Nvidia 780m vs ATI ?

Has ATI revealed what they plan to counter the 780m with? I decided to hold off on my Alienware laptop purchase.

 

Last time I checked the 780m was not revealed. Its all behind the curtain at this point.

 

The (leaked?) AMD roadmap I've seen indicates that Q1 2013 will not be bringing their new high-end mobile parts, so expect to wait until at least April for 89xxm availability.

Their nomenclature for the 8xxx series is pushing the numbers up, so that the equivalent of a 7690m will be more like an 8790m, while 8870m would be more like a replacement for a 7770m. That would seem to leave little room at the top unless they squeeze equivalents for the 78xx and 79xx into a single 89xx classification. My guess: since they're approaching the end of a four-digit naming system, they may well introduce a new nomenclature with the new high-end parts, so the equivalent of a 7970m might not be the 8970m or the 8990m but something entirely different. Either way, unless they go into five-digit names, they'll be changing the system soon.

 

Then how will I know when they finally release the flagship?
I'd be so pissed if I upgrade to an 8*** and they released something on top of it lol. I guess you never know. They did it last year with the 6990m.

 

Nvidia/AMD might to be doing rebadging for their 2013 schedule, the flagship of HD8000M or 700M probably won't make much differences if you already held a HD7970M or GTX680M. Well that's if they are going for rebadging.

 

I imagine the 780m and 8970/90? Will come around haswell arrival.

 

I figured they would probably rebadge the 7970m, but also release something above it with a 20% improvement or so. Not expecting it to be massive, but If either Nvidia or AMD release a flagship that provides a decent performance increase I'll sell my 7970m and drop the 5 or 600 bucks to upgrade. If they don't, I'll probably just build a desktop lol. I'm anxious to see what they come up with though.