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Guru3D Rig of the Month - December 2019
AMD Pirate Islands Radeon R9 300 Series
The colleagues over at WccfTech posted something about the next generation Radeon graphics cards. They dug up an old (what is claimed to be) roadmap which shows details about three GPUs, the R9 390X, R9 380X and R9 370X. There is no validation regarding the source material and their post is highly speculative. Then again .. rumors always start somewhere and props to them for retrieving that info.
Now in their news item posted they already claim themselves that all information is to be taken with a pinch of salt, which really is the proper way to address this information.
The source leak indicates future Pirate Islands GPU code names and some specs. Specs NEVER are final which makes me frown up-on the posted material, anyway here's what they are claiming:
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According to these details all GPUs will be based on the TSMC 20nm Node and will be true Pirate Island cores, which is why nomenclature of the dies will be derivative in nature. Another thing mentioned is that all Pirate Island GPUs will have the DirectX 12 Hardware Feature Set. According to these details the R9 370X is slated for announcement/arrival sometime this July-August this year. The R9 370X will feature a ‘Treasure Island XTX’ core and supposedly has 1536 Stream-processors, 96 Texture Units and 48 ROPs on the uncut die. Of course this road-map precedes the report we got of TSMC having a little trouble with 20nm so I am not sure how valid the time frame is anymore.
Now according to the details, we will see the R9 390X before the R9 380X. The R9 390X will feature the ‘Bermuda XTX’ core and feature a staggeringly high number of SPs, ie. 4224. The Texture Unit count is 264 with 96 ROPs. It is slated to show up late 2014 around November or so. Once again keep in mind the TSMC comment above. Finally the R9 380X which will feature the ‘Fiji XTX’ core and the following die configuration: 3072 SPs, 192 Texture Units and 72 ROPs and should appear sometime early 2015. Now interestingly the R9 390X ‘Bermuda XTX’ GPU is slated to have 512 Bits of Memory Bandwidth while as the R9 380X is slated to have 384 Bits with the R9 370X coming last with 256 Bits. Now the road-map even hints at the clock speeds of AMD’s future GPUs but I think it is prudent to mention that all these tech specs at this point in time are about as solid as the wind. However let us continue, with the help of this table:
| GPU | Codename | Core | Stream Processors* | Texture Units* | ROPs* | Core Clock* | Memory Clock* | Memory Bandwidth* |
| R9 370X | Treasure Island | Treasure Island XTX | 1536 | 96 | 48 | ~900Mhz | ~5Ghz | 256Bit |
| R9 380X | Fiji | Fiji XTX | 3072 | 192 | 72 | ~900Mhz | ~6Ghz | 384Bit |
| R9 390X | Bermuda | Bermuda XTX | 4224 | 264 | 96 | ~1000Mhz | ~7Ghz | 512Bit |
* Values are not indicative of the final product.
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#4802167 Posted on: 04/17/2014 01:19 AM
AMD isn't limited to just TSMC. lol
AMD also has a deal with GloFo for GPUs... So, if TSMC can't put out GPUs for them, AMD can simply fall back to GloFo.
LOL
I'm sorry, but really? I seriously hope AMD doesn't have to count on the perpetually late to the party GlobalFoundries for 20nm chips. If they're relying on GF to keep their "we'll launch our 20nm SoC's in 2H 2014" promise, then they (AMD) are in a bad place.
AMD isn't limited to just TSMC. lol
AMD also has a deal with GloFo for GPUs... So, if TSMC can't put out GPUs for them, AMD can simply fall back to GloFo.
LOL
I'm sorry, but really? I seriously hope AMD doesn't have to count on the perpetually late to the party GlobalFoundries for 20nm chips. If they're relying on GF to keep their "we'll launch our 20nm SoC's in 2H 2014" promise, then they (AMD) are in a bad place.
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#4802190 Posted on: 04/17/2014 02:24 AM
Tbh if the 880 is real in the other thread it stands no chance against 390x O.o really noway it can stand a chance. Everyone of these is just speculation and we will see both camps delivering real stuff late 2014 or early 2015
I shall get second 290x once new stuff hits the stores
I hope so. Had enough of this pricing bollox like the TITAN cards. Some healthy competition is sure to bring that down.
Tbh if the 880 is real in the other thread it stands no chance against 390x O.o really noway it can stand a chance. Everyone of these is just speculation and we will see both camps delivering real stuff late 2014 or early 2015
I shall get second 290x once new stuff hits the stores
I hope so. Had enough of this pricing bollox like the TITAN cards. Some healthy competition is sure to bring that down.
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#4846744 Posted on: 06/18/2014 08:49 PM
Sounds about right that a new series will come out soon, Just when I bought a new R9 270 making it already obsolete, Just like when I bought my 650 Ti 2-3 months later the 700 series came out.
KJGJKHGKJGKJHGYTRFWITR*&^FGJKLGDSHJKL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds about right that a new series will come out soon, Just when I bought a new R9 270 making it already obsolete, Just like when I bought my 650 Ti 2-3 months later the 700 series came out.
KJGJKHGKJGKJHGYTRFWITR*&^FGJKLGDSHJKL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#4847241 Posted on: 06/19/2014 08:20 AM
If this is true about the 512 memory bandwidth compared to what is mentioned here about the 880. Wow. The 880 suddenly looks poor.
http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/nvidia_geforce_gtx_880_and_gtx_870_to_launch_q4_2014.html
If this is true about the 512 memory bandwidth compared to what is mentioned here about the 880. Wow. The 880 suddenly looks poor.
http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/nvidia_geforce_gtx_880_and_gtx_870_to_launch_q4_2014.html
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#4847244 Posted on: 06/19/2014 08:23 AM
If this is true about the 512 memory bandwidth compared to what is mentioned here about the 880. Wow. The 880 suddenly looks poor.
on paper, however minimum frames in games, different story.
If this is true about the 512 memory bandwidth compared to what is mentioned here about the 880. Wow. The 880 suddenly looks poor.
on paper, however minimum frames in games, different story.
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#4847697 Posted on: 06/19/2014 05:44 PM
LOL
I'm sorry, but really? I seriously hope AMD doesn't have to count on the perpetually late to the party GlobalFoundries for 20nm chips. If they're relying on GF to keep their "we'll launch our 20nm SoC's in 2H 2014" promise, then they (AMD) are in a bad place.
AMD has maintained a contract with GloFo for GPU's for those "just in case" times. AMD is in no more of a hurry to shuffle their GPUs to GloFo than anyone else is. AMD would have to redesign their chips to shift from TSMC to GloFo anyway so there would be more delays. Basically, the contract with GloFo for dedicated GPUs is an "absolute, last resort" type of deal. It's pretty well going to be a case of TSMC just flat out being incapable of producing AMD's GPUs before GloFo would become a viable option. Of course, at that point, I'd be looking to negotiate with Samsung if I were AMD's CEO.....lol
LOL
I'm sorry, but really? I seriously hope AMD doesn't have to count on the perpetually late to the party GlobalFoundries for 20nm chips. If they're relying on GF to keep their "we'll launch our 20nm SoC's in 2H 2014" promise, then they (AMD) are in a bad place.
AMD has maintained a contract with GloFo for GPU's for those "just in case" times. AMD is in no more of a hurry to shuffle their GPUs to GloFo than anyone else is. AMD would have to redesign their chips to shift from TSMC to GloFo anyway so there would be more delays. Basically, the contract with GloFo for dedicated GPUs is an "absolute, last resort" type of deal. It's pretty well going to be a case of TSMC just flat out being incapable of producing AMD's GPUs before GloFo would become a viable option. Of course, at that point, I'd be looking to negotiate with Samsung if I were AMD's CEO.....lol
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#4847704 Posted on: 06/19/2014 05:50 PM
Any news on how much VRAM the R9 390X will come with?
Hoping for 6GB VRAM but if its 4GB then nothing really to worry about!
Those spec's are FECKING insane!!
Hoping for a nice price, and I hope to GOD that they release with a decent cooler or allow board vendors to release their coolers at launch! We don't want another R9 290/X 95*C fiasco!
Any news on how much VRAM the R9 390X will come with?
Hoping for 6GB VRAM but if its 4GB then nothing really to worry about!
Those spec's are FECKING insane!!
Hoping for a nice price, and I hope to GOD that they release with a decent cooler or allow board vendors to release their coolers at launch! We don't want another R9 290/X 95*C fiasco!
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I got 290x Gaming