| JEMC said
And bofferbrauer, sorry but your first point is completely wrong. AMD's HD 6870 was on par or faster than the HD 5870, and the 7870 did the same with the 6970. And in Nvidia, the GTX 570 was on par with the GTX 480, and the 670 was faster than the 580. Even the 780 was almost as fast as the original Titan for a lot less. Saying that it won't happen because it would destroy the value of those high end cards is simply not true. Also TDP is a problem, yes, but AMD has already found a solution for that problem with the cooler of the Fury X. |
You said 1070/480 would be as strong as Titan/Fury, not 980/390. You would have to compare the 6970 with the 7770, the 6770 with the 5870, the GTX 560 with the GTX 480 and so on, all of which would fail hard.
If you meant 980/390 with high-end, then I misunderstood you, but when someone says high-end graka I always assume their biggest consumer models, which would be Titan and Fury. 1070/480 being at least ± as strong as 980/390 is basically what needs to happen every generation - unless they're both stalling (3770 vs 2900 XT/ 8800 GTX vs 9800GTX comes to mind)
As for watercooling (Fury X cooling solution), not everyone likes that, for different reasons: too complex, too cumbersome, not silent enough (pumping noises, noisy condensators depending on design) and a general fear of mixing water with electricity. I wouldn't want one, btw, even though my case is made for watercooling
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