AMD Polaris 10 GPU To Offer Near 980 Ti Performance For 299 USD?

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moab600

2016-04-26 08:37

If true nvidia new cards will need to be reduced by price, also Polaris will help gain good amount of market.

#5263084

CPC_RedDawn

2016-04-26 08:43

Now this is very interesting. If this is true I can see AMD selling these GPU's like hot cakes and with their added support for drivers now too. Things are looking up for them. Add in the fact that we should see the back of 4GB VRAM and we should see GPU's with no less than 6GB VRAM from now on unless its entry level. This is how I see it going R9 470/X = 4GB RAM R9 480/X = 6GB RAM R9 490/X = 8GB RAM R9 FURY2 = 12GB RAM (HBM1 or 2 or GDDR5X).

#5263087

XenthorX

2016-04-26 08:55

The red capes are coming... The red capes are coming!

#5263088

coth

2016-04-26 08:55

Nothing can make me more happy than 300$ card with that kind of performance but.. i hope it not only words we see here :3eyes:

That's never ending process. By the time they release it new games will make them midbudget not capable of providing modern image quality with decent fps.

#5263090

Fusion_XT

2016-04-26 08:56

**** i was hoping for at least a 10~15% performance increase. My 980TI needs replacing... Its not enough at 3440x1440 21:9 :bang: Truly hoping that the GP104-400 is a beefed up version of the GP104-200 '1080' 😛c1:

That's never ending process. By the time they release it new games will make them midbudget not capable of providing modern image quality with decent fps.

Haha yeah said the samething about the org. Titan (bought one). Its a great card but now its not even midrange. At 1080P High it struggle's with Rottr...

#5263096

Redemption80

2016-04-26 09:19

Will this not mean having to reduce the price across their own range as well? Would be great if it was true, but more often than not new cards end up being a lot more expensive than the leaks suggest.

#5263097

Bogeyx

2016-04-26 09:19

http://img.luxtarget.com/cms/www/201511/30171949vqsc.jpg That would be a super upgrade from my 290X

#5263098

fry178

2016-04-26 09:20

so? the 1080/1070 will end up in similar performance and price range, do a little ocing and i get the same...

#5263106

Fox2232

2016-04-26 09:45

This is quite hard to believe. While I expected AMD to clock higher on 14nm. Even 1500MHz would not give us such performance in this price range. 14/16nm FF wafer costs around 2.5x as much as 28nm wafer. Due to increased density it makes cost per transistor on 14nm only around 1.2~1.5times higher (based chosen density). But even with only 1.2times higher price/transistor and 50% increased clock. It would give GCN only 25% increased performance/$. Is remaining 75% coming from Drastic GCN changes (lower transistor count required per ROP/TMU/CU or lower clock count required to do certain work)? Or GCN on 14nm clocks that damn high? I do not think even both of those would grant such increase in performance. But with 10nm, I would expect this. As 14/16nm are about much better energy efficiency than 28nm. But 10nm main advantage over 14/16nm is actual manufacturing cost. (But, who knows how well will 10nm clock...)

#5263108

fantaskarsef

2016-04-26 09:52

so? the 1080/1070 will end up in similar performance and price range, do a little ocing and i get the same...

Then it comes down to pricing again, which was a main weapon of AMD in the recent past.

#5263109

Kaarme

2016-04-26 09:52

so? the 1080/1070 will end up in similar performance and price range, do a little ocing and i get the same...

Why would you need to OC it? If 1080 can't match 980Ti, it will be a pointless product from Nvidia and wasted development costs.

#5263115

evilkiller650

2016-04-26 10:04

Wow. So amazing if true! So... when is the release date for these Polaris? I did a quick Google search and most said shipping in April but..... 4 days till end of April!! 🙂 I am on the verge of buying a 390X/Fury/Fury X but truly does seem pointless if Polaris are literally around the corner. I am too impatient to wait for NVIDIAS Pascal in June/July! (?)

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