390X coming soon few weeks

well, at least the renames from the prior roadmaps didnt change.

now the question is whether the new names denote a process/silicon change or not.
 
The Mac said:
well, at least the renames from the prior roadmaps didnt change.

now the question is whether the new names denote a process/silicon change or not.
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Hearing that it's just rebrand after rebrand so far
 
Indeed, which is why i said "usually"

Pitcairn to Curacao was just a clock bump.

its the only case by AMD that i am aware of.

This will be the first bump for the new R series nomenclature, so anything is possible.
 
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Verified the naming scheme: The leak today was the R7 370, a retail part. The OEM model shown on AlienWare's website is the R9 370.
So, they are two different cards. The OEM R9 370 is a rebranded 7850. The retail R7 370 is an unknown GCN 1.0 chip (Probably 7870).
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I hate that they do this (Intel is the worst offender though).

The product names should make logical sense, and be uniform across product ranges.(mobile, desktop and OEM).

Using an Nvidia example, if you call something a GTX 980m it had better perform similarly to a desktop GTX980.

Using the AMD example above, if you reuse the number 370, it should perform on the same level as other 370's. Nvidia is terrible here with their OEM models that otherwise have the same product name, but differ from the desktop counterparts (usually slower).

Intel's product names are all over the fucking place.

You should be able to take one look at a companies product name, and know how it performs compared to other products in the lineup. Seeing two products of the same generation by the same company side by side in a store, you should be able to figure you which is fast just by the product name, without having to pull out your phone and read benchmarks.

A lot of the time it feels like the product naming schemes are designed to confuse the casual buyer, rather than inform them.

It is really god damned annoying, and what happens when you put marketing people in positions of power.

Engineers should be naming the products.

"Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department".
--David Packard (of HP)
 
I'm excited for it. Can't wait to see the TDP; hopefully it's not too insane.
 
Zarathustra[H];1041653302 said:
I hate that they do this (Intel is the worst offender though).

The product names should make logical sense, and be uniform across product ranges.(mobile, desktop and OEM).

Using an Nvidia example, if you call something a GTX 980m it had better perform similarly to a desktop GTX980.

Using the AMD example above, if you reuse the number 370, it should perform on the same level as other 370's. Nvidia is terrible here with their OEM models that otherwise have the same product name, but differ from the desktop counterparts (usually slower).

Intel's product names are all over the fucking place.

You should be able to take one look at a companies product name, and know how it performs compared to other products in the lineup. Seeing two products of the same generation by the same company side by side in a store, you should be able to figure you which is fast just by the product name, without having to pull out your phone and read benchmarks.

A lot of the time it feels like the product naming schemes are designed to confuse the casual buyer, rather than inform them.

It is really god damned annoying, and what happens when you put marketing people in positions of power.

Engineers should be naming the products.

"Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department".
--David Packard (of HP)
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It's interesting for those who actually understand the top-bottom product line: you can almost see AMD and nVidia market teams sitting a boardroom figuring out how to confuse consumers to better position their products.

My favorite bit of naming and pricing gymnastics that comes to mind was in the mobile space. Nvidia renamed (no speed bump or new features, same exact card) their 8800m GTX chip as a 9800m GT and started selling the "new" card to OEMs for $100 more than the "old" card (if I remember, early cards even had a simple "9800m GT" sticker over the 8800m GTX mark). It was incredible: they even tricked the OEMs to pay more for the same card. Dell for a while was even offering both cards (again, the same renamed card) on their site simultaneously.
 
jamesgalb said:
So according to videocardz, a May slide from AMD shows them having new GPU names...

http://videocardz.com/56205/amd-radeon-300-series-roadmap-leaked

I'm feeling more confident that these are manufactured with goflo and include significant improvements in heat, power, and even performance... all with extra clock bumps and more vram :)
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It makes no sense to me. They are consolidating the 280, 285, and 280X into a single 380? Which at this point I hope is a full Tonga... otherwise, wtf?
It's so ridiculous it almost seems fake.
 
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It's so ridiculous it almost seems fake.
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not only that, buy why would AMD name in their own Slides the new cards just FIJI XT and FIJI PRO but using the RX 300 name for the rest of the cards? also the lack of 380X its fishy..

let's back to the hotdog please.. just 7 days more..
 
TaintedSquirrel said:
The slides are from May, possibly older than the "Fury" label.
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possibly... probably? i don't think so.. the box elaboration and name branding in all booklets, etc take some time.. and if they were planing to launch in june.. 1 month its just too soon to get ready the cards..
 
I'm terrible at waiting.
I've been reading every new page of this thread. Brazilian coal miner work conditions through the benefits of running high TDP equipment in the Northern Latitudes and the costs associated with it. All while hoping for some delicious AMD crumbs, and all I'm left with is this hotdog bun...
I know it's only a few more days but damn, the suspense is killing me
 
Zarathustra[H];1041653302 said:
I hate that they do this (Intel is the worst offender though).

The product names should make logical sense, and be uniform across product ranges.(mobile, desktop and OEM).
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Logical product names make as much sense as plot in a porn! :rolleyes:
 
ron.lolly said:
I'm terrible at waiting.
I've been reading every new page of this thread. Brazilian coal miner work conditions through the benefits of running high TDP equipment in the Northern Latitudes and the costs associated with it. All while hoping for some delicious AMD crumbs, and all I'm left with is this hotdog bun...
I know it's only a few more days but damn, the suspense is killing me
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Generally, the more AMD hypes a product the more disappointing it is.
All of these little teaser videos and the 6.16.2015 thing at Computex... Not a good sign.
 
I'm okay with it being a worthless piece of shit at this point (although I really don't think it will be). I just want to know
 
Anyone else see an ice cream sandwich?

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Parja said:
Mayo on a hot dog? Now I think the rest of us can all agree on one thing...mayo on a hot dog just ain't right.
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if you mix Mayo, Ketchup and a bit of mustard you will get the best Hotdog sauce ever made.. ;) just try.. its called "Pink Sauce"
 
Spec dump from WCCF.

http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-fury-x-specs-fiji/

Fiji, and the Fury line of cards which are based on it, feature notable improvements across the board. Performance is obviously significantly improved. Fury X is faster than the R9 290X by a minimum of 54%. Which brings us to the second major improvement. Fury X achieves this performance improvement with a TDP that’s a meager 10W higher. Which makes Fury X 48% more power efficient than AMD’s previous single GPU flagship the R9 290X, which is quite remarkable.

We’ve also been told that since Fiji’s die is measurably bigger than that of Hawaii, it’s considerably easier to cool. Because the heat will be distributed across a larger surface area, which will allow it to dissipate more readily. This is good news, especially considering that AIBs will also be bringing out newer and more effective cooling solutions.
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On an even brighter note, we’ve been told that AMD’s reference air cooler for Fury X and Fury is actually quite beefy. And will keep the chips cool even with an overclock. The cooler features three axial fans blowing air onto a large heatsink.
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TaintedSquirrel said:
Generally, the more AMD hypes a product the more disappointing it is.
All of these little teaser videos and the 6.16.2015 thing at Computex... Not a good sign.
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Come on now.

Bulldozer was hype, Freesync was hype. These teaser videos tell me their marketing people are doing the bare minimum to keep their jobs lol. Definitely not what I'd call hype.
 
Bigger gap between the XT and Pro than I thought if those specs are true.

Wonder if Fiji Pro will be going head to head with 980 Ti/TX while Fiji XT will be in a different class altogether.
 
x3sphere said:
Bigger gap between the XT and Pro than I thought if those specs are true.

Wonder if Fiji Pro will be going head to head with 980 Ti/TX while Fiji XT will be in a different class altogether.
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Fingers crossed for...

$499 Fiji Pro
$699 Fiji XT
$849 Fiji XT W/C

With the Pro showing TitanX performance and the XT blowing it away...
 
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