AMD next-gen Radeon 'Hawaii' graphics cards expected in October

AMD is reportedly preparing to mass ship their next generation high-end GPU codenamed Hawaii in October according to sources in the upstream supply chain as reported by DigiTimes. When you consider AMD is flying a number of journalists to Hawaii (no coincidence there) late next month for a technical showcase, this rumor quickly becomes much more credible.

A hard launch coming a couple of weeks after this technical showcases makes sense as it would give journalists and reviewers plenty of time to thoroughly test hardware. Thats been the pattern for both AMD and Nvidia in the past but then again, the source doesnt mention when specifically in October cards would ship. It could be October 1 or October 31 and if its the latter, that means availability could be scarce through November. Either way, however, parts should be available in time for the holiday buying season.

Specifically, DigiTimes believes Asus, MSI and PowerColor will be among the first to ship Hawaii-based products. The company is already cutting prices for its Radeon HD 7000 series cards including the HD 7990.

Word dropped earlier this month that AMD would unveil Hawaii-based GPUs in the Aloha State on September 25. Not much else is known about the event or what the Hawaii GPU has in store other than it is expected to compete against Nvidias top-end offering in the $600 price range. A leaked benchmark showed the card could be faster than Nvidias GTX Titan, at least in 3DMark 11.

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Still 28nm?horgen123

awesome news, should be a monstrous series.  AMD has been on a serious roll lately, all their series have been kick ass, dating back to the 3000 series.

The sooner the better. Being asked all the time when the new AMD cards are coming. 2 people got alot of cash to spend.

I told them if they can't wait a GTX 780 will do fine.

I hope these cards from AMD are baller, I want a price war. clyde46

Couldn't come out sooner I keep getting tempted to upgrade, but I want to wait for the next series to land. Makes sense coming out in October wouldn't be surprised if their Never settle bundle, added BF4 by then.

speaking of bf4 why is it being marketted as a console game first and pc second??

awesome news, should be a monstrous series.  AMD has been on a serious roll lately, all their series have been kick ass, dating back to the 3000 series.

blaznwiipspman1

I hope these cards from AMD are baller, I want a price war. clyde46

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

awesome news, should be a monstrous series.  AMD has been on a serious roll lately, all their series have been kick ass, dating back to the 3000 series.

horgen123

id say that the geforce 400/500 series was pretty competitive with the AMD 6000 series.

In the (extremely unlikely) case that nVidia slashes some prices in response, I would seriously consider getting a third Titan.

In the (extremely unlikely) case that nVidia slashes some prices in response, I would seriously consider getting a third Titan.

FaustArp

In the (extremely unlikely) case that nVidia slashes some prices in response, I would seriously consider getting a third Titan.

FaustArp

[QUOTE="FaustArp"]

In the (extremely unlikely) case that nVidia slashes some prices in response, I would seriously consider getting a third Titan.

acanofcoke

Getting ready to buy a new home...one more discounted Titan will likely be a lot cheaper than 2 high-end next-gen cards, if I think it will last me awhile into the next gen.

[QUOTE="acanofcoke"][QUOTE="FaustArp"]

In the (extremely unlikely) case that nVidia slashes some prices in response, I would seriously consider getting a third Titan.

FaustArp

Getting ready to buy a new home...one more discounted Titan will likely be a lot cheaper than 2 high-end next-gen cards, if I think it will last me awhile into the next gen.

I've heard so many issues with 3-way SLI that I really would avoid it personally.

[QUOTE="FaustArp"]

[QUOTE="acanofcoke"] Lol, what are you like?RevanBITW

Getting ready to buy a new home...one more discounted Titan will likely be a lot cheaper than 2 high-end next-gen cards, if I think it will last me awhile into the next gen.

I've heard so many issues with 3-way SLI that I really would avoid it personally.

In the (extremely unlikely) case that nVidia slashes some prices in response, I would seriously consider getting a third Titan.

FaustArp

I'm really looking forward to this series for my next computer, if its no good I'll just get a GTX 780 HOF. No way it will be 20nm, if it is, it would blow the top off the 700 series. But no way

[QUOTE="RevanBITW"]

[QUOTE="FaustArp"]

Getting ready to buy a new home...one more discounted Titan will likely be a lot cheaper than 2 high-end next-gen cards, if I think it will last me awhile into the next gen.

The_Animator420

I've heard so many issues with 3-way SLI that I really would avoid it personally.

The scaling is terrible at that point, it's not worth it unless you're doing triple-monitor gaming.

If its 22nm, its an instant buy for me. NEWMAHAY

I think the next die shrink for graphics cards will be 20nm

[QUOTE="RevanBITW"]

[QUOTE="FaustArp"]

Getting ready to buy a new home...one more discounted Titan will likely be a lot cheaper than 2 high-end next-gen cards, if I think it will last me awhile into the next gen.

The_Animator420

I've heard so many issues with 3-way SLI that I really would avoid it personally.

Other than the fact that the 4th card adds the barest amount of performance increase.

[QUOTE="acanofcoke"][QUOTE="FaustArp"]

In the (extremely unlikely) case that nVidia slashes some prices in response, I would seriously consider getting a third Titan.

FaustArp

Getting ready to buy a new home...one more discounted Titan will likely be a lot cheaper than 2 high-end next-gen cards, if I think it will last me awhile into the next gen.

I think the next die shrink for graphics cards will be 20nm

GummiRaccoon

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

I think the next die shrink for graphics cards will be 20nm

mastershake575

Rumour (for the AMD cards) or confirmed that they will be 20nm? horgen123

awesome news, should be a monstrous series.  AMD has been on a serious roll lately, all their series have been kick ass, dating back to the 3000 series.

blaznwiipspman1

The HD3000 series didn't really kick ass.  It was halfway decent, but not up to par with Nvidia's offerings at the time.  

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

awesome news, should be a monstrous series.  AMD has been on a serious roll lately, all their series have been kick ass, dating back to the 3000 series.

hartsickdiscipl

The HD3000 series didn't really kick ass.  It was halfway decent, but not up to par with Nvidia's offerings at the time.  

[QUOTE="FaustArp"]

[QUOTE="acanofcoke"] Lol, what are you like?horgen123

Getting ready to buy a new home...one more discounted Titan will likely be a lot cheaper than 2 high-end next-gen cards, if I think it will last me awhile into the next gen.

Why would your girlfriend care what you spend your money on?

Why would your girlfriend care what you spend your money on?

GummiRaccoon

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

Why would your girlfriend care what you spend your money on?

horgen123

Why are your finances combined if you aren't even married?  It's your money, you worked for it, it is none of her business what you spend it on as long as you pay your portion of the expenses.

[QUOTE="horgen123"][QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

Why would your girlfriend care what you spend your money on?

GummiRaccoon

Why are your finances combined if you aren't even married?  It's your money, you worked for it, it is none of her business what you spend it on as long as you pay your portion of the expenses.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

[QUOTE="horgen123"] Because we don't have a lot of it now, nor will we in the near future.AMD655

Why are your finances combined if you aren't even married?  It's your money, you worked for it, it is none of her business what you spend it on as long as you pay your portion of the expenses.

I've been married for 10 years.  We both contribute to pay for expenses and we have a joint "fun for both people fund"  we also each have our own "the other person has no say how this is spent" fund.

Before we got married, we each paid our portion of expenses and neither person had any say in how the other person spent their own money.

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

awesome news, should be a monstrous series.  AMD has been on a serious roll lately, all their series have been kick ass, dating back to the 3000 series.

AMD655

The HD3000 series didn't really kick ass.  It was halfway decent, but not up to par with Nvidia's offerings at the time.  

Also true.  

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

awesome news, should be a monstrous series.  AMD has been on a serious roll lately, all their series have been kick ass, dating back to the 3000 series.

AMD655

The HD3000 series didn't really kick ass.  It was halfway decent, but not up to par with Nvidia's offerings at the time.  

umm, during that time AMD was walking all over nvidia, they had a majority market share of discrete video card sales IIRC.  The highest end AMD cards was the 4890 and I think that card did pretty well against the geforce 295.  That competitive pricing almost killed nvidia, not the other way around.  That good luck rolled into the hd 5000 series which nvidia didn't have an answer to until the geforce 400 series.

[QUOTE="AMD655"][QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

Why are your finances combined if you aren't even married?  It's your money, you worked for it, it is none of her business what you spend it on as long as you pay your portion of the expenses.

GummiRaccoon

I've been married for 10 years.  We both contribute to pay for expenses and we have a joint "fun for both people fund"  we also each have our own "the other person has no say how this is spent" fund.

Before we got married, we each paid our portion of expenses and neither person had any say in how the other person spent their own money.

very healthy relationship

[QUOTE="AMD655"][QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

 

The HD3000 series didn't really kick ass.  It was halfway decent, but not up to par with Nvidia's offerings at the time.  

blaznwiipspman1

umm, during that time AMD was walking all over nvidia, they had a majority market share of discrete video card sales IIRC.  The highest end AMD cards was the 4890 and I think that card did pretty well against the geforce 295.  That competitive pricing almost killed nvidia, not the other way around.  That good luck rolled into the hd 5000 series which nvidia didn't have an answer to until the geforce 400 series.

You don't remember very well.  The 4890 was the rough equivalent of the GTX 275.  The 275 was actually faster though.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/HD_4890/29.html

 The 4870 X2 was fast, but extremely power-hungry, hot, and had horrible driver support.  Nvidia was never in any danger from the HD3000 or 4000 series.  AMD's pricing on the 4000 series kept them in the game, but they were definitely the underdog.  

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2009/04/30/nvidia-increases-market-share/

The HD5000 series was a real win for AMD, since they had the only DX11 discrete GPUs on the market for 6 months.  

Why do you insist on continually posting AMD propaganda that isn't supported by facts?

[QUOTE="AMD655"][QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

 

The HD3000 series didn't really kick ass.  It was halfway decent, but not up to par with Nvidia's offerings at the time.  

blaznwiipspman1

umm, during that time AMD was walking all over nvidia, they had a majority market share of discrete video card sales IIRC.  The highest end AMD cards was the 4890 and I think that card did pretty well against the geforce 295.  That competitive pricing almost killed nvidia, not the other way around.  That good luck rolled into the hd 5000 series which nvidia didn't have an answer to until the geforce 400 series.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

[QUOTE="horgen123"] Because we don't have a lot of it now, nor will we in the near future.AMD655

Why are your finances combined if you aren't even married?  It's your money, you worked for it, it is none of her business what you spend it on as long as you pay your portion of the expenses.

[QUOTE="AMD655"][QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

Why are your finances combined if you aren't even married?  It's your money, you worked for it, it is none of her business what you spend it on as long as you pay your portion of the expenses.

Alienware_fan

It's pretty much guranteed to be 28nm.

This is a pretty good speculative thread :http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2337306.

Most people seem to think amd will go for a card that'll compete with the 780.

Why are your finances combined if you aren't even married?  It's your money, you worked for it, it is none of her business what you spend it on as long as you pay your portion of the expenses.

GummiRaccoon

It's pretty much guranteed to be 28nm.

This is a pretty good speculative thread :http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2337306.

Most people seem to think amd will go for a card that'll compete with the 780.

6_Dead_360s

That would seem really odd if it took AMD until the end of the year to release cards to compete with the ones Nvidia released near the start of it. Not to mention I wonder what naming cycle they would use next year, I thought they didn't use the 8000 series name because they didn't want it to just be a "Refresh". TwistedShade

[QUOTE="TwistedShade"]That would seem really odd if it took AMD until the end of the year to release cards to compete with the ones Nvidia released near the start of it. Not to mention I wonder what naming cycle they would use next year, I thought they didn't use the 8000 series name because they didn't want it to just be a "Refresh". Postmortem123

[QUOTE="FaustArp"]

In the (extremely unlikely) case that nVidia slashes some prices in response, I would seriously consider getting a third Titan.

clyde46

GUNDAM REFERENCE FTW!

Not sure why this thread is now about finances and significant others...