

mid-range segment. The confusion arises in the fact that consumers

accustomed to the old naming scheme will confuse this new card as the

replacement to the Cypress based HD5870, when in fact it will replace the

Juniper based HD5770."

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