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So I bricked my Pro Duo. The HBM clock on these cards is locked so the only way to change the clock is through the BIOS, I was stable at 575MHz with 1.275V on the memory and raised the clock speed to 585 a few days ago and the card wouldn't boot anymore. That's fine I have a dual BIOS right? Well, apparently that isnt working for some reason. I tried the refreshing the stock BIOS on with no luck, tried shorting BIOS rom pins, and tried the SPI Flash tool were you directly connect to the ROM all with no luck. Now my only option seems to be a ROM replacement but I noticed these contacts covered in some kind of yellow strip. Does anyone know what these contacts are for or if they might help in some way with what I'm trying to do?

Hi guys, So I just wanted to ask what you guys think of the pricing of some parts I can get here in Fiji. All currencies in the pictures are Fijian Dollars. The rate is 1FJD = 0.47USD (Rough estimate) So in the image of the MSI GTX Armor 1070 OC edition it's roughly 630USD. Is that price worth it? Would it be alright getting some of these parts here or am I better off buying it online? I know there's shipping and taxes too but if there's anyone here who is in a country without much tech and has either the option to buy locally or online, what do you recommend?

Is there any way to brick my fury x intentionally and then recover it later? the reasons are pretty complicated. let's just say it's for research purpose :3

Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10279/amd-releases-radeon-pro-duo-fiji-350w-vr AMD GPU Specification Comparison AMD Radeon Pro Duo AMD Radeon R9 Fury X AMD Radeon R9 Fury AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Stream Processors 2 x 4096 4096 3584 2 x 2816 Texture Units 2 x 256 256 224 2 x 176 ROPs 2 x 64 64 64 2 x 64 Boost Clock 1000MHz 1050MHz 1000MHz 1018MHz Memory Clock 1Gbps HBM 1Gbps HBM 1Gbps HBM 5Gbps GDDR5 Memory Bus Width 2 x 4096-bit 4096-bit 4096-bit 2 x 512-bit VRAM 2 x 4GB 4GB 4GB 2 x 4GB FP64 1/16 1/16 1/16 1/8 TrueAudio Y Y Y Y Transistor Count 2 x 8.9B 8.9B 8.9B 2 x 6.2B Typical Board Power 350W 275W 275W 500W Manufacturing Process TSMC 28nm TSMC 28nm TSMC 28nm TSMC 28nm Architecture GCN 1.2 GCN 1.2 GCN 1.2 GCN 1.1 GPU Fiji Fiji Fiji Hawaii Launch Date Q2 2016 06/24/2015 07/14/2015 04/21/2014 Launch Price $1499 $649 $549 $1499 So AMD has finally released the pro duo, and it looks like are making it two nanos that are watercooled. My guess is that the power limit is 525 watts. All we've learned today is the power draw is 350 watts. Tbh, I don't think this card is worth it at all at 1500. If it decreases in price, however, like the 295x2, ti could become a worth buying card.

AMD's Scott Wasson has just tweeted an image of two Fiji GPUs. This is extremely similar to what AMD did last time with the 295x2. They also seem to have sent a lot of stuff about #2BETTERTHAN1, which is definitely pointing towards a dual-GPU. Perhaps the Furyx2 will be launching soon. As well, this was done last year http://wccftech.com/amds-secret-letters-more2betterthan1-r9-295x2-dual-hawaii-teasers/ not too long before it was launched. Perhaps the Furyx2 will be coming within the next month.

The internet requested that the R9 Nano be compared to the size of a banana, and that request was fulfilled promptly. http://gfycat.com/KindlyClosedFlee

Today on NCIX.com, the FuryX listings for Powercolor and Club3D were updated with images. Gigabyte's listing still remains imageless, but that should change soon as these cards "launch" tomorrow, with NDA lifting at this time. As you can see, the variety of different coolers is a breath of fresh air /s. Of interest is the minimum power supply requirement: 500W. Does a 500w power supply with 2x8-pin pci-e connectors exist? (probably, I just don't know off hand) It appears that the fan of all places is where these companies decided to place their branding (or as some have pointed out, shopped the image). Hopefully the stickers are centered properly to avoid fan wobble. It should go without saying that all FuryX cards are reference design only. The non-x Fury is supposed to have custom boards/cooling however. http://www.ncix.com/detail/powercolor-r9-fury-x-1050mhz-c0-110441.htm http://www.ncix.com/detail/club3d-radeon-fury-x-1050mhz-cd-110467.htm Newegg.ca http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202155 Sapphire at Hardware Zone Singapore (pricing in Singapore Dollars) http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/hardware-clinic-2/%5Bgpu-review%5D-sapphire-amd-r9-fury-x-rise-5087633.html courtesy of @Mulsanne

That the 980ti will drop in price when the AMD card releases. Just want a general opinion on the matter as the 980ti is finally in stock from my supplier and I'm debating whether it be better to wait or not. Here's a strawpoll link http://strawpoll.me/4598436Feel free to type out what you think as well

i always thought if it was possible on the high end graphics cards, to make the die's removable so you could move them to different boards in the same way cpu's and motherboards work. that way, your super overclockable reference cards gpu could be moved to a matrix board or a classified board for even better overclocking, is this not possible if so why. this is really bothering me now that amd teased their 390x die. why wouldnt amd and nvidia not do this, i can see that this wouldnt make sense on the low end, but on the high end where money isnt an object this would be perfect.

I just read this: http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/amds-flagship-fiji-xt-to-use-new-branding-and-cost-849-rumours/ and this : http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-r9-390x-fiji-xt-8-hi-8gb-hbm/ Also have a great night everyone

If the rumor mill about AMD Fury wasn't already working overtime (see Fury Pro Delay), a new rumor suggests that AMD may be limited to producing roughly 30,000 HBM Graphic Cards for 2015. The rumor suggests that a shortage in HBM memory (rumor upon rumor) is to blame. Not only would this look bad for AMD, but prices would easily skyrocket with a (perceived) limited supply. To put this number in perspective, AMD shipped 8,000 BF4 Edition 290X's alone at the launch of Hawaii, and Hawaii cards sold out within hours of launch. It's also said that Nvidia sold 1 million GM204 chips in 2.5 Months after launch (gtx 970, 980 with lots of buyers going SLI). Is this AMD trying to hype up their new cards and inflate the prices? Somehow I doubt this is a PR stunt. AMD have likely ironed out prices with vendors already, and vendors inflating prices does not mean more money for AMD. If this rumor is true, it may bite AMD in their rear. http://www.tweaktown.com/news/45835/amd-radeon-fury-rumored-limited-30-000-units-2015/index.html Update courtesy of @mattebad http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/384890-debunked-amd-fury-x-production-limited-to-30000-units-in-2015/?p=5198616 http://wccftech.com/amd-fury-30k-units-2015-air-liquid-cooling/

In the recent days there has been a some benchmarks and photos leaked of the new AMD flagship, the R9 Fury X. Hardware Battle has posted slides from what's supposedly a AMD presentation. Hardware Battle is quite accurate when it comes to GPU leaks, but take it with a grain of salt. Here's the description of the card, supposedly taken from the official presentation: Here we see the "official" render of the Fiji silicon itself. Here we see the I/O which is includes 3 Displayports and 1 HDMI. There is no exhaust for a fan because the card will use a external radiator and fan to take care of cooling Source: http://videocardz.com/56273/amd-radeon-fury-x-confirmed

So lads, I just thought to update my upgrade placeholders on PCPP because of the recent release of AMD's Fiji XT and Nvdia's GM200. And really, I am disappointed, the whole of the 300 series from AMD are rebrands (200 series wasn't completely, but really, again... ಠ_ಠ), and from what I've seen the Fury X gets beaten out by the 980 Ti in almost all circumstances, AND in Aus at least the Fury X is 100 bucks more than the 980 Ti... So seriously, what is the point of the 300 series along with Fiji? I've been a strong believer in Intel CPU with AMD GPU, but now I'm considering abolishing AMD from upcoming builds in total. The 980 Ti costs less, is more power efficient, overclocks like a champ, beats out the Fury X almost always and there are non-reference coolers to choose from. Maybe the Fury will deliver, I'm not sure, but by the looks of it, I don't think it will, unfortunately. The Fury Nano however seems pretty cool, the form factor would make it ideal for tiny systems that require loads of horsepower. But, nevertheless I think AMD has indeed failed in creating competition, the 200 series I believe sold purely because of the lower price and fanboyism, but I just don't see how the Fury X is worth my 1.2 thousand dollars. Cheers.

source: http://anandtech.com/show/9387/amd-radeon-300-series 2nd source: http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-releases-radeon-r9-fury-x-details-exclusive-photos.html --- this should put to rest all those false rumors about Fiji being based on GCN 1.3 I also said, that my educated guess is that Fiji is a heavily modified Tonga: Fiji block diagram: Tonga block diagram: select people who called me names because of this ^, should start eating crow

Well, its time for the NVidia fans to cry. AMD has released a card that is more powerful than the 980ti, at the same price, as well as possibly more powerful than the Titan x, at 350$ less. I think AMD has won this time around. I'm not ignoring the fact their R9/R7 300 series are rebrands.. which is disappointing, but were talking about the enthusiast end. Also, not only they beat NVidia in pricing and performance, on one of their FIJI architecture cards, they made a extremely small form factor card. It seems all the rumors have came true. There will eventually be a dual GPU Fiji card.. but no more details have been spoken from that. The Fiji card will have 4gb of HBM. They have 4096 Stream Processors, yes, this is a single GPU card were talking about :blink: I think AMD has shot NVidia out of the sky. Even if it isn't exactly the performance of the Titan X, it will still be better than the 980ti, and at the same price. Nice job AMD. I think its time for AMD fan boys to have a party, now that they can say AMD possibly has a card that's generally better then the Titan X, at a lower price.. possibly. I am really excited. What is your thoughts on AMD's "Fiji" lineup?

Not too much to say. We've seen renders of the front of the card numerous times, but finally we have an actual picture (if real) of the back, including the tubing and radiator. The tubing is indeed coming out if the end, which may hinder some SFF builds, while (in my opinion) may actually help in reaching a fan mount in some cases. Either way its good to see a backplate. One thing of interest is the fan attached to the radiator, as well as the thickness of the radiator. Last year it was reported (rumor) that Asetek had secured a deal for a couple million aio coolers for AMD, but I don't personally recognize the radiator design, and the fan is clearly (i think) a Gentle Typhoon. I will update this thread if I see any more pictures. https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/399775/new_picture_of_fury_nano_w_backplate_tubing_and/ More pics, courtesy of @BonSie http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/384052-new-picture-fakereal-of-amd-fury-nano-leaked-w-backplate/?p=5185804 & @Bouzoo http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-fury-exclusive-pics/ Courtesy of @ahhming (appears to be a prototype) http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/384052-new-pictures-of-amd-fury-nano-leaked-w-backplate/?p=5195918 According to one source, in regards to the different fans: @ courtesy of @zMeul http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/385291-amd-radeon-r9-fury-x-confirmed-kind-of/?p=5201965 from PC Perspective

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Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-steam-refunds-also-computex-happened-june-5-2015 Main News Topics Computex highlights! Our top 5 videos from Computex Corsair Bulldog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1uascUBDM0 MSI Desktop GPUs in AIO & Laptop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slcyOmqdsTE 980 Ti Variants: Gigabyte https://youtu.be/bgCLmr1wemI ASUS https://youtu.be/R03fER5dnNk IN WIN H-Tower: https://youtu.be/tes6rsWfHd4 And still more to come tonight and tomorrow! Thanks to MSI & lynda.com for making our Computex coverage possible AnandTech | GTX980 Ti shows a significant pixel fillrate difference vs Titan X Source 1: linustechtips.com/anandtech-gtx980-ti-shows… OP: zMeul Source 2: anandtech.com/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-980… synthetic performance tests showed similar scoring results between the two cards 980 Ti loses 2 Polymorph Engines in TessMark due to losing 2 SMMs, though that doesn’t really hinder 980 Ti in gaming or this test see a greater than expect drop in pixel fill rates in 3DMark Vantage Pixel Fill 980 Ti loses some rasterization throughput from the SMM loss, but the 15% drop is larger than can be accounted for by the 2 SMMs (accounts for ~10%) last 5% cannot be accounted for at this point in testing despite these tests, there are no signs of the 980 Ti struggling at 4K vs the Titan X, so the pixel fillrates are not impacting game performance ASUS PA329Q New Professional 4K Monitor for Image Enthusiasts & Editors - Display Source 1: linustechtips.com - asus pa329q new professional 4k monitor OP: The Gaige Source 2: pcdiy.asus.com - asus pa329q new professional 4k monitor for image e 32” 4K monitor with 100% Adobe RGB color gamut 3840x2160, 16:9 IPS display with 178-degree viewing angle, 138 PPI 10-bit display color and supports a 16-bit internal lookup table 1x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x Mini DisplayPort 1.2, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x HDMI 1.4, 4x USB 3.0 Nvidia launches Mobile G-Sync - G-Sync improvements and mentions new G-Sync displays (4K IPS). Source 1: linustechtips.com - nvidia launches mobile g sync g sync im OP: Goodbytes Source 2: images.anandtech.com/doci/9303/LCDOverdrive2.png Source 3: anandtech.com/show/9303/nvidia-launches-mobile-gsync announced at the same time as GTX 980 Ti also announced Windowed G-Sync for laptops and desktops Mobile G-Sync uses eDP (embedded DisplayPort) to control refresh rate no power consuming chip needed eDP is common on laptops these days due to its low power requirement and ability to support high resolutions very similar to how AMD FreeSync functions on desktop monitors, so these two technologies will function quite similarly on mobile systems should not cost more when they have mobile G-Sync since, technically, not much is being added, though there are license costs and there will (in all likelihood) be markup from the manufacturer “gamer grade” mobile displays at 75Hz native, which is where mobile G-Sync will shine no info on whether these displays are TN or IPS, though it is assumed they will be TN Nvidia claims that you have less lag than V-Sync, no tearing, and no stuttering with mobile G-Sync also has a variable overdrive feature which uses Nvidia’s “best0effort” to predict when the next frame will arrive, adjusting the overdrive values of the panel to correct color accordingly to enable mobile G-Sync your laptop must have: GeForce graphics card & work with Nvidia to established parameters for the particular panel used (to optimize the performance and color experience) important note: Nvidia Optimus is NOT available with mobile G-Sync, since there is no support from Intel as of yet mobile G-Sync available starting in June (check out our coverage of Computex to see some!) Windowed G-Sync monitors what application is focused and enables/disables G-Sync based on that even works with SLI graphics G-Sync Max Refresh Rate Framerate Control (AKA G-Sync V-Sync) provides support for controlling the behavior of G-Sync when framerates reach or exceed the refresh rate limit of a monitor G-Sync simply turned on V-Sync in the past when this happened now you can choose to turn of V-Sync and experience a bit of tearing or leave it on AMD Fiji Officially Revealed at Computex; First Clear Pictures of GPU Core Emerge and New Teaser for Upcoming GPU Source 1: linustechtips.com - amd fiji officially revealed at co OP: Dr Deconstruct Source 2: videocardz.com/56050/amd-fiji-officially-shown-at-computex-2015 Source 3: linustechtips.com - index.php?app=core&module=attach&section Source 4: videocardz.com/55561/editorial-how-big-is-fiji Source 5: twitter.com/statuses/605938931448737792 pic shows Fiji GPU core with HBM onboard confirmed that Fiji has 4 stacks of HBM (points towards 4GB configuration) CTO of AMD claims the current 4GB “limit” will not be an issue for gamers Radeon R9 Fury will arrive on June 16 Microsoft explains what you’ll lose by upgrading to Windows 10 Source 1: linustechtips.com - microsoft explains what you%E2%80% OP: Fuzzy Crumpkin Source 2: theverge.com/2015/6/1/8696949/windows-10-feature-loss Windows 10 is coming July 29 all Windows 7 and 8.1 users are encouraged to reserve their free upgrade through taskbar notification losing Windows Media Center, the card game Hearts, and Windows 7’s desktop gadgets new drivers will be required for floppy disks on Windows watching DVDs will also require “separate playback software” Cortana will only be available in US, UK, China, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain at launch Windows Hello (biometric passwords) will need an infrared camera for facial recognition or a supported fingerprint reader Xbox Music & Xbox Video streaming apps will be constrained by region-based licenses Pro and Enterprise editions will be able to defer updates, Windows Home will not have that option - updates will be downloaded and installed automatically as soon as they’re available Sandisk 2TB Portable SSD for $999.99 Source 1: linustechtips.com/main/topic/378383-sandisk-2tb-ssd-for-99999/ OP: Echondo Source 2: sandisk.com - sandisk expands into the external storage market with Source 3: sandisk.com/products/ssd/sata/extreme-900-portable-ssd Source 4: sandisk.com/products/ssd/sata/extreme-500-portable-ssd Source 5: betanews.com - sandisk announces 2tb ssd in its new extreme 900 line Extreme 900 Portable SSD 1.92TB formatted size also has a 480GB and 960GB version maximum performance rating of 850 MBps (doesn’t specify read or write) equipped with USB 3.1 interface, both Type A and Type C capabilities providing a 3-year warranty on these new drives also offering an Extreme 500 Portable SSD lineup with 120GB ($99.99), 240GB ($149.99), and 480GB ($239.99) capacities maximum performance of 415 MBps (again, doesn’t specify read or write) over USB 3.0 come with Sandisk SecureAccess software which provides 180-bit AES encryption USB Drive with Type A & C Source 1: linustechtips.com/main/topic/379562-usb-drive-with-type-a-c/ OP: Jos Source 2: theverge.com - sandisk usb c dual flash drive computex 2015 Source 3: amazon.co.uk - SanDisk SDDDC 032G G46 Ultra Flash Connector one side USB 3.0 Type A, other side Type C aiming to bridge the gap between Type A and Type C as the industry transitions SanDisk “doesn’t believe the time is yet right to build and sell accessories with only a USB-C connector on them” we already have similar dual-connector USB drives with Type-A and Micro USB 32GB dual USB flash drive was announced at MWC in February, is currently on sale on Amazon for $39.99 US Can Intel's Iris PRO inside Broadwell be a low-end discrete video card killer? Source 1: linustechtips.com - can intels iris pro inside broadwell be a l OP: Zmeul Source 2: tomshardware.com - intel core i7 5775c i5 5675c broadwell,4169 4 Source 3: anandtech.com/show/9320/intel-broadwell-review-i7-5775c-i5-5765c about half of the silicon is dedicated to processor graphics outperforms AMD APUs by an average of 20% Tom’s says the Iris Pro 6200 is still significantly faster than any integrated graphics solution they’ve ever tested even outperforms Radeon R7 250, HD 6670, and GeForce GTS 250 never once fell behind the AMD APUs with that said, they’re about 2x the cost of AMD’s top APU Disney has terminated your job - oh, but train your replacement on the way out Source 1: linustechtips.com - disney has terminated your job oh but train OP: Exyia Source 2: msn.com - last task after layoff at disney train foreign replacement data systems employees monitored computers in industrial buildings nearby, making sure millions of ticket sales, store purchases, and hotel reservations went through without a hitch some thought meetings with their manager had been called since they were receiving a bonus for their stellar work in actuality, about 250 employees were called in and told they would be laid off jobs transferred to immigrants on temporary visas for highly skilled technical work, brought in by an outsourcing firm in India over the next three months (November 2014-January 2015) some employees were required to train their replacements to do the job they lost “made the difficult decision to eliminate certain positions, including yours” as a result of “the transition of your work to a managed service provider” offered a “stay bonus” of 10% of severance pay if they remained for 90 days bonus was contingent on “the continued satisfactory performance of your job duties,” which included training a replacement first 30 days were capturing what they did, next the new employee worked side by side with them, and the last 30 days the new employee took over completely and they simply oversaw the work one employee had his annual review in November (which he provided to the NY Times) - apparently his supervisor was not aware he was scheduled for a layoff his review stated that “because of his superior skills and ‘outstanding’ work, he had saved the company thousands of dollars.” “The supervisor added that he was looking forward to another highly productive year of having the employee on the team” the employee got a raise, 2 months before he was schedule to be laid off this particular employee’s résumé lists a top-level skill certification and command of seven operating systems, 15 program languages and more than two dozen other applications and media Amendment rights and undermines [America]’s founding principles.” Asus starts industry's first fully-automated graphics card production Source 1: linustechtips.com - asus starts industrys first fully automate OP: Bouzoo Source 2: tomshardware.com - asus auto extreme graphics card production,29252 Source 3: 2015tech.com - asus starts industrys very first fully automated grap New production method called auto extreme. According to Asus it’s the industry’s first fully automated production process. Avoids human error. Leads to smoother PCBs and neater component layouts. Can be accomplished without oxidation and in environments with less dust. Allows for tighter tolerances. Reduces productions costs due to lower failure rate during QC. Will likely lead to longer warranties. First card produced using auto extreme was the 20th anniversary edition card. Multi-GPU Resource Pooling - DX12 Demo Source 1: linustechtips.com - multi gpu resource pooling dx12 demo OP: Mec 777 Source 2: youtube.com/watch?v=9cvmDjVYSNk (Note: Very Good Thread) Currently, the way multi-GPUs are combined is that each GPU (in a dual-card config) takes turn rendering each frame. Both GPUs have to be nearly identical, run at the same clock speeds and both have to hold the same data in the Vram of each card resulting in redundancies and limitations on which cards can be used/combined Now each gpu can render only a specific part of a frame. VRAM can now be stacked as each card is working on a separate aspect. Up to the developer to implement this properly. Video shows an example of the performance improvements when using a iGPU in conjunction with a dGPU. NVIDIA Could Capitalize on AMD GCN Not Supporting Direct3D 12_1 Source 1: linustechtips.com - nvidia could capitalize on amd gcn no OP: Big Stroonz Source 2: techpowerup.com - nvidia could capitalize on amd graphics corenext n AMD GCN does not support DirectX 12.1 only DirectX 12.0 This could explain why NVIDIA dedicated three-fourths of its GeForce GTX 980 Ti press-deck to talking about the features of D3D 12_1 at length and probably wants to make a few new effects that rely on D3D 12_1 part of GameWorks. DirectX 12.1 adds: Volume-Tiled Resources, Conservative Rasterization and Rasterizer Ordered Views. Volume Tiled-resources: An evolution of tiled-resources, in which the GPU seeks and loads only those portions of a large texture that are relevant to the scene it's rendering, rather than loading the entire texture to the memory not only along X and Y axes, but adds third dimension. Conservative Rasterization A means of drawing polygons with additional pixels that make it easier for two polygons to interact with each other in dynamic objects. Raster Ordered Views A means to optimize raster loads in the order in which they appear in an object. Practical applications include improved shadows. Rapid Fire News Topics [Joke] Intel's new 65-Core Smartphone Source 1: linustechtips.com Source 2: theinquirer.net A mock ZenFone with an Xeon chip stuck on the back and calling it "the world's first 65-core smartphone". Intel principal engineer François Piednoel made the remarks during an Intel benchmarking session at Computex on Thursday. "This is the world's first 65-core smartphone," he said. "More than a server!" Referring to Mediatek's recent 'deca-core' phone chip announcement, Piednoel said that there's no sense having an abundance of cores on a device when half of them are redundant during use, but are all then switched on for benchmark tests to give unrealistic results. 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This may not be breaking news to some, as there had been rumors circulating a few weeks ago that AMD would launch the 390x at E3 or elsewhere, and not at Computex. Apparently these weren't just rumors according to ocaholic. What is not known, is whether the unveiling will be at E3, or held at a separate private event in June. http://www.ocaholic.ch/modules/news/article.php?storyid=12414 This news is somewhat confirmed by Computerbase.de in this article http://www.computerbase.de/2015-05/amd-fiji-gezeigt-zur-computex-vorgestellt-zur-e3/ In short, this article states that AMD have plans to unveil Fiji near the 16-18th of June, and have it available for purchase by the 24th of June. Apparently the 980Ti might be unveiled at computex, which could put pressure on AMD to do a paper launch at Computex before they are ready. Using Google translate into english, the article reads in full: It would seem that the Fiji-based graphic cards will not be available for purchase until the 24th of June (if the above article is correct), which may be the reason AMD would want to hold off on the unveiling until E3. I believe that AMD don't want to risk an uproar by doing a paper launch.

source: http://nl.hardware.info/nieuws/43996/computex-amd-toont-fiji-videokaart-achter-gesloten-deuren so, this rumor goes like this: --- it this would be true, and I hope to god it isn't .. for AMD's sake, I would literally roll on the floor laughing my ass off for an hour

According to dsogaming.com, AMD's newest Fiji architecture is rumoured to come in 4 different variants: Fiji Pro 4GB $599 - Fury Fiji XT 4GB $749 - Fury X Fiji XTX 8GB $849 Fiji VR 2x8GB $1399-$1499 At this point the rumours are flying in circles, and it's hard to know whats potentially real and whats pure fantasy. If this is true, the pricing seems very competitive for the Fiji Pro, which is probably going to be a direct competitor to the 980ti. http://www.dsogaming.com/news/rumour-amd-fiji-models-revealed-will-come-with-both-4gb-8gb-cheapest-model-at-599/ This Rumour is backed up by the claim that the 8GB variant will appear sometime in August: http://www.pcgameshardware.de/AMD-Radeon-Grafikkarte-255597/News/Fiji-8-GB-Fury-X-Titan-X-980-Ti-1160568/

Huge Disclaimer Although a partial Review of the Fury X and its ability to sip power, this Post contains Rumor, Speculation and Assumptions regarding the yet to be released R9 Nano. Please take anything you read below about the Nano with a giant jar of salt. As we get closer to the release of the Nano, everything I've said about the Nano may be debunked very quickly. Also, please keep the comments civil. ------------------ The Premise With that out of the way, let me begin. If the prevailing rumors are correct about the R9 Nano, then the Nano will have the same full-sized Fiji XT GPU as the R9 Fury X, but with only a single 8-pin pci-e power connector. Actually, we know for a fact the Nano will have a single 8-pin pci-e connector, so that is not rumor. The 8-pin pci-e connector would give the Nano a combined 225 Watt power limit, versus the 375 Watt power limit of the Fury X (before increasing power limit %). It is currently unknown whether the 225 Watt power limit of the Nano will be allowed to increase beyond 100%. It is believed that the core speed of the Nano may be lower than the Fury X. There are also rumors suggesting the Nano GPU will be a Fiji Pro. Both of these rumors exist because of the stark contrast in both the cooling potential and the over-built power delivery of the Fury X. Surely the much smaller cooler and tiny power delivery of the Nano are going to be huge limits... right? The Power Limit Test There are a lot of unknowns about the Nano, and a lot of things we simply cannot test until the card is launched. Luckily, we do have the power limit test at our disposal. One does not simply remove an 8-pin pci-e connector out of the Fury X to test power limits. Instead, using AMD Overdrive we can adjust the power limit of the Fury X down to 225 Watts, effectively removing an 8-pin pci-e connector's worth of power, and bringing the Fury X down to the Power Limits of the Nano. There is one Caveat I should point out: Even though I have brought the Fury X power limit down to 225 Watts, the power delivery system will still be more stable with 2 pci-e connectors than 1 (theoretically). The Untapped Power There are some Fury X owners (including myself) that feel that the Fury X isn't firing on all cylinders. It's as though the card is coasting along under load, instead of spinning it's tires. While running benchmarks, and also during gaming sessions, I have noticed that my total system power draw rarely goes past 350-400 Watts, and that's from the wall!. At Idle system power draw is 95-100 watts. Doing the math, that equals an additional 250-300 watts under heavy load (not accounting for PSU deficiency) drawn by the CPU, Graphic Card, Memory and whatever else. V-sync is not turned on, and no other limits are being imposed to my knowledge. There are a lot of thoughts circling through my head about the numbers. What is knee-capping the Fury X, and preventing it from using the massive power delivery system at its' disposal? Did AMD artificially limit the power draw in drivers (or worse.. in the firmware)? Were they concerned that the Press would hang them for excessive power draw? Could the Fury X have been a massive Titan killer if these limits weren't imposed? Would removing the limit fry the HBM or the interposer? Anyway, tin foil hat wearing aside, another question that needed to be asked was: Will the Nano suffer from only having a single 8-pin pci-e connector? The Benchmarks The results speak for themselves I think. All benchmarks were run in 1440p. settings and screenshots can be found in the spoiler below. System: 4790K @ 4.5Ghz 16GB 2400Mhz DDR3 250GB MX100 SSD Windows 8.1 Conclusion Given that we really don't know the specs of the Nano yet, what conclusion can we draw? It's clear that either a.) AMD Overdrive cannot properly Manage power limits and I just wasted 2 hours, or b.) the Fury X is being knee-capped by AMD for one of several reasons, including concerns over efficiency (not wanting to draw more than 275 watts just to beat the Titan X), possible HBM heat/power limits, Wanting to sell lots of non-X Fury's... I honestly don't know the answer myself, and its also possible that the Fiji architecture is so dense that extra power might simply not produce any better results, hence why an artificially imposed limit of 225 Watts shows very little performance drop, with clock speeds under load still bouncing between 1030-1050Mhz, and my Watt meter confirming the sharp decrease in power draw. The numbers don't lie however, and currently the R9 Fury X is not taking advantage of its power delivery system. In fact, one could argue that a single 8-pin connector is enough if you weren't overclocking the fury X. All that being said, we shall see in the coming months whether the Nano can hold its own or not. After what I've seen today in these benchmarks, I believe the Nano will be a little Monster of a card. As for The Fury X, only time will tell if the beefy cooler and insane power delivery system will get fully utilized. It appears that (for now) the FuryX is locked inside an artificial 275 Watt power limit (educated guess) - well below the limits of two 8-pin pci-e connectors. A voltage unlock should reveal much.

What do you think about this card ? Bad .. Good ? AMD > Nvidia ? ( random ) - http://www.pcgamer.com/amd-reveals-dual-gpu-fiji-card/