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AMD Arcturus Could Be The Codename Succeeding Navi?
There is always something new in technology land, in that respect, it certainly does not disappoint. While the Navi is still a lightyear away, the successor to it might be Arcturus. Arcturus is a large red star and the brightest of the constellation of Boötes.
The news reaches us through Phoronix who discovered the Arcturus name today in their forums as an AMD Linux liaison might have slipped something, he should not have. A reader asked him about the numbers involved in modern AMD GPU codenames like Vega 10, 11, and 20 and a preference for going back to GPU codenames like the days of Northern and Southern Islands. He does mention it as a 'could be'.
"We are going back to real codenames where possible (ie where it's not already too late to change), and trying to keep the old "the name vaguely suggests HW generation so it will be easier to remember in the future" model. The first new codename should be Arcturus."
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#5589804 Posted on: 09/27/2018 11:59 PM
u a bully I beat up bully <-- that should make sense u seem 2018 trendy.
all day
u a bully I beat up bully <-- that should make sense u seem 2018 trendy.
all day
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#5589840 Posted on: 09/28/2018 03:56 AM
a bully that speaks the truth.
a bully that speaks the truth.
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#5590436 Posted on: 09/29/2018 11:59 PM
Meanwhile, nVidia will continue to offer new GPUs with features that don't work, either because nVidia "hasn't turned them on in the drivers, yet" (I have *never* understood that nV excuse--it dates from the 3dfx days, and has been used several times by nV over the years..), or because they aren't supported by any 3d API or by game developers--yet, or "new" GPUs that register 10%-20% frame-rate increases over their last gen (but only in selected *benchmarks*, of course), and at non-bargain-basement prices of a mere $800-$1300--what a deal! . Excuse me, I'll pass!....
Seriously, how dumb does nVidia think a person has to be to fall for the RTRT boondoogle--again!? I mean--here's the bottom line--nVidia is selling the RTRT feature in this card but are they shipping a RTRT demo with these inordinately expensive cards? Nope--not on your life--Instead, nVidia buyers are treated to a pre-rendered videoclip of other nVidia GPUs in a very special rig rendering the effects that nVidia swears up and down will be possible , someday, with this $800-$1300 GPU the company wants you to buy..! Something is wrong with this picture, and I should not have to point out what it is... 
AMD desperately needs to pick up the GPU space and come out with another 8GB RX-480 at RX-480 prices of $250-$300, but 50%-100% faster (in reality) over RX-480--and they will own the GPU markets. I should think such a value-oriented beast will be possible @ 7nm.
One thing I'd love to see in GPU reviews is a "compatibility index"--say, in WIn10x64, with a dozen or more classic, old games like those sold through GOG. I mean, I've literally dozens of games installed that range from > 30 years old to ~10 years old, requiring DOSbox on up) in addition to several current releases, of course, and they all run wonderfully well under Win10x64 (Only thing I add is the DX9.0c runtime, which supports up through DX11 on Win10x64) and the latest Adrenalins (18.9.2). It would be very helpful for GPU customers to know which new/er GPUs/drivers support these games and which do not, if any do not. With the addition of the BTIV, I now own 313 Gog titles--installed. I own 52 Steam games, 46 installed; 12 UUplay games installed, and about 23 Origin games installed--Origin is mostly the C&C set. Every single one of them no matter how old runs beautifully with my RX-480 8GB. That sort of compatibility means a great deal to me. (I prefer GOG to Steam because GOG provides me with my own installable game copy--something I learned to expect many years ago, whereas Steam does not. Already my compressed GOG installable copies take up ~700MBs on a dedicated 1TB HDD--the games are installed on my other drives, of course.) If it was possible, I would move everything to GOG and cancel Steam--let it languish, whatever--but I can't get past a few Steam titles I own that are DRM'ed and require Steamworks to be running in order to run. But, as soon as such a game appears on GOG free of DRM I will buy it when it hits a sale price and uninstall my Steam copy, etc.) 'Kay, I have blithered my quota for the day...
Meanwhile, nVidia will continue to offer new GPUs with features that don't work, either because nVidia "hasn't turned them on in the drivers, yet" (I have *never* understood that nV excuse--it dates from the 3dfx days, and has been used several times by nV over the years..), or because they aren't supported by any 3d API or by game developers--yet, or "new" GPUs that register 10%-20% frame-rate increases over their last gen (but only in selected *benchmarks*, of course), and at non-bargain-basement prices of a mere $800-$1300--what a deal! . Excuse me, I'll pass!....
Seriously, how dumb does nVidia think a person has to be to fall for the RTRT boondoogle--again!? I mean--here's the bottom line--nVidia is selling the RTRT feature in this card but are they shipping a RTRT demo with these inordinately expensive cards? Nope--not on your life--Instead, nVidia buyers are treated to a pre-rendered videoclip of other nVidia GPUs in a very special rig rendering the effects that nVidia swears up and down will be possible , someday, with this $800-$1300 GPU the company wants you to buy..! Something is wrong with this picture, and I should not have to point out what it is... AMD desperately needs to pick up the GPU space and come out with another 8GB RX-480 at RX-480 prices of $250-$300, but 50%-100% faster (in reality) over RX-480--and they will own the GPU markets. I should think such a value-oriented beast will be possible @ 7nm.
One thing I'd love to see in GPU reviews is a "compatibility index"--say, in WIn10x64, with a dozen or more classic, old games like those sold through GOG. I mean, I've literally dozens of games installed that range from > 30 years old to ~10 years old, requiring DOSbox on up) in addition to several current releases, of course, and they all run wonderfully well under Win10x64 (Only thing I add is the DX9.0c runtime, which supports up through DX11 on Win10x64) and the latest Adrenalins (18.9.2). It would be very helpful for GPU customers to know which new/er GPUs/drivers support these games and which do not, if any do not. With the addition of the BTIV, I now own 313 Gog titles--installed. I own 52 Steam games, 46 installed; 12 UUplay games installed, and about 23 Origin games installed--Origin is mostly the C&C set. Every single one of them no matter how old runs beautifully with my RX-480 8GB. That sort of compatibility means a great deal to me. (I prefer GOG to Steam because GOG provides me with my own installable game copy--something I learned to expect many years ago, whereas Steam does not. Already my compressed GOG installable copies take up ~700MBs on a dedicated 1TB HDD--the games are installed on my other drives, of course.) If it was possible, I would move everything to GOG and cancel Steam--let it languish, whatever--but I can't get past a few Steam titles I own that are DRM'ed and require Steamworks to be running in order to run. But, as soon as such a game appears on GOG free of DRM I will buy it when it hits a sale price and uninstall my Steam copy, etc.) 'Kay, I have blithered my quota for the day...
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#5590458 Posted on: 09/30/2018 03:24 AM
It is a tad difficult for them to have a Ray Tracing demo when neither Windows or Vulkan have it enabled yet. I get that the prices for these new cards are ridiculous. I'll just stick with my RX480 for as long as I can.
It is a tad difficult for them to have a Ray Tracing demo when neither Windows or Vulkan have it enabled yet. I get that the prices for these new cards are ridiculous. I'll just stick with my RX480 for as long as I can.
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so navi is a revision to finally compete with 1080ti 2014 card? so we still wont have a decent midrange1080 lacking nvida scam tech card that can do 60fps and 144 min fps till 2026+?
keep keeping plebs down, healthy for market! stock $2
Reads like coherent text...
j/k
1st sentence is just random nonsense. Attempt on 2nd sentence does not even reach status of nonsense, it is plain lunacy.
3rd... whatever it was meant to be... came turned inside out.
I think this is adequate explanation. So sorry for being D*, but someone has to...