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Guru3D.com » News » Radeon RX 560: AMD silently changes GPU specification

Radeon RX 560: AMD silently changes GPU specification

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/05/2017 10:07 AM | source: | 31 comment(s)
Radeon RX 560: AMD silently changes GPU specification

AMD has subsequently changed the specification of the Radeon RX 560. Now manufacturers are allowed to sell even slower cards with only 896 instead of 1024 cores, under the same name.

The news reaches us today through Germany based Heise, AMD has specified its Polaris graphics chip with 1024 shader cores. This makes the RX 560 faster compared to the predecessor Radeon RX 460, whose GPU offers only 896 shader cores. A while ago in Asia "D variants" (Radeon RX 560D) have been spotted, whose Polaris GPU also contains only 896 shader cores. 

Recently, however, these D models appeared on the market also graphics cards under the name Radeon RX 560, with just 896 instead of 1024 shader computing cores.  A glance at the specification site of AMD Radeon RX 560 highlights the first: here is the shader number currently with specified "896/1024" - there are now two variants of the same name. Which is a recent change? AMD has subsequently changed the specification website without informing the public and or media about it. Snapshots of archive websites indeed show 1024 Shader procs in the past.

Thanks, SH SOTN for the spot.



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kruno
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#5498115 Posted on: 12/05/2017 10:19 AM
That is just s**ty move from AMD , i really don't think they need backslash that is going to occur

Kaarme
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#5498118 Posted on: 12/05/2017 10:25 AM
It's weird development to make things slower, not faster, as time goes on. It's as if with Raja's departure there's nobody leading the Radeon Group anymore. Is there, anyway?

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#5498119 Posted on: 12/05/2017 10:25 AM
That is just s**ty move from AMD , i really don't think they need backslash that is going to occur


\\\\\ ! :D

Such backslash :p

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#5498134 Posted on: 12/05/2017 11:35 AM
Kinda just speechless on this one guys... I can get have a cut chip below it... but then being shady and using the same name

Guru3dreader
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#5498142 Posted on: 12/05/2017 11:58 AM
They just copy Nvidia's bad practices.
GeForce GT 730 | Specifications | GeForce


3 totally different models under the same name

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