Thursday, August 20th 2009
AMD Evergreen Awaits Gala Unveiling Aboard USS Hornet
AMD wants to give its DirectX 11 compliant GPU lineup a gala unveiling on September 10. Codemaned "Evergreen", the family consists of an entire range of GPUs, catering to nearly all market segments. In the run-up to September 10, AMD EMEA and APAC will hold a series of briefings with its partners and/or sections of the media. It will be on the 10th, when a lot of things will go public.
Evergreen's unveiling will take place at the USS Hornet, a decommissioned US Navy aircraft-carrier turned heritage museum. The location and timing of the event holds symbolism with the Patriots & Heroes Week (September 5~11th). As for what happens after the 10th, it is indicated that performance evaluations, (p)reviews, could start pouring in two weeks later (around September 24). Stores will have stocked these graphics cards as they deck up shelves with Windows 7 copies.
Source:
Bright Side of News
Evergreen's unveiling will take place at the USS Hornet, a decommissioned US Navy aircraft-carrier turned heritage museum. The location and timing of the event holds symbolism with the Patriots & Heroes Week (September 5~11th). As for what happens after the 10th, it is indicated that performance evaluations, (p)reviews, could start pouring in two weeks later (around September 24). Stores will have stocked these graphics cards as they deck up shelves with Windows 7 copies.
46 Comments on AMD Evergreen Awaits Gala Unveiling Aboard USS Hornet
I'll be playing L4D tonight!
If you're interested in scoring an invite, drop me an e-mail: MonicaAMD@gmail.com.
And they are calling it "evergreen"! A card branded in nVidia's colour-space?
AMD Marketing Team to fall on swords immediately. If they dont do it of their own accord, they should be pushed.
If this card is as good as people are saying it's gonna be, then we all win. If you are an Amd/Ati fan then your team put out a decent product and you can make a retard out of yourself on forums all around the internet, proclaiming you fanboi-ism to anyone who will listen.
If you like nVidia instead, you win too, because it will force team green to lower prices on their current cards, and debut their next gen for less than they would normally gouge you for.
And then you can go about internet forums making a fool of yourself by fighting over a brandname/product with the Ati/Amd tards.
Personally, I will just grab another 4870 or 2 and drop them in crossfire (trifire!) when evergreen forces the 48xx prices into the $100 zone.