Did AMD just cancel Radeon R9 285X?

[Boomstick777]

Long live the Tonga!, oh wait, did AMD just pull the plug on full Tonga?

According to Robert Hallock’s tweet, this might actually be true:

http://videocardz.com/52441/did-amd-just-cancel-radeon-r9-285x

 

[jh30uk]

 

[Drangueos]

They should have cancelled both R9 285 and 285X

 

[Boomstick777]

They should have cancelled both R9 285 and 285X

Plus the FX range of CPU's

 

[jh30uk]

^^ Damn u beat me.

 

[Gregster]

I would be surprised if they do pull it but maybe they have a card up their sleeve (pun intended)

 

[JediFragger]

I reckon AMD are just ****in with him

 

[stulid]

Just dont want to talk about unreleased products etc.

Plus, yeah, should have cancelled the FX CPU+GFX cards etc.

 

[kefan77]

they will re-release it as R9 380 or something like that.

 

[JediFragger]

they will re-release it as R9 380 or something like that.

You probably have something there, esp if they move the 390X timetable up

 

[ShivP]

Tbh I kind of like the idea of the -E CPU's though why you'd go for one over a just as efficient Intel CPU is a question I'm wondering about...
Definitely agree with cancelled the 285 though, no real benefits apart from TrueAudio etc

 

[Boomstick777]

Tbh I kind of like the idea of the -E CPU's though why you'd go for one over a just as efficient Intel CPU is a question I'm wondering about...
Definitely agree with cancelled the 285 though, no real benefits apart from TrueAudio etc

Yeah but the -E CPU's are just crapper versions of the regular FX CPU's

Intel is the only option atm. AMD will be back though.. Just gotta wait until 2016..

 

[Panos]

I doubt there was a 285X in the making. They never announced it either.

Next series is the 370X/380X with the 390X monster next year.

 

[_Alatar_]

I doubt there was a 285X in the making.

There was.

There might still be as this is somewhat unconfirmed.

 

[Kaapstad]

There was.

There might still be as this is somewhat unconfirmed.

+1

I suspect that AMD have a warehouse full of full fat Tonga chips that they will need to shift.

 

[pgi947]

Hopefully they've seen sense and held it back for the 370x or something

 

[Boomstick777]

Hopefully they've seen sense and held it back for the 370x or something

Maybe AMD were laughing at the GTX 970 spec and decided to re market Tonga 285X as the R9 390

I hope either AMD or Nvidia release a proper new high end flagship sooner rather than later..

The GTX 980 will have to do until then..

 

[darth.mader]

Maybe AMD were laughing at the GTX 970 spec and decided to re market Tonga 285X as the R9 390

I hope either AMD or Nvidia release a proper new high end flagship sooner rather than later..

The GTX 980 will have to do until then..

They will. They always do. It's just harder to wait when new tech releases though.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

They will probably release a full fat Tonga GPU in a R9 3** named card. Its been done before by both companies I think.

 

[shankly1985]

Tbh I kind of like the idea of the -E CPU's though why you'd go for one over a just as efficient Intel CPU is a question I'm wondering about...
Definitely agree with cancelled the 285 though, no real benefits apart from TrueAudio etc

I think the biggest change a 285 gives is full Freesync support for the new displays coming out. Before that you needed 290 and above?

So given its price point and how well Freesync could give to low frame rate I say it's a very nice GPU on the mid range to have.