AMD Radeon HD 9970 Specifications Leaked – Twice as fast as GTX 780 (ChipLoco rumor)

[Gloomy]

So what's the performance looking to be with this new info?

 

[VulgarDisplay]

So what's the performance looking to be with this new info?

Its impossible to say because this isn't gcn 1.0. Its a similar but different architecture.

 

[fellix]

 

[wand3r3r]

Leak some benchmarks already!

 

[Saylick]

Leak some benchmarks already!

Hahaha, tbh I think I'd rather wait until the 25th to be WOW'd all at once than to get glimpses every few hours. Half of the fun lies in the surprise.

 

[Schmide]

General consensus:
Hawaii XT launches gets instantly shot down by Titan Ultra.

Funny how things change with one picture.

 

[YBS1]

Leak some benchmarks already!

No kidding! Every time they do get leaked early though by some rogue, it's always paired with something that gives you no indication that you can relate to anyway though. It's either going to be paired with an Athlon X2 or a 7.3GHz LN2 cooled 3960K. lol

 

[lehtv]

How efficient do you think the reference cooler will be guys?I never owned a reference GPU to know,but I guess that aftermarket ones are quite better,eh?
That said,September 25 can't come soon enough.My exams finish that day (Good riddings biochemistry and anatomy!!) and Hawaii is announced.Patience...

It's gonna be the same as the reference cooler for the 7970 and the 6970 an the 5870... They're all hot and noisy at load

 

[YBS1]

In fact..........
I'm such a good damn sport, if someone over at AMD would be so kind as to just go ahead and send me two of their best cards right over I'll go ahead and give everyone the detailed showdown they want. 780 Classified SLI vs. R9 280 XFire on a 5GHz 3930K. *wink wink* *nudge nudge*

 

[Black Octagon]

So 25th is the announcement / "paper launch" with substantive stock not hitting shelves until October, right? And if so, what was with that AMD tweet from earlier this year that suggested that the 7xxx/8xxx series would remain the company's focus for the rest of 2013? An intentional red herring, perhaps? Or could we potentially not have any real hope of acquiring new cards before approximately Christmas?

 

[BallaTheFeared]

With the lackluster 7970 release, I really hope AMD comes out and nails it.

$1000/$750 GK110 is seriously retarded.

 

[YBS1]

And if so, what was with that AMD tweet from earlier this year that suggested that the 7xxx/8xxx series would remain the company's focus for the rest of 2013?

That is marketing speak for "We have absolutely nothing ready to go head to head with the 780/Titan at this time, please continue to buy down our current stock of 79xx product until we do."

 

[YBS1]

With the lackluster 7970 release, I really hope AMD comes out and nails it.

$1000/$750 GK110 is seriously retarded.

Screw you, I just bought two 780s...You be killin' my resale!

Kidding aside, I'd like to see them bring the big dogs to the fight too. They have got to get Crossfire nailed down properly as well, that is vital to the upper tier fight.

 

[HurleyBird]

512-bit... this thing might as fast a full GK110.

 

[imaheadcase]

I doubt even if the card is near +/- 780 performance nvidia will be sweating. If this card is not available before end of month Oct, or even if not plentiful for holiday season, its not going to matter. Nvidia has plenty of stock to just lower prices and win the next 3months.

Are we even getting non-amd supplied benchmarks on the 25th or are they just going to announce it?

 

[tigersty1e]

I'm more excited that they look like they are getting rid of that silly gpu shim (raised area around the gpu).

finally more aftermarket cooler compatibility.

 

[KingFatty]

Looks like the VRMs will be cooled, the thermal tape was left on at both locations, including the little strip on the left side.

 

[el etro]

Taiwanese guy Getwinder shows some 290X leaks(my opinion: fake!):

source: http://www.chiphell.com/thread-862351-1-1.html (someone that can read chinese can traduce more from the page to us?)

 

[twjr]

If those photos are real and my rather crude measurements are right that die is between 432 mm2 and 475 mm2 or 18/19 mm x 24/25 mm.

 

[HurleyBird]

Taiwanese guy Getwinder shows some 290X leaks(my opinion: fake!):

source: http://www.chiphell.com/thread-862351-1-1.html (someone that can read chinese can traduce more from the page to us?)

Fake? I guess that's possible, but the numbers look completely reasonable. Usually fake leaks have something that stands out as unrealistic.

 

[Keysplayr]

Fake? I guess that's possible, but the numbers look completely reasonable. Usually fake leaks have something that stands out as unrealistic.

Unless the chart maker had brain 1 in his head and knew that Hurley would be saying these very words. :biggrin:

 

[Saylick]

If those photos are real and my rather crude measurements are right that die is between 432 mm2 and 475 mm2 or 18/19 mm x 24/25 mm.

Interesting. I'm getting numbers around 450 mm^2 using this photo.

 

[Saylick]

Taiwanese guy Getwinder shows some 290X leaks(my opinion: fake!):

source: http://www.chiphell.com/thread-862351-1-1.html (someone that can read chinese can traduce more from the page to us?)

Is it normal for a 780 to do better than Titan for the 4x MSAA Crysis 3 test?

 

[wlee15]

The chiphell poster appears to have stolen the pics from the Korean site that leaked the AMD ES card sample which now have benchmarks.

http://translate.google.com/transla...UTF-8&u=http://udteam.tistory.com/539&act=url

 

[HurleyBird]

Seeing as they have pics of the card, 90% chance these benchmarks are real. Performance is in line with a hypothetical "Titan Ultra" And being an ES, launch number could be even better.

Excited!