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AMD Radeon Rx 300 cards Reveal themselves in 15.3 Driver
If you dissect the installation file from the Catalyst 15.3 driver as released last week then you will find some new entries, all AMD Radeon Rx 300. There's good and bad news though.
The bad news is that most cards seem to be respin products, meaning an older GPU being reused onto a new PCB and BIOS, often with subtle clock frequency differences. If you couple the device ID's to previous generation products then you will see that older GPUs are in use for the following products up-to R9 370.
Catalyst 15.3 Beta shows:
- AMD665F.1 = “AMD Radeon R9 360″
- AMD6610.2 = “AMD Radeon(TM) R7 350X”
- AMD6610.3 = “AMD Radeon(TM) R5 340X”
- AMD6611.10 = “AMD Radeon R7 340″
- AMD665F.1 = “AMD Radeon R9 360″
- AMD6660.1 = “AMD Radeon(TM) R5 M330″
- AMD6660.2 = “AMD Radeon(TM) R5 M330″
- AMD6660.3 = “AMD Radeon(TM) R5 M330″
- AMD6778.8 = “AMD Radeon R5 310″
- AMD6811.1 = “AMD Radeon R9 370″
That means AMD Radeon R9 370 would be Trinidad (=Pitcairn) aka Radeon HD 7870 and 265/270/270X. The AMD Radeon R9 360: Tobago would be Bonaire with 896 shader processors. And then AMD Radeon R7 350X, R7 340 and R5 340X would use Oland with its 384 stream processors.
Missing entries are the AMD Radeon R9 380 and R9 390. Now if you allow me to speculate for a moment, given all these re-spins logic would dictate that the 380 could very well be a spin of Hawaii (290/290x). But again that is speculation.
If that is the case then the only new GPU would become the R9 390/390X series.
AMD Radeon 390X WCE - Water-Cooled Edition - 03/15/2015 08:36 AM
Yep and then there is the slide after the break, that surfaced on the web over the weekend, it confirms leaks about R9 390X 8GB HBM. Anyway check after the break to see what is mentioned in the slide...
AMD Radeon R300 Grenada is 380X, Fiji is 390X and Bermuda is 395x2 - 02/09/2015 09:53 AM
Alright, it's time for some sugar and spice. New specs and codenames for AMDs upcoming Radeon 300 series have surfaced on the web. Initially you will see a Radeon R9 380X and R9 380 graphics release...
AMD Radeon R9 390X Performance Numbers Surface - 11/26/2014 02:46 PM
It is rumored that AMD is working hard on releasing the next high-end graphics cards, tagged as Radeon R9 390X (or 380X). Asian website Chiphell now has posted a couple of benchmarks in their forums ...
AMD Radeon 390 and 390X Specs and Benchmarks ? - 11/11/2014 08:57 AM
Interesting news, over at the ranking system of SiSoft Sandra new entries have been spotted of what seem to be GPUs that we don't know of. And the specs are pretty appealing. Let's call the two entr...
AMD Radeon R9 285 Launches September 2nd - 08/22/2014 07:00 AM
AMD has kept the wraps on this one tight, however a document shows that the Tonga based Radeon R9 285 will be released onb the 2nd September, 2014. Tomorrow August 23rd AMD is celebrating 30 years o...
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#5035032 Posted on: 03/23/2015 10:43 AM
Pass the innovation please.......
Well I guess this is how they plan to get rid of the excess inventory.
Pass the innovation please.......
Well I guess this is how they plan to get rid of the excess inventory.
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#5035045 Posted on: 03/23/2015 11:01 AM
I highly doubt that the Pitcairn GPU will be the R9 370 chip.
R9-370/X current 280/280X
R9-380/X current R9-290/290X
R9-390/X New cards
It would be silly to have such a large jump from the R9-370 to the R9-370X/R9-380, if it were Pitcairn.
We shall see.
I highly doubt that the Pitcairn GPU will be the R9 370 chip.
R9-370/X current 280/280X
R9-380/X current R9-290/290X
R9-390/X New cards
It would be silly to have such a large jump from the R9-370 to the R9-370X/R9-380, if it were Pitcairn.
We shall see.
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#5035063 Posted on: 03/23/2015 11:34 AM
AMD is really taking rebadging to the extreme.
No wonder they lose market share.
I wonder when they release a new flagship card that way...
AMD is really taking rebadging to the extreme.
No wonder they lose market share.
I wonder when they release a new flagship card that way...
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#5035065 Posted on: 03/23/2015 11:36 AM
if they price them well that wont be a problem. The nice thing about AMD that it has already pushed nvidia to talk about Pascal ...that has stopped me from getting the 12 GB monster
if they price them well that wont be a problem. The nice thing about AMD that it has already pushed nvidia to talk about Pascal ...that has stopped me from getting the 12 GB monster
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#5035078 Posted on: 03/23/2015 12:03 PM
What bothers me is that i have a 2x 7950 Sapphire boost and cannot use VSR downscaling as its disabled.
The rebrand of that card is the 280x if iam correct and now they are going to do another rebrand of the 280x ???.....
They promised they would enable this in the next drivers but they now said nope not going to happen.
They are realy destroying themselves....
Last card i bought from Ati thats for sure.
Realy disapointed with Ati as i wanted to stay with team red, but not with this crap they are pulling off -_-
What bothers me is that i have a 2x 7950 Sapphire boost and cannot use VSR downscaling as its disabled.
The rebrand of that card is the 280x if iam correct and now they are going to do another rebrand of the 280x ???.....
They promised they would enable this in the next drivers but they now said nope not going to happen.
They are realy destroying themselves....
Last card i bought from Ati thats for sure.
Realy disapointed with Ati as i wanted to stay with team red, but not with this crap they are pulling off -_-
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#5035079 Posted on: 03/23/2015 12:04 PM
Honestly, what is AMD doing to themselves... :S
Honestly, what is AMD doing to themselves... :S
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#5035087 Posted on: 03/23/2015 12:17 PM
So, what is the plan? Let Intel and NV lead while AMD provides cheapest possible CPU/GPU units?
AMD marketing people, here's a freebie idea for a promotion:
!!! Take 3 AMD GPUs for the price of 1 NV relevant unit !!!
PS. Proper drivers/CF profiles may be available in the next quarter, eventually.
So, what is the plan? Let Intel and NV lead while AMD provides cheapest possible CPU/GPU units?
AMD marketing people, here's a freebie idea for a promotion:
!!! Take 3 AMD GPUs for the price of 1 NV relevant unit !!!
PS. Proper drivers/CF profiles may be available in the next quarter, eventually.
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#5035090 Posted on: 03/23/2015 12:21 PM
Honestly, what is AMD doing to themselves... :S
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#5035114 Posted on: 03/23/2015 01:14 PM
i have an 7950, and this summer i will pull the trigger to an nvidia gpu thats for sure.
i have an 7950, and this summer i will pull the trigger to an nvidia gpu thats for sure.
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#5035124 Posted on: 03/23/2015 01:26 PM
Sad to admit this but i am in the same boat
Last time i had an Nvidia GPU was a decade ago and it broke down 2 weeks after the warranty expired xD
But i refuse to upgrade to a 3trd rebrand and the VSR downscale drivers we should have unlocked for our cards make this alot easier.
Will wait for a pricedrop when the 300 series come out and buy the 980 or the 980Ti.
Horrible marketing for Ati
i have an 7950, and this summer i will pull the trigger to an nvidia gpu thats for sure.
Sad to admit this but i am in the same boat
Last time i had an Nvidia GPU was a decade ago and it broke down 2 weeks after the warranty expired xD
But i refuse to upgrade to a 3trd rebrand and the VSR downscale drivers we should have unlocked for our cards make this alot easier.
Will wait for a pricedrop when the 300 series come out and buy the 980 or the 980Ti.
Horrible marketing for Ati
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#5035126 Posted on: 03/23/2015 01:28 PM
I highly doubt that the Pitcairn GPU will be the R9 370 chip.
R9-370/X current 280/280X
R9-380/X current R9-290/290X
R9-390/X New cards
It would be silly to have such a large jump from the R9-370 to the R9-370X/R9-380, if it were Pitcairn.
We shall see.
Didnt we have a chart where the 380X was competing with the 980?
I highly doubt that the Pitcairn GPU will be the R9 370 chip.
R9-370/X current 280/280X
R9-380/X current R9-290/290X
R9-390/X New cards
It would be silly to have such a large jump from the R9-370 to the R9-370X/R9-380, if it were Pitcairn.
We shall see.
Didnt we have a chart where the 380X was competing with the 980?
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#5035131 Posted on: 03/23/2015 01:35 PM
AMD is really taking rebadging to the extreme.
No wonder they lose market share.
I wonder when they release a new flagship card that way...
everyone do the same...
NVidia as an exemple : 650 => 740 or GTX680 => GTX770 and on the 1st R serie only the 290(X) where new, other where rebranded HD7*** GPU
the hardware from AMD is clearly inovative but their drivers... what a piece of crap... this is why they are totaly inexistant in Pro market despite a lot of product and anouncement.
if they invest more in driver development then people would buy more, but not only because they are poor or AMDfan.
AMD is really taking rebadging to the extreme.
No wonder they lose market share.
I wonder when they release a new flagship card that way...
everyone do the same...
NVidia as an exemple : 650 => 740 or GTX680 => GTX770 and on the 1st R serie only the 290(X) where new, other where rebranded HD7*** GPU
the hardware from AMD is clearly inovative but their drivers... what a piece of crap... this is why they are totaly inexistant in Pro market despite a lot of product and anouncement.
if they invest more in driver development then people would buy more, but not only because they are poor or AMDfan.
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#5035136 Posted on: 03/23/2015 01:46 PM
A leaked rumor chart. Probably off the same chart where they got mostly everything about Titan X wrong.
That being said didn't the GCN 1.1 improvements come to the rebranded 2xx cards? How do we know the GCN 1.3 ones won't come to 3xx rebrands?
Didnt we have a chart where the 380X was competing with the 980?
A leaked rumor chart. Probably off the same chart where they got mostly everything about Titan X wrong.
That being said didn't the GCN 1.1 improvements come to the rebranded 2xx cards? How do we know the GCN 1.3 ones won't come to 3xx rebrands?
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#5035145 Posted on: 03/23/2015 01:57 PM
Can everyone stfu, it's not certain everything will be a rebadge, dear lord.
Just wait and see till the cards come out then we'll see..
Can everyone stfu, it's not certain everything will be a rebadge, dear lord.
Just wait and see till the cards come out then we'll see..
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