AMD possibly will be using XX5 revisions e.g. AMD Radeon RX 495

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/01/2016 08:46 AM | source: | 52 comment(s)

AMD could be moving towards xx5 donominators say 480 and then later on a 485 for their graphics card series, indicating faster models compared to 0 suffix based models. The company also reaffirms the arrival of the Radeon RX 490 model.

These xx5 revisions may actually be released after the initial batches and this are released after the current line of available products, thus these would be updated GPUs with say optimizations on 14nm FinFET chips for higher clock speeds and lower consumption. While AMD hasn't confirmed this is the case it certainly is indicative. So inevitable you might see say a Radeon RX 485 with the 4 for Generation, the 8 is the tier and the 5 being the revision. Striking is the mention of the '9', which AMD again the arrival of the RX 490 card confirms indirectly.

Tier versus performance things wil look like this, and if you look closely at the slide you can see the xx5 shown under 'Revision':


Radeon RX	49X	>256bit	uhd, 2160p
	48X, 47X	256bit	wqhd, 1440p
	46X, 45X	128bit	fullhd, 1080p
Radeon	460X, 45X	128bit	fullhd, 1080p
	44X	64bit	-

You can also spot the Tier 9 in there indicating Radeon RX 490, it is listed with a 256-bit wide (or higher) memory bus and tagged as a 4K capable graphics cards. AMD has not officially confirmed of the revisions, but pointed to the possibility of it with this slide.

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Loophole35
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#5299305 Posted on: 07/01/2016 10:45 PM

Ok, so adaptive sync is more a smoothing tool then; more of a way to address stuttering than to compensate for actual consistent low frame rates, homogenizing the whole fluid nature presented on the screen. There is nothing that can replace old try and true. Thank you.

That's a good way of looking at it.

BTW it's scary how similar to my old PC yours is. Are you really still gaming on a 940BE and a 6950?

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#5299347 Posted on: 07/01/2016 11:42 PM

Yup. Most current game I have that is played is METRO 2033, Skyrim too. None of the recent titles have really sparked my interest. (EDIT: Except for DOOM, have not really been looking either.) Most still played is UT2004 and SSOC. Clearsky and Pripyat not so much.

Have update in the works. Just have the case (Core X9) so far. Will be getting the water loop materials next. Waiting to see how Zen shapes up. Was looking to replace the 6950 with the 480 and pass the rig down to my son. Most demanding game he is into currently is Garden Warfare 2. Daughter loves SPORE.

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#5299368 Posted on: 07/02/2016 12:20 AM

"Your reading comprehension is lacking" That applies also to you. As I said turning the settings from very high to just high will give you really good results. Not everyone cares about playing in max detail since it is hardly noticeable most of the time. But it seems that for you it is go big or go home. Besides when the 970 came out it got praised for 1440p capabilities and it didnt deliver 1440@60 on guru benchmarks also so why would this be different?

When the 970 came out it was a pretty decent performer at 1440p. That was 2 years ago.

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#5300153 Posted on: 07/03/2016 10:14 AM

So wait the RX 480 is targeting 1440p?!?!?!?? Okay AMD time to go home you're drunk.

The 480 is perfectly playable on 1440. Especially if you have a Freesync monitor.

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#5300232 Posted on: 07/03/2016 04:41 PM

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/AMD-Radeon-Grafikkarte-255597/Specials/RX-480-Test-1199839/

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