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HIS Digital Leak Confirms AMD R-200 Series Graphic Cards – R9-290 Cards Based on Hawaii GPU
 
A few moments ago, we detailed the possible codenames of AMD’s upcoming Volcanic Islands family of graphic cards which are going to be released in October 2013. It was only a matter of time before more credible details came along and looks like manufacturer HIS Digital has confirmed the AMD R-200 series.
AMD R-200 Series codenamed ‘Volcanic Islands’ is a mix of refreshed Southern Islands cards and a new Hawaii GPU based on the new architecture. It won’t be a surprise if AMD dropped a new GPU name on the refreshed cards like they did to their mobile Solar Series GPUs codenamed ‘Venus’. Nevertheless, the codenames seem to be accurate and the AMD R-200 series would replace the Radeon HD 7000 series graphic cards after a wait of two years. The ‘R’ denotes Radeon, ’2′ denoted the family, and the other two digits would denote the graphics positioning which in the case of Hawaii based GPU would be AMD R-290 and successor to the Pitcairn cards would be denoted by the AMD R-280 branding.
HIS Digital lists a total of 7 branding six GPU tiers which are listed below:
 
"9xxx series" naming: 
  • AMD R-290 Hawaii (Tahiti’s Successor)
  • AMD R-280 (Replacing HD 7800 Series)
  • AMD R-270 (Replacing HD 7700 Series)
  • AMD R-260 (Replacing HD 7600 Series)
  • AMD R-250 (Replacing HD 7500 Series)
  • AMD R-240 (Replacing HD 7400 Series)
And even more from HIS:
  • HIS R9 280X iPower IceQ X² Boost Clock 3GB GDDR5 PCI-E DLDVI-I/HDMI/2xMini DP
  • HIS R7 250 iCooler 2GB DDR3 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA
  • HIS R7 250 iCooler 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA
  • HIS R7 250 IceQ 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA
  • HIS R7 240 iCooler 2GB DDR3 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA
  • HIS R7 240 IceQ 2GB DDR3 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA
  • HIS R7 240 iCooler 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA​
AMD Radeon R-200 Series Positioning
  • GPU AMD Radeon R-200 AMD Radeon HD 7000 GPU
  • Vesuvius Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 7990 Malta
  • Hawaii XT Radeon R9 280X Radeon HD 7970 Tahiti XT
  • Hawaii PRO Radeon R9 280 Radeon HD 7950 Tahiti PRO
  • Hawaii LE (?) Radeon R9 27(?) Radeon HD 7870 Pitcairn XT
  • Radeon R9 270X Radeon HD 7850 Pitcairn PRO
  • Tahiti Radeon R9 270 Radeon HD 7790 Bonaire
  • Radeon R7 260X Radeon HD 7770 Cape Verde
  • Pitcairn Radeon R7 250 Radeon HD 7750
  • Radeon R7 240 Radeon HD 7670 Turks​

​(thanks to Vitalius)

AMD Radeon R9 280X, features 3GB GDDR5 memory
Radeon R9 and R7 segments, most likely to be released together. The R9 segment will kick off with R9 280X graphics card, which will replace the HD 7970 GHz Edition. This is probably the most anticipated model featuring Hawaii XT GPU. We do not know how many Stream Processors it will have, but don’t be surprised if the number is somewhere between 2304 and 2560. It is now officially confirmed that the successor to HD 7970 will have 3GB GDDR5 memory, most likely across 384-bit interface. The iPower IceQ X2 from HIS will be equipped with a Dual-DVI connector along with HDMI and two mini-DisplayPorts. Of course it will support Power Tune Boost technology as well. It looks like a direct copy of HIS 7970 IceQ X² 3GB GDDR5 PCI-E DVI/HDMI/2xMini DP (iPower). It is unknown whether guys from HIS made any changes to the cooling solution.
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There would be two products positioning in the AMD Radeon R-200 lineup, the R9-200 series would make use of the Hawaii, Tahiti, Pitcairn GPU while the R7-200 series would feature the Cape Verde and Bonaire GPUs which are entry level models. The complete lineup would look something like the following but don’t hold your bets on this since this chart is based off preliminary information from GPU-z:
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The names are yet to be fully confirmed but it seems so as if the bulk of the mainstream cards would be based on older or revised versions of current Southern Islands chips. This would mean more cheaper Tahiti’s and Pitcairn’s could be on the road from AMD while the main flagship Hawaii would remain as the only new part competing against NVIDIA’s GK110 core. Only time would tell whether the Hawaii can erupt the greatness of NVIDIA’s Titan and GeForce GTX 780 GPUs and can their refreshed cards hold up against NVIDIA’s own refreshed GeForce 700 series cards in value.
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UPDATE:
HIS website is down does it have something to do with this?
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I think I will stick with my GTX 780.

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"for that budget i recommend a R9 R-290" That just sounds WRONG.

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"Wait for R9 R-290 (CoolBeans)"

That just sounds horrible :)

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oh god AMD... why?

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"for that budget i recommend a R9 R-290" That just sounds WRONG.

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Don't forget the diffrent models then its even more Confusing.

Then we have:

Asus R9 R-290 DirectCU ii ect.

AMD what are you doing??

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is this real life

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FYI, that article @ video cardz was updated today.

 

280X


It seems that someone from HIS made a huge mistake today by posting more information about the future AMD products.

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AMD Radeon R9 280X is a successor to Radeon HD 7970

So far we know only about Radeon R9 and R7 segments, most likely to be released together. The R9 segment will kick off with R9 280X graphics card, which will replace the HD 7970 GHz Edition. This is probably the most anticipated model featuring Hawaii XT GPU. We do not know how many Stream Processors it will have, but don’t be surprised if the number is somewhere between 2304 and 2560. It is now officially confirmed that the successor to HD 7970 will have 3GB GDDR5 memory, most likely across 384-bit interface. The iPower IceQ X2 from HIS will be equipped with a Dual-DVI connector along with HDMI and two mini-DisplayPorts. Of course it will support Power Tune Boost technology as well. It looks like a direct copy of HIS 7970 IceQ X² 3GB GDDR5 PCI-E DVI/HDMI/2xMini DP (iPower). It is unknown whether guys from HIS made any changes to the cooling solution.

Here’s a list of a leaky content, straight from HIS Digital:

HIS R9 280X iPower IceQ X² Boost Clock 3GB GDDR5 PCI-E DLDVI-I/HDMI/2xMini DP
HIS R7 250 iCooler 2GB DDR3 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA
HIS R7 250 iCooler 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA
HIS R7 250 IceQ 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA
HIS R7 240 iCooler 2GB DDR3 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA
HIS R7 240 IceQ 2GB DDR3 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA
HIS R7 240 iCooler 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA
AMD Radeon R7 250 and R7 240
The Radeon R7 series will most likely be based on Pitcairn GPUs, that would explain 1 and 2GB memory configuration across 256-bit interface.

Table:

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Because of the new leak I had to update the chart from yesterday. Finally it all makes sense. The Radeon R9 290 will be a successor to dual-gpu Radeon HD 7990, just as we thought earlier. The Radeon R9 280 series will correspond to single-gpu Radeon HD 7900 series. Some numbers have changed and it will surely be confusing right now for those who did not follow the recent news. Just look at the chart and see what I mean:

Table:

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Updated AMD Radeon R-200 Series Positioning
GPU AMD Radeon R-200 AMD Radeon HD 7000 GPU
Vesuvius Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 7990 Malta
Hawaii XT Radeon R9 280X Radeon HD 7970 Tahiti XT
Hawaii PRO Radeon R9 280 Radeon HD 7950 Tahiti PRO
Hawaii LE (?) Radeon R9 27(?) Radeon HD 7870 Pitcairn XT
Radeon R9 270X Radeon HD 7850 Pitcairn PRO
Tahiti Radeon R9 270 Radeon HD 7790 Bonaire
Radeon R7 260X Radeon HD 7770 Cape Verde
Pitcairn Radeon R7 250 Radeon HD 7750
Radeon R7 240 Radeon HD 7670 Turks
Source: HIS

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Worst naming scheme ever. Why don't they keep their existing naming scheme (7XXX,9XXX)? D:

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"for that budget i recommend a R9 R-290" That just sounds WRONG.

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check again, it's just an R added in the front not 2, R9 290

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FYI, that article @ video cardz was updated today.

 

280X

It seems that someone from HIS made a huge mistake today by posting more information about the future AMD products.

280X-e1379068802605-850x171.png

AMD Radeon R9 280X is a successor to Radeon HD 7970

So far we know only about Radeon R9 and R7 segments, most likely to be released together. The R9 segment will kick off with R9 280X graphics card, which will replace the HD 7970 GHz Edition. This is probably the most anticipated model featuring Hawaii XT GPU. We do not know how many Stream Processors it will have, but don’t be surprised if the number is somewhere between 2304 and 2560. It is now officially confirmed that the successor to HD 7970 will have 3GB GDDR5 memory, most likely across 384-bit interface. The iPower IceQ X2 from HIS will be equipped with a Dual-DVI connector along with HDMI and two mini-DisplayPorts. Of course it will support Power Tune Boost technology as well. It looks like a direct copy of HIS 7970 IceQ X² 3GB GDDR5 PCI-E DVI/HDMI/2xMini DP (iPower). It is unknown whether guys from HIS made any changes to the cooling solution.

Here’s a list of a leaky content, straight from HIS Digital:

HIS R9 280X iPower IceQ X² Boost Clock 3GB GDDR5 PCI-E DLDVI-I/HDMI/2xMini DP

HIS R7 250 iCooler 2GB DDR3 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA

HIS R7 250 iCooler 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA

HIS R7 250 IceQ 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA

HIS R7 240 iCooler 2GB DDR3 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA

HIS R7 240 IceQ 2GB DDR3 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA

HIS R7 240 iCooler 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/SLDVI-D/VGA

AMD Radeon R7 250 and R7 240

The Radeon R7 series will most likely be based on Pitcairn GPUs, that would explain 1 and 2GB memory configuration across 256-bit interface.

Table:

AMD Radeon R9 280X Specs Prediction

AMD Radeon R9 280X AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Graphics Processors Hawaii XT Tahiti XT2

Fabrication Process 28nm 28nm

Stream Processors 2304 or 2560 (?) 2048

Texture Mapping Units 144 or 160 (?) 128

Raster Operating Units 40 or 48 (?) 32

Memory Configuration 3GB GDDR5 3GB GDDR5

Memory Bus 384-bit 384-bit

GPU Clock 1050 / 1150 (?) MHz 1000 / 1050 MHz

Memory Clock 1550 (?) MHz 1500 MHz

Price $549 (?) $499

Because of the new leak I had to update the chart from yesterday. Finally it all makes sense. The Radeon R9 290 will be a successor to dual-gpu Radeon HD 7990, just as we thought earlier. The Radeon R9 280 series will correspond to single-gpu Radeon HD 7900 series. Some numbers have changed and it will surely be confusing right now for those who did not follow the recent news. Just look at the chart and see what I mean:

Table:

R9 290 series are successor to HD x990 (dual-gpu)

R9 280 series are successor to HD x900 (single-gpu)

R9 270 series are successor to HD x800

R9 260 series are successor to HD x700 series.

At this point we don’t know whether R9 270 series will feature new GPU, it’s hard to say what could replace Pitcairn. If AMD is determined to show something new then we might expect a new processor, however it would make much more sense just by putting Tahiti right there.

Updated AMD Radeon R-200 Series Positioning

GPU AMD Radeon R-200 AMD Radeon HD 7000 GPU

Vesuvius Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 7990 Malta

Hawaii XT Radeon R9 280X Radeon HD 7970 Tahiti XT

Hawaii PRO Radeon R9 280 Radeon HD 7950 Tahiti PRO

Hawaii LE (?) Radeon R9 27(?) Radeon HD 7870 Pitcairn XT

Radeon R9 270X Radeon HD 7850 Pitcairn PRO

Tahiti Radeon R9 270 Radeon HD 7790 Bonaire

Radeon R7 260X Radeon HD 7770 Cape Verde

Pitcairn Radeon R7 250 Radeon HD 7750

Radeon R7 240 Radeon HD 7670 Turks

Source: HIS

Sorry, Tables do not transfer. Very irritating.

 

can i add that to main post?

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If anything I think they decided on such a name scheme because in their eyes it's better than having 10000 series and so on in the future... I think they would have been better off with their standard scheme which wouldn't be as confusing.

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can i add that to main post?

Go for it. I fixed the spoiler, now the Tables are shown correctly.

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Let's just hope AMD realizes no one wants this naming scheme and go with 9xxx. :blink:

 

 

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Go for it. I fixed the spoiler, now the Tables are shown correctly.

Thanks, it is there now, i had to copy paste that text because i have to go now, i will type my own version later today, hopefully there is no goofy stuff in that :)

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Thanks, it is there now, i had to copy paste that text because i have to go now, i will type my own version later today, hopefully there is no goofy stuff in that :)

That is fine. Just do not forget to copy the other table too. They updated that table listing what the new GPUs are equivalent to. 

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