Allen
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..AMD’s flagship GPU, the RX 490 will be announced and released on the same day in December
The RX 490 will be AMD’s 4K ready flagship that will be taking on the GTX 1080 at a (probably) similar price point..
Candidates for the RX 490: Vega 10 or Dual GPU?
..all of the evidence on it point to the fact that we are looking at a dual GPU solution, probably one based on a full version of Polaris 10...
A surprise release in time for Christmas? Or, just another rumor?
AMD has been working on a solution where two-GPU chips actually work like one single chip (not like SLI or CrossFireX). In that case, dual GPU is as good as single GPU. However, I think that solution is for Vega or Navi -- not Polaris (RX480).
Probably, RX490 will work like two crossfired RX480. However, I speculate (based on other rumors) it may have a "special" characteristic to allow one chip per eye on VR glasses.
Here's today's map of what seems to be coming based on rumor and speculation (with a couple facts thrown in). Personally, I'm waiting for Vega 10 with 4000+ shaders -- sometime next year (next year is coming soon ):