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IF the 390x is the duke nukem forever of graphics cards, i wont know whether to laugh or cry, probably both at the same time
Right now the 390X is the Half Life 3 of graphic cards.
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Possible Radeon 390X / 390 and 380X Spec / Benchmark (do not hotlink images!!!!!!)
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Right now the 390X is the Half Life 3 of graphic cards.
Well no. AMD said June, card is coming in June.
It's only the Titan X making people impatient.
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Ha, until it's in my hands it's the HL3 of GPU's
Yeah gotta say I wish they could have released it sooner lol.
Just read something about 2.5D memory, not sure if it's been posted already.
I must say I'm more excited about the 390 than the Titan X because it uses something brand new
The first of June, I may avoid this thread. It will be filled with people acting as though the end of the world is coming because they haven't got it in their hands as the clock strikes midnight
That's ok they'll all turn into pumpkins and get chased by crazy yanks who want to make soup!
It's interesting that there seem to be so many SKUs here, and both with and without HBM.
So, assuming there are some cards with HBM and some with, two possibilities exist:
1. There is one piece of Silicon, with ability to support HBM *or* GDDR5. This implies there are two memory controllers, especially given how different the two techs are - one is 4096bit with a low clock rate, one say 512bit with a high clock rate. Seems like there would be quite a chunk of wasted silicon, which, given that Titan X/GM200 is on the limits of the 28nm process and is "all graphics" implies it would be a bit slower than you would hope.
2. There are two different dies here. This would also shock me, as if AMD had a GDDR5 version you'd think it would be ready sooner (not as revolutionary as HBM) and you'd think they would have pushed it out the door to counter 980/Titan X.
I do wonder if we will end up with 390/390x with HBM on new dies, then 380x being rebrands of 290x.
So, assuming there are some cards with HBM and some with, two possibilities exist:
1. There is one piece of Silicon, with ability to support HBM *or* GDDR5. This implies there are two memory controllers, especially given how different the two techs are - one is 4096bit with a low clock rate, one say 512bit with a high clock rate. Seems like there would be quite a chunk of wasted silicon, which, given that Titan X/GM200 is on the limits of the 28nm process and is "all graphics" implies it would be a bit slower than you would hope.
2. There are two different dies here. This would also shock me, as if AMD had a GDDR5 version you'd think it would be ready sooner (not as revolutionary as HBM) and you'd think they would have pushed it out the door to counter 980/Titan X.
I do wonder if we will end up with 390/390x with HBM on new dies, then 380x being rebrands of 290x.
The original Titian was thought to be the limits of 28nm, it was also thought there was no way AMD could match it and look how all that turned out.
There has never been a GDDR5 390X rumour, the 380X is rumoured to be GDDR5.
Amd didn't say June at all, thats just the current word doing the rounds with that trade show being in June.
If you think about it logically how AMD and nVidia usually do things and how it looks on the net so far its 390x with HBM technology which is a new architecture/chip with a new memory technology.
The 380X is the 290X architecture with improvements which will probably go head to head with the 980.
the 390 card which is the sub child of the bigger card 390x will be the card which will also feature HBM but less cores and clock speed.
Some one better can explain but im sure you can understand what iv'e said.
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Yeah gotta say I wish they could have released it sooner lol.
Just read something about 2.5D memory, not sure if it's been posted already.
I must say I'm more excited about the 390 than the Titan X because it uses something brand new
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Yeah I'm looking forward to seeing what it's capable of. It needs to match my TX and be much cheaper or be high priced and faster for me to make the move. Will be happy with either tbh. Go AMD !!
Valve's too busy trying to find new ways to milk the cash cow (paid mods fiasco), they don't have time for game developing these days.
As for the 3xx AMD needs to make an announcement or leak some believeable information, the lack of.. anything on the subject is worrying.
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