AMD will reportedly be releasing Vega as part of the RX 500 series

[WYP]

AMD will reportedly be releasing Vega as part of the RX 500 series, with both Vega 10 and 11 based GPUs as part of their new graphics lineup.



Read more on AMD's RX 500 series.

 

[Shingara]

so what exactly is rx490 going tobe ?

 

[WYP]

so what exactly is rx490 going tobe ?

That is the thing, the RX 490 may not even exist. It is just a name afterall, AMD can brand it as anything they want. RX 590, RX Fury etc etc.

We won't know what it is called for sure until AMD announce it.

 

[Shingara]

ow i agree on the naming thing, im more on about how games companys let it slip through reccomended stuff etc.

 

[Kourgath223]

so what exactly is rx490 going tobe ?

Well if these latest rumors turn out to be true then we won't get an RX 490, which as far as I know was never confirmed to exist in the first place and the rumored existence of the card was based off how things were done in the 200 and 300 series cards.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

There was still the Polaris 12 and XT2 that was rumoured a while.

 

[WYP]

ow i agree on the naming thing, im more on about how games companys let it slip through reccomended stuff etc.

I'll be honest, my theory is that Bethesda put that on their site on purpose, as it gave the High Res Texture pack a lot more press than it would have otherwise.

It is likely that they are just as in the dark as any of us are, unless the developer is particularly close to AMD. Bethesda are Nvidia leaning, so it is unlikely that AMD told them much or anything in advance.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Well kinda figured this would happen. I mean, a whole new range of cards and you have to start at 490? Makes no sense. I don't see how two different Vega chips could possibly fit into that

 

[BigDaddyKong]

opcorn:

 

[AlienALX]

It is looking like the 490 was a dual chip RX 480. AMD probably realised quite quickly that they would basically be releasing a card that did not work, hence changing their minds.

 

[The_Governour]

I hope that they did ditch the *dual 480s* thought, so we might actually get some more proper horse power.

Imagine what if AMD did the same with the GPU line up as with Rysen, majing it more or less the same but half the price.

Seeing a Titan XP from AMD but at 600€ etc

 

[NeverBackDown]

Got quite a while before it releases tho