[ BHTec ] Hawaii XTX GPU non existent - Continued

[Headfoot]

Rumor !confirm

 

[Madpacket]

Meh, I'm not really excited for a slightly beefier 290X. I'm looking forward to AMD's new cards to compete with Maxwell. Power efficiency is needed now, not a small bump in performance to an already power hungry card. The performance delta will likely be smaller than the jump from 290 to 290X.

 

[Wild Thing]

Presumably all the latest process refinements will be included as well as "GCN 2.0" architecture mods to go along with it.
It may well be this new SKU will operate within the current power envelope of 290X.

 

[netxzero64]

Yeah, I can't wait to see their solution to that issue.

Seeing that their new FX chip will be watercooled and the 295x2 was. Maybe they will add a watercooler and will have great overclocking capability.

Anyway, I don't expect much more out of Hawaii.

yeah that is taken into account but it will just be a mere 290x on steroids with higher power consumption.

Doubt it, most likely will be release with aftermarket cooler from launch. Just like how the 280x was released.

doesn't change the fact that its still a power hungry card.

my setup runs just 292w under gaming.

 

[lavaheadache]

fingers crossed for a bios that allows for an unlock lottery

 

[Silverforce11]

yeah that is taken into account but it will just be a mere 290x on steroids with higher power consumption.

doesn't change the fact that its still a power hungry card.

my setup runs just 292w under gaming.

292w for an OC CPU AND OC GPU?

You must run with a 60fps cap and your CPU/GPU isn't working hard... cos otherwise, that's pure magic.

 

[netxzero64]

Yeap its adaptive vsync enabled as i dont see the meaning of running everything above the max framerate of my monitor. It would be higher of course and it doesnt matter either for any hardware as it will consume a lot of power may it be amd or nvidia. Its simple common sense

 

[KaRLiToS]

Apparently, this was all horse crap.

 

[netxzero64]

The xtx?

 

[KaRLiToS]

The xtx?

Yes. Hawaii Xtx doesnt really exist. Check the OP fort more détails. I updated it yesterday.

 

[Atreidin]

All those people who were emo over maybe not having their 290X be the fastest AMD single-chip card of "this generation" must be so relieved now.

 

[KaRLiToS]

Oh yes, I'm relieved.

 

[lavaheadache]

All those people who were emo over maybe not having their 290X be the fastest AMD single-chip card of "this generation" must be so relieved now.

I was one of those that were/are emo regarding the matter. It was never about the 290x being Amd's fastest single chip. It was about being sold a cut down variant as the top end. A strategy that as far as we know has never happened before with AMD but has been a recent tactic of rival nvidia to sell "us" the highend over and over this gen.

 

[netxzero64]

Well, Tonga will shine in the spotlight later on but no to AMD still for me