AMD Vega 10 GPU Name Accidentally Confirmed as Radeon RX 490 gets 8GB
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Bogeyx
Expected nothing less
bigfutus
Yeah, i expected HD pack for Fallout 4 too.
sverek
I am actually glad it's 490 and not some aggressive code name like "Fury".
Doesn't sound like it gonna cost arm and leg.
Now, be a good sport and giff good performance for $399 or less.
serbicu
Robbo9999
I'm surprised to see they're recommending a GTX 1080 to utilise the HD Texture pack. I've not really played Fallout 4 yet on my rig, but I did run the first few scenes just to see how it runs and it ran at really high fps on my GTX 1070 (at 1920x1080) - I can't imagine the texture pack doing anything besides needing more VRAM, so why do they put a recommendation of a GTX 1080?
nz3777
Perfect Chaos
PrMinisterGR
First of all, it's Gamebryo v.5.0 Screaming-in-the-Cage Edition specs. Most people don't consider that if AMD presents the 490 at the 1080 price range, then they won't have anything vs the 1070, which is arguably the most profitable and big market. The numeclature indicates that there isn't another product between the 490 and the 480, therefore the 490 should be priced at the GTX 1070 range.
RooiKreef
I can't see why AMD will charge $400 for this GPU. It's a whole new architecture from the ground up and years of research and development went into it. This GPU will be in the same price range as Nvidia's top GPUs eg: 1080 maybe 1080Ti.
schmidtbag
Shadowdane
I think that might have been a typo?? Bethesda removed the AMD 490 from the announcement.
https://bethesda.net/en/article/52I2HyPCAowWG2ye8MKGU2/fallout-4-free-updates-high-resolution-texture-pack-and-ps4-pro-support
This is what is listed now:
Note: To utilize the High-Resolution Texture Pack, make sure you have an additional 58 GB of available and that your system meets/exceeds the recommended specs below.
Recommended PC Specs
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i7-5820K or better
GTX 1080 8GB
8GB+ Ram
PrMinisterGR
If it was a typo, they would change it, not remove it.
Zeka
waltc3
Vipu2
Fox2232
Price wise, Vega 10 is basically capable to be cheaper than Fury X to produce. (Bigger margins.)
Take it this way:
While it has 8GB of HBM2, it needs only 2048bit IMC instead of 4096bit IMC on Fury/Fury X. (And yet it has same basic bandwidth.)
And that means bit cheaper interposer too.
My humble guess is that RX-490 will have 225W Power consumption and will run at 1350~1400MHz.
With changes in architecture I expect it to be up to 45~50% faster than Fury X (Mostly due to clock.)
And Power efficiency improvement: 1.5 / 1 * 300/225 = 2
So I expect 2x performance per Watt over what Fury X delivers.
cryohellinc
Fingers crossed that it will be at least as competitive as gtx 1080, otherwise big disappointment.
serbicu
schmidtbag
Ryu5uzaku