Silverforce11
Lifer
- Feb 19, 2009
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1) TDP != power consumption
2) why probably mid 2015, the 290x was release nov-oct 2013 why keep the product for so long?
3) AMD has little to n relevance in mobile dgpus, I dont see that chaning even with maxwell or without, if anything intel will just gobble up that share.
4] when did high end pc gaming get this lame? when did everything become power consumption as AMD started using more power? [puts on tinfoil hat]beautiful nvidia marketing at work.
1. Even that TH link you presented, 970 = 168W. R290X = 242W. That is much more than 20%.
2. Because they just released Tonga, they have yet to release the full Tonga R285X, AND they are planning to release a 550mm2 big-Tonga with LC, which wont be out according to Asetek until 2015. These are all based on GCN 1.1 (or 1.1.1 whatever), old tech basically. For them to release it now and coming soon, means their real next-gen GCN2.0 is a long way away.
3. They used to own the notebook discrete segment with very high marketshare. That's all gone and GCN has made it worse. NV dominates mobile discrete due to better efficiency (primary reason).
4. It's not just power use, its perf/w that matters. When you have to use significantly more power to deliver 15% less performance, is when its TOO MUCH.