Monday, November 5th 2012
AMD Readies "Tahiti" Based Radeon HD 7800 Series Product
AMD is reportedly working on a new performance-segment GPU in the Radeon HD 7800 series, based on the 28 nm "Tahiti" silicon (which goes into making HD 7900 series products). The so-called "Tahiti-LE" silicon could help AMD plug a hole between the HD 7870 GHz Edition and HD 7950, getting close to the performance-level of GeForce GTX 660 Ti, at a lower cost. According to a HT4U.net report, AMD is deciding against referring to the new chip as "HD 7930," since the 7900 series is already crowded with five models, and would rather name it something along the lines of "HD 7870 OC."
A similar approach was adopted by NVIDIA in the recent-past, when it created the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-cores, using higher-end GF110 silicon to create an SKU traditionally based on GF114. At this time, one can only speculate what the new HD 7870 specifications sheet could look like. Since "Pitcairn" already achieves clock speeds in the 1 GHz range, AMD is left with other features to tinker with. 1536 GCN stream processors seem like a middle ground between the 1280 SP-laden HD 7870 "Pitcairn," and 1792 SP HD 7950. Memory bus width is another component. The new desktop SKU could launch in mid-November. The new SKU could even be a "limited-edition" for the winter shopping season, much like the GTX 560 Ti 448-core.
Source:
HT4U.net
A similar approach was adopted by NVIDIA in the recent-past, when it created the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-cores, using higher-end GF110 silicon to create an SKU traditionally based on GF114. At this time, one can only speculate what the new HD 7870 specifications sheet could look like. Since "Pitcairn" already achieves clock speeds in the 1 GHz range, AMD is left with other features to tinker with. 1536 GCN stream processors seem like a middle ground between the 1280 SP-laden HD 7870 "Pitcairn," and 1792 SP HD 7950. Memory bus width is another component. The new desktop SKU could launch in mid-November. The new SKU could even be a "limited-edition" for the winter shopping season, much like the GTX 560 Ti 448-core.
66 Comments on AMD Readies "Tahiti" Based Radeon HD 7800 Series Product
the way i understand it they have a 7950 and a 7870 and now they want a 7930 buts its gonna be squished right in betweeen the two mentioned and could also be a 7890 or whatever the hell they want as long as the number falls inbetween ?????? i don't get it lol
I just don't get the need for 4 digits, yes NVIDIA did it but they only utilized the first 2 and the 3rd COULD be used to designate a modification... that made sense
a 690>680>670>660>650>640>630 THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE
7970>7950>7930>7870>7850>7780 this is dumb, yes they are in numerical order buts its like what were they smoking when deciding to increment by 20's when your model number is in the 1,000's LOL
j/k
HD 7870 PRO it is.
LE : Limited (appeal) Edition
SE : Special (needs) Edition
PE : PR only Edition
First number: generation
Second number: class
Third number: modification
X800, X800 SE, X800 GT, X800GTO, X800 Pro, X800XL, X800XT, X800XT Platinum Edition.
Brilliant.. :laugh: