Starts off with R9 280X, 270X and R7 260X
AMD has finally lifted the NDA veil and announced market availability on a couple of its new Radeon R9 and R7 series graphics including Radeon R9 280X, R9 270X and the R7 260X. All of these new graphics cards are pretty much based on older or revised GPUs so a lot of specifications and features are quite the same as on previously available Radeon HD 7000 series graphics cards.
The list kicks off with the Radeon R9 280X which is pretty much the same as the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. It is based on the same 28nm Tahiti GPU with 2048 stream processors, 128 TMUs, 32 ROPS while the graphics card is usually paired up with 3GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit memory interface. The new R9 280X does offer quite a price/performance ration considering it is priced at US $299 and competes against Nvidia's quite more expensive Geforce GTX 770. AMD decided to keep the clocks at 1000MHz for the GPU and 6.0GHz for memory.
The second announced graphics card is the Radeon R9 270X which is pretty much based on a previously available Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition. It is based on Curacao GPU which is pretty much a revised Pitcairn GPU and still features 1280 stream processors, 80 TMUs and 32 ROPs. The R9 270X will usually pack 2GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 256-bit memory interface. The new R9 270X also has a slightly higher clocks so the GPU ended up at 1050MHz while memory is clocked at 6.4GHz. AMD decided to price the new R9 270X at quite a sweet spot of US $199.
Last but not the least is the R7 260X fitting into sub-$150 segment with its US $139 price tag. This one is based on the same Bonaire GPU that was behind the Radeon HD 7790 but comes with more memory and higher clocks. It still features 896 stream processors, 56 TMUs and 16 ROPs and packs 2GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit memory interface. AMD decided to clock the reference design at 1100MHz for the GPU and 6.5GHz for memory.
Most, if not all AMD add-in-board (AIB) partners will come up with non-reference designs and do not be surprised if these look a lot similar to its HD 7000 series counterparts as it is much easier for partners to recycle same PCB and just slap a different or even the same cooler.
Source: AMD.com.
The list kicks off with the Radeon R9 280X which is pretty much the same as the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. It is based on the same 28nm Tahiti GPU with 2048 stream processors, 128 TMUs, 32 ROPS while the graphics card is usually paired up with 3GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit memory interface. The new R9 280X does offer quite a price/performance ration considering it is priced at US $299 and competes against Nvidia's quite more expensive Geforce GTX 770. AMD decided to keep the clocks at 1000MHz for the GPU and 6.0GHz for memory.
The second announced graphics card is the Radeon R9 270X which is pretty much based on a previously available Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition. It is based on Curacao GPU which is pretty much a revised Pitcairn GPU and still features 1280 stream processors, 80 TMUs and 32 ROPs. The R9 270X will usually pack 2GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 256-bit memory interface. The new R9 270X also has a slightly higher clocks so the GPU ended up at 1050MHz while memory is clocked at 6.4GHz. AMD decided to price the new R9 270X at quite a sweet spot of US $199.
Last but not the least is the R7 260X fitting into sub-$150 segment with its US $139 price tag. This one is based on the same Bonaire GPU that was behind the Radeon HD 7790 but comes with more memory and higher clocks. It still features 896 stream processors, 56 TMUs and 16 ROPs and packs 2GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit memory interface. AMD decided to clock the reference design at 1100MHz for the GPU and 6.5GHz for memory.
Most, if not all AMD add-in-board (AIB) partners will come up with non-reference designs and do not be surprised if these look a lot similar to its HD 7000 series counterparts as it is much easier for partners to recycle same PCB and just slap a different or even the same cooler.
Source: AMD.com.
News by Luca Rocchi and Marc Büchel - German Translation by Paul Görnhardt - Italian Translation by Francesco Daghini
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