Jump to content

Details on AMD naming scheme and r9 280x and r9 270x

Youbetternot
By Youbetternot
in Tech News
 Share
Posted

Here are some things to clarify the naming scheme and details

According to the latest information AMD Radeon R9 280X and 270X are both rebrands of Tahiti-based graphics cards.

 

AMD Radeon R9 280X with TAHITI XT

Starting from Radeon R9 280X, apparently this is a pure HD 7970 GHz Edition refresh, only with slower clocks. What is interesting is that both R9 280X and HD 7970 GHz Edition will be priced similar, around £230 ($299). The R9 280X will make use of full Tahiti XT GPU with 2048 cores, 128 texture units and 32 ROPs. Of course there’s 3GB GDDR5 384-bit memory on board. This card will be available starting from late October.

AMD Radeon R9 270X with TAHITI LE or PITCAIRN?

The R9 270X is not exactly a pure refresh of Radeon HD 7950. In fact it only has 256-bit bus, which is less than original 384-bit width. What it means is that 270X is a cut-down version of Tahiti PRO, whereas the R9 280 will feature a full TAHITI PRO processor (pure HD 7950 re-boxing), but this is yet to be confirmed (this is just my theory for now). There are only two options here, either Gibbo is right and this is Tahiti with 256-bit interface (supposedly TAHITI LE), or this is just Curacao aka Pitcairn.

280X1-850x478.jpg270X1-850x478.jpgpost-32324-0-43802900-1380295037.jpg

 

                                                                                                                                       # -_-     [Planned RIg AKA Project ARES]     -_-#

| AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core | Be Quiet DARK ROCK 2 57.9 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing | Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z  |G.Skill Ripjaws X 8GB | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM |Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" SSD | Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB  |Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower|Gelid Solutions Silent 14 PWM 74.5 CFM 140mm x3 |Corsair RM Series 750 Watt ATX/EPS 80PLUS Gold-Certified Power Supply|

|Rosewill RNX-N250PCe | Windows 8  | Acer H236HLbid 23.0" |Corsair Vengeance K70 | 
Corsair Vengeance M65 Wired Laser | STEELSERIES QCK Black|Sennheiser HD 558| Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer         
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

That was know month ago :)

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/57234-all-volcanic-island-gpus-except-hawaii-feature-refreshed-hd-7000-cores/

Error 709: Walrus on the road!

My build log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/131216-the-small-white-p-node-304-build http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/190057-build-the-large-p/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

well fine then, I also got more details

                                                                                                                                       # -_-     [Planned RIg AKA Project ARES]     -_-#

| AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core | Be Quiet DARK ROCK 2 57.9 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing | Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z  |G.Skill Ripjaws X 8GB | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM |Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" SSD | Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB  |Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower|Gelid Solutions Silent 14 PWM 74.5 CFM 140mm x3 |Corsair RM Series 750 Watt ATX/EPS 80PLUS Gold-Certified Power Supply|

|Rosewill RNX-N250PCe | Windows 8  | Acer H236HLbid 23.0" |Corsair Vengeance K70 | 
Corsair Vengeance M65 Wired Laser | STEELSERIES QCK Black|Sennheiser HD 558| Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer         
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

This is some new news to me! A little disappointing that everything is basically a rebrand, but I'm still going to wait and see those benchmarks before I make my purchases. 

 

You should probably give some credit by posting sources.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

So, with R9 290X taken as flagship single GPU, then WTH are they going to name the dual chip single card? R9 300, R10 290x?

Air 540, MSI Z97 Gaming 7, 4770K, SLI EVGA 980Ti, 16GB Vengeance Pro 2133, HX1050, H105, 840 EVO 500, 850 Pro 512, WD Black 1TB, HyperX 3K 120, SMSNG u28e590d, K70 Blues, M65 RGB.          Son's PC: A10 7850k, MSI A88X gaming, MSI gaming R9 270X, Air 240, H55, 8GB Vengeance pro 2400, CX430, Asus VG278HE, K60 Reds, M65 RGB                                                                                       Daughter's PC: i5-4430, MSI z87 gaming AC, GTX970 gaming 4G, pink air 240, fury 1866 8gb, CX600, SMSNG un55HU8550, CMstorm greens, Deathadder 2013

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

So, with R9 290X taken as flagship single GPU, then WTH are they going to name the dual chip single card? R9 300, R10 290x?

R9 290XXX

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Definitely skipping this generation of graphics cards then. I don't want to buy a new card with near identical performance (not like I need one anyways).

Desert Storm PC | Corsair 600T | ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ | AMD FX-8350 | MSI 7950 TFIII | 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 | Seasonic X650W I Samsung 840 series 500GB SSD

Mobile Devices I ASUS Zenbook UX31E I Nexus 7 (2013) I Nexus 5 32GB (red)

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

This is some new news to me! A little disappointing that everything is basically a rebrand, but I'm still going to wait and see those benchmarks before I make my purchases. 

 

You should probably give some credit by posting sources.

 "Everything is basically a rebrand"

Yeah, 7970 sure had a 512 bit bus and 4GB memory

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Here are some things to clarify the naming scheme and details

According to the latest information AMD Radeon R9 280X and 270X are both rebrands of Tahiti-based graphics cards.

 

280X1-850x478.jpg270X1-850x478.jpgattachicon.gifbandicam 2013-09-27 23-16-44-554.jpg

 

This is incorrect... The 260x. Dat card... it's not a rebadge, otherwise how did they get TrueAudio to only work on 290x, 290 and 260x?

So... If Jesus had the gold, would he buy himself out instead of waiting 3 days for the respawn?

CPU: Phenom II x6 1045t ][ GPU: GeForce 9600GT 512mb DDR3 ][ Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P ][ RAM: 2x4GB Kingston 1333MHz CL9 DDR3 ][ HDD: Western Digital Green 2TB ][ PSU: Chieftec 500AB A ][ Case: No-name without airflow or dust filters Budget saved for an upgrade so far: 2400PLN (600€) - Initial 2800PLN (700€) - Upgraded already: CPU

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

When is the NDA lifted, when will we see real reviews?

 

Linus said in the live steam that the NDA date is also apparently NDA since AMD hasn't specified it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Yeah this is pretty much as expected. A new high end card and old cards (or similar) for the rest of the lineup, just like nVidia. That naming scheme still looks weird though...

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Tech News

×