Monday, August 12th 2019
AMD To Continue Offering Reference Design for RX 5700, RX 5700 XT
With the introduction of AMD's AIB partners' custom designs for the Navi-based RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT graphics cards, rumors (ie, reports) started to float around of AMD's discontinuation of their reference designs. However, AMD's own Scott Herkelman confirmed via Twitter that the company isn't transitioning its reference designs to an EOL (End of Life) status, and that they will continue to be offered in the traditional venues.
However, Scott did say that AMD is in the stage of transitioning their AIB partners fully to their own custom designs. This means that AMD will likely keep the market cornered on blower-style designs, that can be bought by users planning to stick their own aftermarket cooling solution and just want the cheapest possible card. This way, AIB partners will always sell Radeon cards under their own brand names, instead of something like "ASUS Radeon RX 5700".
Source:
Scott Herkelman @ Twitter
However, Scott did say that AMD is in the stage of transitioning their AIB partners fully to their own custom designs. This means that AMD will likely keep the market cornered on blower-style designs, that can be bought by users planning to stick their own aftermarket cooling solution and just want the cheapest possible card. This way, AIB partners will always sell Radeon cards under their own brand names, instead of something like "ASUS Radeon RX 5700".
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I have not seen much on whether the new AIB cards include a PCB that is different that the reference design and if so how much
- The reference card's "GPU VRM is 7-phase, controlled by an International Rectifier IR35217 controller, ***which is among the best controllers available on the market. ** > It uses the same model controller with 2 phase VRM for the memory ... the Sapphire card also uses a 2 phase VRM for the memory with a different controller.... downgrade ? The Asus uses an 11 phase VRM for the GPU and a 2 +1 phase VRM for the memory with the reference controllers.
- The reference and Sapphire (300 watts) cards use 8 + 6 power connectors, Asus (257 watts peak gaming) uses 8 + 8 (375 watts) .. IOW the 2nd 8 pin is unnecessary
- The reference card's "GDDR6 memory chips are made by Samsung and carry the model number K4Z80325BC-HC14. They are specified to run at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps GDDR6 effective)." The Sapphire and Asus card's memory is made by Hynix with same rating ... I remember folks w/ nVidia cards seeking models out w/ Samsung and seeking to avoid Hynix. The MSI 2080 ti card with Samsing memory was 10 fps faster when overclocked to 2090 ,, the Microm version topped out at 2005.
That's all I notices in the TPU reviews.