AMD HD 8800 Series SKUs Surface in Leaked Document
AMD's next-generation GPUs have showed up in product tables for the first time.
"Oland" will be built in 28 nm, but feature a substantially larger die than the current Pitcairn core and promises a sizable performance increase. The price may be the big surprise in this release.
The transistor are size will jump by 27 percent to 270 mm2 and the transistor count for both the HD 8850 and HD 8870 will grow to 3.4 billion. The base clock will be lifted by 7 percent and 5 percent, respectively, to 925 MHz and 1050 MHz. The single-precision computing performance is promised to increase by 70 percent to 2.99 and 3.94 TFlops, while the double precision count is indicated as 187 and 246 GFlops. AMD was apparently able to contain the power consumption of the cards and shave off 15 watts on the high end to arrive at 160 watts.
The most interesting part in the leaked table, if the information is accurate, is certainly the pricing, which is much more aggressive than before. The higher-end 8870 is listed for $279, while the 8850 has a $199 MSRP. This information is not confirmed, but certainly intriguing and an interesting play for AMD.
Let the competition begin.. >
Too good to be true? I hope not!!
Too good to be true? I hope not!!
Let the competition begin.. >
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AMD = Me Gusta!
the HD 7 and GTX 6 series are just now getting into high gear.
got my head spinning.
Haswell coming out next week.? LoL
any mentioning of XDR2 RAM instead of GDDR5.?
That's kinda the name of the "upgrade game" bro... its very rare that a card comes along that totally whips the previous generation (although it does happen) however if the Next gen cards did not best the previous gen by AT LEAST 25%... no one would buy them.
I'm fairly sure RAMBUS asked too much for the XDR2 RAM.
this really sucks big time. its a smart move by amd to leak these charts because itll get people talking about the next gpus and by the looks of it retain some investors with good hopes that Oland will be very competitive. I just hope AMD doesnt fall off the market, especially with how amazing theyre gpu division is.
On a second thought, since RAMBUS doesn't have any of its own fab labs, it has to work out a deal with a fab company to make the XDR2 RAM for them.
And do keep in mind that they're already or were in some serious lawsuits against those fab companies. I doubt any of the companies are going to manufacture stuff for a patent troll rival.
I know just like last gen or GPU's out now but for some slight slim chance, I was hoping maybe something got worked out in time for this (HD 8) when goes into production.
still nothing wrong with crossing fingers.
oh well.
They have not been leaked. It'd be awesome if they were in the $350-$450 range though.