AMD possibly will be using XX5 revisions e.g. AMD Radeon RX 495
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':
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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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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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When the 970 came out it was a pretty decent performer at 1440p. That was 2 years ago.
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The 480 is perfectly playable on 1440. Especially if you have a Freesync monitor.
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http://www.pcgameshardware.de/AMD-Radeon-Grafikkarte-255597/Specials/RX-480-Test-1199839/
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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?