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Originally posted by redarrow
Why the fuck do they name these things the X800's or 6800's?
Now theyll have to come up with a whole new fucking naming system for their chipsets in a few versions because itll be like the 6950 or X950, where they cant go any higher.
Why didnt they name these things like the 6100's and X100's?
Then they can use the same naming system for more than a few years.
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They didn't name it 6100 or x100 probably because the performance you could get on a card that's only say "150" above the GeForce 5950, you could probably achieve through mega-overclocking. That's one theory at least. Another could be that Nvidia and ATI named these as they did because these cards are that advanced beyond the previous generation. These cards are the flagship for both companies in the upcoming months, and I'm sure that they'll release the shit versions of their cards, like a 6700 or a 6500 or something like that. Same thing goes for ATI, and they'll all be "budget" solutions retailing for less than 200 bucks.