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

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savagesam117 said:
Oohh.. I can feel the hate brewing already :D
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I don't get it though, what silly stories is he on about, as he can't be on about the 390s just being 290s, as they are already on sale, have already been bought, and confirmed to be 290s, theres just no getting away from that :p
 
TwsT said:
I'll take you up on that :P








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I know nothing
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Done deal. So if it is released on the 25th or after, you owe me a game (under £30) but the 24th, I owe you a game (under £30).

Good luck bud and I hope you are wrong :D
 
LoadsaMoney said:
I don't get it though, what silly stories is he on about, as he can't be on about the 390s just being 290s, as they are already on sale, have already been bought, and confirmed to be 290s, theres just no getting away from that :p
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The whole GCN not supporting DX12 most likely :p What else was there :confused:
 
A lot of people seem to be making out that some of the "new" AMD cards actually being modified versions of older cards is the apocalypse or something, and while I don't want to turn this into a brand war, I feel it's impotent to remind ourselves what Nvidia did with the GTX700 series.

First they took the GTX680, over-clocked it, added GPU Boost 2.0, added no memory to it and relaunched it as the GTX770 (with a price drop), it was aimed to compete with the HD7970, a card that launched over a year earlier (before the GTX680) and had 1GB more VRAM (+50% more).

First they took the GTX670, sliced some of it off, over-clocked it, added GPU Boost 2.0, added no memory to it and relaunched it as the GTX760 (with a price drop), it was aimed to compete with the HD7950, a card that launched over a year earlier (before the GTX670) and had 1GB more VRAM (+50% more) however on pure performance grounds it was inferior to the GTX670 it replaced.

Now by comparison, what AMD appears to be doing is taking the 290X, not slicing anything off, adding an extra 4GB of VRAM, over-clocking it, and (expectedly) dropping the price. This card will have double the VRAM of the one it looks like it will be competing with.

I have never been a fan of re-branding cards but I have trouble bringing myself to fault AMD on this when their only competition also does it, and doesn't even make it better.
 
ubersonic said:
A lot of people seem to be making out that some of the "new" AMD cards actually being modified versions of older cards is the apocalypse or something, and while I don't want to turn this into a brand war, I feel it's impotent to remind ourselves what Nvidia did with the GTX700 series.

First they took the GTX680, over-clocked it, added GPU Boost 2.0, added no memory to it and relaunched it as the GTX770 (with a price drop), it was aimed to compete with the HD7970, a card that launched over a year earlier (before the GTX680) and had 1GB more VRAM (+50% more).

First they took the GTX670, sliced some of it off, over-clocked it, added GPU Boost 2.0, added no memory to it and relaunched it as the GTX760 (with a price drop), it was aimed to compete with the HD7950, a card that launched over a year earlier (before the GTX670) and had 1GB more VRAM (+50% more) however on pure performance grounds it was inferior to the GTX670 it replaced.
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There ya go.
 
LoadsaMoney said:
I don't get it though, what silly stories is he on about, as he can't be on about the 390s just being 290s, as they are already on sale, have already been bought, and confirmed to be 290s, theres just no getting away from that :p
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I'm assuming he means the silly stories that the 4GB Fury cards can do 4K without running out of VRAM. The ability to store 5.5GB textures in 4GB because it's HBM.





I'm kidding, I'm kidding...

Depending on the price I'm actually tempted to get the Fury (or Fury X).
Hard to justify the 390/390X if they're just rebrands with extra DP ports (but I would like extra DP ports).
 
I notice looking at images that all these new cards are becoming more reliant on display ports. What adapters will we need to HDMI or DVI on our monitors I want to replace my 290x with a single top AMD card. to run triple screens so is likely that i will need at least one adapter for 1920x 1080 60hz screens but what type, I know there was issues getting the right ones for the 295x2 ?
 
ubersonic said:
A lot of people seem to be making out that some of the "new" AMD cards actually being modified versions of older cards is the apocalypse or something, and while I don't want to turn this into a brand war, I feel it's impotent to remind ourselves what Nvidia did with the GTX700 series.

First they took the GTX680, over-clocked it, added GPU Boost 2.0, added no memory to it and relaunched it as the GTX770 (with a price drop), it was aimed to compete with the HD7970, a card that launched over a year earlier (before the GTX680) and had 1GB more VRAM (+50% more).

First they took the GTX670, sliced some of it off, over-clocked it, added GPU Boost 2.0, added no memory to it and relaunched it as the GTX760 (with a price drop), it was aimed to compete with the HD7950, a card that launched over a year earlier (before the GTX670) and had 1GB more VRAM (+50% more) however on pure performance grounds it was inferior to the GTX670 it replaced.

Now by comparison, what AMD appears to be doing is taking the 290X, not slicing anything off, adding an extra 4GB of VRAM, over-clocking it, and (expectedly) dropping the price. This card will have double the VRAM of the one it looks like it will be competing with.

I have never been a fan of re-branding cards but I have trouble bringing myself to fault AMD on this when their only competition also does it, and doesn't even make it better.
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Yeah, but it's possible that AMD will be rebranding some of the 7000 series for a second time without adding anything if they rebrand the 280/280X, etc. (which were the 7970 and 7950 before that).
At least the 600 series Nvidia cards were new cards. It wasn't like the 660Ti was just the 580 rebranded and then became the 750.
 
ubersonic said:
A lot of people seem to be making out that some of the "new" AMD cards actually being modified versions of older cards is the apocalypse or something, and while I don't want to turn this into a brand war, I feel it's impotent to remind ourselves what Nvidia did with the GTX700 series.

First they took the GTX680, over-clocked it, added GPU Boost 2.0, added no memory to it and relaunched it as the GTX770 (with a price drop), it was aimed to compete with the HD7970, a card that launched over a year earlier (before the GTX680) and had 1GB more VRAM (+50% more).

First they took the GTX670, sliced some of it off, over-clocked it, added GPU Boost 2.0, added no memory to it and relaunched it as the GTX760 (with a price drop), it was aimed to compete with the HD7950, a card that launched over a year earlier (before the GTX670) and had 1GB more VRAM (+50% more) however on pure performance grounds it was inferior to the GTX670 it replaced.

Now by comparison, what AMD appears to be doing is taking the 290X, not slicing anything off, adding an extra 4GB of VRAM, over-clocking it, and (expectedly) dropping the price. This card will have double the VRAM of the one it looks like it will be competing with.

I have never been a fan of re-branding cards but I have trouble bringing myself to fault AMD on this when their only competition also does it, and doesn't even make it better.
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Got to love the magic of rebranding:D

OMG soon the 16 only a day soon to go OMG!:)
 
Nvidia have actually done the rebranding many times and with one particular card (I forget which now) was done three times.

ubersonic said:
A lot of people seem to be making out that some of the "new" AMD cards actually being modified versions of older cards is the apocalypse or something, and while I don't want to turn this into a brand war, I feel it's impotent to remind ourselves what Nvidia did with the GTX700 series.
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Its not the extent of what has occured during the rebrand but the fact it is happening at all again.

Some people have been waiting with cash in the bank for the AMD cards to be released. Firstly the delay seeing nvidia taking the crown and no answer from AMD for a few months, the first bit of frustration sets in. Then the continuining silence and rumours around release dates more frustration. Then when it finally seems that AMD are to release their cards the first set are not new at all but existing cards with a bit of a boost. The 390X with 8gb will be judged against the 290x 8gb. Rightly or wrongly it doesnt look like a new card.

To make matters worse the Fury cards are still up in the air will they/won't they be released next week. So I can understand that all those people with money burning a hole in their pocket to see a new variation of the 2xx series it could be the 4 horeseman galloping across the plains.
 
I think the rebrand issue to me is not dropping it down a traditional tier, but instead introducing a new one.
I have no issue with a 290X being rebranded as a 380. It's to be expected these days.

Also, it's worse as AMD have new cores kicking about in Tonga, yet we're going to have a mix of three different GCN revisions in the 3XX again lol.
 
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