AMD launches Radeon HD 8970M

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• Tim Southwest PA Icrontian

  May 2013

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

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• Bandrik Elkhart, IN Icrontian

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  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:
  
  

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• mertesn I am Bobby Miller Yukon, OK Icrontian

  May 2013

  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.

  

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• QCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian

  May 2013

  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.
  
  

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• Winga Mr South Africa Icrontian

  May 2013

  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.

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