AMD moves all pre-graphics core next gpus to legacy support and they are now Retired

[JoshB2084]

*stare at my AMD Radeon HD6410* *sighs* I guess time for major upgrading on my PC, I am so ready for bottlenecking my CPU!!!

[dalekphalm]

The point is the picture is wrong and the 580 comes with a different cooler. I know both are Fermi and in fact I'll do you one better, the reason the 580 ran a bit cooler was because GF110 was basically GF100 without some of the pro features like ECC memory and stuff.

Oh, I just looked at the GIF again. You're referring to the fact that the meme says "580 Ultra" - fair enough. Whoever made the meme probably just pulled a random image off Google Image search

[iHardware Shelden]

THERMI MASTAH RACE!

Were is the meme for this?

 

[ManWithBeard1990]

Oh, I just looked at the GIF again. You're referring to the fact that the meme says "580 Ultra" - fair enough. Whoever made the meme probably just pulled a random image off Google Image search

How can you make a meme about something when you don't even know what it looks like?

Must have been an ATI fan.

[PlayStation 2]

Who didn't see this coming

[Prysin]

Then it's time to go back to Nvidia with the Titan grill

peasants!

R9 295x2 with 11% OC to the core (it can hold it a few minutes) -> THAT IS HEAT!

[Prysin]

*stare at my AMD Radeon HD6410* *sighs* I guess time for major upgrading on my PC, I am so ready for bottlenecking my CPU!!!

just get a R9 380X (GCN 1.2) and a Haswell i5 4460

 

you'd be set for years with that

[Sauron]

This means I'm next  :unsure: I hope my 7990 can survive for couple more years

 

probably longer than that, it shares a lot of things with even fiji cards. If this news are anything to go by, I'd expect it to get support for at least another 4 years

[Prysin]

probably longer than that, it shares a lot of things with even fiji cards. If this news are anything to go by, I'd expect it to get support for at least another 4 years

GCN 1.0 is merely similar in base configuration to Fiji (GCN 1.2)

 

there is A LOT of difference there. Even some of the basic layout is different.

[Sauron]

GCN 1.0 is merely similar in base configuration to Fiji (GCN 1.2)

 

there is A LOT of difference there. Even some of the basic layout is different.

 

Sure, but I don't expect them to drop gcn 1.0 support while they're still using gcn at all

[Nineshadow]

My 560 reaches about 90 C , but I have OC in it with 1.087V .Also, it has a single fan

[Prysin]

Sure, but I don't expect them to drop gcn 1.0 support while they're still using gcn at all

maybe not at first. but GCN is lacking a lot of feature supports and in general, has some issues when it comes to actual performance.

 

it was great when it came out 4 years ago, and it should last 2-3 years more. 4 would be pushing it.

[patrickjp93]

THERMI MASTAH RACE!

The 580 isn't bad at all. The 480 was the hot one.

[Syntaxvgm]

Isn't the 7970 still sold as a rebrand? 

[Trixanity]

Isn't the 7970 still sold as a rebrand?

Nope. Although I've seen lots of reviewers call the 380X (Tonga) a refresh/rebrand/etc of 7970 (Tahiti) which makes no sense to me, but hey, I'm not the professional reviewer...

[mikat]

Well, this had to happen sooner or later - Nvidia retired Thermi about a year ago or so

 

THERMI MASTAH RACE!

was about to post that picture you were first

[Prysin]

The 580 isn't bad at all. The 480 was the hot one.

it werent THAT much better. but indeed, it was better.

still hawaii beats both of them in consumption though

 

Isn't the 7970 still sold as a rebrand? 

nope. 7970 GHz = 280X (GCN1.0)

current 380/380X is based on R9 285, which is GCN1.2 based.

 

370 is based on the R9 265 which is basically a underclocked HD 7850 (GCN 1.0)

 

the Pitcairn GPU is the "long lasting" one.... this is its second rebrand and third appearance in the market...(launch, rebrand, refresh (minor clock/memory bump)

[don_svetlio]

it werent THAT much better. but indeed, it was better.

still hawaii beats both of them in consumption though

 

nope. 7970 GHz = 280X (GCN1.0)

current 380/380X is based on R9 285, which is GCN1.2 based.

 

370 is based on the R9 265 which is basically a underclocked HD 7850 (GCN 1.0)

 

the Pitcairn GPU is the "long lasting" one.... this is its second rebrand and third appearance in the market...(launch, rebrand, refresh (minor clock/memory bump)

I beg to differ - 480 draws a LOT of power

[JoshB2084]

just get a R9 380X (GCN 1.2) and a Haswell i5 4460

 

you'd be set for years with that

 

I know. I have a plan this winter. I will build this under my sigs.

[Sauron]

maybe not at first. but GCN is lacking a lot of feature supports and in general, has some issues when it comes to actual performance.

 

it was great when it came out 4 years ago, and it should last 2-3 years more. 4 would be pushing it.

 

Lasting longer is different from being supported longer. They will probably change architecture soon, but that doesn't mean they won't push out more drivers for gcn

[ivan134]

I beg to differ - 480 draws a LOT of power

For those who dont know, the 5970 was a dual gpu.

[don_svetlio]

For those who dont know, the 5970 was a dual gpu.

I still didn't see why people preferred a 480 over a 5870 ._.

[LukaP]

I still didn't see why people preferred a 480 over a 5870 ._.

single GPU vs dual in days where sli/cfx support was worse than ASUS's customer support,,,

[don_svetlio]

single GPU vs dual in days where sli/cfx support was worse than ASUS's customer support,,,

5870 was a single gpu and performed slightly better than the 480

[AlTech]

Again, that's not a 580. It's a 480.

It didn't actually seem that long ago that the 5870, then the most powerful single GPU until the 480 and also the very first to support DX11 arrived, was launched. Then again, this of course doesn't mean these parts will stop working.

Also, I'm not sure I understand why RISC would be inherently better than VLIW, especially on GPUs.

RISC can do better at Compute and gaming. Whereas VLIW is kind of OK for gaming but absolutely rubbish at compute.