Hopefully the 390x nips at the heels of the 980 Ti or is significantly cheaper.
It's gonna be better than a titan x, and should cost ~$600. The 980ti will just be nvidia's answer so they can at least match on pricing. If this is an 8gb hbm chip, it'll blow nvidia's high end out of the water until nvidia comes out with stacked memory. Game changer for amd.
"I'm still gonna buy nvidia/intel stuff regardless, but I really hope AMD shakes things up by getting other people (who are definitely not me) to buy their product!"
Imo, having the top highend part is great, but they are missing a killer GPU in the $300 bracket. That would be a 1-2 punch that would go a long way if they could enter both the Titan and 980/970 cards.
Memory bandwidth is great if the GPU in question has the fillrate necessary to saturate it. If not then it's just decorative. It remains to be seen if AMD can push out a GPU on 28 nm which can utilize all this bandwidth. Also it's obvious they are having issues with 8 GB HBM yields because the 390X certainly isn't out yet and meanwhile Nvidia is locking people into 970, 980, and Titan X now and every day AMD delays the 390X, the fewer people will remain who haven't already upgraded because they got tired of waiting.
So how soon is soon? I doubt this'll come out before The Witcher, right?
Shame, I'm looking to sell my gaming laptop and go full desktop for the first time ever but now seems like the worst ever point to do that what we've all these leaks from both AMD and Nvidia.
Might finally be time for me to upgrade my 7970's.
If they get these out before the witcher arrives I'll be jumping on.
"I'm still gonna buy nvidia/intel stuff regardless, but I really hope AMD shakes things up by getting other people (who are definitely not me) to buy their product!"
I'm one of these arseholes, sadly... Unless the 390X is just flatout ridiculous.
Lame.
G-Sync monitor, so its not much of a choice. They have a one year head start (or less) on HBM, so they better pray that this is a home run.
"I'm still gonna buy nvidia/intel stuff regardless, but I really hope AMD shakes things up by getting other people (who are definitely not me) to buy their product!"
Uhhh what about free sync?
Ah, okay. That makes sense.I like the NVIDIA ecosystem and their general lead in developing value-add features. It's not just about the card and price of it. When AMD offer something that, as a package, competes with NVIDIA in that regard for me, I may go back.
But I recognise that lots of people don't see the value add things NVIDIA offer as.. all that valuable. So I hope that in those cases AMD do make something really compelling from hardware and price perspective so that enough of those kinds of people buy their cards.
I don't really see how this is an invalid viewpoint as your quote suggested.
Probably means they already have a G-Sync monitor, so buying an AMD card would mean wasting the G-Sync capability in their already purchased monitor.
Although I like Intel and nVidia, I have always rooted for AMD and always bought their CPU's for my personal desktops. I sure hope they make a huge comeback over the next couple years!
Yeah I was wondering about the back exhaust too, but they probably want to have air flow for the rest of the components too. It's actually a bit of a mystery how that would cool the VRM if there's no fan. It would imply the VRM is also cooled with the AIO which would probably make it a more expensive cooler.
I'm convinced that this is going to be both cheaper (obviously) and faster (5-15%) than the Titan X.
But what interests me is the performance of the as-of-yet hypothetical 980ti. Wouldn't that be slightly slower than the Titan X, thus rendering it even more lacking against the 390X at around the same price-point? Also, these new AMD cards are compelling as they feature HMB tech whilst NV's cards this year (including any 980ti) are stuck with GDDR5 and lack that marketing factor.
If this all plays out as is expected (performance, price), I don't see many reasons why people would choose the NV product over the 390X aside from software.
I have read that the GPU, VRAM and VRMs might be all cooled by the AIO system. Would be interesting if that is the case.
The 980 Ti will probably be faster than Titan X, with less VRAM they will have more power and thermal headroom which they can use up by increasing the core and boost clocks.
I'm convinced that this is going to be both cheaper (obviously) and faster (5-15%) than the Titan X.
But what interests me is the performance of the as-of-yet hypothetical 980ti. Wouldn't that be slightly slower than the Titan X, thus rendering it even more lacking against the 390X at around the same price-point? Also, these new AMD cards are compelling as they feature HMB tech whilst NV's cards this year (including any 980ti) are stuck with GDDR5 and lack that marketing factor.
If this all plays out as is expected (performance, price), I don't see many reasons why people would choose the NV product over the 390X aside from software.
they said q2 '15, so it falls under april-may-june
we're halfway throughout the quarter. so even if they release it on june, that's like next month.
Oh I get what Q2 means, I was just hoping they might do a surprise pre-Witcher 3 launch... Because, well, I could jump in on that offer for a free copy of TW3 and Batman with a 980. Saves me $120 in the long run.
But then again, whatever AMD launches will be better than the 980 right? And cheaper? Decisions. Decisions.