AMD Tonga GPU die image shows 384-bit memory bus

[AverageNinja]

During AMD's Carrizo APU presentation, the first die shots of the Tonga GPU were shown. These show a 384-bit memory bus, which is an improvement over the R9 285's 256-bit bus. Will the R9 380x make use of the full potential of Tonga?

Read more on the AMD Tonga GPU die images.

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

Hmm I'm wondering whether this will help developers, reading/writing compressed data means productivity improvements!

 

[Tripp]

you need to change the memory bus on the comparison img

 

[barnsley]

Well the 280/280x were excellent value for money. Here's hoping they can continue that with the 380/380x. AMD are often the best choice at the £150-£200 mark so they can't really afford to screw it up.

 

[Kushiro]

At least they are getting more attention than nVidia did for it.

 

[Warchild]

Well the 280/280x were excellent value for money. Here's hoping they can continue that with the 380/380x. AMD are often the best choice at the £150-£200 mark so they can't really afford to screw it up.

Whats annoying me is everyone classing the 380 etc as a rebrand. Its NOT!

its a respin product. they will give a new bios, new firmware etc. Rebranding is just slapping on a new logo and name. I seriously doubt AMD would dare to do that. I'm expecting these respin cards to have a nudge extra in performance over its previous series.

 

[Kushiro]

Well as much as people want to claim they are rebrands, fact is your right. These cards are technically not rebrands. Apparently the die is actually reconstructed in order to support new features that their predecessors could not support.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Whats annoying me is everyone classing the 380 etc as a rebrand. Its NOT!

its a respin product. they will give a new bios, new firmware etc. Rebranding is just slapping on a new logo and name. I seriously doubt AMD would dare to do that. I'm expecting these respin cards to have a nudge extra in performance over its previous series.

That's what I have been saying.. though some people just don't get it

 

[barnsley]

Whats annoying me is everyone classing the 380 etc as a rebrand. Its NOT!

its a respin product. they will give a new bios, new firmware etc. Rebranding is just slapping on a new logo and name. I seriously doubt AMD would dare to do that. I'm expecting these respin cards to have a nudge extra in performance over its previous series.

I don't get what that has to do with my post? Sorry

All I was saying that the 280/280x were very good value for money and I was hoping their replacements would continue the tradition. Its the one area where AMD were by far the better choice (as the pricing was around 760 money for 770 performance). Until they got rid of them and used the 285 instead, which was crap.

And AMD would very much do that. They have done lazy things in the past. I'm not saying its a given but you can't exactly call it very unlikely..

-edit- and the whole respin/rebrand/rebadged thing is like Gigabytes and Gigabits, people will always mess them up.

 

[d1974]

you need to change the memory bus on the comparison img

Still needs to be changed.....