290X vs 390X

[Trefonix]

So we all know that AMD announced their new 300 series of graphics cards, and we've seen somebody un-box an early unit and say that its a rebrand, but I'm not sure...

 

On the newegg website they have 'coming soon' listings for the 300 series, which happen to have specs on them.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127872&cm_re=390X-_-14-127-872-_-Product

 

I've visited MSI's own website for the specs of the 290X MSI Gaming edition and the specs don't match. The clock speed is higher on the 390X, the version of Open CL is newer, it has a lower power consumption and a higher memory clock. I'm sure this is a hawaii based GPU but I'm not sure if it's just a straight rebrand. What do you think?

 

http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R9-290X-GAMING-4G.html#hero-specification

 

[Stardar1]

OK

 

Here is how this works

 

the R9 300 series is a refresh of the R9 200 series, very minor differences+ More RAM

 

the NEW cards are the R9 Fury, the R9 Fury X and the R9 Nano, they are Fiji based and have 4GB of HBM each, not for sale as of yet.

[spartaman64]

the lower power is suspicious but it could be someone listed the wrong specs 

[Curufinwe_wins]

All the images and detailed program stats says its a straight rebrand except for dx12.0 support.

[Ostwind]

Being overclocked doesn't make it a different card, it's a rebrand.

[Glenwing]

So we all know that AMD announced their new 300 series of graphics cards, and we've seen somebody un-box an early unit and say that its a rebrand, but I'm not sure...

 

On the newegg website they have 'coming soon' listings for the 300 series, which happen to have specs on them.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127872&cm_re=390X-_-14-127-872-_-Product

 

I've visited MSI's own website for the specs of the 290X MSI Gaming edition and the specs don't match. The clock speed is higher on the 390X, the version of Open CL is newer, it has a lower power consumption and a higher memory clock. I'm sure this is a hawaii based GPU but I'm not sure if it's just a straight rebrand. What do you think?

 

http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R9-290X-GAMING-4G.html#hero-specification

 

It's likely they incorporated some of the power efficiency improvements they made with the Tonga GPU. Until we see reviews though, we can't really say if it's a straight rebadge or a newer revision of the architecture. The GPU codename is Grenada rather than Hawaii, so that points to a revised architecture. But anyway... we'll see.

[CoolaxGaming]

 

 

the R9 300 series is a refresh of the R9 200 series, very minor differences+ More RAM

 

For the last time... DONT FORGET TONGA

[Trefonix]

I never thought of Tonga. Imagine if AMD combined the Tonga and the Hawaii architectures to make the 390X a lot cooler and less power hungry. That would be awesome