AMD Tonga GPU Arriving Sometime in August

[Dietrichw]

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Chinese VR Zone (Via Videocardz) has revealed more details on AMD’s upcoming Tonga GPU. They state that the said GPU will be arriving sometime in August and is all set to replace the Tathiti PRO core and therefore the R9 280 GPU for the mid-end spectrum. Its performance is supposed to be somewhere in between Tahiti PRO and Tahiti XT.

 

 

The exact nomenclature of the GPU is not known but a common dubbing is the Radeon R9 285, which being nothing more than a speculation, can be easily wrong. The card is rumored to have a 256bit interface with 32 CUs and consequently 2048 SPs. The card is supposedly very power efficient and could even get a 7Ghz memory clock. The fab for the Tonga GPU is said to be Global Foundries, but there are rumors circulating that put it back to TSMC’s 28nm node. Now we had previously heard that the GPU would be landing near Autumn and VR Zone seems to have given a more accurate time frame for the same.

I think going with 380 would make more sense but then eventually there will be confusion with NVidia cards.

 

The Tonga GPU is aimed at the completely mid-end spectrum and equal-to-or-less-than $200 price point if it is going to be replacing the R9 280. It is also speculated to be be based on GCN 2.0 as opposed to GCN 1.1 which Hawaii and Bonaire were based on. AS we draw closer to the launch more information about the GPU will inevitably leak out, and from the looks of it, Tonga is shaping up to be a very interesting GPU.  The design scheme introduces latest architectural improvements such as new ACE (Asynchronous Compute Engine) Units and an increased focus towards compute shaders. Leaving aside the choke full of speculation in this article, the only thing that is 100% confirmed at this point is that the GPU is landing in August and will replace the Tahiti Pro.

[Katsu-K1L]

Can't wait to see these new GPU's

[AnnoyedShelf]

Always excited to see what AMD does!

[AnnoyedShelf]

 

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I think going with 380 would make more sense but then eventually there will be confusion with NVidia cards.

 

Can you please link the source?

[Dietrichw]

Can you please link the source?

ooops forgot

[flibberdipper]

Interesting...

[AnnoyedShelf]

ooops forgot

Thanks!

[AnnoyedShelf]

And honestly, going with 380 would not make more sense, considering the 280 is basically a 7970.

[Dietrichw]

And honestly, going with 380 would not make more sense, considering the 280 is basically a 7970.

but starting last year they threw away the old naming scheme, if they did 285 what will they call the card that replaces the 285 the 290? 

[AMaleWhale]

Yuss new cards are comming #morepricedrops

 

 

But could AMD just get at it and give me a good new CPU as well? 

[mymouthandi]

It could be interesting if we see new AMD GPUs and Nvidia GPUs by the end of the year. 

[BallGum]

And honestly, going with 380 would not make more sense, considering the 280 is basically a 7970.

 

I think the 280 is a 7950, while the 280X is the 7970.

[AnnoyedShelf]

I think the 280 is a 7950, while the 280X is the 7970.

Yes, I believe you are correct. I got the series right tho.

[zeiferlance]

na na na na! 
the time of the year has come again! 

 

With NV's 750Ti performance, let's see what NV has under their sleeves to match this rumored "Tonga"

[EChondo]

Any news on the 390's?

 

Will be waiting for the GTX880 vs R9-390!

[RexinOridle]

Is it just me or Ruby is getting uglier by the year?

[Peacefulwarrior]

Interesting...

Mmmm, yes, quite.

[mgsstar]

This is pretty interesting. Great for AMD creating excellent GPUs with a great price point.

[Humbug]

Well at least it should be more impressive than the Maxwell debut: 750ti.

[Accursed Entity]

Hmmm... We might get some new cards by the end of this year after all, if all the rumors are true that is.

[Rassilon]

If it wasn't for gamestream, I'd seriously be looking at these things. Power efficiency is something amd really hasn't tried, and it's great that they are

[matin94]

good, been bored without any GPU wars lately.

[AlTech]

Check this out rumoured 300 series 

 

GPU Codename Core Stream Processors* Texture Units* ROPs* Core Clock* Memory Clock* Memory Bus*  R9 370X Treasure Island Treasure Island XTX 1536 96 48 ~900Mhz ~5Ghz 256Bit  R9 380X Fiji Fiji XTX 3072 192 72 ~900Mhz ~6Ghz 384Bit R9 390X Bermuda Bermuda XTX 4224 264 96 ~1000Mhz ~7Ghz 512Bit

 

 

 

http://wccftech.com/amd-pirate-islands-r9-300-series-bermuda-fiji-treasure-islands-xtx/

 

Values are not indicative of the final product.

 

should feature the DirectX 12 Hardware feature set

[Guest MixedCore]

Is it just me or Ruby is getting uglier by the year?

It's the TressFX, I tell ya! 

[Guest MixedCore]

If it wasn't for gamestream, I'd seriously be looking at these things. Power efficiency is something amd really hasn't tried, and it's great that they are

Agree with the power-efficieency point, but now with the Raptr Suite AMD has a recording/streaming service too... sure it isn't neccesarly hardware implemented as Nvidia's, but it's still optimised for GCN cards.