Report: AMD to Release R9 280X on October 8
As the release of AMD's new cards draws closer, the rumor mill is heating up.
AMD unveiled its new Radeon R9 290X last week in Hawaii, describing the R9 and R7 series as 'the new GPUs for a new era in graphics.' Unfortunately, AMD didn't actually when we could expect this new era in graphics to commence. Luckily, we have the rumor mill to keep us warm while we wait for an official announcement from AMD.
Earlier this week, word got out that the the press NDA on the R9 290X is scheduled to expire on October 15, just under two weeks from now. Now, VideoCardz reports that the NDA on 280X will be lifted on October 8th. VC says that this is when reviewers are allowed to publish their reviews and that cards with aftermarket cooling solutions will be available within a few days of this date. No word as of yet on the embargo date on the 270X.
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"... AMD didn't actually when we ..."
(I think 'say' or 'state' is missing from this sentence...)
Presumably, useful benchmarks would depend on the availability of functional
drivers, which as yet are not fully available for all situations. It might be better
to wait until AMD has sorted out DX9/EyeFinity support, etc., otherwise we'll
just have people complaining that any tests results will be invalid when the drivers
get updated, demanding fresh tests.
I'm just hoping for some hefty NVIDIA price cuts, and also maybe then some lower
valuations of used 7970s.
Ian.
The article is about the lift date of the Non-Disclosure Agreement. That means that right now, no benchmarks can be released. As the article states:
"the NDA on 280X will be lifted on October 8th. VC says that this is when reviewers are allowed to publish their reviews"
to post data when they're allowed and when driver caveats mean it's the sensible thing to do.
Nothing worse than posting data that's out of date and thus of little use in helping people
make sensible buying decisions. I've been benching lots of older cards in SLI/CF, but I've
stopped until AMD sorts out CF issues with DX9 support, otherwise I'd just end up with
numbers which don't reflect later reality.
Ian.
IT'S CALLED THE 7970!!!!!!!!!!!
Darn re branding. Thanks a lot Rory Read
Titan is $1000, 780s are $650, 770s are $400, and 760s are $250. AMD is posing to undercut prices at those performance tiers by $400, $200, $100, and $50, respectively. This will get prices back to where they should be with mid-range cards like a 760 or 270x below $200, high-end cards like a 770 or 280x below $300, and top-end enthusiast cards in the $400-600 range.
Now if only Intel would release a 6-core CPU for less than $350 I could get some real value from a $1000-1500 build next spring/summer instead of having to choose between my wallet and mediocre performance.
AMD always ahead ...
Always ahead of themselves..... Their "fully optimized hardware" lacks fully optimized software that works properly.
Just a few more day I hope
Just a few more day I hope