AMD Radeon R9 390X Performance Numbers Surface
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fantaskarsef
Well at least performance wise it looks pretty neat. Yet I'd like to see the price for this performance, since it has to at least meet the 980 pricing to become attractive... if it's more than the 980 it's no big deal if it's faster, imho.
Yet again, I think the Titan2 might still beat it in terms of performance, if the rumored specs of it are true.
Undying
Looks alright. Beating everything is what we expected. I just hope this isnt just a rumor due we dont know the real name of the card yet.
Rich_Guy
Yeah, from a translation, its only the midrange 380X (supposedly).
Ryu5uzaku
Now if true that brings AMD back in to the power / performance game pretty much perfectly. While being 14% faster in that then 980 and 22% faster then 290x. It would be decent bumb.
For some reason after recent power bill I would consider buying 980 or 380x 😀 290x is a beast and a good card but yeah.
Anarion
I was hoping more (unless this is the midrange part)... However, if they price is competitively, this could be nice.
Prince Valiant
Depending on price I think I might sell off my 780 and grab one.
schmidtbag
I always take these results with a grain of salt. If they're true, then awesome - I look forward to its release. Also, that would mean I'm glad I didn't buy a R9 285, because that means GCN 1.2 has already been obsoleted. I'm sure a handful of the 300 series will be GCN 1.2 based, maybe even 1.1. But if these results are true, they're a little too good for the tested GPU to not be a GCN 1.3.
I really hope AMD fixes this mix'n'match thing they've got going on. If they're going to continue it, I would hope all R9 GPUs would be either GCN 1.2 or 1.3, and I then R7 would be GCN 1.1 or 1.2. But I'm sure that won't happen.
Ryu5uzaku
If it is only midrange it would be phenomenal tbh.
Undying
Now that would be amazing. Imagine this is 380X and cost 350$ while beating 980? Oh, my that would take nvidia by the balls. 😀
Denial
It will probably perform better than the card in this rumor, but I doubt the power will be less. It will probably also cost $1000, so yeah.
That being said, the rumor states it's a 390x. If that's the case I'm really not impressed. All this speculation of HBM, 20nm and double the shaders and then we get a benchmark with a 16% increase over a relatively small chip from Nvidia? And the author is shocked by that? Come on.
Prince Valiant
Stock would flying off the shelves if that's how it went :P; I assume this is the 390(X) though.
Ryu5uzaku
Somehow Veterans comment is full of troll once again 😯
Sempaii
Is that all, well gees ill stay with my msi 970 G for now.
When starcitizen is rls ill pick a 970 more an go sli. more then anof for me. 😉
Undying
His comments about every AMD card is : Titan II will beat this, I guarantee it.
I guess he really want to get rid of his 1,000$. 😀
Denial
It also may be a 310x, it may not even be real, it may be a giant elephant powering a nuclear reactor attached to a cog wheel system that somehow magically computates frames. I mean all this **** is rumor and I can only go by what they are saying.
Even if the final product ends up 25% faster then a 980, I still won't be impressed by it. I honestly wasn't even impressed with the 980, every day I question why I even own one. But at least there I can kinda understand why it doesn't live up to my expectations. It was a minor arch change on the same process with no major marquee features. With the 390x, supposedly, you have a die shrink, HBM, nearly double the shaders and maybe it performs 25% faster then a 980? Nvidia can easily just double the 980 on 20nm. Same way they did with the 680 -> 780. Then what is AMD's response?
I guess I'm just disappointed. I expected AMD to have a major architecture revamp, I expected all these marquee features they've been talking about to come together and bring something that puts them significantly ahead of Nvidia. Not 16% ahead, but 50-60% ahead. The last AMD card I owned was a 4870x2, I haven't found a reason to buy any of their cards since then. They need to give me a good reason to come back.
vbetts
Moderator
I hope it is! It's AMD's next high end card, it should be!
Rich_Guy
Well this article from Wccf states its a 390, but the original article, from Chiphell, when its been translated, says its the midrange 380, so who knows, but the 390 is rumoured to be on 20nm, have HMB etc...., so could it only be 16% faster than the 980 (if this is indeed the 390) ?
Another thing that baffles is, if it is the 390, then why does it need that hybrid cooling of the 295x2 its supposedly going to have, when from this, its hardly much hotter/power hungry than the 980, and less power hungry, and cooler than the 290. :P
alanm
It must be the mid-range part. Cant believe AMD would come out with a top card with only marginal performance over 980.
Rich_Guy
I think it is, as thats what ChipHell say it is, and thats the original source, and as i said above, if it was that much cooler, less power hungry than the 290, i doubt it would need that hybrid cooling.
sykozis
If that really is the 380 or 380X, I'll buy....if it's the 390 or 390X, I'll skip it. If a 390 needs a hybrid cooler for that kind of power draw, it's not worth the expense of completely redoing my (simple) water loop to accommodate it.
