AMD screwed the pooch. As I understand it, the architectural changes that would have been 8xxx series are actually in the 7790. I'm not sure what they're doing or thinking. I would like to see something I can upgrade from my HD7970 to though. An 8970 would be the logical choice, but a 7975 with this "new" GCN1.1 would work too I guess. I game as much as mine, so any improvement is worthwhile to me.