AMD preparing faster Hawaii GPU

Gregster · 21 Nov 2014 at 19:06

We’ve been telling you about faster Hawaii ever since we learned about XTX variant.

XTX, XTL or XT2, no matter how it’s called, is supposedly a faster Hawaii variant that is being prepped for few months now. Today Fudzilla reports AMD may finally launch this processor early next year, right before flagship Fiji silicon.

The new Hawaii-based graphics card would probably fall into Radeon R9 300 series, otherwise it wouldn’t really make any sense. Hawaii XTX was previously planned as Radeon R9 295X (this was the actual codename), but right now Radeon R9 380X is what we expect to see.

NVIDIA has completed its roadmap for this year. There are no new graphics card planned for this and next month. Maxwell GM200 is not expected to launch before Fiji, and GeForce GTX 960 was never planned for November (that’s why we never posted the rumors).

That said we shall expect at least 5 graphics cards in first quarter of 2015: R9 390(X), R9 380(X) and GTX 960. As for GM200 (TITAN II) we are still waiting for solid information.

Source: Fudzilla

http://videocardz.com/54065/amd-preparing-faster-hawaii-gpu

Orangey · 21 Nov 2014 at 19:34

I think this was posted in the 390X rumour thread, general feel is that it doesn't make any sense as it was already debunked ages ago by AMD and the source is Fudzilla.

shankly1985 · 21 Nov 2014 at 19:42

I would like if it wasn't... I would like if AMD just try and release a new line up early-ish next year..

Gregster · 21 Nov 2014 at 19:53

Orangey said:
I think this was posted in the 390X rumour thread, general feel is that it doesn't make any sense as it was already debunked ages ago by AMD and the source is Fudzilla.

Fair one. I was reading that thread and I am always up for some new GPU goodness and didn't see this posted. I thought only fair to give Whycry a shout as well, as his news is always nicked from others *cough cough wccf cough cough*

pgi947 · 21 Nov 2014 at 19:59

shankly1985 said:
I would like if it wasn't... I would like if AMD just try and release a new line up early-ish next year..

I would like if amd were the ones setting the performance bar for once by a good margin. More negligible gain 28nm cards is going to end in a mass enthusiast suicide

Die shrink and 4k worthy amounts of vram on standard cards would be a good start.

Boomstick777 · 21 Nov 2014 at 20:11

pgi947 said:
I would like if amd were the ones setting the performance bar for once by a good margin. More negligible gain 28nm cards is going to end in a mass enthusiast suicide

Die shrink and 4k worthy amounts of vram on standard cards would be a good start.

^^ This.

If AMD launch a card that offers a noteworthy uplift in performance and new tech (Die shrink / HBM etc) it will be much more appealing than more 28nm cards, and give AMD an edge over Nvidia to regain some market share. Plz no more 28nm !!

mmj_uk · 21 Nov 2014 at 20:17

If AMD release a full fat 3072 shader 290 now after just having released 8GB 290X cards I hope their fanboys will be as critical as when they accuse Intel and NVidia of milking.

Orangey · 21 Nov 2014 at 20:42

No need to use the word "accuse", they were/are milking, plain to see.

Stanners · 21 Nov 2014 at 20:54

Come on AMD give us something, I want something shiny and new

Doogles · 21 Nov 2014 at 21:23

Orangey said:
No need to use the word "accuse", they were/are milking, plain to see.

True but no need to buy it

Hope to see a die shrink like everyone else because the amount of power these 290's use is getting rather ridiculous, not that bothered about energy but they have to be cooled some how...

jimhaumman · 21 Nov 2014 at 23:16

water???

Boomstick777 · 21 Nov 2014 at 23:40

mmj_uk said:
If AMD release a full fat 3072 shader 290 now after just having released 8GB 290X cards I hope their fanboys will be as critical as when they accuse Intel and NVidia of milking.

I don't think the two versions of milking compare here, Nvidia were accused of milking with the Titan's and a whole new price tier, then came the Titan Z. I think the use of milking is justified in that case.

With AMD they don't have anything new to launch just yet, so to better compete with 970 / 980 they are adding twice the vram to make current cards have more of a fighting chance, the 8GB cards are also price very low for a card with so much vram. So in this case I don't think it's milking. Just an extra incentive at a fair price.

If Nvidia launch an 8GB card I wouldn't expect to be priced anywhere near as reasonable

. They are the market leader and have the performance edge so the premium is somewhat justified. They are ahead so milking is expected on the top tier stuff.

Hopefully AMD will have a real answer to Maxwell soon, and one that isn't an incremental update but rather something that offers a big boost in performance / features, that's what AMD need at this point to start winning back the market share.

Dicehunter · 22 Nov 2014 at 00:46

Hopefully this means Nvidias top single non Titan GPU card won't be far away to replace the 980.

~>Dg<~ · 22 Nov 2014 at 00:50

there will be a new gpu easter time.

it will be 10-15 percent faster .

Jono8 · 22 Nov 2014 at 01:21

Dicehunter said:
Hopefully this means Nvidias top single non Titan GPU card won't be far away to replace the 980.

I doubt Nvidia will release the titan 2 and then release a card that performs almost as good as it at the same time or shortly after for the price of a 980!

Dicehunter · 22 Nov 2014 at 01:37

Jono8 said:
I doubt Nvidia will release the titan 2 and then release a card that performs almost as good as it at the same time or shortly after for the price of a 980!

Well they did with the 780/Titan and then 780 Ti, Was only a 7 month gap between the Titan and the 780 Ti.

Orangey · 22 Nov 2014 at 03:27

GM200 was supposed to appear by year's end. Still a month to go.

humbug · 22 Nov 2014 at 04:02

Unless AMD have new tech for this card i can't see it being true.

setter · 22 Nov 2014 at 04:38

6gb minimum imho for 4k, oh wait those cards have been out a while now. Titan's may have been expensive at the time. But theyre showing their worth/longevity now. Bit like the cpu market, i had the enthusiast x58 platform, (actually had two with sli 400 series cards). The old 920 cpu still holds its own for gaming despite being a few years old, but a titan card is a wee bit younger yet still a great choice for 4k gaming. Anybody that bought one or two made a good long term investment, in my short usage of pc gaming the only other card i can think of that comes close is the old gtx 8800/ultra.

Orangey · 22 Nov 2014 at 05:42

I wish I had bought a 920 D0 back then.