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AMD Demos Llano Fusion APU, Radeon 6800 Series
MojoKid writes "At a press event for the impending launch of AMD's new Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850 series graphics cards, the company took the opportunity to provide an early look at the first, fully functional samples of their upcoming 'Llano' processor, or APU (Applications Processer Unit). For those unfamiliar with Llano, it's 32nm 'Fusion' product that integrates CPU, GPU, and Northbridge functions on a single die. The chip is a low-power derivative of the company's current Phenom II architecture fused with a GPU that will target a wide range of operating environments at speeds of 3GHz or higher. Test systems showed the integrated GPU had no trouble running Alien vs. Predator at a moderate resolution with DirectX 11 features enabled. In terms of the Radeon 6800 series, board shots have been unveiled today, as well as scenes from AMD's upcoming tech demo, Mecha Warrior, showcasing the new graphics technology and advanced effects from the open source Bullet Physics library."
But those people don't buy the top-of-the-line cards ... :D
Maybe it's nothing more complicated than that people already know the GTX 460 offers more, so if they want to compete new model numbers is there it's at unless they can release a better card =P
Though they should be used to it after getting owned by the TNT, TNT2, GeForce, GF2, GF3, GF4, GF6, GF7, GF 8, GTX 200 (?), GTX 400, ..
FX5000 series and maybe the 4870(X2) being exceptions?
But their cards supposed to consume less electricity?
Poor AMD/ATI, and when they finally had a lead thanks to Nvidia&3DFX screw up they released shitty drivers instead to make up for it ;)