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More 8GB R9 290x cards coming in november [Videocardz]

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SperglordActual

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http://videocardz.com/53908/more-radeon-r9-290x-cards-with-8gb-ram-in-november

Yes please forgive the videocardz link, but apparently the source is Sweclockers. So, is this a PR stunt or is this actually useful for 2k/4k resolutions? Perhaps they are responding to rumors of the 8gb 980s that Nvidia is supposedly holding back on?

EDIT: I should spend more time googling before I post things. Here is the same story as reported by KitGuru: http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...on-r9-290x-graphics-cards-with-8gb-of-memory/
 
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ShintaiDK said:
"More"? The only 8GB card I seen was used in the Civ BE slides.

Nobody is "holding back" any 8GB cards.

They also say 2 290X Sapphire 8GB cards are released. They seem to have it confused with 295X2 cards.
http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1227&pid=0&psn=000101&lid=1&leg=0
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No. Sapphire released R9 290X 8GB Toxic and R9 290X Vapor-X 8GB in select markets a long time ago.

R9 290X Vapor X 8GB
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8001/sapphire-r9-290x-vaporx-8gb-hits-retail-uk-only-600

R9 290X Toxic 8GB
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/8gb-sapphire-radeon-r9-290x-toxic.html

Hopefully 390X has 8GB of VRAM standard and GM200 has 6-8GB too.
 
Select markets may be an understatement. It sounded like a custom order.

I have been told that the entire stock of 8GB Sapphire models are solely for OcUK (and possible partners outside the UK), meaning that if there is interest outside the UK, Sapphire will have to make some more. Unfortunately what I am hearing suggests that no more will be made.
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A shame it wasnt more broadly avaliable.

In pure BOM I guess 4GB more will add 40-60$ depending on GDDR speed.
 
With the absolutely ridiculous VRAM requirements that these next gen console ports seem to be throwing around, it wouldn't hurt to have a few more options on the market for those that want a bit of a buffer above minimum requirements.
 
ShintaiDK said:
You would have to run out of VRAM(4GB) to see any difference.
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Thanks, I am assuming that there are very few situations where 4GB is insufficient @ 4k resolutions? I would guess that mostly its just uncompressed textures from poorly made console ports.

EDIT: I guess this definately means we wont be seeing any flagship announcements out of AMD till next year. Shame.
 
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SperglordActual said:
Thanks, I am assuming that there are very few situations where 4GB is insufficient @ 4k resolutions? I would guess that mostly its just uncompressed textures from poorly made console ports.

EDIT: I guess this definately means we wont be seeing any flagship announcements out of AMD till next year. Shame.
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I think the entire forum already understood that AMD is waiting until 2015 for technologies like HBM and 20nm to mature. The real competition for AMD is Big Maxwell so if they only released a card 20% faster to match a 980, it would have been a failure imo.
 
Vram wall sadly never stops to grow. Why to make with 6GB Vram at 1080p res?? This Vram madness needs to stop. The true evolution on Vram technology is called HBM.
 
el etro said:
Vram wall sadly never stops to grow. Why to make with 6GB Vram at 1080p res?? This Vram madness needs to stop. The true evolution on Vram technology is called HBM.
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HBM isnt going to change VRAM size as such. Maybe even downgrade instead. Its the speed thats the main goal. And HBM is an evolution on GDDR.
 
4k with next gen games will certainly require lots of vram. I've seen well over 3 GB but not quite 4 GB yet. That's in the few older games I've been playin.
 
RussianSensation said:
I think the entire forum already understood that AMD is waiting until 2015 for technologies like HBM and 20nm to mature. The real competition for AMD is Big Maxwell so if they only released a card 20% faster to match a 980, it would have been a failure imo.
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I don't care about 20% improvement at current resolutions. My next monitor will be 4k and hopefully the next generation card will run 4k with just one card. If either company can provide that, I would consider that leaps beyond anything we have right now.
 
Nice, an 8 GB card, for a 1% improvement. (sarcasm)

GIMMICK CARD, just like the 6GB Hd 7970 that nobody wanted.

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I don't necessarily think it's a gimmick card. It just gives potential buyers more choices. When you consider that for several upcoming games the recommended minimum are 4GB cards, having more VRAM couldn't hurt. Two of these 8GB cards in crossfire would also set you up for quite a while. Either way, the extra VRAM can't hurt.. well maybe only your wallet 😉
 
SimianR said:
With the absolutely ridiculous VRAM requirements that these next gen console ports seem to be throwing around, it wouldn't hurt to have a few more options on the market for those that want a bit of a buffer above minimum requirements.
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^^^This^^^

They wouldn't be worried about it if they didn't think it would be needed. Remember just a few months ago we had people arguing that 2gig was all anyone would need for the foreseeable future when they were hawking GTX770's.
 
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