Friday, September 12th 2014
AMD Readies Radeon R9 390X to Take on GeForce GTX 980
It turns out that the big OEM design win liquid cooling solutions maker Asetek was bragging about, is the Radeon R9 390X, and the "undisclosed OEM" AMD. Pictures of a cooler shroud is doing rounds on Chinese tech forums, which reveals something that's similar in design to the Radeon R9 295X2, only designed for single-GPU. The shroud has its fan intake pushed to where it normally is for single-GPU cards; with cutouts for the PCIe power connectors, and a central one, through which liquid cooling tubes pass through.
One can also take a peek at the base-plate of the cooler, which will cool the VRM and memory under the fan's air-flow. The cooler design reveals that AMD wants its reference-design cards to sound quieter "at any cost," even if it means liquid cooling solutions that can be messy with multi-card CrossFire setups, and in systems that already use liquid-cooling for the CPU; and leave it to AIB partners to come up with air-cooled cards, with meatier heatsinks. Other specs of the R9 390X are unknown, as is launch date. It could be based on a member of the "Pirate Islands" family of GPUs, of which the new "Tonga" GPU driving the R9 285 is a part of. A possible codename of AMD's big chip from this family is "Fiji."
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One can also take a peek at the base-plate of the cooler, which will cool the VRM and memory under the fan's air-flow. The cooler design reveals that AMD wants its reference-design cards to sound quieter "at any cost," even if it means liquid cooling solutions that can be messy with multi-card CrossFire setups, and in systems that already use liquid-cooling for the CPU; and leave it to AIB partners to come up with air-cooled cards, with meatier heatsinks. Other specs of the R9 390X are unknown, as is launch date. It could be based on a member of the "Pirate Islands" family of GPUs, of which the new "Tonga" GPU driving the R9 285 is a part of. A possible codename of AMD's big chip from this family is "Fiji."
112 Comments on AMD Readies Radeon R9 390X to Take on GeForce GTX 980
R9390X, just wait for the cut down R9360X and R9330X :laugh:
Looks good though.. maybe 3 with the X99 Asus deluxe.... PORN!
Such negativity lately on tpu is starting to be a real downer...
Thanks OP for the news feed,
To me red or green I WELCOME the new hardware be it as it is, change is always nice and welcomed in my books..
I won't flame on anyone in general but when I read certain comments I think to myself.... Why don't they work for those companies??
There's real engineers and then there's the Google knowitalls ;)
edit: cool looking leaf blower lol
Its cool to see a reference model with an AIO in all honesty if that turns out to be true. Its something that could provide the average user with a quiet machine and the max overclocks without having to worry about crazy setups and such. Air cooling is still going to be a choice for those who want it, but now doing this is going to give people another option. I really did love PNY when they did the LC systems on the GTX 580 as they worked great in my eyes and I feel the 295X2 had a really nice reference concept.
This is also just a quick shot to spin up hype which is common when the other company has something special or coming soon. We have to wait for more details to surface before claims are made.
Sorry if my wording was off.
I wish we could get through an article without the same few people starting up arguments about new hardware. I mean just because something has a 6+8pin connector does not automatically mean its going to be power hungry or because there is a reference AIO that the card is going to heat up hotter than the sun. Sometime things are put on it to cater to enthusiasts or people who want more from their card. I for one love the idea even if I still would put a water block on it and prefer cheaper reference cards for the reason of removing the cooler.
I can't see a picture of this new card till I get off roaming... But sure hope there's one to see when I get home. Its going to be a pain in the butt for crossfire users having 2 rads and such.. It be real cool if AMD designed the loop for crossfire users like us so all we need to do is a quick hose removal and replace with an added component but till its final who knows.. I know my 650d case won't take two extra rads but where there's a will there's a way.
Edit:, curiously I had to enable pictures and there goes.my monthly plan lol..
They need quick disconnect fittings and a serviceable rad to refill the system.. Also a few extra small hoses and a few extra long ones and crossfire would be so easy with this card on a single 120 rad providing it was thick enough, had the proper fpi and pressure fan.. @amd I'm talking to you!
The one that said garbage, why is it garbage? Your system spec says 2 titans no? Does the new AMD card make you feel threatened in any kind of way especially after dumping $800,on a gsync monitor?? I'm asking and not here to argue. I betcha if it was from nvidia youd be praising hallalja finally!! No?
I'm serious these one word posts shouldn't even be allowed..
And the other comment about lagging behind.. Who they lagging behind nvidia? Wasn't nvidia lagging a few years ago?
Look at it this way, maybe AMD is doing it for a reason.. No one knows what the reason is unless your god lol.. Its like anything in life. Some excel at things where others go at there own pace. You also didn't bear the bit coin miners complain on AMD cards and the coins they raked in did ya.
It all boils down to preference. Me, I like AMD, always have and always will. Why? Because I owned nvidia before and I didn't like there driver software to control the card plus you needed other software to control clock speeds.. I just four d AMD/ ATI much better for me and have stuck with them sense the 3800 series. Some say well nvidia don't have screen tare, I know my AMD card has zero issues in that reguard and why's that PPP ask? Its called before playing the game go into the graphics setting and change the resolution.. Enter.. Save then go back and set it to your normal setting and problem solved ;)
Sorry I ramble when board and passing the miles is much easier lol..
Anyone predict a price on these cards?
If they make a reference.blower type my guess would be around $400 and water around $489..
Unless mineing goes full out again lol
$400 would be quite nice but I know they have the habit to price those at at least $549.99. :rolleyes:
meh :D
What do you use to determine the mythical "Performance Crown?"
Everyone seems to be missing the point. Why is Maxwell good? More efficiency than Kepler. Why is this good? Because for the entire industry, efficiency is good. For the end user, efficiency is good.
This post is about a water loop design for a card from the outset. That sets alarm bells ringing in this house. The 295x2 was AMD's Lance of Ungodly Awesomeness. It truly slayed Nvidia's most powerful beast and AMD deserve all the credit they can get for making green look dumb as fuck.
HOWEVER, if their next gpu flagship (single chip) requires a water loop as the base construct.... WTF? Every single chip vendor, be it Qualcomm, Nvidia, Intel, AMD APU's etc are driving toward efficiency. It seems unreasonable to slap a water block on a card that didn't need it so you have to assume that if this is for AMD's next single chip, it's already in the wrong place.
I'm all for a 390X to compete with 980 (or 980Ti, depending on release dates) but not if AMD need to cool it with a water solution.
I'm going to fly against all of you people and call this out as FUD. In the current ecosystem, any move to higher power consumption on a new architecture is a negative move. And if it's not got higher consumption, why slap a water block on it?
Nah, something smells here. I'll believe it only when I see it.
I am positive towards aggressive performance jumps. ;)