RX 500X series

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https://www.tweaktown.com/news/61392/amd-rumored-release-radeon-rx-500x-series-q3-2018/index.html

According to industry sources of mine, AMD will be releasing a new Radeon RX 500X series family, which should be around 5-6% faster than the RX 500 series. A new 'X' series makes more sense than a full push into the RX 600 series, as the RX 500X series won't be offering anything new.
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They seem to have the webpage ready for it as well

https://products.amd.com/en-us/search/desktop-graphics/radeon™-rx-series/radeon™-rx-500x-series
 
Maybe on 12nm... Or maybe they use gddr5x insetad of just gddr5. Polaris was mem bw starved apparently.
 
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I thought they will cut vega cu's to create lower end versions for example vega48 instead of vega56 or vega64
 
Looks like the 560x version is just a small speed bump adding 75hz.

https://www.techpowerup.com/243172/...-acers-nitro-5-gaming-laptop-explained-by-tul

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nycdarkness said:
Gpu industry is just rereleasing the same thing over and over on both sides.
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Yea, its pretty sad... but.. here's to Navi doing better.

Honestly, I wish AMD would toss some weight behind Vega and see how it does with 16GB of 4096bit HBM2 @ 1TB/s bandwidth and clock it to 1800Mhz on the core by manufacturing it on 12nm. Sell it for $800 MSRP and relegate the "Vega 64 V1" to the "mid-range market".
 
nycdarkness said:
Gpu industry is just rereleasing the same thing over and over on both sides.
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On the plus side my 4.5 year old GPU is STILL perfectly capable and performs like a decent modern mid-range card. With GPU retail prices creeping into the $800 range it's nice not to absolutely need a new card every 2 years.
 
Has anyone done a long term GPU benchmark comparison on a set bench rig going back to the R3, 5, 7, 9 era? I'm curious to see how this 290x holds up vs a 4 or 5 series. I know I'm short on RAM but it seems that nearly everything else is better in some way.
 
With my Fx-6350 and..
RX580
Firestrike 8812
Timespy 3843
Cloud gate 15098
290x
Firestrike 7924
Timespy 3385

HD 5870
Cloud gate 10500

The Unigine Heaven 4 benchmarks were virtually identical (1380) from 290x to 580 using Ultra extreme 1920x1080 settings. Cpu bound?
The 290x was a great card although HOT until it started messing up the screens forcing me to buy something new (before prices skyrocketed).
 
Hardwood said:
With my Fx-6350 and..
RX580
Firestrike 8812
Timespy 3843
Cloud gate 15098
290x
Firestrike 7924
Timespy 3385

HD 5870
Cloud gate 10500

The Unigine Heaven 4 benchmarks were virtually identical (1380) from 290x to 580 using Ultra extreme 1920x1080 settings. Cpu bound?
The 290x was a great card although HOT until it started messing up the screens forcing me to buy something new (before prices skyrocketed).
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GCN is limited by its geometry engine and the 580's 30% clock advantage helps.
 
Just watched a quickie bench video using games in part for testing, seems that the 580 averages 15% moar FPS. Since the 290x I'm running is still okay even if hot, no point in upgrading just yet.
 
ASCI Blue said:
Just watched a quickie bench video using games in part for testing, seems that the 580 averages 15% moar FPS. Since the 290x I'm running is still okay even if hot, no point in upgrading just yet.
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Well, there are a few Vega Frontier cards going for $700 on Ebay now. The 700 dollar one I seen was brand new, never used even. lol Free shipping too.
 
bill dennison said:
https://wccftech.com/amds-secret-ra...locks-efficiency-in-2018-navi-in-2019-beyond/
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Was gonna post that but then the 2018 claim was too wild. This has to be about navi and 7nm and thats only next year for gaming gpus at best.

The key take away tho that we saw with the amd youtube interview is that they have put the cpu zen team on the gpu side of things. Almost certainly to make Infinity Fabric work with multi die on single pcb that would be the high end of navi.

2019 will be cool for tech with that 7nm node shrink all around.
 
pax said:
Was gonna post that but then the 2018 claim was too wild. This has to be about navi and 7nm and thats only next year for gaming gpus at best.

The key take away tho that we saw with the amd youtube interview is that they have put the cpu zen team on the gpu side of things. Almost certainly to make Infinity Fabric work with multi die on single pcb that would be the high end of navi.

2019 will be cool for tech with that 7nm node shrink all around.
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Well, AMD have a problem in that they've fallen behind Nvidia. They're probably a year behind in terms of their products, which also aren't as power efficient. At some point they have to do something to leapfrog and catch back up.

We really need to see another R300 from AMD that catches Nvidia with their pants down. Or maybe a GPU "Zen" as the article suggests.
 
Well, I'm more interested to see how they can do "Zen CCX style" to the GPU if that was such possible. Then I'd like to see if they can do it without crossfire profiles needed.
 
Nagorak said:
Well, AMD have a problem in that they've fallen behind Nvidia. They're probably a year behind in terms of their products, which also aren't as power efficient. At some point they have to do something to leapfrog and catch back up.

We really need to see another R300 from AMD that catches Nvidia with their pants down. Or maybe a GPU "Zen" as the article suggests.
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Zen is pretty power efficient so if they can improve as much on the gpu that would also be great. I think much of that gain will be by having the gaming gpus fabbed by tsmc however when they get their own 7nm process up and running and geared for high clocks.

Mind you if the 2018 thing has any legs to it and we get a reworked 7nm Vega from tsmc this year that can hit 2ghz on a dime Id be all over it. I wonder if that would mean navi would be late tho. Might only make sense if navi is only tailend of 2019 early 2020.
 
pax said:
Was gonna post that but then the 2018 claim was too wild. This has to be about navi and 7nm and thats only next year for gaming gpus at best.

The key take away tho that we saw with the amd youtube interview is that they have put the cpu zen team on the gpu side of things. Almost certainly to make Infinity Fabric work with multi die on single pcb that would be the high end of navi.

2019 will be cool for tech with that 7nm node shrink all around.
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LOL WTFTECH "news."
 
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