AMD Radeon Pro Duo may Launch on April 28th

[WYP]

Rumors suggest that AMD's Radeon Pro Duo may Launch on April 28th, offering 16TFLOPS of FP32 performance, making this GPU more powerful in some cases than even the newly announced Nvidia Tesla P100.

Read more on AMD's Radeon Pro Duo Launch Date.

 

[Porxster]

Won't outperform dual R9 FuryX or dual 980Ti ???
Oh well, an enterprise product anyways...
Patience is in order for the next six months...

 

[barnsley]

Won't outperform dual R9 FuryX or dual 980Ti ???
Oh well, an enterprise product anyways...
Patience is in order for the next six months...

Since when have dual GPU cards ever outperformed two gpus in SLI/Crossfire?



I'm in two minds about this card. I've been waiting for a while to upgrade to a new monster dual GPU card but on the other hand no nVidia counterpart (yet) and the issue of cooling means this card could be junk. Either way, as is always the case with AMD dual gpu cards it'll be £700 in 3 months time so that'll be the best time to buy one.

 

[Kaapstad]

Since when have dual GPU cards ever outperformed two gpus in SLI/Crossfire?



I'm in two minds about this card. I've been waiting for a while to upgrade to a new monster dual GPU card but on the other hand no nVidia counterpart (yet) and the issue of cooling means this card could be junk. Either way, as is always the case with AMD dual gpu cards it'll be £700 in 3 months time so that'll be the best time to buy one.

2 GTX 690s often out performed 4 GTX 680s when benching.

 

[Kushiro]

If only this came 3-4 months earlier. Would have actually considered getting 2 of these for a low maintenance build.

 

[barnsley]

2 GTX 690s often out performed 4 GTX 680s when benching.

we're talking stock for stock, not fully blocked up .

 

[Kaapstad]

we're talking stock for stock, not fully blocked up .

Mine still have their reference coolers, they used to give the GTX 680s a very hard time on the 3dmark11 benches.

 

[Agost]

Since when have dual GPU cards ever outperformed two gpus in SLI/Crossfire?

The 295X2 did

 

[TPC]

The 295X2 did

not in a stock configuration. A normal 290X can reach 1150mhz easily overclocked. My 295 can reach that too on both cores but heat is a big issue. I have 2 Noiseblocker Black silent PLPS on its radiator and it still reaches it's thermal limit of 75°C when having them at an acceptable speed. I have to run them at 100% when benching this card at 1150mhz. On a stock config with a single stock fan you wouldn't have any luck at all.

 

[Kushiro]

Actually I have a 295x2 myself and even when I was using it on 35c + days (ambient would be something like 25-28) the card was fine. Granted its radiator was mounted at the front. Temps in the low to mid 70s when under load.

The 295x2 reference model was never designed to be overclocked. Trying is pretty much just asking for trouble. Both the cooling and power delivery are just adequate for its stock config.

 

[TPC]

Actually I have a 295x2 myself and even when I was using it on 35c + days (ambient would be something like 25-28) the card was fine. Granted its radiator was mounted at the front. Temps in the low to mid 70s when under load.

The 295x2 reference model was never designed to be overclocked. Trying is pretty much just asking for trouble. Both the cooling and power delivery are just adequate for its stock config.

Yeah stock is fine here too. Just over 60°C with 25°C ambient. Just OC is giving it a hard time not only because of the GPU's themselves also because VRM and the PLX Chip that get even hotter.

 

[Kushiro]

Thats what I said. The reference 295x2 was built for stock configs. It was never meant for overclocking. Its cooling and power etc is just adequate for stock.

The 295x2 reference model was never designed to be overclocked. Trying is pretty much just asking for trouble. Both the cooling and power delivery are just adequate for its stock config.