AMD Radeon 8000 Series Dates?

[T4C Fantasy]

lol I love how people from tweaktown used the spec data I put in there back in September of 2012

I made a wiki portal from my user page to great pages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Matthew_Anthony_Smith

 

[eidairaman1]

lol I love how people from tweaktown used the spec data I put in there back in September of 2012

I made a wiki portal from my user page to great pages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Matthew_Anthony_Smith

instead of doing their own database they steal someone elses work. Good Job on What You do Here though T4C

 

[Primalz]

Those are mobile parts, the numbers are incorrect.

according to AMD the Sea Islands parts are shipping to OEMs as we speak. Who knows how long it will take to manufacture the boards and fill stock.

this is reasonably accurate as of right now, although i have to question the numbering of the Sea Islands parts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units

we are basically waiting for the Curacao, and Hainan parts. (and potentially the Aruba part -x2, which will probably never happen)

So i can't see anywhere where it says mobile parts? the shader count core config seems to be correct, but the code names have changed...
http://australia.tweaktown.com/news...cking_5_1_billion_transistors_each/index.html

 

[Bluefox1115]

Save yourself a few hundred dollars and get yourself 2x 7970's. It will probably be the same price as a single 8970 when they release, and the 7970's incur a price drop..

 

[radrok]

Save yourself a few hundred dollars and get yourself 2x 7970's. It will probably be the same price as a single 8970 when they release, and the 7970's incur a price drop..

I hardly doubt that, still I'd rather pay 30-40% more for a single 8970 over a 7970 than a bit more for a couple 7970, single card is king.

 

[The Mac]

So i can't see anywhere where it says mobile parts? the shader count core config seems to be correct, but the code names have changed...
http://australia.tweaktown.com/news...cking_5_1_billion_transistors_each/index.html

Mars/Venus/oland are mobile parts...

discrete parts are Hainan, Curacao, and Aruba(if they make an x2 this round)

those graphics are old, and wrong...

 

[Bluefox1115]

I hardly doubt that, still I'd rather pay 30-40% more for a single 8970 over a 7970 than a bit more for a couple 7970, single card is king.

I don't think there would be much of a performance difference between the 7970 and the 8970, seeing how its just a revision. Crossfired 7970's would almost certainly beat out any single card setup unless it were a dual gpu card. Just my opinion though. When it comes down to it, it's your money and your decision.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

Mars/Venus/oland are mobile parts...

discrete parts are Hainan, Curacao, and Aruba(if they make an x2 this round)

those graphics are old, and wrong...

oland is destop, oland = mars

 

[The Mac]

oland is destop, oland = mars

i respectfully disagree, while Oland is a Sea Island GCN2 chip, the planet designation IS CLEARLY mobile.

so, again, that graphic is for Mobile parts, its in error.

AMD has used planet to designate mobile chips for 2 gens now.

Again Desktop high/mid parts will be Curacao, Hainan, and Aruba. NOT OLAND.

There may be a few low end oland parts, but who cares...

 

[T4C Fantasy]

i disagree, while Oland is a Sea Island GCN chip, the planet designation IS mobile.

so, again, that graphic is for Mobile parts, its in error.

AMD has used planet to designate mobile chips for 2 gens now.

Again Desktop parts will be Curacao, Milama, and Aruba.

NOT OLAND.

Oland is the 8500/8600 series desktop, its been confirmed

 

[The Mac]

Oland is the 8500/8600 series desktop, its been confirmed

it is also the basis for the mobile chips.

like i said, low end desktop.

Add the planetary designation, and you have mobile.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

it is also the basis for the mobile chips.

like i said, low end desktop.

im referring to the naming only, and as far as naming goes, no mobile part is called oland for amd

 

[The Mac]

im referring to the naming only, and as far as naming goes, no mobile part is called oland for amd

no, they usually call them planets. (Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Neptune, etc)

but for CGN2 they are based on oland.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

no, they usually call them planets. (Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, etc)

but for CGN2 they are based on oland.

.............

I don't have time for this

 

[The Mac]

.............

I don't have time for this

i agree, its a pointless debate...

moving right along...

 

[The Mac]

for those interested:

http://techreport.com/review/24218/a-driver-update-to-reduce-radeon-frame-times

 

[radrok]

I don't think there would be much of a performance difference between the 7970 and the 8970, seeing how its just a revision. Crossfired 7970's would almost certainly beat out any single card setup unless it were a dual gpu card. Just my opinion though. When it comes down to it, it's your money and your decision.

7970 CFX WILL be faster than a single 8970, no doubt (unless AMD has been working with aliens lately), but take this advice from a fellow that has been running multiple (3+) GPUs since 4k series, there is nothing better than achieving your target performance with a single GPU.

So many LESS problems.

 

[Bluefox1115]

7970 CFX WILL be faster than a single 8970, no doubt (unless AMD has been working with aliens lately), but take this advice from a fellow that has been running multiple (3+) GPUs since 4k series, there is nothing better than achieving your target performance with a single GPU.

So many LESS problems.

Personally I am currently running a simgle 7970, with the intent on buying another within the next month or two. I have also run dual cards before, as well as single top of the line cards. I miss my 8800GTX.. or SLI 7800GT copper cooler edition BFG's. I do agree 100%, but I think the decision will come down to what is to be expected of this setup, as well as budget, preference, etc. I think this solves this entire debackle.. lol

 

[Nordic]

I wonder how the 8970 will compare to my 1300/1600 7970

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

I wonder how the 8970 will compare to my 1300/1600 7970

im wondering what an 8970 will clock up to since your getting 1300, waterblocked we might be in for a treat

 

[BondExtreme]

(News Update)

So it's official. AMD announced that for 2013, they are going to be focusing on expanding the 7000 series. In Q4 2013 or Q1 2014 they will be announcing specs on the 8000 series.

http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-2013-roadmap-confirms-radeon-hd-8000-series-q4-2013/

 

[radrok]

So this shall be the year of the Titan, no way I'm going to wait Q1 2014***.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

So this shall be the year of the Titan, no way I'm going to wait Q1 2004.

I wouldn't want to wait until "2004" either, but I will for 2014 read my system specs, my next major upgrade will be a broadwell with ddr4 support and pcie 4 and hd 9970, or w/e cpu is out when pcie4 is out and ddr4 could be skymont... either way im holding off for awhile

 

[radrok]

Good catch, sorry for the typo

 

[Pehla]

did amd made oficial announcment about this or just one more rumor??
its actualiy rely wierd,they claim'd that they alredy have that gpu rdy in november,it should be out in next few days...what the hell hapend?i hate comercialist!! soo many lies told by them.. freaks!!
well thiese cards now are good enough for games released by now..let just hope games developers will made beter game coding(optimizing) for beter use of hardware...