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Possible Radeon 390X / 390 and 380X Spec / Benchmark (do not hotlink images!!!!!!)

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Mayh3M said:
Can someone explain to me the benefits of HBM (aside from lower cost) and more specifically higher bandwidth memory? My understanding is that the only limitation of current gen RAM is capacity and not bandwidth.

For example, what benefits does 4GB HBM offer over 4GB GDDR5 at 1080p or any resolution for that matter? Bandwidth isn't the bottleneck, capacity is. What am I missing?
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Bandwidth IS the bottleneck.
 
Martini1991 said:
Big difference between how a reference 980 sounds to a reference 4870x2.

And 80c was the idle temp.

I had a 4870x2, amazing card, but man was it hot.

Also, I wish people would stop using wccftech. Period.
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Mine ran very cool, though I did clean it out more often than I have done compared to other cards. The cores ran around the mid 30s to low 40's when serviced (reference).
 
Martini1991 said:
Did you live in a freezer :p?
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Ha! :D

Maybe I just got lucky. Even when dust built up I never saw the warmer of the two cores run higher than around 60 (idle). It was this HIS model :

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I had the powercolor model, and I know it could idle quite high, although I was being hyperbolic, idle temp was like 60-70 rather than 80 :p

But obviously temps and noise are all dependent on what type of fan profile you've set.
 
Mayh3M said:
Can someone explain to me the benefits of HBM (aside from lower cost) and more specifically higher bandwidth memory? My understanding is that the only limitation of current gen RAM is capacity and not bandwidth.

For example, what benefits does 4GB HBM offer over 4GB GDDR5 at 1080p or any resolution for that matter? Bandwidth isn't the bottleneck, capacity is. What am I missing?
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The high bandwidth in isolation is not going to cause relevant increases in performance. The memory subsystem is tied to the computational capability of all those cores in the GPU. The more throughput from SP's the more bandwidth you need to keep them fed. So a limitation has been removed or at least eased for now. Also the reduced power, physical space. Freed up power from your X Watt power budget can be spent on more stream processors or drive higher clock speeds. Maybe access latency. These can all be taken advantage of in the next processor design.
 
eddyr said:
The high bandwidth in isolation is not going to cause relevant increases in performance. The memory subsystem is tied to the computational capability of all those cores in the GPU. The more throughput from SP's the more bandwidth you need to keep them fed. So a limitation has been removed or at least eased for now. Also the reduced power, physical space. Freed up power from your X Watt power budget can be spent on more stream processors or drive higher clock speeds. Maybe access latency. These can all be taken advantage of in the next processor design.
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Thanks. Makes sense now.
 
AMD Radeon R9 390X to be released in 'four to six weeks'

Cutting to the chase, AMD will reportedly ship its reference Radeon R9 390X with an AIO cooler but AIB partners like SAPPHIRE, XFX and so forth will ship their own coolers. WCCFTech is now reporting that the new Radeon 300 series, and more specifically the flagship Radeon R9 390X will launch in "four to six weeks", which should see it released in late March, or early April.

AMD has said that it's working on something "crazy" for the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2015, which kicks off in early March. This new information could be true, with AMD showing off its new GPU at GDC 2015, which is incredibly exciting.

We've previously reported that AMD would release its Radeon R9 390X with an AIO cooler from Asetek, just like it did with the Radeon R9 295X2, but this new information has Cooler Master providing the AIO cooler. Asetek had a recent order from an "undisclosed OEM" for a desktop video card that would ship in the first half of 2015, with the end product resulting in $2 million to $4 million in revenue for Asetek.

This would result in around 50,000 to 100,000 units, where soon after this, the information leaked on Asetek providing the AIO cooler for AMD. After a couple of months passed, we saw AMD re-release its FX-9590 processor with a Cooler Master liquid cooling unit, which replaced the previous unit that was made by Asetek. Cooler Master reportedly licensed the design of the cooler from Asetek, which should be a big hint at what is going on here.


Read more at http://www.tweaktown.com/news/43517/amd-radeon-r9-390x-released-four-six-weeks/index.html
 
shankly1985 said:
Cutting to the chase, AMD will reportedly ship its reference Radeon R9 390X with an AIO cooler but AIB partners like SAPPHIRE, XFX and so forth will ship their own coolers. WCCFTech is now reporting that the new Radeon 300 series, and more specifically the flagship Radeon R9 390X will launch in "four to six weeks", which should see it released in late March, or early April.

AMD has said that it's working on something "crazy" for the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2015, which kicks off in early March. This new information could be true, with AMD showing off its new GPU at GDC 2015, which is incredibly exciting.

We've previously reported that AMD would release its Radeon R9 390X with an AIO cooler from Asetek, just like it did with the Radeon R9 295X2, but this new information has Cooler Master providing the AIO cooler. Asetek had a recent order from an "undisclosed OEM" for a desktop video card that would ship in the first half of 2015, with the end product resulting in $2 million to $4 million in revenue for Asetek.

This would result in around 50,000 to 100,000 units, where soon after this, the information leaked on Asetek providing the AIO cooler for AMD. After a couple of months passed, we saw AMD re-release its FX-9590 processor with a Cooler Master liquid cooling unit, which replaced the previous unit that was made by Asetek. Cooler Master reportedly licensed the design of the cooler from Asetek, which should be a big hint at what is going on here.


Read more at http://www.tweaktown.com/news/43517/amd-radeon-r9-390x-released-four-six-weeks/index.html
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AMD has said that it's working on something "crazy" for the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2015
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Well this is misinformation, AMD have said no such thing, it was Oxide Games who said this.

As for the rest, I think it was Lisa Su (AMD CEO) who said a Graphics refresh would happen in Q2 2015, that's April to July.
 
humbug said:
Well this is misinformation, AMD have said no such thing, it was Oxide Games who said this.

As for the rest, I think it was Lisa Su (AMD CEO) who said a Graphics refresh would happen in Q2 2015, that's April to July.
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Yeah
Am getting excited about this new lineup! 390x from AMD with water cooler is great, I noticed these said others can also release there own design thats stunning.
 
i have no problems with a aio water cooler, there must be a market for them for nzxt and corsair to sell them, and we wont have to see boomstick pull out his scabby ghetto mod again:D
 
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They should do what Nvidia do, and allow the AIBs to release customs at the same time, as thats what im waiting for, even though i could fit one of these in my case with no probs.
 
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