AMD Readying Two New 20nm Cards To Go against Maxwell, 380X Will Take on 980, 390X Will Take on Titan 2 / 980 Ti

[CarlosRex]

This new information was revealed to journalists in Japan.

AMD has three new graphics cards in the works. The R9 290X successor based on the Bermuda GPU , The R9 380X based on Fiji and the R9 370X based on Treasure Island. And the R9 380X should be released by Feubuary next year if everything goes according to plan.

 

we should see the R9 390X go head to head with Nvidia’s yet unreleased GTX 980 Ti/Titan 2 based on the GM200 GPU. While the R9 380X should be positioned to go against the GTX 980 and 970. And finally the R9 370X against the GTX 960.

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So this is interesting considering we were led to believe that the R9 390X was supposed to compete with the GTX 980 and 970. According to a recent post.

It appears though that AMD is readying the R9 380X for that task and the R9 390X will go against the yet unreleased GTX 980 Ti/ Titan 2 based on the larger GM200 GPU core.
AMD has an ace up their sleeve which is the 20nm manufacturing process. Nvidia decided to skip the process and go to straight to 16nm instead. So it seems AMD will have a monopoly on 20nm and performance/watt will double thanks to the new node without accounting for any new architectural improvements or HBM which are coming with R9 300 series.

 

[TinoXtreme]

I don't give a s*it, I just bought an R9 290  B)

Can't wait to see what AMD has to offer.....

[Peopie]

Is there any news for them using Tonga or Hawaii architectures in their 300 series?

[KamiKatze]

Finally 20 nm! Can't wait for the next few rounds of nvidia vs AMD, it can only get better.

[CarlosRex]

Is there any news for them using Tonga or Hawaii architectures in their 300 series?

Tonga. New architecture is Pirate Islands, same as Tonga.

[Peopie]

Tonga. New architecture is Pirate Islands, same as Tonga.

Oo, okay

[Real_PhillBert]

I will hold my bashing until I see what they can do. There is certainly some stiff competition for AMD to deal with.

 

I really really really hope they dont require the AIO coolers though. 

[HippY]

I cannot wait for this card, although sadly February seems really distant...

[NoobsWeStand]

I can't help but to just discard any information given by wccf tech

[aom]

I will hold my bashing until I see what they can do. There is certainly some stiff competition for AMD to deal with.

 

I really really really hope they dont require the AIO coolers though. 

Judging from the image, nope. And February is the time when I'll be upgrading so yay.

And 20nm goes a long way with power and heat so lets see if temps are better (not like non-reference Hawaiis were that bad)

[Mooshi]

While I have plans for a GTX 970 later on, I'm am intrigued. 

[EChondo]

Hopefully AMD doesn't do the same thing they did last time and have their partners wait a whole freaking month before non-reference coolers come to market.

 

Nvidia's 980 and 970 launch has been one of the best launches I've experienced yet.

[NateGSR117]

This will be very interesting to see play out.

[Techhog]

Damn, same reference cooler. I wonder how long befo-

Winter is coming and AMD is coming up with new heat solutions!

Yay.

Well, that took no time flat.

[patrickjp93]

Is there any news for them using Tonga or Hawaii architectures in their 300 series?

275.5x2

[Victorious Secret]

275.5x2

 

 

You joke, but give AMD 12 hours...they'll make that a real product. 

[Kingofpants]

Winter is coming and AMD is coming up with new heat solutions!

Yay.

Actually since they are 20 nm cards. Don't be suprised when they absolutely destroy maxell in the best and power department.

You can only push architecture so far, smaller Transistors will really step up the game thou.

[mr.squishy]

So anyone want to explain what company the one on the far left is with it's name written in (what I assume is) Kanji? Also I like how in the picture, all the banners are the same until Sapphire and Asus. I'm honestly very intrigued by this. I'll definately be looking out for what Gigabyte and Sapphire relase since I like their stuff, although if MSI Comes out with a 3xx series Lightning card.......

I love GPU wars, even though I'm only running a 650ti Boost (that I love to death) and don't really intend on upgrading from soon haha

[Razzaa]

Actually since they are 20 nm cards. Don't be suprised when they absolutely destroy maxell in the best and power department.

You can only push architecture so far, smaller Transistors will really step up the game thou.

It actually would be very surprising.........it will also be 28nm. They are not releasing 20nm.

[deviant88]

Winters are cold in japan and they dont have good centralized heating or anything so it makes sense amd will release there first.

 

I hope people know buying 970/980 right now is the worst thing you could do.These cards are just a bit of teasing the real ones will come later on 16/20nm from both nvedea and AMD,those who buy now will hate themselves in a couple months.

Seems like the gpu wars are the last interesting field to look for.No OS wars,no CPU wars no nothing just gpu's.

Edited September 29, 2014 by deviant88

[Sakkura]

It actually would be very surprising.........it will also be 28nm. They are not releasing 20nm.

 

Article says 20nm (but yeah yeah, wccf). And if Q1 2015 is true then 20nm doesn't seem unrealistic. They're already making 20nm SoC's for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the extra time should prepare them for more complex GPUs (the Hawaii GPU already having about 3 times as many transistors as Apple's A8).

[Texhnlyze]

So uhmmmm, Nvidia is going straight to 16nm and skipping 20nms?

[Razzaa]

Article says 20nm (but yeah yeah, wccf). And if Q1 2015 is true then 20nm doesn't seem unrealistic. They're already making 20nm SoC's for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the extra time should prepare them for more complex GPUs (the Hawaii GPU already having about 3 times as many transistors as Apple's A8).

Only time will tell. As long as it is competitive whatever they release. Price wars is all i want.

[pdv789]

Winters are cold in japan and they dont have good centralized heating or anything so it makes sense amd will release there first.

I hope people know buying 970/980 right now is the worst thing you could do.These cards are just a bit of teasing the real ones will come later on 16/20nm from both nvedea and AMD,those who buy now will hate themselves in a couple months.

Seems like the gpu wars are the last interesting field to look for.No OS wars,no CPU wars no nothing just gpu's.

I realise this but I have new found freedoms and less responsibilities, it called for a celebration of sorts but I didn't have adequate hardware for my upcoming party so I invested to see what could potentially be upon us in a few months time. Most I've been able to spend on myself at one time ever

[Texhnlyze]

Winters are cold in japan and they dont have good centralized heating or anything so it makes sense amd will release there first.

 

I hope people know buying 970/980 right now is the worst thing you could do.These cards are just a bit of teasing the real ones will come later on 16/20nm from both nvedea and AMD,those who buy now will hate themselves in a couple months.

Seems like the gpu wars are the last interesting field to look for.No OS wars,no CPU wars no nothing just gpu's.

 

Purchasing 970 as a placeholder is not a bad idea though.