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

Mtom · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:32

Sacrifice said:
"this new GPU I have totally rocks at 4k. Used to need 2 GPUs to do 4k well, now just need 1." - Dan Baker, Oxide Games

https://twitter.com/dankbaker/status/609445259597213696

Was that the 4900 firestrike extreme run? Or was another leaked? Because that 4900 was obvs a 390 pro.

Oxide games engine is using async shaders, and handling tasks in parallel so the memry bandwith is the limiting factor as far as i know.

Legend · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:32

SimBy said:
I'm sure AMD knows exactly what the weak point is and will do everything it can to mitigate it. For marketing reasons 8 GB is obviously a better thing to have.

Yes and no... it will entirely depend on the performance. If the 4GB card can match the 980Ti/Titan X, then why release an 8GB card yet? It would no doubt be more costly to produce, and they'll hardly struggle selling the 4GB if it does manage to offer amazing performance at a great price. Of course, there will always be some people who simply feel 4GB is not enough, but if the benchmarks show otherwise, I don't doubt many of those people will be swayed.

Mtom · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:36

Legend said:
Yes and no... it will entirely depend on the performance. If the 4GB card can match the 980Ti/Titan X, then why release an 8GB card yet? It would no doubt be more costly to produce, and they'll hardly struggle selling the 4GB if it does manage to offer amazing performance at a great price. Of course, there will always be some people who simply feel 4GB is not enough, but if the benchmarks show otherwise, I don't doubt many of those people will be swayed.

When a 6Gb GM200 card is more than enough why release a 12Gb one?

fs123 · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:37

The majority of people still play at 1080p so 4GB will not be a limiting factor for most. AMD is however taughting the Fury as a 4K capable card so we will find out in 3 days I guess.

Skeng · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:38

Not sure if this has been posted yet, looks like a few cards are already available in the states.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3QuwujjIp8

africanos23 · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:41

Skeng said:
Not sure if this has been posted yet, looks like a few cards are already available in the states.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3QuwujjIp8

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Legend · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:45

Mtom said:
When a 6Gb GM200 card is more than enough why release a 12Gb one?

Because they could. And who knows, maybe they released the 980Ti so soon after to get the jump on AMD once they realised the Fury X was going to be a serious contender. They've buried the Titan X with the Ti now though, no doubt... but then it was always a niche card to begin with, and I'm sure will still hold appeal. The Titan's always do it seems.

Buckster · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:46

wow not seen that video before

old gamer · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:49

fs123 said:
you obviously haven't looked past the last few pages have you? This is about the 6-7th time someone has posted this...

true, after 200 pages of utter piffile i lost the will to keep reading

oldestgregg · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:55

Very interested to see what happens here. My concern is that even if this new VRAM situation means that 4gb dosnt matter @1400p and upwards...this is a new tech and I dont feel confident of it not having major issues out of the gate. Time will tell though and its got me on the edge of my seat

Gregster · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:57

Anyone got any unboxing vids to show? Would be cool to watch

Geeman1979 · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:57

Gregster said:
Anyone got any unboxing vids to show? Would be cool to watch

Seen this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3QuwujjIp8

TonyTurbo78 · 13 Jun 2015 at 18:58

curious, even though it's a rebrand, if the 390x has a much lower tdp than the 290x, with 8gb thrown in and more performance....if it comes in at a very attractive price ie less than £350, would that tempt anyone here? does a couple of brand new 8gb cards in crossfire sound attractive to anyone with older cards?

fs123 · 13 Jun 2015 at 19:01

oldestgregg said:
Very interested to see what happens here. My concern is that even if this new VRAM situation means that 4gb dosnt matter @1400p and upwards...this is a new tech and I dont feel confident of it not having major issues out of the gate. Time will tell though and its got me on the edge of my seat

I think the HBM tech has been available before AMD decided to use it so it would have been tested throughly before marketing it. It is only memory so shouldn't be any major problems with it. The difference is that it allows much faster communication between the gpu and VRAM.

I tend to think of it like the difference you observe between standard hard drives and SSD's when a cpu is loading stuff. Imagine in the future when SSD's are as fast a DDR4.

LukieBoy007 · 13 Jun 2015 at 19:02

TonyTurbo78 said:
curious, even though it's a rebrand, if the 390x has a much lower tdp than the 290x, with 8gb thrown in and more performance....if it comes in at a very attractive price ie less than £350, would that tempt anyone here? does a couple of brand new 8gb cards in crossfire sound attractive to anyone with older cards?

I have a 280x, looking to upgrade around the £300 mark as I want better performance at 1440p. If the 390x is around that mark, then yes, I will upgrade to the 390x.

Mal X · 13 Jun 2015 at 19:03

mmj_uk said:
Nobody and that's why AMD are so ******.

I wouldn't go near a £400 AMD card the state they're in let alone a £600+ one.

only the Dual card is worth getting, but it'll probably be about £1200

ihatelag · 13 Jun 2015 at 19:04

Interview worth reading about HBM http://www.redgamingtech.com/amd-ex...ssfx-graphics-technology-with-robert-hallock/

SimBy · 13 Jun 2015 at 19:11

Gregster said:
Anyone got any unboxing vids to show? Would be cool to watch

Wizzfizz · 13 Jun 2015 at 19:12

^ Might want to remove that .gif

SimBy · 13 Jun 2015 at 19:15

Wizzfizz said:
^ Might want to remove that .gif

Sorry is it the f* or something else?