HD7970 ( Tahiti XT )
Core's 2048 operate at 1GHz clock
3GB of GDDR5 memory at 5.5GHz
Memory Bandwidth 264GB/s
Memory Bus Width 384-bits
Texture Units 128
ROPs 64
Manufacturing Process TSMC 28nm
Price $449
HD7950 ( Tahiti Pro )
Core's 1920 operate at 900MHz clock
3GB of GDDR5 memory at 5.0GHz
Memory Bandwidth 240GB/s
Memory Bus Width 384-bits
Texture Units 120
ROPs 60
Manufacturing Process TSMC 28nm
Price $349
HD7990 ( New Zealand ) HD7970 X2 Double all specs "March Realease"
6GB of GDDR5 memory at 5.5GHz
Price $699.
For Comparison's sake here's last gens specs
HD6970
Core's 1536 operate at 880MHz clock
2GB of GDDR5 memory at 5.5GHz
Memory Bandwidth 176GB/s
Memory Bus Width 256-bits
Texture Units 96
ROPs 32
Manufacturing Process TSMC 40nm
Price $369 ( on release )
Wow, talk about a major step foward!
3GB ram, 384-bit bus, memory bandwidth like the hoover dam, insane shader count with clocks to match.
The 7950 looks to be 30% faster than the top of the line current gen card and should crap all over the 580GTX for 150 less. The 7970 is going to kill. I can't wait to see temperature and power consumption!
Supposedly they will release in Dec and be available by early Jan!
I have been wondering when AMD was going to 384 bit memory bus. Nvidia made that move a while ago. I guess if AMD could stick with 256 bit memory bus and still stay ahead of Nvidia why do it. I am not sure what Nvidia has to counter but they might be sweating at this point.
If the HD7950 stays around 300-320, I'll get one. I've been noodling going back to nVidia for Physx support, but I haven't been able to justify it with how skewed the performance at a given price point is in AMD's favor.
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As far as I know AMD is going to make some sort of an announcement on December 5th.
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If the HD7950 stays around 300-320, I'll get one. I've been noodling going back to nVidia for Physx support, but I haven't been able to justify it with how skewed the performance at a given price point is in AMD's favor.
I love nvidia drivers, but their line up has been pretty stale. The 6950 -> 6970 was a pretty nice bargain. The 580 has been sitting at 500+ for far too long, IMO there just isnt 500 dollars worth of performance there. Even the 570 at 350+ is kind of dumb. It is only 15-20% faster than my old *** 470. However, after overclocking the 470, it is almost pushing 570 numbers. I simply haven't been impressed with nvidias line. The 560TI is a pretty sweet card and 460 in sli are a hell of a bargain.
I'm glad I skipped this gen. From what I've seen, nvidias next line up will just be a die shrink with no major changes... Hopefully they surprise us though. I'll have a 7950 before kepler comes out though, that's for sure.
Nice I'm going wait for Nvidia entry first before doing anything, if anything prices should drop a bit when Nvidia enters. I'm sure the market will be priced to take into account the lack of a competitor at that level.
What happened to the AMD news today??? Nothing really came out.
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Originally Posted by James
I'm going wait for Nvidia entry first before doing anything, if anything prices should drop a bit when Nvidia enters. I'm sure the market will be priced to take into account the lack of a competitor at that level.
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