AMD is coming with something 25 September

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So I came across these pics on another forum.





Im hoping on a new series with the hybrid cooler. Other possibility could be the 285X, which would be a bit boring (most likely).

Most likely the real source

[potis]

Unless i see:

980 performance with overclocking ability as high and 15% less price, along with not reaching 95C again and downclocking itself.. i will not care much.

Or a CPU that wont be based on cores and will actually bring performance without eating 200W, always talking about games of course, their performance on some programs is good, but still not worth it.

Its dont care about AMD products cause of horrible history with them but i hope they bring out something good for prices to drop.

(Windows needing a hotfix to run a few games back in 2005 so the CPU wouldnt act like shit, and 2 times RMA GPU in less than 2 hours, both times it was drivers issues although the second time i believe it was the fact Sapphire OCed the card, the moment drivers would be installed instant blue screen, the shop tested it in 5mins, got my money back, added 40E, bought a 760 instead).

[BicycleMafioso]

I don't think it's about AMD Zen, since it's slated for late 2015 or early 2016, so..
GPU?
They have alluded to having better circuits than the 290X for a while.. That and the Closed-loop Reference leak.
It would be welcome.
... Buut I'm thinking APU.

Kudos for them using the right date formatting though.

[Deleted]

Other possibility could be the 285X, which would be a bit boring (most likely).

After the 970-980 talk like a month ago amd said there would be no 285X . Don't remember were i had read it but it was one of their marketing co's and whatnot. And can't blame them. They need something to compete with 970-980, anything else...

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After the 970-980 talk like a month ago amd said there would be no 285X . Don't remember were i had read it but it was one of their marketing co's and whatnot. And can't blame them. They need something to compete with 970-980, anything else...

Yeah, something via twitter I think. But it still remains a possibility.

[Lesclaypool]

People need to stop wishing AMD fails, if AMD fails Nvidia and Intel will fuck us on prices the same way apple fucked people on prices with the i....whatever, back in 2003, their 40GB MP3 player for 400-600$.

If AMD fails we fail. Pray AMD never fails.

[Asera]

AMD won't fail from a crappy high end Radeon GPU. Those cards are a tiny sliver of their revenue. :P

[BicycleMafioso]

whatever, back in 2003, their 40GB MP3 player for 400-600$.

Completely off-topic, but really? I think I had a 512MB one at that time (from Creative).

Also, AMD may have had their marketshare shrunk, but it's not irreversible. Bulldozer was a mistake, but it's also only one Processor generation and AMD may have a bit more of a "corny" and "uncool" vibe compared to nVidia, but their position lately has been a great improvement, as have their products.
AMD will and cannot fail. ^^

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well if it fails, we are screwed, forget high-end stuff

[Lesclaypool]

Completely off-topic, but really? I think I had a 512MB one at that time (from Creative).

Also, AMD may have had their marketshare shrunk, but it's not irreversible. Bulldozer was a mistake, but it's also only one Processor generation and AMD may have a bit more of a "corny" and "uncool" vibe compared to nVidia, but their position lately has been a great improvement, as have their products.
AMD will and cannot fail. ^^

Oh yeah I'm not making this up. Here in canada when the IPOD (remembered the name) came out it started at 399,99 (400 lol) + 15% tax. for the 40GB model, and it was like 500-600 for the 60GB model (+ tax), because they could dictate prices. Like you said, the highest competitors were offering at that time was 512MB (1GB if you had a rich uncle living in Japan working for Sony), so apple could go crazy on prices, they could have asked 1000$ if they wanted.

If AMD didn't exist Intel could charge 500$ on the i7k and Nvidia could charge 600$ for the 770...who would challenge them? No one else makes video cards except Nvidia and AMD, and no one else makes Desktop grade CPUs besides Intel, at least not on their level (3D TRANSISTORS YO).

You could try to make your own GPU, but might end up like this guy:

http://www.bigmessowires.com/category/3dgt/

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If AMD didn't exist Intel could charge 500$ on the i7k and Nvidia could charge 600$ for the 770...who would challenge them? No one else makes video cards except Nvidia and AMD, and no one else makes Desktop grade CPUs besides Intel, at least not on their level (3D TRANSISTORS YO).

amd still exists? their GPUs died with 9700 pro and i can't even remember which processor was actually good

[zolok2.0]

I'm sorry AMD, we had been together since the late 90's, and recently your performance in your 8350 sucked ass so I bought that i5 4690K and it was the best decision of my (computer) life. AMD, we are no more, intel is the CPU for me from now on.

[Absintheminded]

Well, I for one sure hope this is the Carrizo since I'm on the threshold of pulling the trigger on building a steam box/ htpc.

[Asera]

Oh yeah I'm not making this up. Here in canada when the IPOD (remembered the name) came out it started at 399,99 (400 lol) + 15% tax. for the 40GB model, and it was like 500-600 for the 60GB model (+ tax), because they could dictate prices. Like you said, the highest competitors were offering at that time was 512MB (1GB if you had a rich uncle living in Japan working for Sony), so apple could go crazy on prices, they could have asked 1000$ if they wanted.

If AMD didn't exist Intel could charge 500$ on the i7k and Nvidia could charge 600$ for the 770...who would challenge them? No one else makes video cards except Nvidia and AMD, and no one else makes Desktop grade CPUs besides Intel, at least not on their level (3D TRANSISTORS YO).

You could try to make your own GPU, but might end up like this guy:

http://www.bigmessowires.com/category/3dgt/

This is how Apple operates though, they attempt to break into new markets so they can corner them with their marketing prowess.

Back then Hard disk drive based music players were not viable as they were ultra expensive to manufacture, were heavy, had awful battery life, etc. Most stuck to the cheaper portable CD players or small MP3 players as lower costs attracts more buyers. How long did it take for other makers to answer to the iPod? Not too long. I had an old Creative Zen myself.

There's 15% HST where I am too, because of that, the iPod wasn't very popular amongst people I knew because the price was ridiculous. Everyone had Discmans, Rios, Sony MiniDisc players, or one of those CD players that could read CDFS discs with MP3s on them. It wasn't until the iPods were dropping below 300 bucks that I ever saw them in droves.

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Inb4 AMD fanboys

OT- I hope it's something worth the hype and not another bulldozer incident.

User was infracted for spam by an AMD fanboy.

[Lesclaypool]

This is how Apple operates though, they attempt to break into new markets so they can corner them with their marketing prowess.

Back then Hard disk drive based music players were not viable as they were ultra expensive to manufacture, were heavy, had awful battery life, etc. Most stuck to the cheaper portable CD players or small MP3 players as lower costs attracts more buyers. How long did it take for other makers to answer to the iPod? Not too long. I had an old Creative Zen myself.

There's 15% HST where I am too, because of that, the iPod wasn't very popular amongst people I knew because the price was ridiculous. Everyone had Discmans, Rios, Sony MiniDisc players, or one of those CD players that could read CDFS discs with MP3s on them. It wasn't until the iPods were dropping below 300 bucks that I ever saw them in droves.

Good ole minidiscs! Still listening to them sometimes, such great sound quality on those things, although the magnetic discs are starting to wear out in some places.

[Cyanotical]

... Buut I'm thinking APU.

i'd agree with this, the red pill blue pill add is essentially referring to a required choice. by saying "no pills required" they are saying you won't have to choose between x and y, most likely between affordability and performance which really only APUs fill atm since anything with IrisPro is too expensive to justify as budget

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amd still exists? their GPUs died with 9700 pro and i can't even remember which processor was actually good

intel is technically the largest GPU maker, with AMD 2nd, and Nvidia 3rd

[Deleted]

i'd agree with this, the red pill blue pill add is essentially referring to a required choice. by saying "no pills required" they are saying you won't have to choose between x and y, most likely between affordability and performance which really only APUs fill atm since anything with IrisPro is too expensive to justify as budget

Apparently they used pills for GPU's before, the 7770 and 295X.

Id rather hope for something GPU related. I think we know most stuff about the APU's.

[Stormspark]

AMD has the low-end integrated graphics section cornered. Their APU's perform FAR better than Intel HD graphics, for less money. The actual CPU performance isn't up there with Intel, but the overall APU performance including graphics is actually quite good for their price. These things have their uses...inexpensive laptops, media machines where you don't really need high end graphics. Low end office-type PC's where you aren't playing games, things like that.

This market is larger and more profitable than most people think. High end enthusiast gaming PC's are only a small fraction of the market. I will admit I would not consider AMD at this point in time for an enthusiast gaming PC. Mine has a 4770k and a 780ti. But I have an A10-7300 laptop which performs quite well for the price. Outperforming it requires an Intel CPU and a dedicated GPU, and costs SIGNIFICANTLY more. I only really use my laptop about 2 days/week (I work weekends at my job where I have a LOT of spare time), so I didn't want to spend that much, when the $500 runs a combination of good/high settings on WOW just fine.

[glo]

Almost positive this isn't "Zen" related. Though, the recent talk and rumors of Zen is quite intriguing. They're apparently going back to big core design with hyperthreading, should put them in a position to compete in the high end again as long as they don't do something stupid along the way.