AMD Radeon 300 series graphics cards rumour roundup

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The AMD rumour machine consensus in a handy 'cut out and keep' tabulated form.

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[bae85]

Hurry up so I can get a 290x cheaper!

[abychristy]

Hurry up so I can get a 290x cheaper!

Why get the 290X when you can buy the newer version of that, you know the 380X

[sykobee]

It's all rumours to be honest. The Fiji stuff seems to be verified from multiple sources.

Trinidad I've also seen rumoured to be a new chip (GCN 1.3)...

[kalniel]

Why get the 290X when you can buy the newer version of that, you know the 380X

You mean buy the same card for more money? Sounds like a plan!

[bae85]

Why get the 290X when you can buy the newer version of that, you know the 380X

The clue is in what I wrote. The 290x will drop in price when the new one comes out.

[abychristy]

The clue is in what I wrote. The 290x will drop in price when the new one comes out.

Ah whatever your money your choice.

[bae85]

Ah whatever your money your choice.

Yes, it's my choice to save myself some money...

[Percy1983]

From this a 390 maybe the one for me, it always seems the second model down offers best value.

Failing that a cheap 380x/290x may do nicely if the price is right.

[dfour]

looks like I might be selling my 290x and getting a 390x then if it turns out to be anything like the rumours. Not bothered about heat and it will go underwater asap but AMD did say they where using another manufacturer for their coolers this time so hopefully the stock one will be the same quality as nvidias stock ones which will mean more sales as less bashing of the temps by the review sites putting possible punters off.

[shaithis]

AMD did say they where using another manufacturer for their coolers this time so hopefully the stock one will be the same quality as nvidias stock ones which will mean more sales as less bashing of the temps by the review sites putting possible punters off.

For me (and many other owners) the problem wasn't the temps per se, it was more the noise the cooler produced while maintaining a less-then-justifiable level of cooling. In my frontroom PC (and for those with them in/near bedrooms) I found AMD to just be too loud.

TBH, even nVidias coolers are that great, the exception being the one that debuted on the 780.

[Nobull]

Another rebadge. C'mon AMD it's wearing a little thin. No fanboism here, I have a 6950 that I want an excuse to upgrade, but I have never, and probably will never, spend more than £200 on a GPU. Looking at this, seems there's little chance of either of the actually new cards coming in anywhere near that, which is something I don't understand since my 6950 was £190 a few months after release and that was a second-rung card that could be unlocked (pretty much) to the top tier 6970. What's with the inflation in the GPU market?

[shaithis]

As a betting man, I would have a flutter on rebadges of any new range from both AMD and nVidia, it's just par for the course these days. Learn to accept it!

[edzieba]

TBH, even nVidias coolers are that great, the exception being the one that debuted on the 780.

NVTTM-derived coolers (main variant being either a internal heatsink using a vapour-chamber or ordinary heatpipes depending on GPU TDP) are the only reference coolers Nvidia have been producing for the last few years. Everything else is an OEM design. This is complicated by Nvidia not releasing reference designs (neither coler nor PCB) for anything that doesn't warrant an NVTTM (e.g. 970, 960, 750ti, etc) meaning that only OEM coolers are available. In contrast, AMd seem to have been producing reference PCBs and coolers for their entire range, but their reference coolers have been substandard at best, particularly for the higher TDP cards.

[Nelly.]

Will be disappointed if the 390X only has 4GB Ram

[dfour]

Will be disappointed if the 390X only has 4GB Ram

8GB of ram is still mainly E-peen.

Im sure 8gb variants will show up fast enough.