ASUS Radeon R9 390X DirectCU II OC details leak, has 8GB of GDDR5 RAM

eyetrip · 6 Jun 2015 at 12:20

Nexus18 said:
Honestly, I don't know why people keep going on about the drivers, just look at the last 5 or so pages in the nvidia driver thread.... neither are any better than the other.

At least its only 5 or so pages... compared to 5 or so MONTHS worth of pages.

trisp · 6 Jun 2015 at 12:25

Nexus18 said:
If they want this to be successful, they need to:

- drastically reduce the temps to 980 levels or lower
- at least 10% better performance than the 980
- cheaper than the 980

Honestly in my mind it has to be even a better deal then that cause offering old rebranded tech with more ram after 2 years is abit of a joke tbh, also the amd drivers need a lot more improving then the nvidia drivers do that is just a sad fact and dont even start of crossfire profiles :rolleyes:

JediFragger · 6 Jun 2015 at 12:34

Boomstick777 said:
^^^ This x 1000.

nVidia ain't perfect, but I'm 1000x happier with them than I was AMD

Aretak · 6 Jun 2015 at 12:38

I can't believe Asus would recycle that same awful cooler again. I thought they were all about the Strix branding these days. It was one of the worst non-reference 290(X) coolers due to the poor contact it made with the Hawaii GPU, because it was originally designed for Kepler cards and then slapped on the 280(X) and 290(X) as is.

Mtom · 6 Jun 2015 at 12:40

Aretak said:
I can't believe Asus would recycle that same awful cooler again. I thought they were all about the Strix branding these days. It was one of the worst non-reference 290(X) coolers due to the poor contact it made with the Hawaii GPU, because it was originally designed for Kepler cards and then slapped on the 280(X) and 290(X) as is.

Thats why (and because WCCF pulled the article in a few mins) i say take it with a big pile of salt

kaku · 6 Jun 2015 at 13:19

Is this now the 'I told you so' thread?

MatTheCat · 6 Jun 2015 at 14:10

TaKeN said:
Does this really warrant its own thread? It's already been discussed in the big 390x thread...

Yes it does...

many people interested in this who cannot be bothered to sift through the sheer volumes of junk in these mega threads.

Silent_Scone · 6 Jun 2015 at 14:30

Jono8 said:
Well it absolutely has to be reworked somehow (ie cooler and lower power draw) otherwise it is completely pointless.

Honestly it's more likely to have several architectural improvements carried over from Tonga. This won't be a like for like card. If it is it's commercial suicide.

Nutella33 · 6 Jun 2015 at 14:41

kaku said:
Is this now the 'I told you so' thread?

No, its the "wccf posted an article so bad they themselves pulled it but other sites are now running with it" thread.

Silent_Scone · 6 Jun 2015 at 14:43

Nutella33 said:
No, its the "wccf posted an article so bad they themselves pulled it but certain people want to create as many negative threads as possible" thread.

Only the truth of the matter is you have absolutely no idea why they pulled it to the same degree you have absolutely no idea about the product in question.

Therefore, there is doubt and no need for you to go on the defensive. There are several corners of the internet discussing the possibilities with a good mix of technical discussion. Difference is when it's brought here it's met with stale pasty cynicism.

Nutella33 · 6 Jun 2015 at 14:49

Silent_Scone said:
Only the truth of the matter is you have absolutely no idea why they pulled it to the same degree you have absolutely no idea about the product in question.

Therefore, there is doubt and no need for you to go on the defensive.

Why would I be defensive? nor am I claiming knowledge. Its just regurgitated articles from a clickbait site which you've taken a day or so to post in a new thread when the forum already has 2 rumour threads and numerous other threads on this topic.

Jokester · 6 Jun 2015 at 14:49

Looks like AMD is now following a tick tock product release schedule like Intel, but without the die shrink.

Nutella33 · 6 Jun 2015 at 14:52

Jokester said:
Looks like AMD is now following a tick tock product release schedule like Intel, but without the die shrink.

Good analogy. To continue it would be to mention Intel's "extreme" branding for the new "fury's"

nashathedog · 6 Jun 2015 at 15:55

Jokester said:
Looks like AMD is now following a tick tock product release schedule like Intel, but without the die shrink.

Nothing new really, I remember doing an impulse upgrade from a 5770 to a 6770 and then finding out it was the exact same card :confused:

Ferrari100 · 6 Jun 2015 at 16:00

Has nobody thought to consider that the GCN cores might be different?
The leaked spec's mention nothing of cores which is also why I believe it was leaked on purpose.
;-)

Orangey · 6 Jun 2015 at 16:15

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2433809

If we see anymore duplicate graphics card launch/rumor threads, they will be locked and moderator action will be taken on the member that created the thread. Most of the time this is to bait the other members if a negative rumor occurs which we want to keep the peace amongst everyone here. We don't need a new thread for every little piece of information that occurs, just post it to the respective thread that has already been made.

Anand mods see through it, why can't ours?

Rexton · 6 Jun 2015 at 16:20

I highly doubt its just a rebranded 290x with 8gb slapped onto it.

Everyone calm down.

cainer · 6 Jun 2015 at 16:31

well worth its own thread rather than going in the main 390x thread imo

Poneros · 6 Jun 2015 at 16:36

I don't mind them being rebranded but I do mind the price. I'm still kicking myself for not getting the 290 Tri-x when it was 180 each..

flopper · 6 Jun 2015 at 16:41

Jono8 said:
Even that would be pretty dissapointing. The 980 will be have been out 9 months by the time this comes out!

Not happy to have a 8gb card that beats/equal the 980 for a pricepoint that make sense? You must run a highly successful company.