AMD launches Radeon HD 8970M

mertesn

AMD launches Radeon HD 8970M

Tim

1. Slap a sticker on the GPU with a bigger number.
2. Tell everyone it is "new" with only a minor change.
3. Profit.

Bandrik

I'm jelly. Wish my laptop had one of these newer cards.

Actually, I take that back. With the cooling solution my laptop actually has, the result would probably look like this:

mertesn

I wish the external notebook GPU concept hadn't died. I would absolutely love to have an external PCIe x16 port that I could plug a box into and use whatever GPU I wanted.

QCH

mertesn said:

I wish the external notebook GPU concept hadn't died. I would absolutely love to have an external PCIe x16 port that I could plug a box into and use whatever GPU I wanted.

YES... that would make so much sense. Charge me $400 and make it work with most modern laptops... would LOVE that.

Winga

Actually, despite his infamy in these hallowed forums for producing the most anachronous, equivocal and awry statements on most tech related issues, I have to agree with Tim on this one.