390X coming soon few weeks

Creig said:
Yes, but this launch should be completely different than the 290X launch. Power consumption is down, aftermarket coolers will be available Day One and drivers should be mature and stable. All the negatives of the 290X will have been already addressed.
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Hopefully, but none of that is 100% certain or confirmed.
 
DejaWiz said:
I'm hoping for that in the 390X, as well...along with lower power consumption, less heat output, and at least 980 performance out of the box, if not matching the 980ti, while staying priced at around $500.

If they can manage all that, then they will have a winning product.
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Well, 390X is not going to be brand new tech... that's a given.... the best they could have done with it would have be a CGN 1.2 GPU like tonga...

Deep down I hope for something REALLY new for 2016 though
 
n=1 said:
Like I said in an earlier post to someone else, the cheapest 290X 8GB card is $349 right now. That's the baseline you should compare to.

In any case I reserve judgement until I see the performance and price.
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Anybody who has a rig capable of using 8 GB is going to be able to afford Fury/980 Ti.
"Grenada" itself better be significantly improved over Hawaii performance-wise or the 390 and 390X will be the biggest failures AMD has released in years.

You can't push a Hawaii core to the extreme and then say "Look it matches the 980 for $100 less!" because you can do the same stupid thing with the 970 for another $100 less.

I still don't know why they would force people in the $300-$400 price tier to buy 8 GB.
 
I have a hard time believing that the 390x and the 390 are the same card with a slight clock difference.

Either way.. People hate on the 390s being a possible rebadge, but if the 390 is a 290x rebadge with 8GB then it is a steal at $330 for something that is now $350-$400 and started above $450...
 
If the board power draw is truly that much lower because of the GloFo process switch we should see some interesting overclocking potential. I hope, anyways. Although I'd still really like to see some of the GCN 1.2 improvements in Grenada.
 
Rizen said:
If the board power draw is truly that much lower because of the GloFo process switch we should see some interesting overclocking potential. I hope, anyways. Although I'd still really like to see some of the GCN 1.2 improvements in Grenada.
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you are probably right.. i'd also like to see the temperatures.. as they seem to be efficient enough to be a cool running card... which can also turn the tables against nvidia gtx 970 and gtx 980..
 
TaintedSquirrel said:
Anybody who has a rig capable of using 8 GB is going to be able to afford Fury/980 Ti.
"Grenada" itself better be significantly improved over Hawaii performance-wise or the 390 and 390X will be the biggest failures AMD has released in years.

You can't push a Hawaii core to the extreme and then say "Look it matches the 980 for $100 less!" because you can do the same stupid thing with the 970 for another $100 less.

I still don't know why they would force people in the $300-$400 price tier to buy 8 GB.
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But the 970 only has 3.5GB vram! :p

All I'm saying is pointing out the price differential when you're not making an apples to apples comparison is a bit disingenuous. Now if the 390X was a 4GB card and started at $389 then yes I would agree with the original statement.

And again this is why I said I reserve judgement until we have reviews out and firm details on pricing. If truly as you say the 390X is nothing more than an 8GB Hawaii factory overclocked to within an inch of life and AMD wants $389 for it, then yes that would be a massive fail.
 
n=1 said:
But the 970 only has 3.5GB vram! :p

All I'm saying is pointing out the price differential when you're not making an apples to apples comparison is a bit disingenuous. Now if the 390X was a 4GB card and started at $389 then yes I would agree with the original statement.

And again this is why I said I reserve judgement until we have reviews out and firm details on pricing. If truly as you say the 390X is nothing more than an 8GB Hawaii factory overclocked to within an inch of life and AMD wants $389 for it, then yes that would be a massive fail.
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I wouldn't pick today a 970 over a 290X.. much less over a 390X with 4GB..
 
I'm guessing the 300-series review embargo ends after the press conference on the 16th, and available for sale same-day.
 
hahaha, he cant find the crossfire fingers and assumes it cant be crossfired...

someone doesnt know what XDMA is...

lol
 
i just want to see the gpu-z screen dammit...

assuming GPU-z has been updated that is.
 
primetime said:
After watching this guys video, its was obvious he had very little idea what he was buying...god he has to be embarrassed reading all the you tube comments not to mention he thought he was getting the new tech..lol re-branding does work apparently:D
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Err

290X Hawaii
390x Grenada

If they put in GCN 1.2 it's not really rebranding due to the massive tessellation and other increases eg. VCE

Might want to hold off on the it's a %100 rebrand when the latest leaks are also showing a substantial power usage decrease.
 
Ramses said:
Perfect case example, guy buys from BB with just enough knowledge to be dangerous (and spend money). Marketing people love those guys.
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who the hell buys anything from BB that is even remotely tech savy?
 
The Mac said:
the leaks are showing chip TDP, not board RDP. ie no VRMS etc per razor1
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Massive disappointment is all but confirmed.
I'm predicting quite a bit of outrage over these cards, especially if the 390X really is $450.

They really should have called them 295X, 295, 275, etc. At least we get updated coolers... The current models are 2 years old...
 
TaintedSquirrel said:
Massive disappointment is all but confirmed.
I'm predicting quite a bit of outrage over these cards, especially if the 390X really is $450.

They really should have called them 295X, 295, 275, etc. At least we get updated coolers... The current models are 2 years old...
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this its the first time im hoping you are wrong.. im wishing a positive surprise for the 390X which are probably the couple of AMD cards I'll buy to support AMD and replace my 2 7970 and 1 280X.. I will only buy Fury if its a massive improvement over my OC'd 980TI.. so no big money to AMD cards from me..
 
as long as you can return it, i suppose thats acceptable as long as yo dont have a microcenter near..

but new tech?

come on...
 
Ramses said:
Perfect case example, guy buys from BB with just enough knowledge to be dangerous (and spend money). Marketing people love those guys.
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Have you considered that he may have bought it in the name of science? We have plenty of people on these forums alone who buy things just to test out.

I know I did with the 470 when it was release early at Best Buy. Can't forget that Vega guy who normally makes these insane builds for curiosity. Heck, we've even had someone on here water cool a Wii, an Xbox 360, and a PS3.

Then again people on here love to rag on anyone who purchases an AMD product. Even on the AMD sub forums.
 
He bought it from BB because they're the only people selling it.
I didn't even realize BB carried high-end GPUs.
 
wow 550 talk about over charging and that's a starting bid. Looks like he is trying to get a sucker.
 
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cageymaru said:
It stutters with 4K gaming because of the slow as molasses .5GB crap Nvidia pulled. Completely unacceptable for me. For others stuttering and jittery frame rates may be perfectly fine. Maybe they are accustomed to this and don't mind. I don't knock them. Just not my cup of tea.
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And gtx 970 makes 20-30 fps when "gaming" at 4k.

So either you heavily drop settings to get playable framerates which drops memory usage at the same time or you are playing at 30 fps with drops which is stutter fest anyway.
 
btw I don't think the MSI slides reveal a rebadge...

AMD has had no issues carrying over chip names when they rebadge, but the MSI slides and prior AMD slides all show the new GPU being named Granada.

I expect some changes, even if 'specs' look the same at first glance.
 
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