14 DAY TRIAL // Once again, the sea of information with differing degrees of reliability known as the Internet has seen the rise of a certain rumor about AMD's video cards that may or may not prove to be valid but whose implications are quite significant.
When the HD 6000 series of video cards from Advanced Micro Devices came out, it was revealed that a high-end card would be coming soon as well.
Sure enough, later reports went into details about the HD 6970, one of the more recent ones even saying that the board will have 2 GB of GDDR5 memory.
The video controller will be powered by the so-called Cayman graphics processing unit, based on the 40nm manufacturing process.
So far, the date of launch for the board has been November 22, one that was quite fortuitous for graphics card makers since it meant that the card will be present for the holiday shopping season.
Unfortunately, a new rumor has it that, in fact, the Cayman graphics processing unit won't be out in time.
According to Fudzilla, AMD's partners haven't actually received the final chip, which means that their cards are, obviously, not yet ready.
The rumor says that even some of the major card manufacturers have yet to make their cards for two main reasons.
One is that the actual final Bios has not been completed as of yet. The other main problem is that the drivers are, likewise, not finished yet.
Of course, since this is a rumor, it should be taken with the obligatory grain of salt, especially since AMD itself hasn't made any such announcement yet.
Still, should the report prove valid, it is more than unlikely that these two issues will be surmounted in time to allow availability for the holidays.
Granted, the launch of the Cayman-based card may occur anyway, but actual shipments would still take a while before commencing.