The Rumour Mill Thread

Kaapstad · 8 Jan 2015 at 22:38

Orangey said:
Was it Gibbo who originated this one? Or a site?

I don't know but if he did he must have a big following over on the Chinese forums who visit the OCUK graphics section.

Kaapstad · 13 Jan 2015 at 15:02

Website - VideoCardZ

300W GPU with HBM.

http://videocardz.com/54265/amd-to-launch-300w-gpu-with-high-bandwidth-memory

True, Busted or Open

Status - True

Power usage is around 300W including the AIO cooler.

Orangey · 14 Jan 2015 at 00:10

Shall we declare 20nm officially busted?

http://fudzilla.net/news/graphics/36721-20nm-gpus-not-happening

Kaapstad · 14 Jan 2015 at 08:09

Orangey said:
Shall we declare 20nm officially busted?

http://fudzilla.net/news/graphics/36721-20nm-gpus-not-happening

Probably won't see anything on 20nm but I think it is best to wait until cards start appearing on 16nm.

Marine-RX179 · 14 Jan 2015 at 08:38

Kaapstad said:
Probably won't see anything on 20nm but I think it is best to wait until cards start appearing on 16nm.

I'm starting to think that it may be a good idea that us 290/290x/780/780Ti users might be better off grabbing 2nd card to crossfire/sli and skip the next 28nm card and wait for 16nm if that is true...

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 14 Jan 2015 at 09:06

3DMark scores for factory overclocked GTX960 are leaked:

http://videocardz.com/54263/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-specifications-and-performance-leaked

Seems close to a R9 280 or R9 285 or slightly faster than a GTX760.

So basically the same performance we had for the last year in the £150 segment but with lower power consumption.

Confirmed to use a 128 bit memory controller. At least there are 32 ROPs.

Kaapstad · 14 Jan 2015 at 09:25

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
3DMark scores for factory overclocked GTX960 are leaked:

http://videocardz.com/54263/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-specifications-and-performance-leaked

Seems close to a R9 280 or R9 285 or slightly faster than a GTX760.

So basically the same performance we had for the last year in the £150 segment but with lower power consumption.

Confirmed to use a 128 bit memory controller. At least there are 32 ROPs.

And in the OPs

Website - VideoCardZ

GTX 960 Specs and Performance

True, Busted or Open

Status - Open

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 15 Jan 2015 at 10:16

Another one about the GTX960:

http://videocardz.com/54329/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-confirmed-specifications-and-launch-date

At least Nvidia have not locked down overclocking on the card,which is a good thing and I am glad to be proved wrong about it.

Kaapstad · 15 Jan 2015 at 11:54

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Another one about the GTX960:

http://videocardz.com/54329/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-confirmed-specifications-and-launch-date

At least Nvidia have not locked down overclocking on the card,which is a good thing and I am glad to be proved wrong about it.

Website - VideoCardZ

GTX 960 Leaked Specs + Overclockers Dream

http://videocardz.com/54329/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-confirmed-specifications-and-launch-date

True, Busted or Open

Status - Open

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 18 Jan 2015 at 01:51

GTX960 pricing revealed:

http://wccftech.com/asus-zotac-evga-gtx-960s-pictured/

$250 to $300.

At current exchange rates that's around £160 to £200.

Edit!!

Supposedly $200 according to this:

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-msrp-200/

That would be around £130.

Kaapstad · 18 Jan 2015 at 03:39

OPs updated.

Website - WCCFTECH

GTX 960 Pricing US $200, $250 or $300

http://wccftech.com/asus-zotac-evga-gtx-960s-pictured/

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-msrp-200/

True, Busted or Open

Status - Open but 50% busted as both can not be right.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 18 Jan 2015 at 14:35

I saw this on Anandtech forums:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37088956&postcount=145

Supposed 3DMark score of R9 380X/R9 390X. It could be a fake.

Orangey · 18 Jan 2015 at 14:45

If true it beats 295X2 by a small amount with drivers or a gentle nudge of the OC slider!

Kaapstad · 18 Jan 2015 at 14:58

Website - Anandtech & Chiphell forums

3xx series 3dmark extreme performance

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37088956&postcount=145

True, Busted or Open

Status - Busted

I don't think there is much chance of this being genuine as one of my watercooled 290Xs with a big OC can only do 6700 graphics on this.

Added to the OPs.

Busted, a Fury X @stock scores about 5800 on graphics.

Orangey · 18 Jan 2015 at 20:51

Remember this?

http://videocardz.com/51009/nvidia-preparing-four-maxwell-gm204-skus

Kaapstad · 18 Jan 2015 at 21:25

Orangey said:
Remember this?

http://videocardz.com/51009/nvidia-preparing-four-maxwell-gm204-skus

An interesting read.

magpie1966 · 18 Jan 2015 at 22:26

Great Thread Kaapstad

LoadsaMoney · 23 Jan 2015 at 12:01

AMD’s Radeon R9 380X ‘Fiji XT’ GPU Die Size and GCN Specification Leaked – Releasing in June 2015

http://wccftech.com/amds-fiji-xt-gpu-monolithic-die-surface-area-550mm2-claims-italian-report/

Kaapstad · 23 Jan 2015 at 17:36

LoadsaMoney said:
AMD’s Radeon R9 380X ‘Fiji XT’ GPU Die Size and GCN Specification Leaked – Releasing in June 2015

http://wccftech.com/amds-fiji-xt-gpu-monolithic-die-surface-area-550mm2-claims-italian-report/

Added to the OPs.

Website - WCCFTECH

Fiji XT GPU Die Size and GCN Specification

http://wccftech.com/amds-fiji-xt-gpu-monolithic-die-surface-area-550mm2-claims-italian-report/

True, Busted or Open

Status - Busted

Die size is 596mm2

Kaapstad · 3 Feb 2015 at 18:31

Kitguru have really put their foot in it here.

Website - Kitguru

380X Specs quoted

Unfortunately the article is based on the one below

No specs mentioned lol.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/amd-future-gpus-will-significantly-boost-performance-in-4k-resolutions/

http://gamingbolt.com/amd-evolution-of-gpu-horsepower-is-the-biggest-factor-in-driving-4k-resolution-forward

True, Busted or Open

Status - True

Right specs wrong name. They got the specs right so we will say it's true.