AMD Project Quantum

[MageTank]

Really people? Not a single Quantum Leap joke? Not even a pun on the opening credits? Not a single "AMD finds themselves leaping from platform to platform, putting things slightly less right than what they were before, and hoping each time that their next leap will be the leap to cards that are not rebranded"? I am disappointed in all of you.

 

All Quantum Leap puns aside, if this thing is nothing else, it is at the very least unique. 

 

PS: I am not a fanboy, just thought i would point that out. I gave Nvidia the flak they deserved on their new Shield Console, since this thing is a direct parallel to the hype Nvidia used on 3/3/15. Remember? That event that was going to change gaming forever? Yeah, that was funny. 

 

please don't hurt me for making a joke

[Sam Z Man]

it's not like apple doesn't use samsung parts

Since when had Apple made anything themselves?

[Sauron]

Since when had Apple made anything themselves?

 

but they could buy them from someone else than their first competitor...

[Sam Z Man]

but they could buy them from someone else than their first competitor...

I want to see the new I phone use a Texas instrument processor, that would be something to laugh my at, the sad thing would be that they would still sell millions.

[Sauron]

I want to see the new I phone use a Texas instrument processor, that would be something to laugh my at, the sad thing would be that they would still sell millions.

 

they'd sell millions if it had a pentium 4 in it.

[captain cactus]

Maybe if they stop spending so much r&d on irrelevant things like this they can make some decent GPUs that aren't rebrands of the last card which was already a rebrand of the one before that.

[Sam Z Man]

they'd sell millions if it had a pentium 4 in it.

The biggest thing I have seen a TI processor in is the motto 360 it has 40nm transistors, like holy balls how bad did they want battery life to be.

[Merry]

It also can fly, by the look of it, a single fan cooling two fijis ...

It's over 9000!

 

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[Opcode]

It sure is ugly, although it goes without saying "it probably runs like a raped ape". 8192 SPUs is just ridiculous amounts of graphics horsepower. This thing is truly a little closet super computer all its own. I just cannot get over the fact that it houses 128 compute units.

[Sam Z Man]

It sure is ugly, although it goes without saying "it probably runs like a raped ape". 8192 SPUs is just ridiculous amounts of graphics horsepower. This thing is truly a little closet super computer all its own. I just cannot get over the fact that it houses 128 compute units.

I hope they pair it with something insane like a overclocked 4790K or 5960X.

[Opcode]

I hope they pair it with something insane like a overclocked 4790K or 5960X.

I would take it to lan parties in a small cardboard box. And run Fraps as everyone sits and scratches their head like wtf is in there. 

[Sam Z Man]

I would take it to lan parties in a small cardboard box. And run Fraps as everyone sits and scratches their head like wtf is in there.

That is until you get a little cardboard box hobo style fire pit going.

[martinrox1568]

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@Humbug seems like a intel mounting

I haven't seen such a bottleneck with a 3 or 4 290x's with a 9350. Todays games are much more limited gpu wise. What people don't realize is that once you start ramping up graphics settings and resolution, the cpu which usually handles physics or ai, isn't working THAT much harder than it would on lower settings.

[Sam Z Man]

Wait a second, what if it's Zen and they are no longer using pins on the CPU, instead of on the motherboard.

Edit-Ha jk nope its a ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac

[flibberdipper]

I saw Intel...

[Sam Z Man]

I saw Intel...

It might just be a place holder so they can design it and make sure the concept works, and then show it off while it's working to build up hype. I'm thinking they will put Zen in it when it gets released because that would make the most sense.

[Sharif]

it's not like apple doesn't use samsung parts

But isn't it like direct/head on competitor? 

 

Plus they are saying our high end CPU is inferior,to the consumers directly in a way 

[That Norwegian Guy]

showing that even they use intel might be the final blow to the fx lineup.

 

What are you talking about, the FX lineup is gone a long time ago. You don't "deal blows" to obsolete equipment.

 

"Oh no this new Fury card is going to deal a massive blow to my VoodooFX"

 

Just because you can go and buy it doesn't mean that 99.5% of people don't know better.

[Sauron]

But isn't it like direct/head on competitor? 

 

Plus they are saying our high end CPU is inferior,to the consumers directly in a way 

 

intel is amd's competitor in the wame way that samsung is apple's competitor - it doesn't matter that they're not the only ones. This is also a product built around their graphics hardware, so it's acceptable for them to use an intel cpu.

 

And yes, they are pretty much aknowledging their cpus aren't good enough. But people with a high enough budget to buy something like this probably wouldn't go with AMD cpus anyway. It's no secret that high end intel cpus outperform AMD ones, but that doesn't mean necessarily that amd cpus don't offer decent value for the price. It's just a nice display of sanity from AMD.

[Sauron]

What are you talking about, the FX lineup is gone a long time ago. You don't "deal blows" to obsolete equipment.

 

"Oh no this new Fury card is going to deal a massive blow to my VoodooFX"

 

Just because you can go and buy it doesn't mean that 99.5% of people don't know better.

 

And yet they still sell some FX cpus. Some revenue is better than none.

[Sam Z Man]

It's just a nice display of sanity from AMD.

Yea AMD isn't as stupid as everyone thinks.

[Ostwind]

I haven't seen such a bottleneck with a 3 or 4 290x's with a 9350. Todays games are much more limited gpu wise. What people don't realize is that once you start ramping up graphics settings and resolution, the cpu which usually handles physics or ai, isn't working THAT much harder than it would on lower settings.

@Faceman can show you everything you need to know.

[Faceman]

@martinrox1568

That's only at Ultra 4k. And still, some games/settings rely on strong single core performance.

[Sharif]

intel is amd's competitor in the wame way that samsung is apple's competitor - it doesn't matter that they're not the only ones. This is also a product built around their graphics hardware, so it's acceptable for them to use an intel cpu.

 

And yes, they are pretty much aknowledging their cpus aren't good enough. But people with a high enough budget to buy something like this probably wouldn't go with AMD cpus anyway. It's no secret that high end intel cpus outperform AMD ones, but that doesn't mean necessarily that amd cpus don't offer decent value for the price. It's just a nice display of sanity from AMD.

Ooooo~

It does make sense if I look it,from that perspective 

[Sam Z Man]

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Just realized that the 9590's 220 watt tdp is also a very very big problem for something that small.