Its not everyday that one of the big 2 graphics card manufacturers releases their next generation of GPUs. As always there has been a ton of speculation surrounding what the new AMD Hawaii graphics cards would look like regarding their specs, and of course, how well they will perform against NVIDIA’s 700-series and its super expensive but heavy hitting Titan.
Well you have come to the right place as AMD's next-generation GPU14 product showcase is here at 20:00 UK time, live from Hawaii...
If you want to see how the comparisons have shaped up so far, based on our early reports, then you can check out our: comparison AMD Radeon R9 290X Vs Nvidia GeForce Titan
And no, we're not in Hawaii, unfortunately, but AMD sure is, as it gears up for the big reveal of its new flagship card, which we expect to be the Radeon R9 290X.
The entire R-200 series is expected to be formally announced today, including the AMD R-240, R-250, R-260, R-270, R-280, and the R-290.
Over the last couple of weeks we've been bringing you the latest rumours on AMD's new line of Hawaii-based GPUs, including the suspecting naming pattern, as well as leaked benchmarks for AMD's top of the line R9 290X GPU. Today at last though, we are going to get the concrete details; juicy specs and pricing information.
Nvidia, AMDs rivals, have been getting in to bed with the giant game publisher, Ubisoft lately, and so its no big surprise that we are hearing rumours regarding some form of product tie between AMD and EA's Battlefield 4 which is due for imminent release. This may possibly take the form of bundling a copy of BF4 with the top Radeon R9 cards when they launch.
Time is ticking down in the red corner, as AMD finishes its preparations to launch its new graphics card series, ending a two-year long wait for fans of the chip manufacturer.
Check out the livestream below from 3PM EST for the full AMD GPU14 Showcase!
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LoL,
Im still stuck with my HD 6570 , though it has been very loyal to me.
Recent splinter cell : blacklist is giving me 40 fps on High-ish settings :P
Far cry 3 didnt fare so well , and crysis 3 gave me 30 fps :)
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The integrated GPU on the A10-6800K is actually about as good as the HD 6570...
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Better, but you could run dual graphics, why are you not?
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Yeah isn't that called asymmetric crossfire or something...? How is driver support for that anyway...?
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Just like normal CF, a lot better with 13.8 and 13.10 I guess :)
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Sometimes the performance is worse when using Hybrid CF :/
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Yep , i use Dual graphics ,
But ,only 30 percent of games give positive results. Most of the games give a negative result of upto 10 fps with dual graphics , and these are mainly the CPU intensive games , Like AC3 , GTA IV, BF3 multiplayer etc. Call of duty games , can be played on dual graphics at high-ish settings , maintaining 40-60 fps.
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check my blog !!!
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Time to retire my 7970? :D
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Nope ! you GFX is still good for 1 year or 2 on ULTRA 1080p !
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Yes :D and give the old one to me xD
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these card look so cool(you can check their looks on tehch of tomorow) and amd has been claiming that r9 290x is "Our most powerful gpu yet"(single i think)
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Yeah they said that in the livestream :) I like the price point of the 280x.. $299.99 USD :D
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yeah the prices are great but they didnt show the price of a r9 290x and i hope is not gonna be faster than my card
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:D
why do you hope that? i hope it will beat the titan by far and the price tag is around 550-600 usd so i can grab one :P
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OneShootDown,well because i paid a lot more for my card and for that money i could buy 2 of 290xand thats why i hope that it will beat the 290x
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Nvidia and AMD make much of their profits from middle class GPUs anyway... I'm much more interested in seeing how the successors of the HD 7750 and 7770 compare to their predecessors, both of which had outstanding performance to price ratios...
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Radeon R7 250, R7 260X, R9 270X, R9 280X, R9 290 and R9 290X have been shown yesterday.
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I'm guessing the R7 series are middle class to low high end...?
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R9 is similare to about 7870 - 7970 ish I guess
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give me give me give me, i want =P
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A few more weeks mate :)
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='(
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So is it worth it getting a 7970 right now for like 250 dollars?
I'm building a pc and I really need a GPU..
Also will a 7970 last till like next year april-march, because then i'll be able to buy a R9-290X
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Go hard or go home, don't buy gpu's you're going to replace shortly. The i5 has integrated graphics, game on that until the R9 releases in october (one more week) and buy what's the best deal then. Prices are bound to drop even more after the release (****'s cheap already, but hey, might get even cheaper :P)
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i agree with debat0r, play on integrated graphics for one more month and you wont regret doing that. time runs out fast, so one single month with integrated graphics will not be that hard. i had to purchase a cheap 2nd hand gpu (gtx 460 gs for 50 bucks) because i had to wait 3+ months...
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Well I have a HD 6850, will it be compatible with an I5? Otherwise i'll use my current HD 6850 until the R9 release?
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yeah you ok with 6850 on i5. :)
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Not bad seen some pretty teasing programs that i want like the mantle i hope Nvidia's got something to counter AMD for the program mantle and the sound quality as well and hopefully we will get Maxwell by this summer or next September but now nvidia's gotta work on the 7xx series, still the 760ti and 750 740 730 :( i want maxwell
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doubt they will release 760ti.
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they will they always have ti one's but it takes awhile
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Yeah, after the 'base' models have sold enough :D
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Idk, 760 beats both 660 and 660ti for an outstanding price, also is close to 670 performance and the 770 for same price as 670 beats 680 and 7970ghz. So i don't see a point for 760ti, for 750 and 750ti I am looking forward them as i wanna see which will bebest price/performance card.
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Those cards are for, maybe, people who can't afford a 760?
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yeah 750, 750 ti and 740, I'm looking forward them more. :)
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when this gpus are gonna be released ?
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According to a site: it will be released on October.
I'm pretty sure it'll release this year(likely this November: Battlefield 4- R9-290x bundle)
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Hot damn! That would be a nice package! :D
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is there a list for the retailers that will allow you to pre-order the 290X BF4 bundle?
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i also wonder where i can buy that bundle...
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no release date :(
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hmm... they said the "mantel" update for BF4 will be in December, but was that for current radeon cards too?
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yea i think so
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If AMD can keep their word and do what they say then the radeon series may be the way to go. However, I don't see Nvidia sitting back and letting it happen. I think nvidia has something up their sleeve :). Should be a great battle and we should profit from it.
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yes i feel this too !
maybe a premature release of maxwell?
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Hmm.. i'm not sure about that, but I guess anything is possible?
Also they didn't release the price for the highest GPU.. those sneaky guys....
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yes always battle was close !
lets see if AMD is better price/ultra peformance than people will go with it
so Nvidia need to make the move!
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AMD made a HUGGEEEE one!
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AMD have released fake benchmarks of R9 290 x. In that benchmark titan is giving 97 fps in bf3 max FHD but actually Titan gives around 115 fps in FHD max settings also in other benchmarks there are big errors. Fake benchmarks.
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AMD didn't release anything, that was some korean guy, and noone said it was real, actually almost everyone thought it was fake.
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rapter is a handy program...
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sounds kinda like the program that nvidia is trying to roll out.
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its sounds similar to geforce experience
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GeForce experience kinda of copy-paste!
i want benchmarks xD!!!!!!!!
need to know what i will get for my next gaming PC !
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i want to know the price and release date
please dont troll us amd
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what troll ?
i said that i will wait for benchmarks lol !
to see what i will have on my pc for 3 january maybe some of R9 -290x or 2X GTX 780!
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the troll will be that they wont tell us the price and release today i think they know that people want to hear that information
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well if 280x is 299$ right how they said on the STREAM
i think it will be 600$ r9-290x said the rumors.
hope for good prices !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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They showed the 280x on the stream as 299 USD, but maybe your 399 is a different currency? :)
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look again my mistake ! lol
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All good mate :). that $100 could give us more hope for a $500 r9-290x. :D
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so yea 2 CF r9-290x or 2x GTX 780 in SLI !
waiting for benchmarks!
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and ofc what gamer dosen't want R9-290X on 550$ it will be mind-killer lol
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FAke benchmarks already have been released from AMD.
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Stop fanboying around
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You're really gonna upgrade that rig?
I mean, it's awesome, so either you're nuts, have a lot of money up your sleeve or I'm getting a late birthday present ;)
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I will upgrade to maxwell now. just waiting.
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Oh god this livestream is sexy....
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i always respect amd u feel that this series have big muscle pure motion
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i hope if i got one of it
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lichdom looks kinda like skyrim
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skyrim+ hd texture
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... and spellcrafting. Looks interesting.
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the game looks very fun
and i have a bad feeling that they wont announce the price and release for 290X
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until Octomber 3 is out!
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They'll wait until the last minute, or they'll tease it in early October...
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it will be around 600$ no more!
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if the 280X is 399 then i think it will be less then that or at least i hope haha
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As long as it's under $600, I'll buy it. Anyway, Star Citizen looks fantastic.
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yea its differently a buy
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Yeah. I backed it a few months ago. I used to play EVE, so this is right up my alley. It will be nice to fly the ship myself instead of clicking... Lol.
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eve Valkyrie also looks cool as well
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less than 280x?
no way because is 290x is better
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no i mean less then 600 lol
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i predict 500-600
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yea :D
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I think they said the 280x will be 299. I could see 500 as the "sweet spot" for AMD.
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i can't wait now the answer from Nvidia !
1.they need to cut the prices
2. release faster gtx 790 and titan ultra with prices that can beat price/perf with amd
it will be a great battle!
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i wonder how they will answer to the sound tech
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with Nvidia Virtual Audio that is out already!
i guess.. idk i am interested in performance so who is better on 3 january i will go for!
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lol again this guy. -.-
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how is better on 3 jan i will go for it!
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2x R9-290X in cf or 2x GTX 780 !
who is better that i will have on 3 january on my PC!
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3 january? what will happen on 3 january?
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my birthday!
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oh cool :)
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so with the money for 2x GTX 780
i can get PS3 +PS4 + GTA V COLLECTOR EDITION+ AMD R9+290X lol
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too bad the sound tech is not on 280X
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wait guys we saw just 3D MARK
lets wait for oficial gaming benchmarks from linustechtips and techoftomorow!
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Yeah. I'll probably wait to see Linus's thoughts on the news card, or I'll wait for a review from Tek Syndicate. They usually have good reviews, too.