[PCWORLD] AMD provides a sneak peek at its Radeon HD 7990

Final8y · 27 Mar 2013 at 05:43

AMD took the wraps off a new high-end reference-design videocard at the end of the company’s GDC press briefing Tuesday night: The dual-GPU Radeon 7990.

Details are exceedingly sparse: Matt Skynner, general manager of AMD’s graphics business unit, simply held up the card for the audience to see. “This is the first public showing,” Skynner said. “We’re not saying much about it other than it’s two series-7900 GPUs on a single card, and it’s whisper quiet.”

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[chiploco] AMD Radeon HD 7990 dual-GPU launch date confirmed

AMD will be launching their flagship Radeon HD 7990 dual-GPU graphics card on April 24, credible sources from within the industry told us. Some selected members of press have already got hands on samples of HD 7990 and they are testing the graphics cards for launch day reviews. However, it is not confirmed whether the 24th of April is the paper launch day or card will also be available for public on the same day. Some reports tell us that in Europe and America, the card will be available for purchase on same day but in other regions of the world, the card will hit retail channel on a later date.

The Radeon HD 7990 was first shown on GDC by AMD last month. And on a later date, picture of two HD 7990s running in Crossfire was leaked on the internet. From the details that are known as yet, the Radeon HD 7990 is based on a completely new chip codenamed ?Malta? and it has three 90mm fans for cooling along with two 8-pin PCIe connectors for power.

http://www.chiploco.com/amd-radeon-hd-7990-launch-date-23511/

I'm not sure about the source.

AMD Radeon HD 7990 'Malta' Engineering Sample
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Radeon-.../121096253149?&maxbid=250.00&autorefresh=true

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zakblood · 27 Mar 2013 at 06:54

i like the sound of the whisper quiet bit, but will wait to see price before i buy my next upgrade as i only use single cards so might be worth the upgrade if price is good and it's worth it performance wise from the single 7950 i already have

pgi947 · 27 Mar 2013 at 07:36

Only dual slot too, I like it

Kmodo · 27 Mar 2013 at 07:48

I guess this will have reduced micro stutter?

d_brennen · 27 Mar 2013 at 07:49

Odd to be releasing the top end 7 series card now IMO

LtMatt · 27 Mar 2013 at 08:00

If they price it around £200-£300 cheaper than a titan id get it. £600 plox AMD.

Kaapstad · 27 Mar 2013 at 08:01

I like it, dual slot means plenty of room if you want to use two of them in quadfire.

With lots of red it will look good on a RIVE mobo.

Ripjaw · 27 Mar 2013 at 08:19

Best get saving

Im guessing it'll be a cheaper alternative to the titan?

Rusty0611 · 27 Mar 2013 at 08:51

Different market to the Titan. Single vs multi GPU for a start

PorkPieCat · 27 Mar 2013 at 08:58

3 90mm fans was a good choice. seems like a combination of vapour chamber and heat pipes. default amd coolers also tend to cool all vrms and ram modules as well, which is something even decent manufacturers like gigabyte sometimes miss. maybe the default cooler will actually perform well for a change? in contrast all of amd's previous designs have included one 80mm blower fan, and no heatpipes.

VIPER258 · 27 Mar 2013 at 09:36

Almost bought another 7950 yesterday.

Hoping the price performance is good.

spixelspixel · 27 Mar 2013 at 09:39

First ever reference card with a good cooler?

pgi947 · 27 Mar 2013 at 09:40

Expecting around the £600 mark given that's what the unofficial 7990's are selling for.

'Wes · 27 Mar 2013 at 10:01

690 is it's competition, not the Titan.

LtMatt · 27 Mar 2013 at 10:03

It will still get compared to a Titan though if its priced considerably cheaper. I'd personally think hey i can have titan beating performance for less, but maybe that's just me.

EDIT

Before anyone says anything about 2x7950's im thinking like so because i don't have a suitable motherboard for multi gpu xfire.

Rusty0611 · 27 Mar 2013 at 10:10

LtMatt said:
It will still get compared to a Titan though if its priced considerably cheaper. I'd personally think hey i can have titan beating performance for less, but maybe that's just me.

EDIT

Before anyone says anything about 2x7950's im thinking like so because i don't have a suitable motherboard for multi gpu xfire.

You're the kind of person the card is aimed at. Maximum price/performance folk.

Titan is the fastest single GPU whereas this is a multi GPU, single card solution. It's just different at the end of the day.

LtMatt · 27 Mar 2013 at 10:13

Rusty0611 said:
You're the kind of person the card is aimed at. Maximum price/performance folk.

Titan is the fastest single GPU whereas this is a multi GPU, single card solution. It's just different at the end of the day.

I agree but as you said i and others who look at price vs performance will definitely compare it.

illuz · 27 Mar 2013 at 10:13

I think it looks very nice! Be interesting to see price and performance!

Bacon? · 27 Mar 2013 at 10:15

Since people will want to compare this to the Titan, can we also get this compared to quad fire 6450's.

LtMatt · 27 Mar 2013 at 10:17

Bacon? said:
Since people will want to compare this to the Titan, can we also get this compared to quad fire 6450's.

I'll allow it seeing as you asked nicely. If you make me a bacon sandwich i will even let you throw in a low profile 5450 for good measure.