Thursday, August 20th 2009
AMD ''Juniper'' Accelerator Pictured
Remember this backroom photoshoot by our friends at Legit Reviews, where AMD refused to let the the DirectX 11 accelerator face the camera? A photographer in China was luckier, and grabbed three pictures of the rest of the accelerator, intact. As it turns out, the card is based on AMD's next generation successor to the 40 nm RV740, codenamed "Juniper". The pictures reveal quite a bit about the card, which inherits quite some of its design from the Radeon HD 4770.
The cooler resembles the one found on Radeon HD 4770 (reference), and Radeon HD 3870, albeit opaque black. With the 40 nm GPU running presumably cool, its air vent on the rear panel is reduced in size, and makes way for an arsenal of connectivity that includes two DVI-D connectors, and one each of HDMI and DisplayPort, just as pictured earlier. The PCB is black in color, holds memory on either sides. The card draws its power from one 6-pin PCI-E power connector. Expect a lot more about this as we head toward September 10, when AMD plans to unveil its next-generation GPU technology. Juniper is part of AMD's "Evergreen" family of DirectX 11 compliant GPUs.
Source:
ChipHell
The cooler resembles the one found on Radeon HD 4770 (reference), and Radeon HD 3870, albeit opaque black. With the 40 nm GPU running presumably cool, its air vent on the rear panel is reduced in size, and makes way for an arsenal of connectivity that includes two DVI-D connectors, and one each of HDMI and DisplayPort, just as pictured earlier. The PCB is black in color, holds memory on either sides. The card draws its power from one 6-pin PCI-E power connector. Expect a lot more about this as we head toward September 10, when AMD plans to unveil its next-generation GPU technology. Juniper is part of AMD's "Evergreen" family of DirectX 11 compliant GPUs.
52 Comments on AMD ''Juniper'' Accelerator Pictured
It would even be a moot point if ATI figures out how to properly downclock the GDDR5 memory while avoiding the dreaded on-screen flickering/shaking issue. Power consumption and temperatures drop dramatically with properly underclocked GDDR5 memory speeds; something that no amount of undervolting or GPU core underclocks can do.
lol
As previously stated in the thread this will be the mid range card... should be around the $3-400 mark (MSRP of course)
Now T-Rex on the other hand.... dual GPU, single PCB, 8GB ram... iv already said to much ;)
Looks sexy and small now, but highly doubt there will be any cards with that cooler on the market. Cheaper to buy without it and almost every cooler will fit that. So it's VF900/VF830 or Accelero L2 Pro (as it's so cheap) what you'll get.
and the die size looks like HD4770 ..every one have to know AMD not put everything in RV740 it was just test for 40nm die shrink so it's could be smaller .
junipe VS RV740
It's most certainly 128bit.Looks like Samsung GDDR5.