Thursday, May 7th 2015
AMD Fiji XT Reference PCB as Short as GTX 970 Reference, R9 295X2 Performance
AMD's upcoming Radeon R9 390X graphics cards will ship in two SKUs - an air-cooled one, with a moderately long reference design board (though not as long as the R9 290X), and a new Water-Cooled Edition (WCE) SKU, which will feature a very compact PCB - one that could be no bigger than that of the GeForce GTX 970 reference. This is possible because of AMD's HBM implementation. The 8 GB of memory on this card is present on the GPU package, as bare 3D-stacked DRAM dies, surrounding the GPU die, with an IHS covering everything; rather than the GPU package being surrounded by memory chips. Below is a mock-up of the card by ChipHell. It's not a picture. The radiator is off-proportions, the Radeon logo is misaligned, and the PCIe I/O is misaligned, etc. It should still give you a good idea of what the card looks like, particularly its length. Other specs on hand so far, include 4,096 GCN 1.2 stream processors, 256 TMUs, 128 ROPs, and a 4096-bit wide HBM interface, which at 1.25 GHz memory clock, will offer memory bandwidth of 640 GB/s.
While Fiji package will be bigger than that of, say, "Hawaii," overall the setup is more space-efficient, and conserves PCB real-estate. The PCB hence only has the GPU package and the VRM. AMD is doing away with the DVI connector on its reference PCB. It will only feature three DisplayPort 1.2a and one HDMI 2.0a. The WCE variant will feature a pump+block covering the GPU package, which will come factory-fitted to a 120 x 120 mm radiator. The air-cooled R9 390X will be longer, but only to house a heatsink and lateral blower. The single-GPU card could offer performance comparable to the dual-GPU R9 295X2, which is faster than the GeForce GTX TITAN-X. AMD CEO Lisa Su, speaking at the Investor Day event, in New York, on 6th May, hinted that the product could launch on the sidelines of either Computex 2015 (early-June) or E3 (mid-June).
Image Courtesy: ChipHell. Many Thanks to GhostRyder for the tip.
While Fiji package will be bigger than that of, say, "Hawaii," overall the setup is more space-efficient, and conserves PCB real-estate. The PCB hence only has the GPU package and the VRM. AMD is doing away with the DVI connector on its reference PCB. It will only feature three DisplayPort 1.2a and one HDMI 2.0a. The WCE variant will feature a pump+block covering the GPU package, which will come factory-fitted to a 120 x 120 mm radiator. The air-cooled R9 390X will be longer, but only to house a heatsink and lateral blower. The single-GPU card could offer performance comparable to the dual-GPU R9 295X2, which is faster than the GeForce GTX TITAN-X. AMD CEO Lisa Su, speaking at the Investor Day event, in New York, on 6th May, hinted that the product could launch on the sidelines of either Computex 2015 (early-June) or E3 (mid-June).
103 Comments on AMD Fiji XT Reference PCB as Short as GTX 970 Reference, R9 295X2 Performance
You are wrong.
WCCFtech is under no obligation to disclose where that image come from however it is there property.
If its not removed or replaced with the original I will be taking this further.
Thats all I am saying
It was taken from them. Zoom in you can notice the doctoring
My understanding of your IP license conformed to your original images (eg: images you took in person, with your camera, like the images in our reviews). This one is a screencap of an AIB presentation.
If you think linking back to your article isn't enough, then I'll be happy to repost your "original" image. The intention wasn't to rip you off. There's a link to your article just 3 pixels south of the image.
- Yes there's weird smudge in the center of TPU picture with uneven bandaid texture.
- There's slight artifact (jpeg compression maybe) throughout the picture although the wccf one is actually worse lol. Zoom to the vent at 500-600% and you could see big blocks everywhere. It could be because of application of filter though.
*run*
If the picture was originally leaked, then it isn't a legal copy as the ownership remains with the company source.
Oh look you can stop crying now, the watermark is back, or they used the picture that was illegally leaked to you guys.
Caring1 is right. Even hiring a photographer, you still don't own the rights of the picture. You are only an employer. Techincally, if AMD didn't buy over the rights they only have licence over the image.
I know which one makes you appear to be an idiot.
Anxious to see this card in action, with it being smaller could be pretty cool but honestly not something I worry to much about personally. However I hope it has a great VRM and has the room for it as that is something I do not want to be cheap.
No harm whatsoever done here, you don't own the original image. And if you do, then please show proof of where AMD gave you the image.
everybody here really abusive.
At least the site owner understands the law
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
The right thing has been done.
Here switch the image to this one, better quality anyway and to get rid of this troll
No way to know if its anymore legit or not but this was linked on chip hell and similar so I thought it may be better and looks a little better.Clearly the only one not understanding the law is you, you do not own the image end of story...Anything done was a courtesy to save the thread from continued arguing and to stop someone who cannot even abide by our forum rules.
Credited you for the tip.
@WCCF guy: Lesson: Try to solve problems privately _before_ going public. No more hits from TPU.