AMD Radeon R9 260 and R9 255 for OEMs

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Correct... R9. AMD is spinning around with GPUs and will introduce two sub-$180 graphics cards specifically for OEMs. It is the the "Cape Verde" based Radeon R9 255 and the "Bonaire" based Radeon R9 260.AMD updated its website to show R9 255 and R9 260 in the Radeon R9 section of its OEM products page.



Lists of these entries in latest drivers:

1002&DEV_665C&SUBSYS_29321462
"%AMD665C.2%" = ati2mtag_R505, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_665C&SUBSYS_29341462
"%AMD665C.3%" = ati2mtag_R505, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_665C&SUBSYS_8770148C
"%AMD665C.4%" = ati2mtag_R505, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_665C&SUBSYS_9260148C
"%AMD665C.5%" = ati2mtag_R505, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_665C

Descriptor "%AMD665C.2%" is linked to R9 255, and "%AMD665C.4%" with R9 260. Device IDs of the two also point at R9 255 being based on the "Cape Verde" silicon, and R9 260 being based on "Bonaire." 

Radeon R9 255 

  • 28 nm "Cape Verde" silicon (derived from the device ID)
  • 512 stream processors, 32 TMUs
  • 128-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface
  • 930 MHz core clock
  • Up to 2 GB standard memory amount, with 6.50 GHz memory clock
  • 104 GB/s memory bandwidth
  • Draws power from a single 6-pin PCIe connector 

    Radeon R9 260 
  • 28 nm "Bonaire" silicon (derived from the device ID)
  • 896 stream processors, 56 TMUs
  • 128-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface
  • 1100 MHz core clock
  • Up to 2 GB standard memory amount, with 6.50 GHz memory clock
  • 104 GB/s memory bandwidth
  • Draws power from a single 6-pin PCIe connector

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