{"id":83945,"date":"2015-11-27T14:30:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T12:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=83945"},"modified":"2015-11-27T14:47:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T12:47:14","slug":"their-mightiest-card-yet-amd-to-launch-r9-fury-x2-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/83945-their-mightiest-card-yet-amd-to-launch-r9-fury-x2-in-december","title":{"rendered":"Their mightiest card yet: AMD to launch R9 Fury X2 in December"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve been talking about the R9 Fury X2 for some time now, since June<\/a> in fact.<\/p>\n

With the potential to kick NVIDIA\u2019s GeForce GTX Titan X<\/a> in the teeth, having just run circles around it, there\u2019s no doubt it\u2019s a card worth getting excited about.<\/p>\n

\"AMD-DuaAMD-Dual-Fiji-XT-R9-Fury-X2-Geminil-Fiji-XT-R9-Fury-X2-Gemini\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Scheduled to arrive in December reports WCCF Tech<\/a>, the Radeon R9 Fury X2 is set to replace the current Radeon top dog, the R9\u00a0295X2.<\/p>\n

To achieve that, its silicon is now confirmed to be sporting two fully fledged Fiji XT chips (the GPU powering the R9 Fury X<\/a>) and a TB\/s of bandwidth, thanks to 8GB of HBM memory.<\/p>\n

And if you thought that the card\u2019s bandwidth was impressive, which of course it is, we\u2019re willing to bet that its compute performance is going to be pretty stellar.<\/p>\n

When you take into account just how well multiple Fiji XT GPUs scale in Crossfire X<\/a>, there\u2019s little doubt that this will unquestionably be the fastest card around.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nAMD Radeon R9 Fury X2<\/th>\nAMD Radeon R9 Fury X<\/th>\nAMD Radeon R9 Nano<\/th>\nAMD Radeon R9 Fury<\/th>\nAMD Radeon R9 290X<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
GPU<\/strong><\/td>\nFiji XT x 2<\/td>\nFiji XT<\/td>\nFiji XT<\/td>\nFiji Pro<\/td>\nHawaii XT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stream Processors<\/strong><\/td>\n8192<\/td>\n4096<\/td>\n4096<\/td>\n3584<\/td>\n2816<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GCN Compute Units<\/strong><\/td>\n128<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Render Output Units<\/strong><\/td>\n128<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Texture Mapping Units<\/strong><\/td>\n512<\/td>\n256<\/td>\n256<\/td>\n224<\/td>\n176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU Frequency<\/strong><\/td>\nUp to 1000 Mhz<\/td>\nUp to 1050Mhz<\/td>\nUp to 1000 MHz<\/td>\nUp to 1000 MHz<\/td>\n1000Mhz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory<\/strong><\/td>\n8GB HBM (4 GB Per GPU)<\/td>\n4GB HBM<\/td>\n4GB HBM<\/td>\n4GB HBM<\/td>\n4GB GDDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Interface<\/strong><\/td>\n8192bit (4096 Per GPU)<\/td>\n4096bit<\/td>\n4096bit<\/td>\n4096bit<\/td>\n512bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Frequency<\/strong><\/td>\n500Mhz<\/td>\n500Mhz<\/td>\n500 MHz<\/td>\n500Mhz<\/td>\n1250Mhz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Effective Memory Speed<\/strong><\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n5Gbps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Bandwidth<\/strong><\/td>\n1 Terabyte\/s<\/td>\n512GB\/s<\/td>\n512GB\/s<\/td>\n512GB\/s<\/td>\n320GB\/s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cooling<\/strong><\/td>\nLiquid<\/td>\nLiquid, 120mm Radiator<\/td>\nAir, Single Fan\/Custom AIB Solutions<\/td>\nAir, Custom AIB Solutions<\/td>\nAir, Single Blower Fan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Performance (FP32)<\/strong><\/td>\n16.38 TFLOPS<\/td>\n8.6 TFLOPS<\/td>\n8.19 TFLOPS<\/td>\n7.2 TFLOPS<\/td>\n5.6 TFLOPS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TDP<\/strong><\/td>\n~375W<\/td>\n275W<\/td>\n175W<\/td>\n275W<\/td>\n250W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GFLOPS\/Watt<\/strong><\/td>\n~43.7<\/td>\n31.3<\/td>\n47.1<\/td>\n26.2<\/td>\n19.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Launch Price<\/strong><\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nR12, 000 +<\/strong><\/td>\nR12, 000 +<\/strong><\/td>\nR9, 000 +<\/strong><\/td>\nR7, 000 +<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Launch Date<\/strong><\/td>\nDecember 2015<\/td>\n24th June 2015<\/td>\n7th September 2015<\/td>\n10th July 2015<\/td>\n24th October 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

*Table courtesy of WCCF Tech<\/a>. Prices have been adjusted for local markets.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fast as the R9 Fury X2, or whatever it\u2019s eventually called, will be, we would only recommend it for 4K resolution or the most stalwart of AMD fans.<\/p>\n

The very same multi-GPU scaling analysis<\/a> we mentioned above, demonstrating the fantastic scalability of the Fiji XT GPU, also shows that for anything but 4K resolution, two GTX 980 Ti\u2019s will almost assuredly beat out the R9 Fury X2.<\/p>\n

And if the current price of the R9 Fury X is anything to go by, two cards may very well be cheaper too.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, however, this latest card from AMD is going to be a thing of beauty, especially with their all-new software suite, Crimson Edition<\/a>, at the helm.<\/p>\n

Now all we need is for that rumour of a secret dual-GPU in the works over at NVIDIA<\/a> to be true and we\u2019ve got ourselves a worthwhile showdown.<\/p>\n

\n

Source: WCCF Tech<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

GPU news aplenty<\/strong><\/h3>\n

NVIDIA allegedly preparing the GTX 960 Ti to fill gap between GTX 960 and GTX 970<\/a><\/p>\n

AMD\u2019s Radeon Software Crimson Edition arrives, and NVIDIA feels a disturbance in the force<\/a><\/p>\n

AMD unveils Radeon R9 380X: for those who can\u2019t quite afford a GTX 970<\/a><\/p>\n

NVIDIA confirms Pascal has 16GB of HBM2 memory and 1TB\/s bandwidth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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