AMD Polaris GPUs Enter Testing Phase – Ellesmere, Baffin and Greenland (Vega 10) Spotted in HWiNFO Changelog

[Mr_Troll]

Next Generation AMD Polaris GPUs Enter Testing Phase – Ellesmere, Baffin and Greenland (Vega 10) Spotted in HWiNFO Changelog

 

The first thing I would like to mention is that the code names listed here, namely Ellesmere and Baffin are outdated and have been changed. They represent FinFET based (previously Arctic Islands) GPUs that were renamed when AMD shifted to the constellation based nomenclature. The fact that these have now started popping up in changelogs of AIDA64 and HWINFO means that the first engineering samples will soon be sent out. This is one of the last stages of prototyping and usually happens before or just after mass production begins.

 

AMD’s Polaris GPU(s) spotted in HWINFO changelog

 

Change-logs of diagnostic tools like HWINFO add preliminary support after the manufacturer (AMD) sends them the PCI-e ID relevant to the new GPU (but not necessarily the code name!). The developers then update the codes according to the documentation that they have. This is why confirmations through change-logs are tricky to interpret and could result in a nonsensical cycle of interpretation (Devs update the code name of the PCI-E ID according to a leak, and the publications then take it as confirmation of the same).

 

Greenland is believed to the fastest GPU equipped with HBM2 and built in FinFET manufacturing process. As for the Baffin and Ellesmere, we are not sure. Koduri only told us about two GPUs, so Baffin and Ellesmere could be the same thing, only one equipped with HBM and the other with GDDR5X (just a theory). Or maybe there is more than just Polaris10 and 11, but Koduri was just not ready to share such information

 

This waiting game kills me. So many leaks but not a single benchmark.

 

Source:http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-polaris-gpus-testing-hwinfo/

http://videocardz.com/58185/hwinfo-adds-preliminary-support-for-ellesmere-baffin-and-greenland

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Grafikkarten-Grafikkarte-97980/News/AMD-Polaris-HWiNFO-Support-1184113/
 

[don_svetlio]

Look at Tonga line. What's Amethyst? Anyone?

[Shoob]

Look at Tonga line. What's Amethyst? Anyone?

I hope it's not a rebrand of the Tonga GPU.

[don_svetlio]

I hope it's not a rebrand of the Tonga GPU.

It's possible for something like the R7 470/470X to be the 380/380X with GDDR5X

[2001jaden]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

 

[Humbug]

Could be 3 new chips based on 14/16nm finfet and GCN 4.

Probably translate to 6 new GPU models.

[Sauron]

Look at Tonga line. What's Amethyst? Anyone?

 

It's the mobile version of tonga, nothing to worry about

[DXMember]

Look at Tonga line. What's Amethyst? Anyone?

that's the 380

285 was Tonga, 380 is Amethyst

[don_svetlio]

that's the 380

285 was Tonga, 380 is Amethyst

380 is Antigua

[Trixanity]

Could be 3 new chips based on 14/16nm finfet and GCN 4.

Probably translate to 6 new GPU models.

Probably more than 6, particularly if you count mobile models as well.

With the added efficiency, each chip can scale better by using different memory configurations, clock speeds as well as stock piling all the "broken" chips to use in lower models.

[DXMember]

380 is Antigua

what's the difference? both are based on Tonga and both start with an "A", right?

 

either way AMD has already confimed that the new release will all be made of 14/16 FinFet and no old chips will be in the new generation

[don_svetlio]

Tonga rebrand would be silly considering their last release was 380X

Hawaii re-rebrand would barely yield any improvement, and its TDP will stick out like a sore thumb

 

But anything can happen...

If you drop Tonga to 16nm you might end up dropping the current 190W TDP to 120W or lower though.

[SeriousDad69]

I hope it's not a rebrand of the Tonga GPU.

I don't know why people always twack out at AMD using rebrands for their low/mid range. As long as it's price to performance ratio is similar or better than it's Nvidia equivalent who cares?

[Shoob]

I don't know why people always twack out at AMD using rebrands for their low/mid range. As long as it's price to performance ratio is similar or better than it's Nvidia equivalent who cares?

There shouldn't be rebrands when the new GPUs are going to use a different manufacturing process.

[2001jaden]

So if AMD can match nvidia with cards that are refreshes of a refreshed card ( 3 generations old now), their going to walk over nvidia

[Humbug]

I don't know why people always twack out at AMD using rebrands for their low/mid range. As long as it's price to performance ratio is similar or better than it's Nvidia equivalent who cares?

They prefer the Nvidia approach.

Release a brand spanking new Maxwell based GTX 960 which is slower than AMD's rebrand R9 380.

 

hehe

 

But seriously GCN 1.2 is quite advanced so I don't mind if they rebrand it and drop it to a lower pricing tier. Would be a good thing for PC gaming ecosystem if people who cannot afford expensive GPUs can get their hands on a price-dropped R9 380. Instead of the 750TIs and R7 265 which they currently purchase.

[DXMember]

They prefer the Nvidia approach.

they actually prefer whatever nvidias marketing tells them to prefer

i guess the y2k generation is too young to remember 400 to 500 series or the 8000 series to 9000 series from nvidia...

 

also it's a shame that 7970 still kicks nvidias ass in performance, with the recent drivers that card is breathing in the 780ti (a.k.a. original titan that released at $1000 anyone???) neck in some games

[That Norwegian Guy]

"Greatest leap since fermi" just happens to coincide with AMD's 4xx numbering... Coincidence? I think not.

 

Man my GTX 470 is still the longest lasting GPU I ever got. I hope Polaris is a repeat.

[Notional]

Why do people talk so much about rebrands? I doubt we will see any rebrands above a 450 or so. 14nm FF will use a new architecture, specifically designed for that node. In this case Polaris. Rebrands of any older GCN simply makes no sense what so ever, when Polaris is much more efficient, comes with HDMI 2 and DP 1.3. No way they will launch new cards without that.

So yeah, drop the chat of rebrands. They make no sense.

 

That being said, I still haven't seen AMD talk about 16nm FF+ in any products at all. So far I see no reason to believe we will see any 16nm ff+ products. AMD are going all in on 14nm FF LPP with both GloFo and Samsung supplying chips.

 

However this is great news, as the published release of Polaris chips in August seems to hold up.

[Humbug]

"Greatest leap since fermi" just happens to coincide with AMD's 4xx numbering... Coincidence? I think not.

Well both Nvidia and AMD are jumping on 14 / 16nm finfet this year so that allows engineers from both companies to make larger leaps compared to last few years trying to squeeze out more from 28nm.

[suicidalfranco]

if the 490 is well priced i may pick one up, then i'll have one GPU for my VM and one for the host

[samcool55]

Yaay, ES are on their way, let's hope they make a good first impression

[Coaxialgamer]

Can't wait for computex!

[ivan134]

I don't know why people always twack out at AMD using rebrands for their low/mid range. As long as it's price to performance ratio is similar or better than it's Nvidia equivalent who cares?

While you are right, the people who keep bringing up rebrands are complete idiots. Nothing from the next generation from either AMD or Nvidia is a rebrand. They're all going to be 14/16nm. I dont know why we have to keep beating the damn horse. It's fucking dead.

[azurezeed]

And still no news on nvidia side, this year is gonna be good