AMD 8970 Info

[Excalabur50]

G'day peeps here is a link to AMD giving info about there upcoming 8970 also it is supposed to be coming out in October but i don't have the link to that here http://www.amd.com/us/Documents/AMD_Radeon_HD_8970_Feature_Summary.pdf
Enjoy

 

[AverageNinja]

This is just the OEM version, which was released a year ago.
It's basically a 7970 with a new sticker on it

 

[Excalabur50]

This is just the OEM version, which was released a year ago.
It's basically a 7970 with a new sticker on it

Oh ok didn't realize it was old info

 

[Zims]

Anyway I`m interested in Toms review of the card

 

[AverageNinja]

Anyway I`m interested in Toms review of the card

This isn't the real 8970 mate, and it isn't available to consumers
It's an OEM card, and it's just a rebranded 7970. It was released October 2012

 

[Zoot]

Latest Rumor - http://videocardz.com/42999/amd-will-take-radeon-hd-8900-series-to-hawaii

Make of it what you will, the story for the 8000 series changes every week. The only substance in the article is the stuff in new drivers .ini file, everything else is just baseless speculation.

 

[You_What?]

Guess we'll have to wait for the cards to show up!

My head's hurting...

 

[nightlitezzz]

I'm pretty sure the 8xxx is a refresh of the 7xxx.

 

[Mike306]

I expect the new 8 series cards will be out in time for BF4.

 

[iBeInspire]

Latest Rumor - http://videocardz.com/42999/amd-will-take-radeon-hd-8900-series-to-hawaii

Make of it what you will, the story for the 8000 series changes every week. The only substance in the article is the stuff in new drivers .ini file, everything else is just baseless speculation.

Wait, no 8850..?
Shoot, I was gonna upgrade to that :/

 

[vorticalbox]

Wait, no 8850..?
Shoot, I was gonna upgrade to that :/

still only rumours

 

[GiYOM]

i want to see if the new amd series will perform better than the titan

 

[Zoot]

still only rumours

Yup, the story changes every week. Unless you hear anything from AMD themselves take it with a massive grain of salt.

The latest roadmap they had out, had the 7000 series lasting all of 2013, with the focus being on developer collaboration and driver development (which is time very well spent) instead. I'm not sure if they've released another roadmap since.

 

[SieB]

Latest on the 8000 series I have seen is this which is strait from AMD.

Although it doesn't say when they are coming it does confirm that they are.

http://www.eteknix.com/amd-promises-better-coolers-on-hd-8000/

 

[Excalabur50]

Latest on the 8000 series I have seen is this which is strait from AMD.

Although it doesn't say when they are coming it does confirm that they are.

http://www.eteknix.com/amd-promises-better-coolers-on-hd-8000/

Very interesting nice one SieB

 

[Zoot]

Although it doesn't say when they are coming it does confirm that they are.

Yeah the only message I got from when I read that was that the next gen cards will have better coolers. Lacking of course what said "Next Gen" is.

The new coolers aren't a bad thing though. The blowers that are on the current reference cards are damn noisey it seems. If the new reference coolers are anything like the one on the reference 7990 then they'll be effective and quiet at the same time.

 

[SieB]

Yeah the only message I got from when I read that was that the next gen cards will have better coolers. Lacking of course what said "Next Gen" is.

They aren't allowed to say until AMD officially announce it.

They are coming, it's just a matter of when. The news about driver support for 8000 series cards in the latest drivers most likely means there are, or will be engineering samples soon. I don't see why they would include driver support for 8000 series cards that don't exist otherwise.

Still, who knows everything is just rumours at the moment but the driver support is real anyway. I hope they do come later this year, my GPU upgrade trigger finger is twitching.

 

[Dicehunter]

My GPU upgrade trigger finger is twitching.

Same here ^_^

 

[You_What?]

Same here ^_^

Must be contagious? :lol:

 

[Dicehunter]

Must be contagious? :lol:

Damn right it is, 780 is ok'ish but I need something with power.