AMD Polaris Rumors and Discussion

No, but PR should veto the chosen name/number if necessary before launch, unless they actually like doing damage control.

A lot of people have bought the slower variant already, probably after seeing reviews of the faster variant.

 

Looks like AMD is launching yet another Polaris refresh, which consists of putting a "X" suffix in the name of the RX500 family:



https://www.3dcenter.org/news/gerue...n-modellen-radeon-rx-540x-550x-560x-570x-580x



Given the naming convention, we're probably looking at the same Polaris chips using the updated 12LP from GF, at best.

 

Supposedly OEM-rebrand since OEMs always want something new (like HD8000-series)

 

Yeah, the Powercolor Reddit account made the following post. I agree that this is certainly looking like the 8000 series.

 

Confirmed rebadge for OEMs:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12638/amd-releases-oem-desktop-and-mobile-radeon-rx-500x-series

 

Well it needs to be seen how the 540 and lower is used considering AMD website states:

 

So now we just have to wait for XFX to release their updated overclocked versions, so we can have the XFX RX 580X XXX

 

XFX is AIB, not OEM, though.

 

https://www.msi.com/news/detail/4DB...G9GDQtVoJlYQOGTYUr9jWDgF9Dp1U64KStYIRmyJ7Ww~~

MSI launched new "Radeon RX Mech" series based on Polaris

 

Confusing...

 

Aw dang, and MSI even did a new shroud instead of just painting the old one with slightly different patterns...






I guess they had a couple of these in the production line already so now they have to sell them.

 

RUMOR: AMD Radeon Polaris 30 GPU Based On 12nm FinFET Node Gearing Up For Launch

https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-polaris-30-gpu-family/

 

Interesting if true.

 

When Turing came out, I think I saw a comment on some website that went something like "I hope AMD comes out with a convincing answer to this soon!".

And at the time, I thought, in jest "yeah, right, probably a Polaris refresh". It would be a bit sad for that joke to turn into reality, though I must admit that a Polaris refresh would be marginally better than nothing.

 

Considering how the RTX series aren't really threatening anything in AMD's lineup (2070 apparently performs like a 1080 and the others are much more expensive than anything in AMD's portfolio), I was hoping Vega 10 would be getting the 12nm treatment.
At the very least because Polaris' GFX8 ISA is friggin' 4 years old, and prolonging Polaris' lifetime means less incentive for devs to apply newer features like Rapid Packed Math.

If they're doing this with Polaris 10 at a time when GPU prices are going down, I can only guess AMD is planning on making the cheap cards more competitive.
And if AMD re-launches Polaris 10 again in Q4 2018, it probably means Navi isn't coming in Q1 2019.

 

The microarchitecture's age is a bigger issue than the ISA's—or technically, its performance rather than its age. Still, if Navi 10 is ≥64CU design, then Polaris getting a 12nm refresh wouldn't mean anything in particular about Navi 10's release date.

 

If there is a P30 what is it going to compete against? I hope it's not against the current Pascal skus. It's still not clear what the lower end next gen cards will be.

 

Obviously it would compete against whatever is in similar price and performance range, and if there's no match the pricing will be adjusted accordingly.

 

Interesting, well fun times ahead if all this pans out and we also see a 2060 (Turing/Pascal??).

 

Seems RX 590 is now a reality, it's a 12nm GPU based on the RX 580 with a clock upgrade, performance is ~10% faster than the 580.

https://videocardz.com/78757/amd-radeon-rx-590-final-fantasy-xv-benchmarks-results-emerge

https://videocardz.com/newz/powercolor-radeon-rx-590-red-devil-leaked