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AMD Radeon HD 7790 "Bonaire" Detailed Some More

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A) The 6790 was on a gleded "Barts", so is why it had 256-Bit.

B) Show me another AMD/ATI that has used 192-Bit?

C) 768Sp is 20% over the 640 of Cape Verde, 896Sp would 40%; while 896Sp part would be ~12% less the 7850 1024Sp of the 7850 Pitcairn. Consider there's about a 50% difference in perfromance from 640/1024 (plus over 100% memory bandwidth) I'm leaning to the 896Sp part while holding to a ~90 Gb/s memory bandwidth on 128-Bit. That might be what they need to be as they said close to a 7850, along with the 7770 more than 25% behind a GTX650Ti I think a 896Sp part will be. Unless the GNC2 has more bang in each shader.

AMD/ATI never used 192 bit-True. But that does not mean they will never use it. I am pretty much certain that it will not be a 128 bit one. Memory bus width is one of the most important characteristics of a GPU. Increasing clock speed won't just do the job. It is just like increasing the memory frequency of RAM instead of making dual channel. You will be never able to achieve the bandwidth of dual channel memory using single channel unless it is overclocked from say 1600 MHz to 2600 MHz.
 
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Because TechPowerUp's and HWI's articles are closer to Heise's than Tom's. Unless you're dumb enough to find merit in "786 stream processors, GNC 2.0, and 22 nm" (Tom's editorial butchering).



More commenting on the message, less menstruating on the messenger. ;)

Nice, very Pro. :toast:

A more informative News post with information already provided by the original source leads to a more informed user base.


Maybe its better to have put this in the feedback section.
 

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A more informative News post with information already provided by the original source leads to a more informed user base.

Fascinating. Tell me more (here).

Maybe its better to have put this in the feedback section.

Looking forward to having the last word on your feedback.
 

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o noes i posted an article from Tom's and ppls panties are all in a bunch now.
 
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I am pretty much certain that it will not be a 128 bit one. Memory bus width is one of the most important characteristics of a GPU.

When it comes to "budget friendly gaming" they could get on with 192-Bit, but wouldn’t that mean a different or change of their memory controller also… That would be a huge transformation, that even btarunr in post #19 articulately shot down. While remember the 7770 dropped bandwidth over the 6770 like 7%, both were 128-Bit. Did it hurt performance... Nope! The 7770 was still above it like 18%, that was all GNC architecture and achieved all that with 20% lower TDP, not like the 6770 was terrible to begin with.

I still see 128-Bit as sufficient by just spec’n in faster GDDR5, which has come a long way since the 7770 was originally developed at 4500Mhz (effective). Reference 7770 has 1250 MHz (5000 MHz GDDR5 effective) more often still, but many GTX650Ti use 1500 MHz (6000 MHz GDDR5 effective). I think if AMD will run at 1500Mhz that’s 20% increase which should give them something above to 90Gb/s bandwidth, which I’m sure they’ve tested to deduce it's sufficient and doesn’t bottleneck 1920x resolution. Perhaps look at a GTX660 similar… GK106 with 8% increase in clock and one extra SMX, it has 192-Bit pumping 144 Gb/s or 60% more bandwidth. All that together delivers 35% better performance at 1920x from a GTX650Ti that's running say 1550Mhz. How much is that chip/SMX (25% more computing power running 8% faster), while how much is bandwidth? Hard to know?

While I entirely agree memory "bandwidth" is an important attribute, what I contemplate; does it really expound on game FpS, or in the ability turn up the settings given the changes "Bonaire" has in store? Hard to know, but it not a given... ;)
 
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Here’s another thinking, each GNC compute units = 64. 7770 = 10 computes or 640 (Sp) Shader part. While the 7870 has 20 computes yeilding 1280Sp; 7850/16/1024 Sp.

- 12 Compute units = 768 Sp or 20% (that isn’t enough oomph to get close to a 7850 and should've been what a 7770 release with)
- 13 = 832 Sp or 30% (nice, but odd number computes have yet be in GNC architecture)
- 14 = 896 or 40% more than a 7770, while a >25% in bandwidth would make the sweet-spot. The 7850 has 16 compute units 1024 Sp ~15% more than 896Sp.

Unless "Bonaire" has been juggled at the compute level, like AMD moved to say 72 per compute units each, an idea I don't completely discount. I'm thinking a 896 Shader part clocked at around 1050Mhz; memory chugging 5800mhz effective on 128-Bit.
 
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Here’s another thinking, each GNC compute units = 64. 7770 = 10 computes or 640 (Sp) Shader part. While the 7870 has 20 computes yeilding 1280Sp; 7850/16/1024 Sp.

- 12 Compute units = 768 Sp or 20% (that isn’t enough oomph to get close to a 7850 and should've been what a 7770 release with)
- 13 = 832 Sp or 30% (nice, but odd number computes have yet be in GNC architecture)
- 14 = 896 or 40% more than a 7770, while a >25% in bandwidth would make the sweet-spot. The 7850 has 16 compute units 1024 Sp ~15% more than 896Sp.

Unless "Bonaire" has been juggled at the compute level, like AMD moved to say 72 per compute units each, an idea I don't completely discount. I'm thinking a 896 Shader part clocked at around 1050Mhz; memory chugging 5800mhz effective on 128-Bit.

Thats some epic double posting dude im kinda glad it was split up in a way.
Could Amd have put more double precision specific shaders in, the open cl benches floating about have me pondering.
 
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Didn't intend that to slight you personally, sorry! What Mini chassis where you constructing in?

With the explanation above you've taken into account several of the GTX650Ti good points, while understand it’s limitation. A GTX650Ti are nice cards, low power/heat in a small package, and if like in your case, one of a small group offer several with rear exhaust. All that said Nvidias' pricing is still wacked... and shouldn’t have anyone anteing-up $160 USD especially at this point. But when in the particular circumstances (like your own), its' fitting and with performance to suite, even if it costs in the wallet... you have to go that direction. :rockout:

The case i built it in is in the following link > http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=179353

Was a custom build using a early case that i fell in love with :)

Yea overall the card is realy good and with it able to exhaust was a big bonues for me, but i do agree the price was to high, i waited a good month or more hopeing for the prices to drop (they didn't realy lol) so i bit the bullet and went for it and im happy with it :)
 
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The case i built it in is in the following link > http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=179353

Was a custom build using a early case that i fell in love with :)

Yea overall the card is realy good and with it able to exhaust was a big bonues for me, but i do agree the price was to high, i waited a good month or more hopeing for the prices to drop (they didn't realy lol) so i bit the bullet and went for it and im happy with it :)

They are good cards. A friend wanted a newer nvidea card to upgrade from his 250. I recommended that card. This is silent and we could not get it above 65c even at load and with max overclock It has such a small heatsink too.
 
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They are good cards. A friend wanted a newer nvidea card to upgrade from his 250. I recommended that card. This is silent and we could not get it above 65c even at load and with max overclock It has such a small heatsink too.

Agreed!! Even with mine in a very tight small space i dont hear it, it is indeed very silent. Also temps are great! with the side panel on my mini PC it reaches around 70c so even in small spaces it just doesn't get hot, very impressed, love the card. Highly recommended :toast:
 
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Sapphire 7790 maybe...





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