• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

AMD Redoing Radeon HD 7990 Under New Codename - "Malta"

Joined
Apr 19, 2011
Messages
2,198 (0.47/day)
Location
So. Cal.
The original source is Fudzilla and was published Feb 21, 2013, 11day old news. :shadedshu

these will be better binned chips, so they can get those clocks without higher voltage and heat. And at the same time they will try to price it more agressively. I say this can turn out very well.

Not too late, ... It's just not as impressive as the price would imply and that leaves a lot of room for AMD to, just as this article says, slide in a very cost effective and sensible HD 7990.

I'd think a price of $750, while 1Ghz and boost with better on power than the OEM specials 7990. Given its "Malta" designation I'm even wondering if this isn't a chip that's on new silicon... not exactly "Tahiti" based? I mean "New Zealand" was the original designator for the dual "Tahiti", while now hearing "Malta"... something changed. We also know AMD is talking about Bonaire XT (7790) coming, could this also be a "re-spin" with a die size that might be little less (or more) than Tahiti? With some juggling of texture/pixels/transistors that keep as fast, but better on power? We know that dual Tahiti are handily besting a Titian, but AMD probably is looking at a better power envelope as to be in the GTX690 area.
 
Joined
Apr 21, 2008
Messages
5,250 (0.90/day)
Location
IRAQ-Baghdad
System Name MASTER
Processor Core i7 3930k run at 4.4ghz
Motherboard Asus Rampage IV extreme
Cooling Corsair H100i
Memory 4x4G kingston hyperx beast 2400mhz
Video Card(s) 2X EVGA GTX680
Storage 2X Crusial M4 256g raid0, 1TbWD g, 2x500 WD B
Display(s) Samsung 27' 1080P LED 3D monitior 2ms
Case CoolerMaster Chosmos II
Audio Device(s) Creative sound blaster X-FI Titanum champion,Creative speakers 7.1 T7900
Power Supply Corsair 1200i, Logitch G500 Mouse, headset Corsair vengeance 1500
Software Win7 64bit Ultimate
Benchmark Scores 3d mark 2011: testing
aha that's cool, 7990 over 1ghz GPU mean beat gtx690 with 3Gb and priced at 1K it's fu**ed gtx titian, so it will be best chose for 1K price card.
 
Joined
Sep 7, 2011
Messages
2,785 (0.61/day)
Location
New Zealand
System Name MoneySink
Processor 2600K @ 4.8
Motherboard P8Z77-V
Cooling AC NexXxos XT45 360, RayStorm, D5T+XSPC tank, Tygon R-3603, Bitspower
Memory 16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600C8
Video Card(s) GTX 780 SLI (EVGA SC ACX + Giga GHz Ed.)
Storage Kingston HyperX SSD (128) OS, WD RE4 (1TB), RE2 (1TB), Cav. Black (2 x 500GB), Red (4TB)
Display(s) Achieva Shimian QH270-IPSMS (2560x1440) S-IPS
Case NZXT Switch 810
Audio Device(s) onboard Realtek yawn edition
Power Supply Seasonic X-1050
Software Win8.1 Pro
Benchmark Scores 3.5 litres of Pale Ale in 18 minutes.
I'd think a price of $750, while 1Ghz and boost with better on power than the OEM specials 7990.
The GHz Edition Tahiti "XT" isn't an improvement over Tahiti as far as power consumption is concerned, so I'd be inclined to look at the present HD 7990 OCéd numbers for guidance. Hexus's review seems the latest (published 6 hours ago). 1080 Core/ 6200 Effective mem pulls a system total 553 watts (baseline a more modest 438W)
Given its "Malta" designation I'm even wondering if this isn't a chip that's on new silicon... not exactly "Tahiti" based? I mean "New Zealand" was the original designator for the dual "Tahiti", while now hearing "Malta"... something changed
Sure. The original New Zealand was non-boost Tahiti. Given AMD's love of code names is it such a surprise that a now-boosted Tahiti XT receives a new name ?
We also know AMD is talking about Bonaire XT (7790) coming, could this also be a "re-spin" with a die size that might be little less (or more) than Tahiti?
Given that Bonaire sits as the third tier chip (below Hainan and Curacao) it sits where Cape Verde sits in the present line-up. Assuming Pitcairn type performance, the die should be smaller...but I doubt that AMD would use two mainstream (HD 7850-7870 performance) chips to compete against the GTX 690 or Titan....and make no mistake, this HD 7990 is all about the dick-waving and prestige of "fastest card" -something AMD's comedy duo (Devon & Darren) alluded to a few weeks ago- and I picked up on at the time. Wouldn't surprise me if AMD found a use for those leftover Tahiti LE chips though.
aha that's cool, 7990 over 1ghz GPU mean beat gtx690 with 3Gb and priced at 1K it's fu**ed gtx titian, so it will be best chose for 1K price card.
Ah, OK.
You do realize that there are already sub-$1K HD 7990's in the marketplace from PowerColor (2), VTX3D, Club3D, and HIS ? ...and that doesn't seem to have affected Titan uptake to any great extent.
 
Last edited:
Joined
Jul 10, 2010
Messages
1,229 (0.25/day)
Location
USA, Arizona
System Name SolarwindMobile
Processor AMD FX-9800P RADEON R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G
Motherboard Acer Wasp_BR
Cooling It's Copper.
Memory 2 x 8GB SK Hynix/HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF
Video Card(s) ATI/AMD Radeon R7 Series (Bristol Ridge FP4) [ACER]
Storage TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 1TB + KINGSTON RBU-SNS8152S3128GG2 128 GB
Display(s) ViewSonic XG2401 SERIES
Case Acer Aspire E5-553G
Audio Device(s) Realtek ALC255
Power Supply PANASONIC AS16A5K
Mouse SteelSeries Rival
Keyboard Ducky Channel Shine 3
Software Windows 10 Home 64-bit (Version 1607, Build 14393.969)
Malta is a better Tenerife, imo.
 
Joined
Mar 10, 2010
Messages
11,878 (2.32/day)
Location
Manchester uk
System Name RyzenGtEvo/ Asus strix scar II
Processor Amd R5 5900X/ Intel 8750H
Motherboard Crosshair hero8 impact/Asus
Cooling 360EK extreme rad+ 360$EK slim all push, cpu ek suprim Gpu full cover all EK
Memory Corsair Vengeance Rgb pro 3600cas14 16Gb in four sticks./16Gb/16GB
Video Card(s) Powercolour RX7900XT Reference/Rtx 2060
Storage Silicon power 2TB nvme/8Tb external/1Tb samsung Evo nvme 2Tb sata ssd/1Tb nvme
Display(s) Samsung UAE28"850R 4k freesync.dell shiter
Case Lianli 011 dynamic/strix scar2
Audio Device(s) Xfi creative 7.1 on board ,Yamaha dts av setup, corsair void pro headset
Power Supply corsair 1200Hxi/Asus stock
Mouse Roccat Kova/ Logitech G wireless
Keyboard Roccat Aimo 120
VR HMD Oculus rift
Software Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores 8726 vega 3dmark timespy/ laptop Timespy 6506
The GHz Edition Tahiti "XT" isn't an improvement over Tahiti as far as power consumption is concerned, so I'd be inclined to look at the present HD 7990 OCéd numbers for guidance. Hexus's review seems the latest (published 6 hours ago). 1080 Core/ 6200 Effective mem pulls a system total 553 watts (baseline a more modest 438W)

Sure. The original New Zealand was non-boost Tahiti. Given AMD's love of code names is it such a surprise that a now-boosted Tahiti XT receives a new name ?

Given that Bonaire sits as the third tier chip (below Hainan and Curacao) it sits where Cape Verde sits in the present line-up. Assuming Pitcairn type performance, the die should be smaller...but I doubt that AMD would use two mainstream (HD 7850-7870 performance) chips to compete against the GTX 690 or Titan....and make no mistake, this HD 7990 is all about the dick-waving and prestige of "fastest card" -something AMD's comedy duo (Devon & Darren) alluded to a few weeks ago- and I picked up on at the time. Wouldn't surprise me if AMD found a use for those leftover Tahiti LE chips though.

Ah, OK.
You do realize that there are already sub-$1K HD 7990's in the marketplace from PowerColor (2), VTX3D, Club3D, and HIS ? ...and that doesn't seem to have affected Titan uptake to any great extent.
They are already waving the fastest CARD line ala ares 2 ,just a baffling release unless its way cheaper then a 690 imho as for titan uptake nvidia have ardent fans they could release another g92 card as780 and many would buy it, my dumb ass mate for one , he bought 6 different g92s expecting lots each time
 
Joined
Jan 7, 2008
Messages
3,924 (0.66/day)
System Name Main / Home Media Serever
Processor Intel i5 2500k @ 4.75ghz / AMD AM3 5200+ x2
Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance / Biostar 790GX
Cooling Xigmatek Dark Knight / XIGMATEK Apache
Memory 12gb of G.Skill Value Series DDR3 / 4x 1gb DDR2
Video Card(s) XFX Radeon 6870 1gb / Asus Radeon 5450 512mb
Storage 2x Samsung 830 64gb SSD Raid 0 & 750gb WD Blue HDD / OCZ Vertex II 80GB & 10TB of HDD Space
Display(s) 2x Acer 24" LED / Samsung 50" LED
Case Xigmatek Asgard II / APEX PC-389-C
Power Supply Rosewill 750w / Antec EArthwatts 380w
Software Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 / Ubuntu 14.04
Meh I am still milking my 6870. Good enough for skyrim and SC2 right now.
 
Joined
Jul 5, 2008
Messages
336 (0.06/day)
System Name Roxy
Processor i7 5930K @ 4.5GHz (167x27 1.35V)
Motherboard X99-A/USB3.1
Cooling Barrow Infinity Mirror, EK 45x420mm, EK X-Res w 10W DDC
Memory 2x16GB Patriot Viper 3600 @3333 16-20-20-38
Video Card(s) XFX 5700 XT Thicc III Ultra
Storage Sabrent Rocket 2TB, 4TB WD Mechanical
Display(s) Acer XZ321Q (144Mhz Freesync Curved 32" 1080p)
Case Modded Cosmos-S Red, Tempered Glass Window, Full Frontal Mesh, Black interior
Audio Device(s) Soundblaster Z
Power Supply Corsair RM 850x White
Mouse Logitech G403
Keyboard CM Storm QuickFire TK
Software Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores https://valid.x86.fr/e5uz5f
Having had the pleasure of working on both Titans and 7990s I'm impressed by the price performance ratio of the 7990 and the engineering of the Titan. But the 7990 as it is is a brutal design while the Titan feels overpriced when you compare it to the 690 and 7990 (or CFX 7970).

At present it appears that NVIDIA is the one with multi GPU driver issues since neither Quad SLi 690 or Tri-SLi Titan will return correct scores in 3DMark and game performance feels patchy and rough compared to Dual SLi Titan, 680, 690 and to a lesser extent 7970/7990.

If AMD can do a 4890 style update to the 7970/7990 then they have a contender if it's marketed well.
 
Joined
Sep 7, 2011
Messages
2,785 (0.61/day)
Location
New Zealand
System Name MoneySink
Processor 2600K @ 4.8
Motherboard P8Z77-V
Cooling AC NexXxos XT45 360, RayStorm, D5T+XSPC tank, Tygon R-3603, Bitspower
Memory 16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600C8
Video Card(s) GTX 780 SLI (EVGA SC ACX + Giga GHz Ed.)
Storage Kingston HyperX SSD (128) OS, WD RE4 (1TB), RE2 (1TB), Cav. Black (2 x 500GB), Red (4TB)
Display(s) Achieva Shimian QH270-IPSMS (2560x1440) S-IPS
Case NZXT Switch 810
Audio Device(s) onboard Realtek yawn edition
Power Supply Seasonic X-1050
Software Win8.1 Pro
Benchmark Scores 3.5 litres of Pale Ale in 18 minutes.
They are already waving the fastest CARD line ala ares 2 ,just a baffling release unless its way cheaper then a 690 imho
AMD could just re-release the TUL design already in the market and be cheaper than the GTX 690
as for titan uptake nvidia have ardent fans they could release another g92 card as780 and many would buy it
Really?
But then, I saw a number of people on these very forums hailing an overclocked and overvolted 7970 GE as a whole new product, so you could well be right.
If "many" would buy a G92 powered GTX 780, I'd expect even more would shell out for a GK 114 version.

...my dumb ass mate for one , he bought 6 different g92s expecting lots each time
As Euripides noted; "Every man is like the company he wont to keep.”
Your mate isn't a dumb ass, he's a fucking vegetable :) . To buy six different G92's he would have had to downgrade at least twice (i.e. buy a 8800GT >downgrade to 8800 GS > upgrade to a 8800 GTS > upgrade to a 9800 GX2 > downgrade to 9800 GTX > no change in downgrade to GTX+...or skip one or more of those SKU's and downgrade to 9800 GT or downgrade to a GTS 250/240 or downgrade to an OEM card).
 
Joined
Dec 12, 2012
Messages
91 (0.02/day)
Location
Aotearoa, the land of the thieving bees
System Name Enmitynz
Processor Ivy i5 3570k @ 4.6Ghz
Motherboard Asus P8Z77-V
Cooling Corsair H100
Memory 8GB Mushkin Frostbyte 1600mhz 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s) 2 x Sapphire 7970 Vapor-X 3GB in Crossfire
Storage 128GB OCZ Vertex 4 system drive,90GB Vertex 2, 1TB HDD, 3 320GB HDDs
Display(s) Samsung Syncmaster XL2370 1920x1080
Case Coolermaster Storm Stryker
Audio Device(s) Asus Xonar DGX + Sennheiser HD485's/Beats by dre Solos
Power Supply Corsair HX850V2
Software Win 7 Ultimate x64
Codenamed: melter
 

The Declaimer

New Member
Joined
Feb 25, 2013
Messages
18 (0.00/day)
Location
Malaysia
Processor Intel Core i5 3470 3.20 GHz
Motherboard ASUS P8Z77-V
Cooling Stock Intel cooler
Memory Kingston Hyper-X 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s) Sapphire HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 384-bit
Storage 1x Intel 330 120GB SSD, 1x 1TB WD Caviar Black
Display(s) Samsung S23B350H
Case Corsair Carbide 400R
Audio Device(s) Onboard audio
Power Supply 620W SeaSonic M12II
Software Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
Joined
Mar 10, 2010
Messages
11,878 (2.32/day)
Location
Manchester uk
System Name RyzenGtEvo/ Asus strix scar II
Processor Amd R5 5900X/ Intel 8750H
Motherboard Crosshair hero8 impact/Asus
Cooling 360EK extreme rad+ 360$EK slim all push, cpu ek suprim Gpu full cover all EK
Memory Corsair Vengeance Rgb pro 3600cas14 16Gb in four sticks./16Gb/16GB
Video Card(s) Powercolour RX7900XT Reference/Rtx 2060
Storage Silicon power 2TB nvme/8Tb external/1Tb samsung Evo nvme 2Tb sata ssd/1Tb nvme
Display(s) Samsung UAE28"850R 4k freesync.dell shiter
Case Lianli 011 dynamic/strix scar2
Audio Device(s) Xfi creative 7.1 on board ,Yamaha dts av setup, corsair void pro headset
Power Supply corsair 1200Hxi/Asus stock
Mouse Roccat Kova/ Logitech G wireless
Keyboard Roccat Aimo 120
VR HMD Oculus rift
Software Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores 8726 vega 3dmark timespy/ laptop Timespy 6506
AMD could just re-release the TUL design already in the market and be cheaper than the GTX 690

Really?
But then, I saw a number of people on these very forums hailing an overclocked and overvolted 7970 GE as a whole new product, so you could well be right.
If "many" would buy a G92 powered GTX 780, I'd expect even more would shell out for a GK 114 version.


As Euripides noted; "Every man is like the company he wont to keep.”
Your mate isn't a dumb ass, he's a fucking vegetable :) . To buy six different G92's he would have had to downgrade at least twice (i.e. buy a 8800GT >downgrade to 8800 GS > upgrade to a 8800 GTS > upgrade to a 9800 GX2 > downgrade to 9800 GTX > no change in downgrade to GTX+...or skip one or more of those SKU's and downgrade to 9800 GT or downgrade to a GTS 250/240 or downgrade to an OEM card).
He did a lot of side grades and unsuccessfully tried to sli two different cards a 1 and a 2 gig, didn't work so he bought two more identical. I was lost for words when he told me bit he thinks hes got it all sussed. Yeah id buy ref base card add water block and oc myself obv. I was half hopeing for a higher shader count tahiti but clearly dreaming
 
Joined
Apr 21, 2008
Messages
5,250 (0.90/day)
Location
IRAQ-Baghdad
System Name MASTER
Processor Core i7 3930k run at 4.4ghz
Motherboard Asus Rampage IV extreme
Cooling Corsair H100i
Memory 4x4G kingston hyperx beast 2400mhz
Video Card(s) 2X EVGA GTX680
Storage 2X Crusial M4 256g raid0, 1TbWD g, 2x500 WD B
Display(s) Samsung 27' 1080P LED 3D monitior 2ms
Case CoolerMaster Chosmos II
Audio Device(s) Creative sound blaster X-FI Titanum champion,Creative speakers 7.1 T7900
Power Supply Corsair 1200i, Logitch G500 Mouse, headset Corsair vengeance 1500
Software Win7 64bit Ultimate
Benchmark Scores 3d mark 2011: testing
The GHz Edition Tahiti "XT" isn't an improvement over Tahiti as far as power consumption is concerned, so I'd be inclined to look at the present HD 7990 OCéd numbers for guidance. Hexus's review seems the latest (published 6 hours ago). 1080 Core/ 6200 Effective mem pulls a system total 553 watts (baseline a more modest 438W)

Sure. The original New Zealand was non-boost Tahiti. Given AMD's love of code names is it such a surprise that a now-boosted Tahiti XT receives a new name ?

Given that Bonaire sits as the third tier chip (below Hainan and Curacao) it sits where Cape Verde sits in the present line-up. Assuming Pitcairn type performance, the die should be smaller...but I doubt that AMD would use two mainstream (HD 7850-7870 performance) chips to compete against the GTX 690 or Titan....and make no mistake, this HD 7990 is all about the dick-waving and prestige of "fastest card" -something AMD's comedy duo (Devon & Darren) alluded to a few weeks ago- and I picked up on at the time. Wouldn't surprise me if AMD found a use for those leftover Tahiti LE chips though.

Ah, OK.
You do realize that there are already sub-$1K HD 7990's in the marketplace from PowerColor (2), VTX3D, Club3D, and HIS ? ...and that doesn't seem to have affected Titan uptake to any great extent.




but they are not a 1Ghz addition still lower GTX690, i am talking about something beat GTX690 also have 3Gb Vram.
 
Joined
Apr 30, 2008
Messages
4,875 (0.84/day)
Location
Multidimensional
System Name Boomer Master Race
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2Ghz - 5Ghz CPU
Motherboard MSI B650I Edge Wifi ITX Motherboard
Cooling CM 280mm AIO + 2x 120mm Slim fans
Memory G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 32GB 6000MHz
Video Card(s) Galax RTX 4060 8GB (Temporary Until Next Gen)
Storage Kingston KC3000 M.2 1TB + 2TB HDD
Display(s) Asus TUF 24Inch 165Hz || AOC 24Inch 180Hz
Case Cooler Master NR200P Max TG ITX Case
Audio Device(s) Built In Realtek Digital Audio HD
Power Supply CoolerMaster V850 SFX Gold 850W PSU
Mouse Logitech G203 Lightsync
Keyboard Atrix RGB Slim Keyboard
VR HMD ( ◔ ʖ̯ ◔ )
Software Windows 10 Home 64bit
Benchmark Scores Don't do them anymore.
Hope its not a HD6990 style cooler :laugh:
 
Joined
May 13, 2008
Messages
653 (0.11/day)
System Name HTPC whhaaaat?
Processor 2600k @ 4500mhz
Motherboard Asus Maximus IV gene-z gen3
Cooling Noctua NH-C14
Memory Gskill Ripjaw 2x4gb
Video Card(s) EVGA 1080 FTW @ 2037/11016
Storage 2x512GB MX100/1x Agility 3 128gb ssds, Seagate 3TB HDD
Display(s) Vizio P 65'' 4k tv
Case Lian Li pc-c50b
Audio Device(s) Denon 3311
Power Supply Corsair 620HX
I agree with all those wondering if they will use a new chip, I assume we agree on Hainan.

All we really know is that it will use clocks above 1ghz, and let's be realistic, that would use greater than 375w if Tahiti in full spec. If this thing is competing on some level (performance, value alternative, or both) with Titan or 690, it will also compete with them on power envelope, which is 300 or 375w. Full Tahiti GHZ ED just ain't feasible.

While I can't rule out they would staple a couple 7950s together and increase the default core clock/voltage and give it 375w, it would make just as much if not more sense to use the chip everyone is waiting to compete with (on an efficiency level) to 680. The only thing that is iffy is a ram config. Tahiti could use 6GB, perhaps better for 2560, while obviously the other part would likely be 4 (1080p) or 8GB (2560+). 8gb seems questionable if the part comes soon, but 4Gb (512MB) ram chips are coming ~q3-q4.

Who knows what this will end up being, but it will not compete on performance if not 1792sp. Less (1536sp) could be a good value (like 4850x2 back in the day), but it won't get up to 690 level. 2048/384-bit will not be as efficient and use too much power or leave clockspeed efficiency on the table. AMD needs at least 1792x2 @ 1000-1050 and 6700-6800mhz 256-bit or 4500mhz/384-bit for the product to REALLY make any sense outside of being a better value.
 
Last edited:
Joined
Apr 19, 2011
Messages
2,198 (0.47/day)
Location
So. Cal.
The GHz Edition Tahiti "XT" isn't an improvement over Tahiti as
far as power consumption is concerned. The original New Zealand was non-boost Tahiti.
I know that’s why I think "Malta" will be a re-spin of its' own. While a Boost’d chip aren’t different, they’re all Tahiti "XT"; although, TSMC finally started providing better process chips, which AMD then used to implement a version of Boost. 7970's with or without Boost still had Tahiti "XT" chips, just one’s that had correct "low leakage gates" those went for the Boost versions. The reason New Zealand stopped was twofold; TSMC wasn't at first delivering great silicone and then not enough. AMD figured it best to stand-down, as such chip with gate problems would look terrible on power realizing that even before GTX680 hit.

Given that Bonaire sits as the third tier chip (below Hainan and Curacao) it sits where Cape Verde sits in the present line-up. Assuming Pitcairn type performance, the die should be smaller...but I doubt that AMD would use two mainstream (HD 7850-7870 performance) chips to compete against the GTX 690 or Titan.
I'm wasn't saying they’ll use Bonaire XT in the dual, only that AMD seems to have disclose the ability to juggle stuff, the amounts, and placement to get improvements, and might have a revamped version of "Tahiti" that does everything, while needing less power. Ah, but Nvida use what were to orginally be "mainstream" chips (GK104) to do the GTX690... What good for the goose is... :rolleyes:
 
Joined
Sep 7, 2011
Messages
2,785 (0.61/day)
Location
New Zealand
System Name MoneySink
Processor 2600K @ 4.8
Motherboard P8Z77-V
Cooling AC NexXxos XT45 360, RayStorm, D5T+XSPC tank, Tygon R-3603, Bitspower
Memory 16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600C8
Video Card(s) GTX 780 SLI (EVGA SC ACX + Giga GHz Ed.)
Storage Kingston HyperX SSD (128) OS, WD RE4 (1TB), RE2 (1TB), Cav. Black (2 x 500GB), Red (4TB)
Display(s) Achieva Shimian QH270-IPSMS (2560x1440) S-IPS
Case NZXT Switch 810
Audio Device(s) onboard Realtek yawn edition
Power Supply Seasonic X-1050
Software Win8.1 Pro
Benchmark Scores 3.5 litres of Pale Ale in 18 minutes.
i am talking about something beat GTX690 also have 3Gb Vram.
That's 1536MB per chip. Don't think that's going to cut it tbh
I agree with all those wondering if they will use a new chip, I assume we agree on Hainan.
I wouldn't think that AMD would throw new silicon at a low production halo part when there are more deserving markets crying out for that GPU ( enthusiast mobile for instance).
AMD/ATi have never launched a new product line with a dual GPU card first out of the gate, and I'm not sold that they are going to reverse that trend with a bean counter in charge
All we really know is that it will use clocks above 1ghz, and let's be realistic, that would use greater than 375w if Tahiti in full spec. If this thing is competing on some level (performance, value alternative, or both) with Titan or 690, it will also compete with them on power envelope, which is 300 or 375w. Full Tahiti GHZ ED just ain't feasible.
Feasible or not, sometimes you run with what you've got. Review benchmarks invariably only use reference SKU's for on-going comparisons, and at this time, AMD aren't dominating with the 7970GE. My guess (as it was a few weeks ago) is that AMD will just toss in the Tahiti based 7990 as a stop gap measure to break up the Nvidia monopoly in those review graphs. They won't look favourable in power consumption, but that didn't stop AMD launching the 7970GE to combat the GTX 680.
 
Joined
Mar 24, 2012
Messages
528 (0.12/day)
At present it appears that NVIDIA is the one with multi GPU driver issues since neither Quad SLi 690 or Tri-SLi Titan will return correct scores in 3DMark and game performance feels patchy and rough compared to Dual SLi Titan, 680, 690 and to a lesser extent 7970/7990.

the same problem goes for amd when going to 3 or 4 gpu core work in tandem.
 
Joined
May 1, 2008
Messages
1,039 (0.18/day)
Location
Frankfurt/Main - Germany
System Name Shaman of Sexy
Processor AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE@4Ghz EK Supreme Block
Motherboard M3A79-T Deluxe Anfi-Tech Waterblocks
Cooling Magicool 360 + 120 + 120 Slim scythe slipped Laing DDC-1/T
Memory 4GB Corsair Dominator CM2X2048-8500C5D
Video Card(s) Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 EK 4870 X2 Block
Storage RAID 0 Seagate
Display(s) Samsung 226BW 22"
Case CoolerMaster Cosmos RC-1000 in mod progress
Audio Device(s) onboard
Power Supply Coba Nitrox 750W
Software Windows 7 Ultimate
Benchmark Scores http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=1056967
did AMD/ATI self released a 7990 ?
I thought only a few vendors done some own releases and non offical release by AMD/ATI....
since i´ve seen none pcb branded with AMD on the 7990 series

i looking forward for this :cool:
 
Top