AMD Delays HD 6970/6950 (aka "Cayman") Cards

Nvidia has to be feeling pretty good about itself right about. Having recently released the GeForce GTX 580, Nvidia now owns the single-GPU performance crown, which it plucked from AMD's head. But with Cayman reportedly ready to ship on November 22nd, it looked like Nvidia's time at the top was going to be short lived.

Maybe not. AMD this week confirmed that it's pushing back the release of its Radeon HD 6970 and 6950 videocards build around the much anticipated "Cayman" architecture. The new release date is December 13, though it's tough to tell if there will be much quantity when the NDA lifts or if this is pretty much a paper launch.