AMD: Future GPUs will significantly boost performance in 4K resolutions

[r7slayer]

Gregster with a AMD graphics card? Where's Kapp?! Theres another one for the rumor mill!! lol

 

[Gregster]

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This simply isn't correct. You're talking about the actual number of memory chips per stack. To start with we have two known HBM specs

HBM1.0 4hi stacks(4 chips max) 1Gb(256MB) chips, 1GB stacks with 128GB/s @ 1Ghz.

HBM 2.0 4-8hi stacks, 1-4Gb chips(256 to 1024MB), 1-8GB stacks with 256GB/s @ 2Ghz(clock speed might be wrong there).

More stacks per interposer = lower yield = higher cost. What the realistic limit is no one knows, what the price of one stack is, no one really knows, what spec of chip will be available, no one really knows. The realistic minimum based on the minimum specs of HBM are 4 stacks of 1GB giving 4GB @ 512GB/s. The reality is any one of the 'upgrades' listed in HBM 2.0 can be done before HBM2.0 is scheduled. That is just a target list of updates. A 4 hi stack using 2GB still at 128GB/s would only meet the HBM1.0 specs, doesn't mean it won't be made.

Effectively HBM could have been produced some time ago, 2Gb chips(needed to get 2GB per stack) have been available for quite some time. It's more than possible we will get 2GB per stack. It's less likely but still possible we'll get more than 4 stacks on a interposer, depends on costs.

I have not had the time to read into it too much and I quickly perused wiki on it. I am happy to be wrong and thanks for the info. If it does only come in 4GB, that is a no no for me.

 

[tommybhoy]

Gregster with a AMD graphics card? Where's Kapp?! Theres another one for the rumor mill!! lol

 

[Boomstick777]

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If it does only come in 4GB, that is a no no for me.

+1

I'm not sure what part of my 'I want to see an 8GB flagship' comment invited a wall of text from DM, but that's what I'm waiting for.

No more 4GB lightweights, I want an 8GB+ flagship (8GB means no drops / stutters) , with more grunt (GPU performance) to push all them pixels at higher FPS. Otherwise I'll hang tight to my 290X 8GB until we see the 390X, which better have 8GB+ at that point

 

[humbug]

Wasting your time.

Here is the article Kitguru are basing their one on.

No mention of specs lol.

http://gamingbolt.com/amd-evolution...ggest-factor-in-driving-4k-resolution-forward

I was about to ask, is this a quote from Robert?

At present only elite enthusiasts play in 4K resolutions partly because UHD displays are still pretty expensive. Moreover, far not all gamers can afford several high-end graphics cards. AMD’s upcoming graphics adapter – the Radeon R9 380X – will feature 4096 stream processors as well as 4GB of high-bandwidth memory with up to 640GB/s bandwidth. Increased GPU horsepower and increased memory bandwidth will significantly improve performance in 4K resolution.

Obviously not.