AMD's Lisa Su, "We're launching some graphics products in the second half of this year"

[BiG StroOnZ]

WCCF Tech reported yesterday that in a conference call Lisa Su stated that we should expect to hear about AMD's graphics card launches later this quarter. Not much was reported by WCCF Tech except that Lisa Su states this. Then of course they begin to dive into the speculation surrounding the R9 390X.

 

Anyway I found a link to the actual conference call, and Lisa Su states the following exactly,

 

"I've talked about Carrizo being a strong product for us, I talked about some of our graphics launches that we'll talk about later this quarter""

 

 

She also gives a nice timeline of when to expect these cards:

 

"So as I look forward, we're launching Carrizo on the APU side and we're also launching some graphics products in the second half of this year." 

 

 

This basically means that the earliest we can see the R9 300 Series is around July, so Q3 is what we are looking at for this card to be released.

 

She also states the following, "I would say we had some inventory issues that I want to correct as soon as possible, so that we get our new product stream fairly clean into the market."

 

So there you have it, the biggest reasons for why it might be delayed might not have anything to do with the card(s) not being ready but more likely them clearing older inventory first. Which makes sense, and since NVIDIA is going to wait until AMD drops their competitive product it's not like they are in a rush to do so. As much as AMD needs a nice and newly launched product. It's better for them to make sure everything is perfect and in order before they go ahead and drop the ball. 

 

Source: http://seekingalpha.com/article/3076866-advanced-micro-devices-amd-ceo-lisa-su-on-q1-2015-results-earnings-call-transcript?page=4&p=qanda&l=last

 

So what does this all mean. Sometime later in this quarter we will hear actual details about the R9 390X, and the other cards in the series. Where AMD themselves will finally shed light on the cards. Whereas previously all we had was rumors. And the launches are supposed to take place the second half of this year so around Q3 is where that would put that timeline. So as early as July and as late as the end of September.

[Decon]

WCCF

 

 

that is all I saw

[Spongy141]

Wow, are we ever going to see the 300 series?

[TheKDub]

Wow, are we ever going to see the 300 series?

 

I doubt it.

[___]

Wow, are we ever going to see the 300 series?

Yes, sometime in the second half of this year. Maybe December 31st, maybe not.

[KirbyTech]

Wow, are we ever going to see the 300 series?

Yeah but it will be beat by Nvidia soon after so short lived series. 

[BiG StroOnZ]

Yes, sometime in the second half of this year. Maybe December 31st, maybe not.

 

December would be Q4, second half of the year starts Q3 which is July.

[dalekphalm]

AMD CEO gives us fairly concrete details about expected release times.

LTT users say "lol will they ever get released?"

Because reasons

[___]

December would be Q4, second half of the year starts Q3 which is July.

I was joking by making it the latest day possible while still being the second half of 2015. I'm aware that 1/2 = 1/4 + 1/4.

[Opcode]

Computex Taipei would be the best place to showcase these products. The publicity would be huge for a solid product.

[CoolaxGaming]

Welp... Maybe I will invest in X99 instead of saving up for a 390x...

AMD speed up shit, you already lost $180M, and you are loosing market share FAST

[Poster]

Anyone on the fence about waiting should dive in head-first for a 970/980.  It could be until holiday season until we see them release the 300 series.

[NAP51DMustang]

Anyone on the fence about waiting should dive in head-first for a 970/980.  It could be until holiday season until we see them release the 300 series.

Or I could have patience and wait? Like I don't understand peoples concept of "oh what I want is out now, I'll just go get something I don't want to spite them". can also replace that last part with a myriad of other phrases as well. such as "I'm to impatient to wait".

[dizmo]

I wouldn't really say this is news. We've heard over and over again that they're releasing something before years end. We all know they're putting their card out sometime in the next while.

[Suika]

Interesting. By time the 3XX series releases, I'll have enough money to justify putting my soon-to-be-970 in SLI

[Daegun]

First March-April, then April for sure, then June for sure and we mean it, now July. Damn, AMD.

[NAP51DMustang]

First March-April, then April for sure, then June for sure and we mean it, now July. Damn, AMD.

June was always the announcement at Computex. There was never a hint of it being a release window.

[Daegun]

June was always the announcement at Computex. There was never a hint of it being a release window.

There was a thread where the release date was said to be late 2nd quarter. Which would mean late May or June.

[NAP51DMustang]

There was a thread where the release date was said to be late 2nd quarter. Which would mean late May or June.

A thread/post on this forum != anything close to what actually is.

[Poster]

Or I could have patience and wait? Like I don't understand peoples concept of "oh what I want is out now, I'll just go get something I don't want to spite them". can also replace that last part with a myriad of other phrases as well. such as "I'm to impatient to wait".

 

That's not at all what I'm saying.  There are a lot of people that have been waiting to do an upgrade thinking the 300 series was going to drop Q2.  Those people have been  patient. Now the release is supposedly going to be H2 (no confirmation on a date), so my advice to those people is "why wait?"  It might be 7-8 months before the 300 series even comes out, so they wouldn't be "impatient" by grabbing a great value/dollar now - they would be good consumers.

[FuzzyYellow]

AMd, you are really cooking your goose. you should've released these cards 3 months ago. its no wonder you're losing market share.

[NumLock21]

Over produced them cards during the Bitcoin mining craze... So now that have a bunch that needs to sell off before releasing the R9 300s. The cards are all probably ready and it's just sitting in somewhere in a warehouse.

[azurezeed]

come on AMD, we need mourrr GPUs

[Hazorazor]

I'm gonna wait for the new series and then buy whatever is in my budget. I hope they do a Star Wars Battlefront bundle like they did Battlefield 4 with the R9 290X launch.

[Mew]

I ordered a 970 for the third time after returning them the last two times because I can't be arsed waiting for 3XX. 

 

Every time I order a 970, interesting news about AMD's competition comes out. Fuck.

 

As Linus said once in the WAN Show, Intel, AMD, and nVidia all are able to ballpoint how well their competitor's product will perform when they make their products and price it. You can be almost 100% sure that when nVidia released the 970, that they intended for it to do *well* against the R9 380x or whatever, and the 980 to be competitive with the R9 390x and perform within 10% of each other. It's pretty much the same in other markets with other products; you can expect next year's Camry to have similar features and specs as next year's Accord and for them to be priced within a couple thousand of dollars of each other. Another example would be S5 and 5s or S6 and 6- they have similar battery life and similar performance. I wouldn't be surprised when Apple released the iPhone 6 and say that the S6 will have about the same battery life, camera performance, screen accuracy, and performance as the iPhone 6 or a good reviewer like those from Anandtech say that. 

 

So.... no, you don't need to feel any buyer's remorse because once AMD's competition comes out, it will perform within +/-10% of the 970 while most likely consuming more power and ~6 months behind in driver tweaks and refinement at about the same price.