AMD Radeon HD 7900 ''Tahiti'' Pictured, 384-bit Memory Bus Confirmed?

[alexsubri]

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[Animalpak]

back to red PCB ?

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

what are you smokin???

i think it looks like they're goin back to a 5XXX style design.....LOVE IT

The batmobile was awful and the plastic accents looked like they belonged on a McDonalds happy meal toy. 6xxx was a radical improvement over that POS. What you see here isn't really indicative of anything. They very likely will change the PCB color and give it a back plate, and may possible even change the cooler accents before this thing rolls out.

 

[btarunr]

Looks and feels cheap! Where is the back plate?

Where GTX 580's backplate went. Backplate heaven.

 

[makwy2]

I'll be needing a couple of those please.

 

[Hayder_Master]

Ok now let we see, they say first it will be XDR2, and now it have 384 bit.
For expect at least it will be have 1200mhz memory frequency, so how much be the total bandwidh??
No way only PCI-E 3.0 right !

 

[Mussels]

384 bit on DDR5/whatever comes after that sounds quite nice.

 

[Frizz]

I never liked their red PCB design but I am sure there will be plenty to choose from . Keen to see how these go against their current 6xxx series.

 

[General Lee]

It's an engineering sample, the final product most likely won't have a red pcb.

 

[laszlo]

i'll like to see a green PCB you know why ......hhhhhh

just wonder why they need 384 bit as current used 256 provided enough bandwidth is the gpu not so good as expected or too powerfull?

 

[1nf3rn0x]

I'm throwing money at the screen but nothings happening?!?!?

 

[Goodman]

Found this...

REAL Final Specs for AMD's GCN Lineup. Release date set for December with shipping products in January

HD7970 ( Tahiti XT )
Core's 2048 operate at 1GHz clock
3GB of GDDR5 memory at 5.5GHz
Memory Bandwidth 264GB/s
Memory Bus Width 384-bits
Texture Units 128
ROPs 64
Manufacturing Process TSMC 28nm
Price $449

HD7950 ( Tahiti Pro )
Core's 1920 operate at 900MHz clock
3GB of GDDR5 memory at 5.0GHz
Memory Bandwidth 240GB/s
Memory Bus Width 384-bits
Texture Units 120
ROPs 60
Manufacturing Process TSMC 28nm
Price $349

HD7990 ( New Zealand ) HD7970 X2 Double all specs "March Realease"
6GB of GDDR5 memory at 5.5GHz
Price $699.

LINK--> http://www.brightsideofnews.com/new...-mix-gcn-with-vliw4--vliw5-architectures.aspx

Other Site say this...

LINK--> http://www.asrotech.com/2011/09/07/radeon-hd-7900-series-will-be-released-in-q1-of-2012/

 

[btarunr]

LINK--> http://www.brightsideofnews.com/new...-mix-gcn-with-vliw4--vliw5-architectures.aspx

Other Site say this...

http://www.asrotech.com/wp-content/...HD-7900-GPUs-May-Use-XDR2-Rambus-Memory-4.jpg

LINK--> http://www.asrotech.com/2011/09/07/radeon-hd-7900-series-will-be-released-in-q1-of-2012/

That's an old table from Nordichardware.

 

[SK-1]

I always like the odd numbered ATI series for some strange reason...So sounds like time to upgrade soon (budget permitting)

 

[AsRock]

If the screw holes to the VRM area stay like that ( saying i was in the market for a new card ) it be the 1st one i get with a 3rd party cooler on it as i like being able to screw the VRM heatsinks on and not relay on sticky tape.

So if this is the 7970 i really hope they changed it too how they normally are. I think there is a good chance of them changing it as the 6970 VRM's have a much less heat issue than the cards before.

 

[Lionheart]

The batmobile was awful and the plastic accents looked like they belonged on a McDonalds happy meal toy. 6xxx was a radical improvement over that POS. What you see here isn't really indicative of anything. They very likely will change the PCB color and give it a back plate, and may possible even change the cooler accents before this thing rolls out.

That's your negative opinion, they are beast!

 

[radrok]

I agree with Lionheart, I liked a lot the design on my old 5970 it was awesomely nasty if you get what I mean
The HD6990s box cooler is just well... a box cooler with a sticker and a NOISY fan :| (not that the 5970 was quiet eh)

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

Do these cores have any IPC improvements or can they be directly compared to the 69xx cards?

 

[leonard_222003]

SK-1 and everyone that says upgrade , FOR WHAT ? except 1-2 games with absurd level of detail that you can't even spot , there is no game that will need all that power.
PC's have now like over xxx times the power of a console and they still lack games that trully use all that power , of course except 1-2 games.
We are in for a shock when a new generetation of consoles arrives with a HD6850 or GTX460 and blows away everything PC's had until that day , we will probably need a crossfire of these things to play on medium those console games.

 

[cdawall]

SK-1 and everyone that says upgrade , FOR WHAT ? except 1-2 games with absurd level of detail that you can't even spot , there is no game that will need all that power.
PC's have now like over xxx times the power of a console and they still lack games that trully use all that power , of course except 1-2 games.
We are in for a shock when a new generetation of consoles arrives with a HD6850 or GTX460 and blows away everything PC's had until that day , we will probably need a crossfire of these things to play on medium those console games.

I hope they finally offer a performance upgrade from my pair of 3870X2's or GTX470. If they do I will upgrade as the 3870X2's are finally showing age and being let down by lack of memory. As for consoles blowing anything away...The PS3 has a NV "7800GTX" and on release that wasn't the top dog anymore. I doubt next gen consoles will be any different. They will have good video, but it will never be better than PC and never has.

 

[robal]

We are in for a shock when a new generetation of consoles arrives with a HD6850 or GTX460 and blows away everything PC's had until that day , we will probably need a crossfire of these things to play on medium those console games.

I'm looking forward to it.

Maybe I'm naive, but I think that next gen consoles will have more in common with PC (graphics API, eg: Xbox and Windows) and thus, PC-ports will have better relative performance.

 

[Mussels]

i'll like to see a green PCB you know why ......hhhhhh

just wonder why they need 384 bit as current used 256 provided enough bandwidth is the gpu not so good as expected or too powerfull?

because the width of the bus and the amount of ram available are linked.

with the same density memory modules, you'd get:
256 bit with 1GB or 2GB ram

yet with the same density on a 384 bit bus, you'd have 50% more ram for:
1.5GB/3GB


while they may not need the bandwidth, the 50% greater ram is far more cost effective than doubling to 2GB on all the cards.

 

[catnipkiller]

Do i see made in Canada or am i just high?

Also found this magnification
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/5559/pc070155.jpg

 

[Assimilator]

What's the bet they're running those cards in a Faildozer system...

 

[cadaveca]

Do i see made in Canada or am i just high?

AMD has a small fab line in Markham, Ontario.