It was also hard to imagine them selling full Fiji chips for cheap in a Nano.
Well a lot of posters here claimed it would easily be a $450-$500 chip and that it was worth it at that price. Now, at $650, those same posters are saying it's still worth that price....
It's shown me just how much of cheerleaders there are on both sides.
When do we expect actual reviews though? Because the only performance numbers we have are from AMD, which really doesn't mean much of anything.
Another Edit: I think this will be an interesting thread to follow to see how nonGPU enthusiasts take it:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1102671
(Will remove if not supposed to link to other forums like this).
Interesting to see how more gamer oriented users take a launch/situation vs how we take it as enthusiast gpu users.
That and IGN but I don't like to step foot there.
Edit2: The only thing I like about this lineup from AMD, is the cooling is far better on the cards that are available. It's a lot harder to get a badly cooled unit. Hopefully user experiences are better in that regard and helps AMD out there. I do expect that if anyone actually does get any of the new R9 cards, they'll be happy with the premium product they're getting. Fury X, Nano look amazing in terms of quality. Fury itself has the Sapphire model, so AMD definitely has amazing cooling/acoustics this go around.