Holy crap this is awful. Nvidia is going to have a field day if new Maxwell cards really are coming in the next 4-6 weeks. Nvidia is going to be able scale Maxwell up way better than AMD is scaling GCN right now. Price premiums out the yin-yang.
Pretty much a useless chip and nowhere near Maxwell in efficiency.
So much marketing for nothing. What the hell are you doing AMD?
... My next card is Nvidia. AMD is no longer a relevant company.
Oh really?Holy crap this is awful. Nvidia is going to have a field day if new Maxwell cards really are coming in the next 4-6 weeks. Nvidia is going to be able scale Maxwell up way better than AMD is scaling GCN right now. Price premiums out the yin-yang.
They are doing a lame refresh as we expected.
Smaller bus, mature node = Cheaper to build, to replace Tahiti.
I don't consider it progress but certainly the bean counters at AMD do. Call it for what it is, a weak refresh.
Oh really?
Why don't you go check out Tech Report's glowing review of R285.
Slick new features,quiet and fast...for $249.
As a new mid range card it ticks all the boxes.:thumbsup:
Cheaper? How if the GPU is of equal size (359mm2 vs 365mm2)?
See here: http://www.computerbase.de/2014-09/amd-radeon-r9-285-test-benchmarks/
The package is smaller than with Tahiti, but the GPU is not.
Pretty much a useless chip and nowhere near Maxwell in efficiency.
So much marketing for nothing. What the hell are you doing AMD?
They are doing a lame refresh as we expected.
Smaller bus, mature node = Cheaper to build, to replace Tahiti.
I don't consider it progress but certainly the bean counters at AMD do. Call it for what it is, a weak refresh.
Cheaper? How if the GPU is of equal size (359mm2 vs 365mm2)?
See here: http://www.computerbase.de/2014-09/amd-radeon-r9-285-test-benchmarks/
The package is smaller than with Tahiti, but the GPU is not.
This says it all:
Why would this card be a better buy than 280/X or even 7950/70s still on sale? 3GB of ram allows it to run a few AAA games at ultra as well as able to handle 4K texture mods.
Its a worse buy and for a refresh, that's just wrong.
I mean, it got the XDMA instead of CF and it got the audio engine onboard.
But other than that, what else is new against the R9 280?
Its almost like a rebrand, except its not since its a new chip.
Why would anyone be excited for this chip? I admit, I was, because I was hoping to finally see an AMD card taking on Maxwell, but no.
This says it all:
Why would this card be a better buy than 280/X or even 7950/70s still on sale? 3GB of ram allows it to run a few AAA games at ultra as well as able to handle 4K texture mods.
Its a worse buy and for a refresh, that's just wrong.
Cheaper? How if the GPU is of equal size (359mm2 vs 365mm2)?
See here: http://www.computerbase.de/2014-09/amd-radeon-r9-285-test-benchmarks/
The package is smaller than with Tahiti, but the GPU is not.
Here ya go
Courtesy of The Tech Report
You would be insane to CF these in late 2014 with 2gb vram. So no, that's not a bonus feature thats worthwhile.
I expected a refresh but was hoping for improved efficiency but nope. It's horrible on all fronts. The decision to go with 256 bit bus and 2gb vram is purely $$. They got nothing ready to fight Maxwell and these cards need to compete on heavy price discounts.
That doesn't say the truth, we all know how awesome 7950s OC. The higher power use on the R285 compared to the 7950 via TPU means a 7950 owner can OC it and get faster performance for similar power use. Still retaining the 3gb advantage.
Fail card is fail.
How does the XDMA Crossfire bus and True Audio DSP perform on the 7950?
Oh and the 4K H264 decode engine too.
Umm...:|
5 billion transistors??? WTF they packed there
Narrower memory bus means fewer memory traces on the board, and fewer memory chips. The GPU chip isn't the only thing that costs money in a graphics card.