AMD: Southern Islands (7*** series) Speculation/ Rumour Thread

[Pressure]

Why are you making such a big fuss about it now? There was 3 slot DCII HD6950, HD6970, GTX570 and GTX580 last gen but I don't recall seeing such fuss about those - in fact they were largely popular due efficient and silent cooling

I'm not throwing a tantrum, just saying it feels silly to let it occupy 3 slots and then only factory clock it to 1010Mhz.

 

[Kaotik]

I'm not throwing a tantrum, just saying it feels silly to let it occupy 3 slots and then only factory clock it to 1010Mhz.

Well, IIRC the last gen DCII models weren't OC'd much over ref clock either

 

[mczak]

Alienware with HD 7970M: http://dell-lab.posterous.com/alienwares-2012-lineup-m17x-r4-m14x-r2-m18x-r

Any idea what HD 7970M is? If past is any indication, partially disabled Pitcairn?

 

[AlphaWolf]

Any idea what HD 7970M is? If past is any indication, partially disabled Pitcairn?

Pitcairn seems likely. It might not be disabled, could be underclocked like the 6990m is a 6870, just clocked 20% lower.

 

[AlphaWolf]

This 6GiB and >1300MHz SKU overview was probably fake.

At the moment it looks AMD limited 7970 to 1GHz and 7950 to 0.9GHz partner OC. The final DirectCU II could have only 1GHz, like Asus' slides said.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127652

Apparently not as it seems that MSI is also shipping a product at 1.01 GHz and it's not even their Lightning edition. (and it looks like there's at least 10 in stock for anyone interested)

 

[Shtal]

Radeon 7950
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18366789

 

[mczak]

Radeon 7950
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18366789

Late to the party?

 

[Shtal]

 

[Dave Baumann]

http://developer.amd.com/samples/demos/pages/AMDRadeonHD7900SeriesGraphicsReal-TimeDemos.aspx

FYI - The "Leo" demo is now available for download.

 

[CarstenS]

Very nice - I like that demo not only for the underlying tech but also for the great looks and the funny story.

 

[no-X]

http://developer.amd.com/samples/demos/pages/AMDRadeonHD7900SeriesGraphicsReal-TimeDemos.aspx

FYI - The "Leo" demo is now available for download.

Nice, thanks! But the video link doesn't work for me...

 

[Deleted member 13524]

While I'm really glad that AMD is doing these cool demos again, I'm also really sad that neither my HD5870 or my HD6950 can play this demo, and the demos that came out at their time were.. well, non-inspiring.

And I do miss Ruby

 

[Dave Baumann]

That should really say "runs best on 7900".

 

[Broken Hope]

That should really say "runs best on 7900".

Meaning it will run on older DX11 hardware, just without PRT?

 

[Deleted member 13524]

That should really say "runs best on 7900".

It seems I spoke to soon. I thought it required PRT.
Thanks

 

[Kaotik]

Meaning it will run on older DX11 hardware, just without PRT?

Works on HD5 & 6 series, GF's are having troubles: http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1615790&postcount=244

 

[Lightman]

Link no longer works
I was half way through downloading when AMD pulled the plug ...

Any mirrors?

 

[Kaotik]

Link no longer works
I was half way through downloading when AMD pulled the plug ...

Any mirrors?

Video or .exe? If .exe that's really strange, considering my download finished literally couple seconds ago.

 

[fellix]

Both the demo and the video are now up for a grab, although with a miserable download speed.

 

[Davros]

Whats prt ?

ps: Mr Baumann if I want to download the AMD Media Codec Package dont force me to take a survey plz....