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AMD Rebrands Radeon HD 7000 Series GPUs to HD 8000 for OEMs
Well, there you have it. The "Radeon HD 8950" that Lenovo's Erazer X700 ships with as reported earlier on yesterday, is based on rebranding previous-generation GPUs. The following slide was spotted at AMD's website, which lists the specs-sheets of nine OEM-exclusive Radeon HD 8000 series SKUs, which reveal them to be complete rebrands of their HD 7000-series counterparts.
If you're into pre-built PCs, and planning to buy one soon, watch out what's crunching pixels in it (thanks TPU).
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| HD 8970 | HD 8950 | HD 8870 | HD 8670 | HD 8570 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | HD 7970 GE | HD 7950 | HD 7870 | - | - |
| Stream processors | 2048 | 1792 | 1280 | 384 | 384 |
| Texture units | 128 | 128 | 80 | 24 | 24 |
| Clocl | 1000MHz | 850MHz | 1000MHz | 1000MHz | 730MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1050MHz | 925MHz | - | - | - |
| Mem speed | 6000MHz | 5500MHz | 4800MHz | 4600MHz | 4,6GHz / 1,8GHz ddr3 |
| Mem bus | 384bit | 384bit | 256bit | 128bit | 128bit |
| Mem | 3GB | 3GB | 2GB | 2GB | 2GB |
| Transistors (Billion) | 2,8 | 2,8 | 2,8 | - | - |
| Fabrication | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN | GCN | GCN | GCN | GCN |
| TDP | 250W | 200W | 175W | 75W | 50W |
Foamy4
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#4495767 Posted on: 01/08/2013 11:07 AM
Following the rebranding names, it has to be called 8970.
They do it all the time.
I understand rebranding low end cards, but to call the 7970 a 8970 seems very dodgy..
Following the rebranding names, it has to be called 8970.
They do it all the time.
iako
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#4495769 Posted on: 01/08/2013 11:10 AM
i have a 6450 that Windows 8 thinks is a 7450.. well, i guess it is...
maybe new drivers will upgrade it to an 8450...
i have a 6450 that Windows 8 thinks is a 7450.. well, i guess it is...
maybe new drivers will upgrade it to an 8450...
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#4495773 Posted on: 01/08/2013 11:17 AM
Dodgiest rename ever.
This is absolutely disgusting, a new low for AMD.
Dodgiest rename ever.
This is absolutely disgusting, a new low for AMD.
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#4495791 Posted on: 01/08/2013 11:57 AM
It's pretty normal and usually due to OEM pressures.
It's pretty normal and usually due to OEM pressures.
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I understand rebranding low end cards, but to call the 7970 a 8970 seems very dodgy..