Possible Radeon 390X / 390 and 380X Spec / Benchmark (do not hotlink images!!!!!!)

LoadsaMoney · 22 May 2015 at 21:56

setter said:
This tbh, if your too busy looking inside the case. I cant see you doing too well in games.

AthlonXP1800 · 22 May 2015 at 21:59

shankly1985 said:
https://twitter.com/repi/status/601739457960763392
Not sure what GPU this is? Dice Repi posted it on twitter though.

Doubtful about Dice leak are actually the final retail version or prototype version distributed to games developers.

The last time Dice leaked 290X card look like this:

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/dice-leaks-picture-of-amd-radeon-r9-290x-hawaii-gpu.html

Then 2 days later at GPU14, 290X was unveiled but with different cooler!

shankly1985 · 22 May 2015 at 22:08

That looks very close tbh only difference there is dice version not got the fancy finish red lines etc.

Tonester0011 · 22 May 2015 at 22:11

shankly1985 said:
That looks very close tbh only difference there is dice version not got the fancy finish red lines etc.

There's close, and entirely different. Your eyes alright?

LoadsaMoney · 22 May 2015 at 22:16

tommybhoy said:

Just disables the HCF instruction.

https://twitter.com/grahamsellers/status/601840090864685056

shankly1985 · 22 May 2015 at 22:17

Tonester0011 said:
There's close, and entirely different. Your eyes alright?

Same cooler layout, only the front panel has had its finish touch up.. The dice GPU just looks like a plain version of the final product.

Gerard · 22 May 2015 at 22:18

Tonester0011 said:
There's close, and entirely different. Your eyes alright?

Not really, besides the lines added to the moulding the shape is exactly the same. Take away all the little tactile pieces and its the same cooler, obviously just "fancied up" for retail customers.

GoogalyMoogaly · 22 May 2015 at 22:19

I hope those leaked pictures aren't true.
I was really hoping AMD would put some effort in this time around but seems like they're sticking with the hideous design concept that they used for the 295x2.

Still, if they've produced a decent blower cooler I can get past the looks. Just please don't let them be AIO coolers...

shankly1985 · 22 May 2015 at 22:20

Gerard said:
Not really, besides the lines added to the moulding the shape is exactly the same. Take away all the little tactile pieces and its the same cooler, obviously just "fancied up" for retail customers.

+1

Thank you..

Gerard · 22 May 2015 at 22:23

GoogalyMoogaly said:
I hope those leaked pictures aren't true.
I was really hoping AMD would put some effort in this time around but seems like they're sticking with the hideous design concept that they used for the 295x2.

Still, if they've produced a decent blower cooler I can get past the looks. Just please don't let them be AIO coolers...

Whats wrong with the 295x2 design? Its the best looking card they've produced in years. There was an air cooled 295 card and it was a turd, loud and throttled. An aio was literally the only way the 295x2 could be released as a true x2 card without reducing clocks.

And yes, so far these cards are liquid cooled as well with word doing the rounds there's an air cooled version at some point.

Mal X · 22 May 2015 at 22:24

Tonester0011 said:
Don't make the mistake in thinking because I post i care. As for bridge. I live in a shed, stink of **** and have no mates.

Really hope this 390x performs, can't wait for Boom to start his attacks on Nvidia again.

this line of thought that Boom has is just bonkers, because you only ever upgrade if the next card is a lot more powerful. the only thing Titan X needs is another Titan X or a 390X2.

the 390X is for someone whose on mid range card looking for an upgrade

GoogalyMoogaly · 22 May 2015 at 22:33

Gerard said:
Whats wrong with the 295x2 design? Its the best looking card they've produced in years. There was an air cooled 295 card and it was a turd, loud and throttled. An aio was literally the only way the 295x2 could be released as a true x2 card without reducing clocks.

And yes, so far these cards are liquid cooled as well with word doing the rounds there's an air cooled version at some point.

The 295x2 design?
It was like the saw the Titan cooler and thought "Let's do something like that! But lets design it with our eyes closed and make it look much much cheaper!" and then they decided to stick some big black tubes coming out the sides.

I hope the AIO cooler is just a novelty thing for the people that will buy anything. Hopefully the blower card works well and cools better than the 290/X cooler did (and is quieter).

The trouble with AIO coolers is that they seem to add expense to the card. Watercooler will remove the default cooler anyway so don't need anything fancy.
Also finding room for 4 independent 120mm radiators along with a 240mm cpu radiator is likely to be an issue with a lot of cases I'd have thought.

The 295x2 was also a bit unique in that it had 2 of the hottest running cores in the world running on 1 PCB, hopefully the new AMD cards won't require that.

Gerard · 22 May 2015 at 22:39

The dual version of this will definitely have an aio, if people are mad enough to want 4 of these (hello kaap

) obviously they'll wait until there's water blocks available to add them to a loop. Having 4 aio's would require something like that gigabyte waterforce turd that probably sold 1 world wide

GoogalyMoogaly · 22 May 2015 at 22:47

Gerard said:
The dual version of this will definitely have an aio, if people are mad enough to want 4 of these (hello kaap ) obviously they'll wait until there's water blocks available to add them to a loop. Having 4 aio's would require something like that gigabyte waterforce turd that probably sold 1 world wide

AMDMatt will probably get 4 too.

I'd like to, but I doubt it'll happen.

And I think Kaap also fits in the category of doing proper water cooling, so he's just gonna ditch whatever the default cooling is anyway.

Is there really a need for AIO cooling on these? Are AMD having to brute force things that much that they need that sort of cooling?

It sort of feels like it's being done for the novelty value.

8 Pack · 22 May 2015 at 22:50

I will be getting four at least. Cant wait for AMD to release another high end GPU to bench.

LoadsaMoney · 22 May 2015 at 22:51

AthlonXP1800 said:
The last time Dice leaked 290X card look like this:

Looks like a 6970.

Gerard · 22 May 2015 at 22:51

GoogalyMoogaly said:
AMDMatt will probably get 4 too.

I'd like to, but I doubt it'll happen.

And I think Kaap also fits in the category of doing proper water cooling, so he's just gonna ditch whatever the default cooling is anyway.

Is there really a need for AIO cooling on these? Are AMD having to brute force things that much that they need that sort of cooling?

It sort of feels like it's being done for the novelty value.

Think about it this way, the gpu and ram are much tighter together than they've ever been in the past on any other card, that's bound to create an area where there's a lot of dense heat. Obviously on standard gddr 5 cards the ram and gpu is much more spread out so the heat isn't as focused as much on a small area. The rumour is air and liquid cooled versions, obviously so far whats pictures is liquid cooled, it could be air cooled is left to third party vendors and the first influx of cards will have an aio.

Orangey · 22 May 2015 at 23:13

tommybhoy said:

How can he not know about BIOS switches?

JediFragger · 22 May 2015 at 23:14

Danny Baker?? Why would that ****er know about Bios switches!!!

africanos23 · 22 May 2015 at 23:18

"Huh. Who said AMD doesn’t support game developers? Weird

"

That's what the official AMD Radeon account posted.

So I guess this is it ?

We should have a few benches coming out when the press gets some cards..