{"id":78652,"date":"2015-07-17T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=78652"},"modified":"2015-07-23T13:00:45","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T11:00:45","slug":"amds-radeon-r9-nano-the-most-powerful-mini-itx-gpu-yet-launches-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/78652-amds-radeon-r9-nano-the-most-powerful-mini-itx-gpu-yet-launches-in-august","title":{"rendered":"AMD\u2019s Radeon R9 Nano, the most powerful Mini-ITX GPU yet, launches in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During AMD\u2019s Q2 2015 earnings call, it was confirmed that Radeon R9 Nano is scheduled to release in August of this year.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/wccftech.com\/amd-confirms-radeon-r9-nano-launching-august\/\" target=\"_blank\">WCCF Tech<\/a>, Lisa Su, AMD\u2019s president and CEO, said, \u201c<em>Fury just launched, actually this week, and we will be launching Nano in the August timeframe.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The R9 Nano is the smallest of the Fiji series and the pen-ultimate card to release, at least until such time as AMD announces a fifth card \u2013 the final card, of course, being the beastly <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/77402-amds-r9-fury-cards-are-here-enter-the-r9-fury-x2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Radeon R9 Fury X2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Impressive as the R9 Fury X2 will undoubtedly be, especially given <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/78622-the-ultimate-4k-showdown-radeon-r9-fury-x-quad-crossfire-vs-titan-x-quad-sli.html\" target=\"_blank\">how well multiple Fury X\u2019s scale<\/a>, the R9 Nano\u2019s diminutive size and massive performance is what has us most interested.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-78652 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/78652-amds-radeon-r9-nano-the-most-powerful-mini-itx-gpu-yet-launches-in-august\/attachment\/amd-radeon-r9-nano-slide-1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMD-Radeon-R9-Nano-Slide-1-110x110.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"AMD Radeon R9 Nano - 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Slide (1)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMD-Radeon-R9-Nano-Slide-3-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMD-Radeon-R9-Nano-Slide-3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/78652-amds-radeon-r9-nano-the-most-powerful-mini-itx-gpu-yet-launches-in-august\/attachment\/amd-radeon-r9-nano-slide-4'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMD-Radeon-R9-Nano-Slide-4-110x110.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMD-Radeon-R9-Nano-Slide-4-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMD-Radeon-R9-Nano-Slide-4-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The element we\u2019re most excited about is that the R9 Nano, although it remains unconfirmed for the moment, will make use of the full Fiji XT GPU, rather than the nerfed Fiji Pro GPU found in the non-X R9 Fury.<\/p>\n<p>The current thinking is that the R9 Nano will have a reduced clock speed to make up for the lacking cooling system when compared to the R9 Fury X\u2019s watercooling solution.<\/p>\n<p>For those that haven\u2019t put 2 and 2 together, that means that the R9 Nano is a 6inch long card that should perform better than the R9\u00a0290X and require a mere 175w. No matter who you are, that\u2019s impressive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"font-size: 9pt;\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\" style=\"background-color: #0099ff; font-weight: bold;\">\n<th class=\"column-1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Category<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Radeon R9 Fury X<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Radeon R9 Nano<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Radeon R9 Fury<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"column-5\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Radeon R9 290X<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">GPU<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Fiji XT<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Fiji XT, rumored<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">Fiji Pro<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Hawaii XT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Stream Processors<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">4096<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">4096, rumored<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">3584<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">2816<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">GCN Compute Units<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">64<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">64, rumored<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">56<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Render Output Units<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">64<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">64, rumored<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">64<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Texture Mapping Units<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">256<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">256, rumored<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">224<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">GPU Frequency<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">1050Mhz<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">890Mhz* estimated<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">1000 MHz<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1000Mhz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Memory<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">4GB HBM<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">4GB HBM<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">4GB HBM<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">4GB GDDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Memory Interface<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">4096bit<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">4096bit<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">4096bit<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">512bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Memory Frequency<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">500Mhz<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">500Mhz<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">500Mhz<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1250Mhz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Effective Memory Speed<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">1Gbps<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1Gbps<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">1Gbps<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">5Gbps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Memory Bandwidth<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">512GB\/s<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">512GB\/s<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">512GB\/s<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">320GB\/s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Cooling<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Liquid, 120mm Radiator<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Air, Single Axial Fan<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">Air, Custom AIB Solutions<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Air, Single Blower Fan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Performance (SPFP)<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">8.6 TFLOPS<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">7.3 TFLOPS* estimated<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">7.2 TFLOPS<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">5.6 TFLOPS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">TDP<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">275W<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">175W<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">275W<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">250W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Power Connectors<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Dual 8-Pin<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">8-Pin<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">Dual 8-Pin<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">6+8 Pin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">GFLOPS\/Watt<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">31.3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">42* estimated<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">26.2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">22.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Launch Price<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">$649<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">TBA<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$549<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">$549<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Launch Date<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">June 24 2015<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">August 2015<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">July 10 2015<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">October 24 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If the current rumours hold true, the R9 Nano will feature a fully unlocked Fiji XT. That means 16 render back-ends, granting it 64 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Render_output_unit\" target=\"_blank\">ROPs<\/a>, and 256 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texture_mapping_unit\" target=\"_blank\">texture mapping units<\/a>. That also means 64 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Graphics_Core_Next\" target=\"_blank\">GCN units<\/a> and a magnificent 4096 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unified_shader_model\" target=\"_blank\">stream processors<\/a>. That\u2019s some serious firepower.<\/p>\n<p>For the moment, we don\u2019t have a price point for the R9 Nano, but considering its internals and the considerable engineering that must have gone into developing it, we don\u2019t imagine it\u2019ll be cheap.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/wccftech.com\/amd-confirms-radeon-r9-nano-launching-august\/\" target=\"_blank\">WCCF Tech<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>AMD news aplenty<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/78622-the-ultimate-4k-showdown-radeon-r9-fury-x-quad-crossfire-vs-titan-x-quad-sli.html\">The ultimate 4K showdown: Radeon R9 Fury X Quad Crossfire vs. Titan X Quad SLI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/78490-amd-catalyst-15-7-whql-drivers-adds-cross-generation-crossfire-support.html\">AMD Catalyst 15.7 WHQL drivers adds cross-generation Crossfire support<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/78288-amd-is-moving-on-from-mantle-expect-all-optimisations-to-be-halted.html\">AMD is moving on from Mantle: expect all optimisations to be halted<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s very nearly dynamite in a small package. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":78662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1051,14086,47,6292,1085,1756,1969,14816,2436],"class_list":["post-78652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-amd","tag-fiji-xt","tag-gpu","tag-graphics-card","tag-hardware-2","tag-mini-itx","tag-news-2","tag-radeon-r9-nano","tag-release-date"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78921,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78652\/revisions\/78921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}