AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory

LtMatt · 25 Sep 2013 at 22:58

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Yep. Nvidia and Intel do the same types of press events which no one usually watches anyway.

Haha true. The funny thing is people keep bitching, they also keep watching.

EDIT

Damn Thief next. Wish they'd just show bf4. Ah well bed time now and this time i mean it.

Suarez7 · 25 Sep 2013 at 22:58

Martini1991 said:
Well GPU prices can just be higher.

This is what will happen, people will kick and scream like toddlers but still buy the cards anyway. Life goes on, I remember when a freddo was 10p, still gets my back up when I see that 20p label on them nowadays :mad:

~>Dg<~ · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:00

780 gtxs up in price by tomorrow morning

Hades · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:00

Ooooh, Thresh

bru · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:00

thresh...... cool

Suarez7 · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:01

~>Dg<~ said:
780 gtxs up in price by tomorrow morning

Buy now sell later!

Profits not guaranteed, quantity restrictions may apply.

Vertiginous · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:01

I like his shirt

Its more interesting than everything else

Aneskimo · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:02

Suarez7 said:
This is what will happen, people will kick and scream like toddlers but still buy the cards anyway. Life goes on, I remember when a freddo was 10p, still gets my back up when I see that 20p label on them nowadays

Class comparison :cool:

sin · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:02

290x price

http://videocardz.com/46006/amd-radeon-r9-290x-specifications-confirmed-costs-600

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:02

Martini1991 said:
Well GPU prices can just be higher.

If you looked at leaked Nvidia slides,they were bitching and moaning that newer processes were too expensive,and making it not cost effective quickly moving onto new nodes.

Hence,you saw the "small" die GK104 appearing in retail nearly one year before the GK110 based Geforce Titan(which had a massive price),and even the GK110 based compute cards appeared 6 to 9 months after the GK104.

On top of this Apple,is now moving onto using TSMC(instead of Samsung only) and they need massive capacity,so will pay for early access to 20NM. So will Qualcomm. These companies dwarf AMD and Nvidia in purchasing power.

Edit!!

Here are the slides:

http://www.extremetech.com/computin...y-with-tsmc-claims-22nm-essentially-worthless

Orangey · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:02

I'm off to play GTA, someone round up the few bits of info that matter in a seperate thread later?

bru · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:02

AMD's version of the GeForce experience. maybe

HighlandeR · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:03

missed last 5hrs, looks like I missed nothing and gained more !?

So just to confirm nothing announced or shown and just some AMD stream of people yap yap yap ?

Suarez7 · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:03

Aneskimo said:
Class comparison

The worst thing about it is they haven't got any better since back in the 90's! Talk about price/performance rating! :mad:

Martini1991 · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:04

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
If you looked at leaked Nvidia slides,they were bitching and moaning that 28NM wafers were too expensive,and making it not cost effective quickly moving onto new nodes.

Hence,you saw the "small" die GK104 appearing in retail nearly one year before the GK110 based Geforce Titan(which had a massive price),and even the GK110 based compute cards appeared 6 to 9 months after the GK104.

On top of this Apple,is now moving onto using TSMC(instead of Samsung only) and they need massive capacity,so will pay for early access to 20NM. So will Qualcomm. These companies dwarf AMD and Nvidia in purchasing power.

Nvidia made a crap ton from 28nm with GK104 though,

Oh well, I guess a 7970 will stay

panyan · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:04

Orangey said:
someone round up the few bits of info that matter in a seperate thread later?

+1

Im watching the great british bakeoff

Vertiginous · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:04

Razer Comms..

Orangey · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:05

sin said:
290x price

http://videocardz.com/46006/amd-radeon-r9-290x-specifications-confirmed-costs-600

Don't believe anything videocardz say.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:05

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
If you looked at leaked Nvidia slides,they were bitching and moaning that newer processes were too expensive,and making it not cost effective quickly moving onto new nodes.

Hence,you saw the "small" die GK104 appearing in retail nearly one year before the GK110 based Geforce Titan(which had a massive price),and even the GK110 based compute cards appeared 6 to 9 months after the GK104.

On top of this Apple,is now moving onto using TSMC(instead of Samsung only) and they need massive capacity,so will pay for early access to 20NM. So will Qualcomm. These companies dwarf AMD and Nvidia in purchasing power.

Edit!!

Here are the slides:

http://www.extremetech.com/computin...y-with-tsmc-claims-22nm-essentially-worthless

Martini1991 said:
Nvidia made a crap ton from 28nm with GK104.

http://www.extremetech.com/computin...y-with-tsmc-claims-22nm-essentially-worthless

Expect smaller dies,but it does not change the fact Apple is a major issue here.

This is unlike the last couple of years.

LtMatt · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:06

AMD also shown first picture of the R9 290 non-X. Apparently it looks just the same as 290X. It’s almost obvious we are looking at another Hawaii-based graphics card.

The asking price is $600, the card will be available in mid October.

AMD Radeon R9 290X Specifications:
11 CUs (compute units)
44 SMIDs (11 per CU)
2,816 stream processors
176 TMUs (Texture Mapping Units)
44 ROPs (Raster Operating Units)
4GB GDDR5 VRAM (6GB models will come later) — according to Softpedia
5+1+1 phase design (5 Phase Core and 1 Phase memory)
2 x DVI ports
1 x HDMI
1 x DisplayPort
8-Pin plus 6-Pin power connectors (300W TDP)

http://videocardz.com/46006/amd-radeon-r9-290x-specifications-confirmed-costs-600

Weird i thought it would be 48 ROPS?