Wednesday, September 25th 2013
Radeon R9 280X is Rebranded HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD's approach to the next-generation product stack isn't structured too differently from that of NVIDIA's current. The company is launching just one big (high-end) chip, codenamed "Hawaii," based on which it's launching the Radeon R9 290X. It's been detailed to death in our older posts. The Radeon R9 280X, on the other hand, is we're hearing a re-badged Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. At the most, expect a slight clock speed bump, and a different reference-design board, but for the most part, it's shaping up to be identical. The approach draws parallels with the NVIDIA's lineup. The Radeon R9 290X is expected to compete with the GeForce GTX TITAN, R9 290 with GTX 780, and R9 280X with the GTX 770. While launch of the R9 290 series will be tightly controlled by AMD (i.e., don't expect non-reference designs for a while), the R9 280X will launch entirely by non-reference designs. The three cards will launch a little later this week.
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35 Comments on Radeon R9 280X is Rebranded HD 7970 GHz Edition
...and what's the point of predicting if you can't revisit them after the facts are in? ;)
www.techpowerup.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2980252&postcount=18
I never said AMD immune, they... up till this point haven't harvested that many "distinct derivatives" from one wafer.
Not sure that constitutes "changed your tune".
and my 7970 looks good compared to that gtx780ref , to me anyway(that be called opinion right there) , 80-90% of the powers half the price :D
Lets have a look at these "fused" parts:
GK 104 (4, or 3 + 1 OEM)
GTX 660 OEM
GTX 660 Ti
GTX 670
GTX 760
Tahiti (4, or 3 + 1 OEM)
HD 7870 XT
HD 7950
HD 8950 OEM
R9-270 ( re Gibbo at OcUK: "R270 is HD 7950 re-boxed")
So much for that assumption.
You seem blinkered to the idea that AMD are warming to a business model that has been successful for another company (and kept their own CPU division afloat), that AMD are somehow immune from maximizing ROI in this way. Do you really need a Black or White, Good or Bad paradigm that much?
And of course I was originally responding to this assertion in your post:Now, since Nvidia don't have 6 models derived from a cut down GK 104, what other interpretation is there other than the fact that you moved the goalposts when your original point failed under scrutiny. There are only two possible choices: Either you are under the impression that there are 6 cut down GK 104 models (which is false), or you were referring to all GK 104 models excepting the duallie (which is true).
GTX 770 is $399 with Batman Origins (1 game / 2GB / PhysX) add $30+ for 4GB
I don't see a contest value wise.