Word is they are coming out January maybe even December, right around the corner. I have been searching for any news about these cards for months and news has been few and far between. I gotta think the rumor mill is going to start turning soon since the supposed release is so soon. Anyone else planning to upgrade to the 8000 series? I am going to build an 8970 rig with Windows 8. Only decision I am debationg on is to get 1 or 2. I think this would be a good card to get going into the next gen, with x box 720 coming out next year
Anyone getting the AMD 8000 series?
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[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]
[QUOTE="way2funny"]
Youd need a $500+ CPU to do physics as well as a gpu
way2funny
and vice versa. CPU's are getting better and better and adding more and more cores. We will soon see cpus handle physics engines like physx easily for very affordable prices.
Yes, cpus will get faster, as they always do. But a GPU will always be better in intense physics computations because of high parallelism capabilities of gpus
if thats true then why can a core i7 3930k paired with a 7970 outperform a 680 gtx in borderlands 2 WITH physx on high for both.
[QUOTE="way2funny"]
[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]
and vice versa. CPU's are getting better and better and adding more and more cores. We will soon see cpus handle physics engines like physx easily for very affordable prices.
blaznwiipspman1
Yes, cpus will get faster, as they always do. But a GPU will always be better in intense physics computations because of high parallelism capabilities of gpus
if thats true then why can a core i7 3930k paired with a 7970 outperform a 680 gtx in borderlands 2 WITH physx on high for both.
Because the 3930k is a $500 dollar CPU and the physics is being done by the CPU, while the 680 is doing the physics in these tests. That benchmarks just supports what I've been saying.
Take an CPU less than 500 dollars, and try physics on your CPU and GPU with the same hardware, and see which one you get a higher FPS with
[QUOTE="ronvalencia"][QUOTE="lulmont"]If PS4 has 7850 level GPU, it could be good for another 7 years, The PS4 won't have anything near a 7850. That would be way too expensive.nope good with my 7970 I say until 2014 to 2015
Toxic-Seahorse
HD 7850's die size already smaller than 1st gen NVIDIA RSX.
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1st gen NVIDIA RSX = 258 mm^2
1st gen IBM CELL = 230 mm^2
Total: 488 mm^2
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Option 1
AMD Radeon HD 7850 (16 CU, Pitcairn) = 212 mm^2
AMD Trinity (quad core PD + 6 CU) = 246 mm^2
Total: 458 mm^2
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Option 2
Semi-custom AMD Trinity (quad core PD) with AMD Radeon HD 7850 (16 CU, Pitcairn) = ~335 mm^2
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Option 3
Semi-custom AMD Trinity (quad core PD) with AMD Radeon HD 7750 (8 CU) = ~246 mm^2 (similar to AMD Kaveri APU)
AMD Radeon HD 7750 (8 CU) = 123 mm^2.
Total : 369 mm^2.
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GPU centric topology i.e. other components surrounds the the GPU complex.
Update
1. AMD Xenos into AMD Pitcairn
2. IBM PPE X3 to AMD Piledriver X4
The above GPU centric topology was recycled for Wii U.
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