AMD Polaris 10 Has 390/390X Performance

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The folks at Fudzilla, citing "well-informed sources," claim that AMD's upcoming Polaris 10 will have R9 390 - R9 390X performance with a price tag in the $299 range. Obviously we'll have to wait and see how accurate this info is but, in the mean time, it's always fun to speculate on leaked specs.

AMD is about to launch two GPUs soon. One is codenmamed Polaris 10 and will replace Radeon 390 cards and the other, the Polaris 11 should replace the Radeon 370 and take on Geforce 950 performance. Our well-informed sources are confident that Polaris 10 should match or outperform Radeon R9 390 cards and in some cases even give the Radeon R9 390X a good kicking. AMD currently wants $400 for Radeon R9 390X, and and its Radeon R9 390 could go as low as $310. The Polaris 10 should end up at $299 price at launch, and it will focus on the low power and power per wat where the Nvidia card is vulnerable.
 
I was reading that the lower Polaris 10 was putting out 390/390x performance... So I suspect the higher Polaris 10 to be between the 390x and the Fury.
 
This GPU really does seem like AMD's response to OEM requests (ie: Apple's) for lower power requirements.

If it can bring higher performance to the mainstream price segment, all the better!
 
There's a substantial differrence between 390 and 980Ti (which was previously rumored)
 
390x performance, I will buy 2 on day 1. 390x runs way too hot by itself. Crossfire is like a burning building in my case.
 
I'm looking for a ~$300 replacement to my aging 6970. I hope this generation has a compelling offering.
 
Like I said in the other threads, the exact same performance at the exact same price with less power consumption is a loser on desktops.

If Polaris10 really does offer 390-class performance, it needs to come in at max $250 retail to have a chance of competing with GP106 on desktop.

On mobile, it really depends just how much power savings we're talking about. If it's a 45w TDP, that would be incredibly attractive there, even at $300.
 
This doesn't make any sense. I bought 2 290x for <300$ each brand new and they perform the same as a 390X. Why would a 2 generations newer card on a smaller processing node that isn't a simple re-brand perform the same for the same price?
 
JosiahBradley said:
This doesn't make any sense. I bought 2 290x for <300$ each brand new and they perform the same as a 390X. Why would a 2 generations newer card on a smaller processing node that isn't a simple re-brand perform the same for the same price?
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It will be considered mainstream, which is at least 2 tiers lower from enthusiast.
 
$300 graphics cards ain't mainstream, friend.

390/970-level performance will be mainstream next-generation. But there's no chance they'll come in at the same price as when the current generation debuted in 2014.
 
When the 390-rebadge series first being rolled out, what did the price of a 290 or 290x drop to again?

So the net gain to the consumer is noise, heat, and power efficiency.
 
Looks good to me. Less than R9 390 cost with better performance and more power efficient. Practically everyone at [H] has larger watt PS, but lots of people don't. If Polaris 10 can get between 390-390X performance without the need of a 6pin power connector that would be huge. That means a bunch of people with OEM computers can swap in a VR capable card without worrying about the PS. The cost to upgrade to VR capable card in OEM configurations should be less because they don't need to upgrade the PS too. However, the rest of us at [H] will still have to wait for the single GPU 4K card.
 
Previous 300 series launch:

R9 390 June 18th 2015 $329
R9 390x June 18th, 2015 $429

I'm expecting/hoping for 390 performance at half or less power draw with a sub-$300 price.
 
If AMD is out first with new cards, they'll probably stay at $300 at least until nvidia's new cards come out. They'll milk the small window as much as they can and hopefully make some money for a change if enough people think it's worth $300. I was hoping these cards would be closer to $200-$250, but maybe that won't happen at launch.
 
JosiahBradley said:
This doesn't make any sense. I bought 2 290x for <300$ each brand new and they perform the same as a 390X. Why would a 2 generations newer card on a smaller processing node that isn't a simple re-brand perform the same for the same price?
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It makes perfect sense, half the power draw, half the die area, presumably less complex chip, works both on mainstream desktop and high end mobile.

It will obviously need a 6pin power connector because pcie is 75w
 
I thought Polaris 11 was mainly aimed at notebooks not desktops, anyways my main concern is do I get 1 GTX1080 or 2 GTX1070, will have to wait and see performance and prices.
 
Yet another side upgrade (model name change only) from AMD ???

WTF is going on peoples.
 
TechLarry said:
Yet another side upgrade (model name change only) from AMD ???

WTF is going on peoples.
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This isn't a rebrand or a rebadge...

Think of it as a 390x level performer at half the power draw and double the geometry performance
 
Ieldra said:
This isn't a rebrand or a rebadge...

Think of it as a 390x level performer at half the power draw and double the geometry performance
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Is that enough to make their own people with 290/390 290X/390X spend money on upgrade?

Is that enough to make people from nvidia camp jump the chip and go to AMD side? I don't think so..
 
Araxie said:
Is that enough to make their own people with 290/390 290X/390X spend money on upgrade?

Is that enough to make people from nvidia camp jump the chip and go to AMD side? I don't think so..
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It isn't intended for those people.

AMD are playing catch up with nvidia in terms of power and die area efficiency, anything more than this would be a miracle
 
I mean neither of those things matter. Question is did his testing methodology remove any possible bias and give an even playing field for both cards as one would see in real world usage.
 
{NG}Fidel said:
I mean neither of those things matter. Question is did his testing methodology remove any possible bias and give an even playing field for both cards as one would see in real world usage.
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I didn't see this video, saw the one about the master plan
 
He did get picked up by AMD according to this Reddit post:


I'm sure he'll be able to present a completely fair and unbiased perspective, though. Like he always has. Can you see the dripping sarcasm here?
 
Just some price and performance rumors

Pascal will be out first with the GTX1070 and GTX1080, mid to late June for a release date.

- GTX1070 = (GP104-150) Roughly GTX980-Ti performance, 6GB GDDR5, $499.99

- GTX1080 = (GP104-200) GTX980-Ti +20% performance, 8GB GDDR5x, $849.99

- GTX1080-Ti = (GP104-400) Titan-X +35% performance, 16GB GDDR5x, $1199.99

AMD will be out between late June and early August with:

- R9-480 =(Ellsmere-Pro), R9-390x performance, 4GB GDDR5, $259

- R9-480 =(Ellsmere-Pro), R9-Fury +10% performance, 8GB GDDR5x, $339

- R9-480x =(Ellsmere-XT), R9-Fury-X +15% performance, 8GB GDDR5x, $449
 
Araxie said:
Is that enough to make their own people with 290/390 290X/390X spend money on upgrade?

Is that enough to make people from nvidia camp jump the chip and go to AMD side? I don't think so..
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I have a 290 now modded with an aio water cooler. If the new card outperforms my 290 (even a little (like 2/390x)) with less heat and power I'm getting one.
 
Rauelius said:
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AMD will be out between late June and early August with:

- R9-480 =(Ellsmere-Pro), R9-390x performance, 4GB GDDR5, $259

- R9-480 =(Ellsmere-Pro), R9-Fury +10% performance, 8GB GDDR5x, $339

- R9-480x =(Ellsmere-XT), R9-Fury-X +15% performance, 8GB GDDR5x, $449
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I dont trust these rumors. Ellsmere is the 480 or 490's. Not the Fury's. Fury will be Vega our later this year or early next.
 
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