Thursday, June 18th 2015
AMD "Fiji" Silicon Lacks HDMI 2.0 Support
It turns out that AMD's new "Fiji" silicon lacks HDMI 2.0 support, after all. Commenting on OCUK Forums, an AMD representative confirmed that the chip lacks support for the connector standard, implying that it's limited to HDMI 1.4a. HDMI 2.0 offers sufficient bandwidth for 4K Ultra HD resolution at 60 Hz. While the chip's other connectivity option, DisplayPort 1.2a supports 4K at 60 Hz - as do every 4K Ultra HD monitor ever launched - the lack of HDMI 2.0 support hurts the chip's living room ambitions, particularly with products such as the Radeon R9 Nano, which AMD CEO Lisa Su, stated that is being designed for the living room. You wouldn't need a GPU this powerful for 1080p TVs (a GTX 960 or R9 270X ITX card will do just fine), and if it's being designed for 4K UHD TVs, then its HDMI interface will cap visuals at a console-rivaling 30 Hz.
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139 Comments on AMD "Fiji" Silicon Lacks HDMI 2.0 Support
well, the reason i love DisplayPort is that its possible to convert it to HDMI 2.0, just as it was possible doing DP>VGA, DP>DVI, DP>HDMI
The point I was making is that one person is vehemently arguing what should be happening, while the other is arguing what is happening. Both viewpoints are valid - they just don't constitute sides of the same argument.
"the lack of HDMI 2.0 support hurts the chip's living room ambitions"
so its the best damn living room gpu around :banghead:
nano is the fastest smallest thing around at 2x(200%) performance per watt and faster than the 290x. two will deliver very well at 4k or 1080p eyefinity in small form factors in any game and thats the baby fury with 5k 1440p eyefinity at reasonable settings. optimal support for vr headsets with split flame rendering. the 3 displayports are excellent for anyone giving the bandwidth you need to run alot of smaller resolution monitors any of latest greatest gaming experiences available that is also enabled to transfer hdmi 2.0 via adapter.
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Someone posted on reddit, that there where some DP 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 adaptors at Computex capable of 60Hz like the one in the link. I guess if Fury is a success those adaptors will multiply and probably come down in price, a price that it is still unknown.
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At KitGuru they are baning accounts because they got way too much criticism for crying that AMD wasn't giving them a free sample of Fury X. They just banned me and I was one of the 5 top posters there. Nice. More free time.
Nice to have as an option I am sure but I don't expect it to catch on as a typical feature of new UHD TV's any time soon.
Yeah, I know, it's not really their panel or anything, but they DO exist. That was my point. ;)
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How did Philips/LG make the list? They are behind Panasonic, who is admitedly pretty behind:
Google may be lying to me though...
Nothing special about the cables, theyre ones I got from random purchases.