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A representative of Advanced Micro Devices has confirmed that the development of its forthcoming product family based on a new breed of graphics processing units is on the finish line. While the novelties will not hit the market shortly, they will likely enter production in the coming weeks.
“We are still putting the finishing touches on the [Radeon R9 300] series to make sure they live up to expectation,” an unknown representative from AMD said in the company’s official Facebook account. “Cannot wait to reveal them though. We are pretty excited.”
Previously it was reported that the new flagship graphics solution from AMD is called Radeon R9 380X. The graphics card is expected to be based on the GCN 1.2 architecture, to feature 4096 stream processors, which, in case of the GCN 1.2 architecture, means 64 compute units and 256 texture units. The memory sub-system will rely on SK Hynix’s stacked high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips with 1024-bit input/output interface (compliant with the JESD235 standard) and up to 640GB/s of bandwidth (thanks to 4096-bit memory bus and 1.25GT/s transfer rate). The graphics boards will be equipped with 4GB of HBM memory.
It is expected that the Radeon R9 380X will provide over 50 per cent performance improvement compared to the Radeon R9 290X and will demonstrate particularly high results in ultra-high-definition resolutions thanks to massive memory bandwidth.
In addition to the high-end product, AMD is also working on a mainstream GPU code-named Trinidad, which is set to replace the AMD Radeon R9 270-series “Curacao” graphics processor that has been on the market for about three years now. The “Trinidad” graphics chip is expected to feature 1280 or more stream processors to deliver new levels of performance to the market segment.
Even though AMD has confirmed development of its new-generation graphics solutions for a number of times, the company also said that it would release them only in the second quarter of the year, which means from April to July.
“Going into the second quarter and the second half of the year with our new product launches, I think we feel very good about where we are positioned there,” said Lisa Su, chief executive officer of AMD, during a conference call with investors and financial analysts. “Commercial will definitely be important, as well as improving our overall mix.”
If AMD plans to formally roll-out its new Radeon R9 380 and Radeon R9 380X graphics cards in April, then it should start production of cards in late February or early March.
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KitGuru Says: It is rather ironic that AMD is consistently fuelling the discussion about its next-generation Radeon graphics processors, but does not launch them because it needs to sell off existing graphics cards first. Quite naturally, discussions about the next-gen always slowdown interest towards current-generation among enthusiasts.
AMD means “Another Mnanufacturing Delay”
Nvidia will use HBM in early 2016 and today nbidia hv all the limelight, by delaying product line amd is just loosing limelight so comeon amd we want 395X2 in h2 2015 and 380X in april at most so come onnnnn
We want to crush gtx 980 guys with freesync,eyefinity,mantle, and extremly fast HBM
It better live up to expectations. And expectations are at least 30% faster than 290x.
Benefits of this that they should have a decent stock of gpus by april, so we all could get one right away without a problem 😉
Hey, also dont forget Maxwell also had a delay.
I hope they take the time to correctly finalise the product. Im still leaning towards “horrified” for their reference cooling solution. I hope the OEMs will get their hardware alot faster than the 290 series release!!
In any case; We must show patience my friend.
AMD killing with the hardware features honestly. I don’t know what nvidia has to offer. If only they used less power. Those memory specs make nvidia look stupid with their inability to manage full 4GB below $500. With the way AMD is going they will be able to meaningfully start putting out 8GB and up vRAM cards. Going to be heaven for those who want to crossfire
Yet the 970 will likely still outperform AMDs offering at the same price point, and do it with 140W tdp, not 250. I own a 970 and honestly, the VRAM “issue” isn’t an issue, it’s just a case of Nvidia taking the piss with false advertising. Also please clarify “all these features”, I think you’ve missed everything Nvidia has done in the last 2 years if you think they have nothing to offer.
The 380x absolutely decimates the 970 and 980 in a recent benchmarks leak from a Taiwan manufacturer. Like, The ignorance of you people
hopefully its at the same price region. It will also use lots of power.
what have they done in the last 2 years that can’t be had elsewhere? The only thing I care about on my 970 is physx and i was using my CPU for that before so meh. I’m not impressed. AMD is making waves and the last great thing nvidia did was G-sync and all that was really to them was a way to lock in gamers to their ecosystem and make some profits. They find things to exploit rather than to genuinely improve PC gaming. But yeah they are a company. AMD on the other hand seems to be taking a different approach. Create new tech and then try to create hardware that does it better than the competition.
With amd there is true audio, better compute, physically better memory configuration, freesync, mantle and crossfire improvements. They do use more power, hence why I had to go nvidia. The way I have seen AMDs cards over the years from 7000 up was that they offered a full package. Besides nvidias proprietary software features, AMD was where it was at.
The memory issue may not be big now for most of the time, but what happens for the future is anyone’s guess.
My patience is running out. I can wait til march 30 or so, then im building with 380x or without.
Actually, where I live the GTX 970 and the R9 290X are pretty much the same price, and the R9 290X has more VRAM and is identical in performance. It’s actually faster at surround gaming and 4k, which is what I use my cards for. The 290X is marginally more expensive but only just.
Oh man, If only you had as much patience as the maxwell ppl. Those ppl showed insane conviction imo 😀
I’m going to hold out as long as needed. And when they release I will probably wait some more to pick the best OEM solution. =)