Recap: AMD Radeon R9, R7, Mantle, TrueAudio, Social App

[Marcus Yam]

AMD revealed a ton of new gaming technologies at its GPU14 tech day.

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[patrick47018]

AMD FTW! Can't wait to see some reviews and benchmarks on the new line of cards! It is a great time to be a gamer

 

[rolli59]

Anxiously waiting for the reviews!

 

[hardcore_player]

Great Job AMD , keep up the good work ,, looking forward for some benchmarks and reviews

 

[icemunk]

8-core optimization... SWEET. Thank you Xbox and Playstation!

 

[vmem]

8-core optimization... SWEET. Thank you Xbox and Playstation!

I love AMD as you can tell by my own GPU, avatar, and past posts, but from a neutral perspective, that 8-core optimization will really shine next next year on an Haswell-E platform from Intel with DDR4 when the newer games really start to use these optimizations.

 

[dustructo]

this funny......

 

[dustructo]

this is funny...AMD's tries to answer back to Nvidia almost 10 months later....with Old tech....mantle.....GLIDE......who remembers that....

 

[dustructo]

this is funny...AMD's tries to answer back to Nvidia almost 10 months later....with Old tech....mantle.....GLIDE......who remembers that....

 

[andystanley]

When will these cards be released? I haven't been able to find any information on it.

 

[zakaron]

I wonder how this will affect benchmarks? Like if the tester will have a separate graph for Nvidia & ATI on DirectX and then show another for Mantle? I guess we'll have to see how "open" the API will be and if it will truly catch on like they hope.

 

[slomo4sho]

The R9 290 and R9 290X are the only new additions. Everything else is just a re-branding... Wake me up when there is real progress in GPU performance...

 

[Lutfij]

That cooler looks mighty fine - you did a good job with the rest of the developments though keep it up!

 

[vmem]

The R9 290 and R9 290X are the only new additions. Everything else is just a re-branding... Wake me up when there is real progress in GPU performance...

thanks to Nvidia's 700 series, we have a new GPU standard: 2 new high-ends, re-brand everything else... XD

joking aside, this is more or less what Nvidia actually ended up doing, for similar reasons, namely that AMD now needs to curb the competition's performance lead, and 20nm at TSMC isn't ready yet to meet mass demand. It'll be interesting if the two companies decide to off-set the annual GPU update cycle, and release cards ~6-months from each other instead. it could be optimal in the long run for both companies to have 5-6 months of GPU crown and just trade it off.

 

[Martell1977]

I've only heard that the 260x was a re-badged 7790, but that's because it was a newer and different core arch. Is there a report I missed about the other cards being re-badges?

 

[chapapa07]

8-core optimization?....but I just upgraded to a intel quad core 🙁

 

[somebodyspecial]

So they're finally coming out with a "GEFORCE EXPERIENCE" app...LOL. Raise your hand if you think they'll get all these new drivers running while still trying to fix the last ones...I don't need any more social crap (ignore it all anyway, have no twitter, facebook, linkedin etc accounts), and I already have an audio card (not onboard).

Whatever, let me know when you get 20nm and a PROVEN track record with drivers again. Until then I'll buy NV's maxwell coming Q1. Free games mean nothing to me when they make ZERO profits which cause crap drivers. I'll take NO GAMES if necessary from NV knowing the cash they make goes INTO DRIVERS!

 

[slomo4sho]

So they're finally coming out with a "GEFORCE EXPERIENCE" app...LOL. Raise your hand if you think they'll get all these new drivers running while still trying to fix the last ones...!

Considering that Raptr is a tertiary application and has not impact on drivers...

 

[cmi86]

Really excited to see how this mantle thing plays out.

 

[Jaxem]

I've only heard that the 260x was a re-badged 7790, but that's because it was a newer and different core arch. Is there a report I missed about the other cards being re-badges?

The architecture isn't even new, it's GCN with some optimizations, but the guy was right in that everything besides the 290 and 290x are re-badges...with optimizations to make them better than their predecessors. So the 280x is supposed to be a 7970 re-badge and so forth.

 

[parkerm35]

"The R9 290 and R9 290X are the only new additions. Everything else is just a re-branding... Wake me up when there is real progress in GPU performance..."

Actually the 260X is also new

 

[Jaxem]

"The R9 290 and R9 290X are the only new additions. Everything else is just a re-branding... Wake me up when there is real progress in GPU performance..."

Actually the 260X is also new

That's true, i keep forgetting about it since it's so far down the ladder, but that's why it gets the new audio technologies while something like the 280x does not 🙁

 

[parkerm35]

"The R9 290 and R9 290X are the only new additions. Everything else is just a re-branding... Wake me up when there is real progress in GPU performance..."

Actually the 260X is also new

That's true, i keep forgetting about it since it's so far down the ladder, but that's why it gets the new audio technologies while something like the 280x does not 🙁

It is unfortunate that more cards weren't brought out with the newer tech (280X), but On the positive side, you will be able to get a 7970GHz with a better boost algorithm, probably making it faster and more power efficient for $299.

 

[Jaxem]

"The R9 290 and R9 290X are the only new additions. Everything else is just a re-branding... Wake me up when there is real progress in GPU performance..."

Actually the 260X is also new

That's true, i keep forgetting about it since it's so far down the ladder, but that's why it gets the new audio technologies while something like the 280x does not 🙁

It is unfortunate that more cards weren't brought out with the newer tech (280X), but On the positive side, you will be able to get a 7970GHz with a better boost algorithm, probably making it faster and more power efficient for $299.

I'm on the fence about whether to get the great deal that 7970's currently are, or wait and pay a bit more for the 280x...decision.

 

[Okami Amaterasu]

Now I just need a Steamroller to go with this