Rumoured AMD Radeon HD 8000 Specifications Leak Online
Specifications and pricing information on the Radeon HD 8000 series discrete desktop graphics cards have been leaked on the Chiphell forums.
A user from the Chiphell forums has leaked some of the specifications of the Radeon HD 8000 series discrete graphics cards. While previously we were under the impression that AMD was skipping the HD 8000 number for discrete desktop graphics cards, going straight to the HD 9000 numbering, the post on Chiphell seems to contradict this thought. Nonetheless, the specifications leaked are those of the HD 8970, HD 8950, HD 8870, and HD 8850.
Starting off with the high-end tier, the HD 8970 will be based on the Curacao XT core, which will carry 2304 stream processors, 144 TMUs, 48 ROPs, a core clock speed of 1100 MHz, and 6 GB of GDDR5 memory running over a 384-bit memory interface at an effective speed of 7.0 GHz. According to the post, it will outperform the Radeon HD 7970 by about 35 percent. The card might have a TDP of 250 W.
Moving on, the Radeon HD 8950 will be based on the Hainan XT core. This core will feature notably fewer stream processors, with the tally hitting 1,792. Beyond that it will feature 112 TMUs, 32 ROPs, a base clock speed of 1200 MHz, and 5 GB of GDDR5 memory running over a 256-bit memory interface at an effective speed of 7.0 GHz. The card will have a TDP of 190 W. Compared to the Radeon HD 7970, it will perform about 10 percent better.
Going down a tier, the HD 8870 will pack the Hainan Pro core. This core features 1536 stream processors, 96 TMUs, 32 ROPs, a base clock speed of 1100 MHz, and be paired with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory running over a 256-bit memory interface at an effective speed of 6.0 GHz. When pitted against the Radeon HD 7870, it will outperform it by a staggering 40 percent. This will be accomplished by a TDP of 160 W.
Lastly, the Radeon HD 8850 will be based on the Hainan LE core, which will feature 1280 stream processors, 80 TMUs, 32 ROPs, a base clock of 1000 MHz, and 2 GB of GDDR5 memory also running over a 256-bit memory interface at an effective speed of 6.0 GHz. It is expected to outperform the Radeon HD 7870 by about 15 percent.
All of the graphics cards will be based on the GCN 2.0 architecture. Pricing is listed as follows: $229, $299, $399, and $599 for the HD 8850, HD 8870, HD 8950, and HD 8970, respectively. The post also indicates that the cards will be released sometime during Q3 2013.
Do note, all of these specifications and pricing information have been pulled straight from the forum post, and thus remain a rumor and possibly false until verified. Be sure to take it all with a grain of salt.
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dragonsqrrl Nvidia will have to make some extreme price adjustments on the Titan and 780 (and likely the rest of their upcoming lineup) if this leak is accurate. But that's a big 'if'. It's not difficult to pick out some peculiarities in the 'leaked' specs, such as the 5GB of GDDR5 over a 256-bit interface on the HD8950. While this is possible in theory, there's practically no reason to do it in this context. I imagine 4GB would already be more than sufficient for any gaming load out there.Reply -
Au_equus if the performance rumor is true, the 8970 will go toe to toe with the titan. if the price is also true, then the price on the titan will be less stratopheric, come down to earth and bring down the price of the gtx 700 series with it.Reply -
Draconian I wish Nvidia would put more RAM on their cards. 2 GB and 3 GB on $500 cards ain't cutting it anymore!Reply -
ahmedomran Nvidia and AMD have been playing us for years with their graphic cards war and the reason for that is our stupidity, They have a technology of 10 years from now and they can implement it now with no issues but they won't because they want to drain our money every year! Nvidia and AMD go to hell !!!!Reply