Pretty much what I'm expecting in terms of price. Probably if they did make a "big Polaris" at a later date, it would be priced similar to Titan (very, very, bloody expensive).
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AMD Polaris architecture – GCN 4.0
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Pretty much what I'm expecting in terms of price. Probably if they did make a "big Polaris" at a later date, it would be priced similar to Titan (very, very, bloody expensive).
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I'm expecting AMD to do better on finfets than NV, if you recall they smashed several top-end GeForces with chips half the size.
However I'm also expecting NV to gradually overtake as GlobalFoundries inevitably fail to improve 14nm at pace with TSMC.
However I'm also expecting NV to gradually overtake as GlobalFoundries inevitably fail to improve 14nm at pace with TSMC.
Except it will be a joint improvement of 14nm between Samsung foundaries and Global foundaries. both of them working in joint against TSMC. And Their 14nm is already months ahead of TSMC's.
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With Samsung also building chips for AMD. if any problems rise on either production line then it would be reported to the other and fixed. same as any improvements in production since Samsung is also building chips for AMD.
ffs yes its been confirmed; Samsung announced they would be fabbing chips for AMD; and Glofo and Samsung's 14 are synced; not just licenced. There will be some difference at different times; but at for 14mm both Glofo and Samsung are synced in what will happen with the nods. Again this has been announced by Samsung as a first external fab syncing; normally this only happens internally with set of fabs.
Raj has also confirmed AMD will be using Samsung as a foundry in his latest interview; mentions Samsung and 14mm specifically.
I think AMD got crooked then if they're getting 14mm chips,
LOL yea
I've been at work since 6 am and not enough coffee Question for the room...
If the new mainstream/mid-range card was £200, and the same performance as the current £200 card (380), but used only 50% of the power... would that be a success? Would people here approve of such a mid-range card?
You see, I'm wondering if both companies might choose to deliberately keep the same mid-range performance year on year, to "encourage" people to move up the price range, if they want more performance.
They could still legitimately say "our new mid-range cards are the best ever, better features, less power", even if they only performed about 5% better in terms of FPS.
If the new mainstream/mid-range card was £200, and the same performance as the current £200 card (380), but used only 50% of the power... would that be a success? Would people here approve of such a mid-range card?
You see, I'm wondering if both companies might choose to deliberately keep the same mid-range performance year on year, to "encourage" people to move up the price range, if they want more performance.
They could still legitimately say "our new mid-range cards are the best ever, better features, less power", even if they only performed about 5% better in terms of FPS.
if it had the new 1.3dp and hdmi 2.0a; then yes specially if it could come in small form factor; it would become the new stand htpc goto card. People are seeing system shrink; along with cheaper; smaller psus. People seeing something using less power is a good thing.
While for us here on these forums most likely not like it; it would be a success I know I'd use it for system that's plugged into my tv
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It worked for Nvidia with the gtx970 which is really no better than a 290/x. It just uses less power. I can't see there being a market for that kind of card now as the market is most likely saturated with this kind of performance. What we need is a performance jump from the ground up.
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if it had the new 1.3dp and hdmi 2.0a; then yes specially if it could come in small form factor; it would become the new stand htpc goto card. People are seeing system shrink; along with cheaper; smaller psus. People seeing something using less power is a good thing.
While for us here on these forums most likely not like it; it would be a success I know I'd use it for system that's plugged into my tv
So £200 becomes "HTPC class", and the new cheapest "gaming" card becomes £300+... Wouldn't people object to that?
Oh we all agree that we need a performance jump. Just that AMD (and nV) could say "If you want more performance, move up the price range and you'll get it."
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I've read that three times and have no idea what it means.