AMD said to be preparing a Radeon R9 370X graphics card

[HEXUS]

It may be an attempt to put a dampener on the Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 launch.

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[CustardInc]

Poor Pitcairn, released in 2012... that's about 72 years old in human years - let it retire!

[cps1974]

2GB - looks as though they are after the 2012 gaming market

[zaph0d]

Poor Pitcairn, released in 2012... that's about 72 years old in human years - let it retire!

It's not quite that old in human years, it's closer to 45. Silicon generations are about 18 months and human generations are about 20 years. With Pitcairn released in march 2012 it's 2 & 1/4 generations old.

Still even as long in the tooth as it is, it's got enough grunt and vram for 1080p gaming and that's the market it's likely aimed at. I'm fine with rebrands like this as long as the tech is still current (it's GCN so DX12 capable) and it's performance level matches the market level it's aimed at, in this case lower budget gaming.

[Biscuit]

It's not quite that old in human years, it's closer to 45. Silicon generations are about 18 months and human generations are about 20 years. With Pitcairn released in march 2012 it's 2 & 1/4 generations old.

Still even as long in the tooth as it is, it's got enough grunt and vram for 1080p gaming and that's the market it's likely aimed at. I'm fine with rebrands like this as long as the tech is still current (it's GCN so DX12 capable) and it's performance level matches the market level it's aimed at, in this case lower budget gaming.

[PuremasterZ]

why should I upgrade from an R9 270 to an R9 370X when I can either go for the R9 290 or R9 390

[Platinum]

Daft question but why are they not using GCN 1.2 chips for the lower spec cards rather than rehasing years old tech?

[CaptainAmerica]

R9 270x owners rejoice! Update thy BIOS and thou shall receive a new card!

[DanceswithUnix]

Daft question but why are they not using GCN 1.2 chips for the lower spec cards rather than rehasing years old tech?

That would mean using a cut down Tonga chip, which is quite a bit bigger and so more expensive. I suppose it comes down to: how much are you willing to pay?

A new chip? Don't see the point in that, it will all change when 16nm stuff comes out, and that is going to need an across the board refresh so I expect the engineers are busy.