AMD 6970m release date?

Hi guys,



Any idea about the release date for the AMD 6970M? I'm just waiting for it to release and see if it's offered with any ASUS, Sager or MSI models.



Any info about this?



Thanks

Reply 1 : AMD 6970m release date?

Dell already has it offered in the Alienware M17x R3. Sager has confirmed having engineering samples in house and testing. So probably within a month you'll start to see it widespread. So far looking like a great chip, nearly comparable to the nVidia GTX 485m, but at significantly less cost.

Reply 2 : AMD 6970m release date?

Thanks htwingnut...



I was waiting for the backorders to clear and now that it has, will wait a bit more for the 6970M..



Off-topic, does your NP8170 have the BIOS option to boot from USB-DVD drive? Thinking about placcing a second HDD in the ODD bay. Thanks!

Reply 3 : AMD 6970m release date?

Yes, pretty much any machine these days can boot off any type of USB device, optical drive included. The NP8170 is a 17" and has two hard drive bays plus an optical so you can have best of all worlds. NP8130 / NP8150 have a single hard drive bay and an optical drive.



Also check out this post regarding the 6970m GPU's:



ATi Mobility HD 6000 series Roadmap

Reply 4 : AMD 6970m release date?

yeah I'm planning to go for the 8130 actually ... figured it should have same boot options as yours...



I very rarely use my DVD drive and already have an external one... only used when I have to recover Windows!!

Reply 5 : AMD 6970m release date?

Yeah, should be no issues.

Reply 6 : AMD 6970m release date?

Whats the 6970m chip based off of, the 5870hd chip?

Reply 7 : AMD 6970m release date?

Quote:

Originally Posted by daranik Whats the 6970m chip based off of, the 5870hd chip?

Completely new architecture. The 5870M is now the 6870M.

Reply 8 : AMD 6970m release date?

I was just looking at ORIGIN EON 15-S Custom Gaming Laptop Product Details and Technical Specs and noticed they have the 6970m listed as an option O_O I wonder how long till those release!

I hope this week lol, since my laptop will probably go into production this week.