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

FoxEye said:
I'm a bit confused about the upgrade path for 7850 users? The 280X is a different price bracket altogether, and the 270X doesn't seem to be much of a jump in performance?
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270x - 7950 refresh with 1GB of vram less
EDIT: Looking at other responses this may just be a 7870!

280x - 7970 Ghz edition refresh

290x - the only genuine 'new' Hawcard

Mantle I assumne works on all and TrueAudio (which took up a great deal of the presentation) only comes on the 290x

Really this launch will rely heavily on the price point.
 
=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
270x - 7950 refresh with 1GB of vram less
EDIT: Looking at other responses this may just be a 7870!

280x - 7970 Ghz edition refresh

290x - the only genuine 'new' Hawcard

Mantle I assumne works on all and TrueAudio (which took up a great deal of the presentation) only comes on the 290x

Really this launch will rely heavily on the price point.
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So there's a massive, massive gulf between the 270X (7870) and the 280X (7970). There's no 7950 equivalent. Effectively no upgrade for us 7850 users, unless you want to spend £150 for 10% more (7850 -> 7870).
 
FoxEye said:
So there really isn't a worthwhile mid range upgrade, then. It's either move to the 280X or stay put.

Or get a 7950, which will be 2-3 years old by now :p
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Wait and see, i could be wrong but i can't see them just releasing a series of full fat GPU's only, what do they do with the salvage chips?

Like the 7950 and 7870XT are salvage chips from the 7970.

290X Hawaii XT
290 Hawaii Pro (salvage)

280X Tahiti XT = 7970
280 Tahiti Pro = 7950 (salvage)

270X Pitcairn XT = 7870
270 Pitcairn Pro = 7850 (salvage)

LtMatt said:
Woah, didn't see that coming. I thought the 512bit was definite. :eek:
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meh... its fine :)
 
humbug said:
Wait and see, i could be wrong but i can't see them just releasing a series of full fat GPU's only, what do they do with the salvage chips?

Like the 7950 and 7870XT are salvage chips from the 7970.

290X Hawaii XT
290 Hawaii Pro (salvage)

280X Tahiti XT = 7970
280 Tahiti Pro = 7950 (salvage)

270X Pitcairn XT = 7870
270 Pitcairn Pro = 7850 (salvage)



meh... its fine :)
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But i used the 512bit bus in some of my discussions. That immediately makes all those points invalid. :D

I'm giving up speculating, things keep changing on a daily basis.

When is the NDA over?
 
LtMatt said:
But i used the 512bit bus in some of my discussions. That immediately makes all those points invalid. :D

I'm giving up speculating, things keep changing on a daily basis.

When is the NDA over?
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lol..... you will get over it :D:p:D:p:D:p:D:p:D:o

soon... they had a 290X box with BF4 pre order on display, that suggest its in the shops before BF4.

I'm thinking early next week for NDA, i think someone somewhere mentioned Monday?
 
The leaked PCB pictures show 16x GDDR IC's. This makes for 256bit (unlikely) or 512bit buses. On a 384bit card I would expect 12 or 6 GDDR IC's, so I believe 512bit and 4GB GDDR5 is much more likely over anything else.

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