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http://www.tweaktown.com/news/51959/polaris-exciting-gpu-looking/index.html
An editorial from TT.
Polaris 10 is the Hawaii/390X killer at a much reduced TDP. Taking 390X+ performance down to mainstream "cheap" levels for the masses.
In essence, it's equivalent to GP106 with some tricks up it's sleeves. In complex scenes, it may punch well above it's weight, but in general, it's unlikely to be a Fury X or 980Ti slayer.
They obviously can't launch all the 14nm FF chips immediately, so attacking the low-end and mainstream with amazing perf/w is a sound strategy. Those notebook wins are a must and volume is good at around the $200 mark +/- $50.
In many ways, this is turning out not a surprise at all. Most of us saw this coming with 14/16nm, low-end, mid-range first, then later as volumes & yields improve further, we get big chips (Vega & GP100) out to play.
An editorial from TT.
Polaris 10 is the Hawaii/390X killer at a much reduced TDP. Taking 390X+ performance down to mainstream "cheap" levels for the masses.
In essence, it's equivalent to GP106 with some tricks up it's sleeves. In complex scenes, it may punch well above it's weight, but in general, it's unlikely to be a Fury X or 980Ti slayer.
They obviously can't launch all the 14nm FF chips immediately, so attacking the low-end and mainstream with amazing perf/w is a sound strategy. Those notebook wins are a must and volume is good at around the $200 mark +/- $50.
In many ways, this is turning out not a surprise at all. Most of us saw this coming with 14/16nm, low-end, mid-range first, then later as volumes & yields improve further, we get big chips (Vega & GP100) out to play.