AMD's new Flagship GPU Pictured!

[WYP]

AMD's next Flagship GPU has been pictured thanks to DICE's Johan Andersson.

Read ore on AMD's next Generation Flagship GPU here.

 

[barnsley]

Looks pretty funky. Full cover block from the factory maybe? Here's hoping its a good card as it doesn't look as ugly as the last reference card AMD made.

 

[Tripp]

Oooooo i want more info haha, come on amd get in the game already

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

This is way more beautiful than the 290x reference cooler!

 

[Ghosthud1]

Great looking tech, wonder how small the card actually is compared to something like the 290x. Imagine how dwarfed it'll be in an E-ATX build.

 

[Dicehunter]

At least 50% more powerful than the 290X or it's a fail.

 

[Tripp]

At least 50% more powerful than the 290X or it's a fail.

How do you work that out?

 

[Dicehunter]

How do you work that out?

I didn't I'm just hoping ^_^

 

[Permafrost]

I wonder if the AIO cooler could be incorporated into a custom loop...?!
also if it needs an AIO in the first place worries me.

 

[MrKambo]

At least 50% more powerful than the 290X or it's a fail.

dude....its not a fail is it?

i've never seen anything which has a 50% increase across the board in performance over its predecessor?

im pretty sure the process node is still 28nm, so im not expecting massive numbers just alot more efficient architecture, 10-20% increase across the board would be decent, i mean the 290X isnt a slouch!

 

[Feronix]

I wonder if the AIO cooler could be incorporated into a custom loop...?!
also if it needs an AIO in the first place worries me.

What I'm wondering is if an AIO cooler would also cool the memory and such. Cause if it's just the GPU itself, and you put the rest in a closed-off shroud with no airflow... hmeh


Also, that Radeon logo looks like someone pasted it on in Paint and forgot the remove the background colour from in-between the letters.

 

[Tripp]

dude....its not a fail is it?

i've never seen anything which has a 50% increase across the board in performance over its predecessor?

im pretty sure the process node is still 28nm, so im not expecting massive numbers just alot more efficient architecture, 10-20% increase across the board would be decent, i mean the 290X isnt a slouch!

Agreed a good efficancy improvement an a bump in performance is what i am exspecting chip wise, though the whole HBM thing could bring more to the table

 

[Permafrost]

What I'm wondering is if an AIO cooler would also cool the memory and such. Cause if it's just the GPU itself, and you put the rest in a closed-off shroud with on airflow... hmeh

i was thinking the same, and hoping to see something like the Poseidon cards that would be nice.

best of both worlds

 

[Tripp]

The vram is on the chip thats how the card has shrunk so much, vrms an such are still on the pcb though

 

[MrKambo]

The vram is on the chip thats how the card has shrunk so much, vrms an such are still on the pcb though

Should be able to have more VRM's has card is physically smaller, which means extended PCB with better VRM designs equals better overcloking and just general power delivery

15 phase for the core :wub:

 

[Tripp]

Should be able to have more VRM's has card is physically smaller, which means extended PCB with better VRM designs equals better overcloking and just general power delivery

15 phase for the core :wub:

Haha not sure how theyre going to do it, but i am sure as hell wanting to find out

 

[MrKambo]

Haha not sure how theyre going to do it, but i am sure as hell wanting to find out

And this ladies and gentleman drives the market

 

[Ghosthud1]

Yeah the HBM is in the same package as the GPU, I'd be more worried about heat density more than anything, although the HBM is supposed to be very energy efficent and low voltage.

The 28nm process is very mature so I'd expect a big die size and a chunky heat spreader to help out.

 

[Tripp]

Yeah the HBM is in the same package as the GPU, I'd be more worried about heat density more than anything, although the HBM is supposed to be very energy efficent and low voltage.

The 28nm process is very mature so I'd expect a big die size and a chunky heat spreader to help out.

Aye well it shouldnt be too long until we find out whats what, i do hope that this gos well for amd though

 

[barnsley]

Still no real conformation of naming though, am I right?

We know that there are OEM cards out/coming out that use the '3xx' format HOWEVER if you remember the 8xxx series of GPU were OEM only.

If I've missed something, I'm an idiot.