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

 

[Boomstick777]

They should have cancelled both R9 285 and 285X

Plus the FX range of CPU's

 

[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..

 

[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..