First picture of the R9 390X is here!

[PlayModeOn]

it says "an impessive gpu. but then says we will put them to good use. This suggests dual gpu

I think they recieve more than one card.

 

If you mean dual GPU on a single card which is not since it is too small to accomodate two GPUs + the other stuff such as waterblocks.

[Constantine]

Whatever it is, it needs to get released.

[BobbyG2]

I'm going to build a SFF build for the semi in a month or two, this is getting me excited

[Zi6iX]

it says "an impessive gpu. but then says we will put them to good use. This suggests dual gpu

it suggests they got several not just one...

[xAcid9]

Love the design, hope the performance is similarly good if not better.

[AnnoyedShelf]

OOOOOOHHHHH FUCK YEAH BUD! At last, been waiting so long for this!

[RichardsD]

that backplate doe... 

[Opcode]

that backfrontplate doe... 

The card is laying on it's back in the picture.

[RichardsD]

The card is laying on it's back in the picture.

 

Good catch.  Still, looks really interesting.

[Colonel_Gerdauf]

Dat sexy... front plate?

Honestly, the shroud looked remarkably unappealing as it is; it looks like a stainless steel oven IMO.

At the camera angle this is presented, as I said, it looks more like a cheap toyline that was "da thing" in 1992.

[niofalpha]

Is that a shock resistant pad on the front?

[blu4]

It's... small?

 

Is that the back end of the card? It looks like it's half de size of a 290x oO

If it's the 390X, the HBM is one the die which allows the card to be cut down, because there is no need for memory around the chip. 

[DuckDodgers]

 

[Adriel]

Computex can't come soon enough. I'm interested to see the how it sizes up the supposed 980 Ti

[NumLock21]

This small one is most likely the water cooler version, where the fan is on the rad. I wonder if the air cooler version will still be this small or be standard length. For this WC version, that means,  you'll have to find a spot to mount the rad, most likely on the rear fan exhaust. Mid-tower already with a Corsair H100i, add two of these and you're case is crowded with tubes.

[Sakkura]

I do have to wonder how they get airflow for the VRMs though. It's neat that you can cool both the VRAM and GPU with a single block, but overheating VRMs are a thing, not least on watercooled cards.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

I do have to wonder how they get airflow for the VRMs though. It's neat that you can cool both the VRAM and GPU with a single block, but overheating VRMs are a thing, not least on watercooled cards.

Well my guess is this... Since the new hbm vram seems to be right next to the gpu die, they may have been watercooled along with the gpu...

EDIT!: damn it I've read the post wrongly. It's 2am in the morning. I should go to bed now.

[Sakkura]

Well my guess is this... Since the new hbm vram seems to be right next to the gpu die, they may have been watercooled along with the gpu...

 

What? I'm talking about the VRMs, not the VRAM. Voltage Regulator Modules. As I said, it's neat that you can watercool the VRAM and GPU with a single block, but you still have to cool the VRMs. They're still going to be sitting out on the PCB on their own.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

What? I'm talking about the VRMs, not the VRAM. Voltage Regulator Modules. As I said, it's neat that you can watercool the VRAM and GPU with a single block, but you still have to cool the VRMs. They're still going to be sitting out on the PCB on their own.

Yea I've seen that, read my edit. I'm also wondering how the VRMs will be cooled though...

[Notional]

I do have to wonder how they get airflow for the VRMs though. It's neat that you can cool both the VRAM and GPU with a single block, but overheating VRMs are a thing, not least on watercooled cards.

 

Indeed. One can only assume, that the water cooler also coveres the VRM's. But keep in mind, that since the HBM is connected via an interposer and the GPU, as well as using less power, you don't need as many VRM's, so cooling should be easier as well.

[Briggsy]

I'm curious if there is going to be a Fiji Pro as well, slightly cut down and cheaper, but still in line with the performance of the cut down 980ti. Yields of the Fiji XT can't be perfect, and AMD aren't going to toss imperfect chips into the garbage.

[SurvivorNVL]

I'm curious if there is going to be a Fiji Pro as well, slightly cut down and cheaper, but still in line with the performance of the cut down 980ti. Yields of the Fiji XT can't be perfect, and AMD aren't going to toss imperfect chips into the garbage.

I'd find it wonderful if AMD Focused primarily on developing on a single card from here on out, and just pushing for that and all the 'imperfect' yield chips being the variety of cut-downs.  So, they can have their flagship XT, and then Pro, 390x, 390, 380x, 380, and then everything below rebrands of the last generation, while the 385 or well, x85 chips can be test runs of the -next- generation.  That'd be pretty nice, the 'perfect' chips being the XT, and then the Pro being slightly cut-down, and then the 90 and 80 chips being a bit more cut down while the 85 chips are test runs of the next gen, so they'll release later on, and the 70 and lower will just be rebrands.  I like it.  Works in my mind.

[Briggsy]

I'd find it wonderful if AMD Focused primarily on developing on a single card from here on out, and just pushing for that and all the 'imperfect' yield chips being the variety of cut-downs.  So, they can have their flagship XT, and then Pro, 390x, 390, 380x, 380, and then everything below rebrands of the last generation, while the 385 or well, x85 chips can be test runs of the -next- generation.  That'd be pretty nice, the 'perfect' chips being the XT, and then the Pro being slightly cut-down, and then the 90 and 80 chips being a bit more cut down while the 85 chips are test runs of the next gen, so they'll release later on, and the 70 and lower will just be rebrands.  I like it.  Works in my mind.

 

That would be interesting. The Pro chips are usually 90% of the XT chips for core count. The heat transfer on a large die with more than 10% of the cores disabled might be pretty good, although I'm not an engineer and don't know how bad a chip like that would leak or malfunction, or whether its even possible. I don't know whether AMD take chips that are more than 10% defective and physically laser cut them into smaller dies for lower series cards that share the same architecture, or if they chuck bad chips directly into the garbage because they are unusable. Given the higher cost of making AMD chips vs Nvidia, I'm guessing AMD throw a lot of chips into the garbage.

[Swndlr]

tbh looks better than any gpu from nvidia, all year

[NateGSR117]

Better be put to good use, so your next game runs great on AMD systems.