AMD GPU'14 Event Detailed, Announces Radeon R9 290X

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Could they found a better speaker ?

who dya want tom cruise ,ok so no ultimate nerd to worship buy apple oh

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Nah. John Travolta. In 1977.

 

[Akrian]

who dya want tom cruise ,ok so no ultimate nerd to worship buy apple oh

Too low bro, too low ( Apple that is).

Well, a speaker should be able to hold your interest, not stutter all the time.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Too low bro, too low ( Apple that is).

Well, a speaker should be able to hold your interest, not stutter all the time.

its the content not the nerd waffle plus im doing three no four things now two vids one net and a guitar happy days

 

[Gradius2]

Let's hope for $499.

 

[Casecutter]

Sorry, I rather trust my source in that event rather than some random internet leak.

I'm sorry I didn't say anything being trusted or fact. Just pointed to a source who's posting information. Notice I never call it Data, while when did some random TPU poster, trump a internet site with an article? BTW… that’s 2 months old, can't keep anything straight, clicking throughout the craziness.


This slide sure looks like a close to almost full-another bar above 7000, let's wait for data!
http://www.techpowerup.com/img/13-09-25/23.jpg

 

[Delta6326]

One click to optimize... Sure sounds familiar.

 

[GC_PaNzerFIN]

while when did some random TPU poster, trump a internet site with an article?

http://muropaketti.com/live-amd-gpu14-tech-day-havaiji

Yeah? It is now on internet site too. I am sure you can find the numbers there with google translate or something. I would trust AMD too, why would they downplay their own card

 

[AsRock]

WOW, they surly got the wrong guy for that stream lol.. in about 5 minutes he just lost around 600 viewers and boring the crap out of me too.

O well back to my game i'll read up on this later

 

[Crap Daddy]

I'm sorry I didn't say anything being trusted or fact. Just pointed to a source who's posting information. Notice I never call it Data, while when did some random TPU poster, trump a internet site with an article? BTW… that’s 2 months old, can't keep anything straight, clicking throughout the craziness.


This slide sure looks like a close to almost full-another bar above 7000, let's wait for data!
http://www.techpowerup.com/img/13-09-25/23.jpg

Gtx 780 stock does 8500

 

[andresgriego]

512bit bus .. woohoo, finally!

AMD should never make the mistake again of not having an uber card with every launch.

Almost want to sell my 680 lightning. ...

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

WOW, they surly got the wrong guy for that stream lol.. in about 5 minutes he just lost around 600 viewers and boring the crap out of me too.

O well back to my game i'll read up on this later

he did and its a shame,,, you missed some exciting Bf4 news (still on)and amd bare metal driver APi news , roll on Mantle and who was it wafflin bare metal api a while ago too

 

[Delta6326]

He sucks at BF4...
Should have put it on hardcore mode.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

He sucks at BF4...
Should have put it on hardcore mode.

koduri is quite the guru and mantle(more specificaly 9x draw calls per sec) might just have stomped nvidia outshadedshu

 

[GC_PaNzerFIN]

koduri is quite the guru and mantle(more specificaly 9x draw calls per sec) might just have stomped nvidia outshadedshu

Just what we need. More vendor specific DSP audio and rendering API.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Just what we need. More vendor specific DSP audio and rendering API.

thats what i said when phsyx came out but fairs fair eh i just got a physx card

and thats all console and one pc vendor specific ,devs are going to love that one api for all, nvidia probably have something similar in the works, well hopefully.

 

[Delta6326]

...I missed the end, did they announce more specs and $$$??

 

[The Von Matrices]

Just to note because AMD never directly said it - the R9 290 series has the only new core. All the other cards are rebrands of existing cores, although the clock speeds may be changed. This would mean the R9 280 is Tahiti, R9 270 is Pitcairn, R7 260 is Bonnaire, and R7 250 is Cape Verde.

The good news about this is that it almost surely means that all these "new" features will be enabled through driver updates rather than some fundamental hardware change in the 2xx series, and thus us 7xxx owners can enjoy the benefits (maybe with the exception of the audio DSP).

What I can't understand is how AMD can promote the anachronism that is the R7 250. This is their 2014 lineup and they're still selling cards with 1GB of memory?! For all this talk about high resolution and detailed effects they certainly don't support it throughout their entire lineup.

 

[Ralfies]

This makes it seem like R7 260X is new silicon. If not, why wouldn't they add "True Audio" to the other re-brands as well?

 

[The Von Matrices]

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/13-09-25/46.jpg
Does this mean R7 260X is new silicon along with Hawaii?

Probably not. It's most likely Bonnaire (aka 7790), which is also a "second generation" GCN chip.

 

[Roph]

Eh, so AMD's "Mantle" thing is basically like 3DFX's Glide?

Even as an AMD user I'm not sure I like the sound of a proprietary API like that. I'd much rather see advancements in their drivers / DirectX to get performance closer to the metal instead.

 

[PopcornMachine]

I was expecting reviews tonight, but I guess it's not to be.

When will NDA be lifted?

 

[GC_PaNzerFIN]

I was expecting reviews tonight, but I guess it's not to be.

When will NDA be lifted?

This info is also under NDA.

 

[Slomo4shO]

That was a disappointing 3 hours... Still no confirmation on specs and no pricing on the top tier cards...

There better be some reviews available prior to the 3rd of October. I for one am not going to blindly preorder something without knowing how it performs...

 

[PopcornMachine]

This info is also under NDA.

Dammmmit! :shadedshu