AMD will be conservative on clocks so that just by increasing clocks they can rebrand the polaris chips next year.
Did anyone see the Polaris 11 (16CU) mobile 35W RX480M 3D Mark FireStike score at 4070, same as 60W GTX 960M.
The 960M isn't 60 watt. The full fledged desktop part is ~60 watts. Mobile GM107 x60m is ~50 watts.
The 960M isn't 60 watt. The full fledged desktop part is ~60 watts. Mobile GM107 x60m is ~50 watts.
The MXM module is 75W, so the mobile GPU is roughly 60W.
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2635/geforce-gtx-960m
So much fo those "50W", as usual Nvidia are fooling people, indeed they publish no official TDP in their site, it s not by chance..
I see you think whatever is convenient for you. Make sure to disregard the fact that mobile parts come with slower vram, lower voltage, and appropriately less cooling.
I see you think whatever is convenient for you. Make sure to disregard the fact that mobile parts come with slower vram, lower voltage, and appropriately less cooling.
That said that s not the point since we have no numbers for the 480M set apart the official TDP, still more accurate than Nvidia total absence of such a number..The power consumption of the GeForce GTX 960M should be similar to the old GTX 860M (about 60 watts).
AMD did give us this the first time they unveiled Tonga:
http://www.custompcreview.com/wp-co...-r9-285-specs-slide-30-years-gaming-event.jpg
1792sp and 256 bit memory bus, yeah right. Tonga has 2048sp and a 384 bit memory bus in there.
http://pics.computerbase.de/7/2/9/5/2/5-1080.3394499274.jpg
Board length: 180mm
Package: 40.3mm side, we can probably round this to 40mm*40mm
GPU: 14.3mm*18.38mm = 262.83mm²
Using the package's 40mm side measurement as reference, we get around 257mm² as die size.
First and foremost, AMDs presentation included a slide with pictures of the two chips, and confirmation on their full configurations. The larger Polaris 10 is a 36 CU (2304 SP) chip, meaning that the forthcoming Radeon RX 480 video card is using a fully enabled chip. Meanwhile the smaller Polaris 11 (note that these pictures arent necessarily to scale) packs 16 CUs (1024 SPs). This puts it a bit below Pitcairn (20 CUs) before factoring in GCN 4s higher efficiency. Meanwhile as is common for these lower-power GPUs, AMDs slide also confirms that it features a 128-bit memory bus.
AMD is expecting Polaris 11 to offer over 2 TFLOPs of performance. Assuming a very liberal range of 2.0 to 2.5 TFLOPs for possible shipping products, this would put clockspeeds of a high-end Polaris 11 part at between 975MHz and 1220MHz, which is similar to our projections for RX 480/Polaris 10. Note that AMD has not yet announced any specific product using Polaris 11, however as we now know that RX 470 is a Polaris 10 based card, its safe to assume that RX 460 is Polaris 11, and the over-2 TFLOPs projection is for that card.
AMD® Radeon RX 460 - 2GB [+79€]
AMD® Radeon RX 470 - 4GB [+149€]
AMD® Radeon RX 480 - 4GB [+209€]
AMD® Radeon RX 480 - 8GB [+249€]
For the price & (OpenCL) performance not even close, I guess you were hinting at something from Nvidia but till the time they continue to gimp compute on consumer cards, I doubt Apple will even consider them from hereon.So the RX480 is all she wrote, full performance, and there's nothing better for Apple?
For the price & (OpenCL) performance not even close, I guess you were hinting at something from Nvidia but till the time they continue to gimp compute on consumer cards, I doubt Apple will even consider them from hereon.
Newegg Unlocked said:
Crossfire Radeon RX 480
The RX 480 is the top of the current line and runs only $199 for 100% VR ready performance. That’s for the 4GB version, the 8GB model from the usual suspects (think MSI, GIGABYTE, Sapphire, XFX, etc.) will be more expensive with fans popping out every which way.
...The RX 470 drops down in price though performance is meant to stay competitive but not VR competitive. My guess is price will hit around $150.
...The RX 460 is an interesting beast. While price will probably fill out that super entry level $99 territory, it looks like it’ll be 75 watts or under because, as you can see, no PCIe plugs on the top.
...Availability? Hard dates are hard to come by. But I believe the 480 in 8GB dressing is landing this month while the 460, 470 and 480/4GB are slated for a few months out.
Seems like another case of too good to be true, so I wouldn't put much stock in it without additional details or why this supposed rumor comes from a good source.
For the price & (OpenCL) performance not even close, I guess you were hinting at something from Nvidia but till the time they continue to gimp compute on consumer cards, I doubt Apple will even consider them from hereon.
When can we expect some reviews for the 480?