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Specifications for AMD's R9 "Fury" Nano have been leaked, confirming that the GPU has 4096 GCN cores and uses full AMD Fiji Silicon.

See the specification of AMD's R9 Nano.

See the specification of AMD's R9 Nano.
I've never understood this whole thing with TDP etc? :huh:...
And no backplate, whaaat? :mellow:...
I've never understood this whole thing with TDP etc? :huh:...
And no backplate, whaaat? :mellow:...
TDP stands for Thermal Design Power, and it simply is how much heat a component produces or how much power it consumes.
AMD have lowered the TDP drastically by reducing clock speeds, moving the GPU to a much more efficient lower clocked state.
Typically when you increase clock speeds you get diminishing returns when it comes to power consumption, hence why more efficient models of CPUs and GPUs tend to be running at lower clocks.
From what I can see from leaked information AMD R9 Nano's clock speed fluctuates to maintain a low TDP, with a max clock speed of 1000MHz.
This is a simple guess, but with this being at a similar size to Nvidia's competing GTX 970 for MATX powerhouse I imagine that AMD wins by a margin of 20-30% or so, which is awesome for AMD.
Cool, thanks for that nice explanation bud
So this, the AMD R9 Nano, will be the "direct" competitior to Nvidia's GTX 970?...
Closer to the 980 in reality judging from various bits of info floating around.
The tipping point here needs to be the price..
Cool, thanks for that nice explanation bud
So this, the AMD R9 Nano, will be the "direct" competitior to Nvidia's GTX 970?...
Ohhh nice one, tasty ^_^ ... Does anyone perhaps know if this will be like the Titan of Nvidia or will it come with custom PCBs and custom coolers?. Would be nice to have this with a semi passive cooler![]()
So basically a fury X waterblock would fit this card?
ahh okey no doubt EK will have one out soon![]()
AMD's upcoming super-compact graphics card, the Radeon R9 Nano, will be faster than NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 980, and a whopping 30% faster than the GTX 970, according to the company. At its size, it will offer the fastest pixel-crunching solution for compact ITX/SFF gaming PC builders, and that is something AMD want to capitalize on. If what we're hearing is true, then not only will the R9 Nano have the same core-config as the R9 Fury X, but also its price - US $649.99. At this price, the R9 Nano definitely isn't going to affect sales of the GTX 970 or GTX 980, which are currently going for as low as $299 and $465, respectively; but serve as a "halo product," targeted at SFF gaming PC builders.
woah $649 = £419 that's quite expensive I would have expected it to be cheaper tbh![]()