Updated Specs/Information
R9-295X2 (Vesuvius), $1500 Suggested MSRP for Reference Design
1.018GHz Vesuvius GPUx2, 2816x2 (5632) GCN 2.0 Stream Processors, 64 ROPs x2 (128), 176 TMUs x2 (352), True Audio Enabled.
4GB of GDDR5 x2 on a 512-Bit Bus x2 @ 1250 MHz, Uses PCIe xDMA for CrossFireX
500W Peak, 8Pin/8Pin Power Connectors, Does Not Require Active Display Port for Eyefinity
Crossfire Compatibility with R9-295X2, R9-290X, R9-290


R9-290X (Hawaii XT), $550 Suggested MSRP for Reference Design
1GHz Hawaii XT GPU, 2816 GCN 2.0 Stream Processors, 64 ROPs, 176 TMUs, True Audio Enabled.
4GB of GDDR5 on a 512-Bit Bus @ 1250 MHz, Uses PCIe xDMA for CrossFireX
250W Peak, 8Pin/6Pin Power Connectors, Does Not Require Active Display Port for Eyefinity (Can use 2x DVI+1x HDMI)
Crossfire Compatibility with R9-290X, R9-290

R9-290 (Hawaii XT), $399 Suggested MSRP for Reference Design
950 MHz Hawaii XT GPU, 2560 2.0 GCN Stream Processors, True Audio Enabled.
4GB of GDDR5 on a 512-Bit Bus @ 1250 MHz, Uses SidePORT Technology for CrossFireX
8Pin/6Pin Power Connectors, Does Not Require Active Display Port for Eyefinity (Can use 2x DVI+1x HDMI)
Crossfire Compatibility with R9-290X, R9-290

R9-280X (7970GHz Edition Refresh), $300 Suggested MSRP for Reference Design
1 GHz Tahiti GPU, 2048 GCN Stream Processors, 32 ROPs, 128 TMUs, No TrueAudio
3 GB of GDDR5 on 384-Bit Bus @ 1500MHz x 4 (6 GHz)
250W Peak, 8Pin/6Pin Power Connectors
Crossfire Compatibility with R9-280X, R9-280, HD7970 GHz Ed., HD7970, HD7950, and HD7870 XT (Tahiti LE)

R9-280 (7950 Refresh), $275 Suggested MSRP for Reference Design
900 MHz Tahiti GPU, 1792 GCN Stream Processors, 32 ROPs, 112 TMUs, No TrueAudio
3 GB of GDDR5 on 384-Bit Bus @ 1250MHz x 4 (6 GHz)
250W Peak, 6Pin/6Pin Power Connectors
Crossfire Compatibility with R9-280X, R9-280, HD7970 GHz Ed., HD7970, HD7950, and HD7870 XT (Tahiti LE)

R9-270X (7870 GHz Edition Refresh), $200 Suggested MSRP For 2GB Reference Design
1.05 GHz Pitcairn GPU, 1280 GCN Stream Processors, 32 ROPs, 80 TMUs, No TrueAudio
2 or 4 GB of GDDR3 on 256-Bit Bus @ 1400MHz x 4 (5.6 GHz)
180W Peak, 6Pin/6Pin Power Connectors
Crossfire Compatibility with R9-270X, R9-270, HD7870 GHz Ed., HD7870, HD7850

R7-260X (7790 Refresh), $140 Suggested MSRP
1.1 GHz Bonaire GPU, 896 GCN Stream Processors, 16 ROPs, 56 TMUs, TrueAudio Enabled.
2 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-Bit Bus @ 1625MHz x4 (6.5 GHz)
115W Peak, Single 6Pin Power Connector. Uses PCIe xDMA for CrossFireX
Crossfire Compatibility with R7-260X, HD7790



More info will be added once I'm out of NDA, or as it Publicly becomes Available.



Update: AMD R9-300 Series "Leaked" Specs

R9-390X (Bermuda), Suggested MSRP for Reference Design, DirectX 12
1GHz Bermuda XTX GPU, 4224 GCN 2.0 Stream Processors, 96 ROPs, 264 TMUs, True Audio Enabled.
GDDR5 on a 512-Bit Bus @ 1750 MHz, Uses PCIe xDMA for CrossFireX
Does Not Require Active Display Port for Eyefinity
Crossfire Compatibility with R9-390X

R9-380X (Fiji), Suggested MSRP for Reference Design, DirectX 12
900 MHz Fiji XTX GPU, 3072 GCN 2.0 Stream Processors, 72 ROPs, 192 TMUs, True Audio Enabled.
GDDR5 on a 384-Bit Bus* @ 1500 MHz, Uses PCIe xDMA for CrossFireX
Does Not Require Active Display Port for Eyefinity
Crossfire Compatibility with R9-380X
*Bus width is not confirmed, I believe it will utilize a 512-Bit Bus.

R9-370X (Treasure Island), Suggested MSRP for Reference Design, DirectX 12
900 MHz Treasure Island XTX GPU, 1536 GCN 2.0 Stream Processors, 48 ROPs, 96 TMUs, True Audio Enabled.
GDDR5 on a 256-Bit Bus* @ 1250 MHz, Uses PCIe xDMA for CrossFireX
Does Not Require Active Display Port for Eyefinity
Crossfire Compatibility with R9-370X
*Bus width is not confirmed, I believe it will utilize a 512-Bit Bus.

BTW, the XFX R280X looks effing NICE!

http://videocardz.com/46097/xfx-radeon-r9-280x-double-dissipation-pictured

Looks like you would want to put a fan in the case's side (where you often find the window), blowing out though.

Nice, I like the price point this should heat up the price wars with Nvidia for latest gen

AMD R9-290X will not Use XFire Bridges *(will instead use the extra bandwidth available in the PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0 Lanes).

PCIe 2.0 And Below will prolly require a Side Port or something.

Once you're out of NDA... Have any plans been revealed for an Eyefinity 6 style (6 Mini-DisplayPort) card?

Perspectively Speaking, I Think AMD is set on Supporting DP 2.0 MST Hubs.

Most of the AMD Direct Cards Look to only have 1 Full Sized DisplayPORT

Pre-order of the R9 290X was seen on NewEgg, investigation of the pages revealed prices between $730 and $800:
http://techreport.com/news/25458/radeon-r9-290x-listings-appear-at-newegg

for Special Editions (Custom Limited edition Card + BF4 Game)

Updated the First Post with More Info, Updated Specs and Suggested MSRPs.

The 13.11Beta drivers are out. They support the new Rx series GPUs (and the "old" HDxxxx GPUs).

Curious to see exact pricing, power consumption and noise numbers for 280x and 290 non reference boards.

Still I feel the pressure to upgrade is lower than anytime in the last 25 years. Currently using an almost three year old PC and the only game where I don't get an at least okay FPS/picture quality compromise is Project CARS with lots of AI drivers on the screen. And I'm not convinced yet, it is a game that justifies spending ~300€ on hardware.

Shockingly, me too. I like to buy for fun. But, there's no fun in getting "nothing" (in the way of useful improvement) for my money. I've actually sworn off buying anything for fun until Christmas shopping season. That would have been impossible in the past

I await next year's AMD Steamroller CPU and next year's (??) R9-390x (??) GPU. Hopefully, they will provide the excuse

Is there going to be a 300 Series?

I figured the 280s are 7900 Updates And the 290s are GCN 2.0 with a Larger die to combat nVidia’s GK110’s (Titan/780s).

That being said, the 280X is a lil more than a Tahiti Refresh, but for basic comparison sake, it’s a 7970GHz Ed. Refresh.

The fact that it can be XFired with 7900 Series Tahiti GPUs makes it a nice upgrade option for some looking to XFire, move the 79xx GPU to secondary, and use the R280X.

Since the 280X will debut at $300,

Expect 7970/7970GHz Edition GPUs to drop for clearance.

I saw 7950s for $189 recently, 189!, I Paid $479 , lol.

I don’t really want to do Xfire, I’d rather Double My Processing Power by upgrading to a 290X

I still run my overclocked 7950 at 1.2/6

Next Year I’ll Be upgrading Mainboard and CPU to the latest AMD Offerings.

Yeah it has been nice not to need any upgrades for the last while as far as CPU/GPU goes, planning to not upgrade for the next year at least... there is definitely some smoking deals on 7950s lately, almost like they are blowing out the inventory, good time for anyone that did the lower level cards to upgrade.

The next year, the only thing on my shopping upgrade list is a larger SSD drive, my current 256GB is pretty full with FSX add-ons and a 512GB or even 1TB SSD would be awesome if they come down in price. The best I've seen on those large ones is $0.60/GB hoping maybe Black Friday or the holidays will take it down a good bit more.

Depending on Mainboard Features.

I'll be upgrading to the Newest AMD CPU, handing my FX8350 down to my brother to replace the FX8120 I gave him.

New Mainboard should have PCIe 3.0, and Support for A lot more Ram,
I think My Board though it was the top 990FX for ASRock until the Extreme 9, it only supports 32GB (8GB x4).
I think that's the Max for AM3+ anyway, as the 64GB Boards for Servers/Intel have 8 Slots.

I want at least 64GB Support and wouldnt mind 128GB Support. (Wishful thinking, I know).

The New AMD GPUs also Crossfire Link through the PCIe3.0 Slots, so no need for a bridge,
Which also Allows me to use a PCIe3.0 Riser Ribbon Cable to Place the 2nd GPU in a Place I wouldnt normally be able to put it.

An SSD is on my list, but until 1TB is less than $300, It's still a not-feasable purchase, which is why I want alot of Ram... to make a Huge RAMDisk for temp/scratch drives.

AMD and nVidia, both need to drop the SLi/Xfire/Alternate Frame Rendering Linking of GPU Workloads in Multiple GPU Environments.

Might be up to the O/S Code, But I'd like to See a Floating Device Driver, that detects the GPUs, and See's them as ONE GPU.

ie
It will see a R9-290X and R9-290, and Map them as A Single AMD R9 Series GPU, and Set both Cards to the same GPU and Memory Speeds, and it will allow any program to fully utilize the 5376 GCN Shaders, regardless of XFire/SLI Support.

I'm guessing on the above GPU. I'm guessing the next AMD update in a year or so will be 22nm (now its 28nm).

They should be able to make a card roughly twice as fast as my current HD7970. Thus, I could replace Crossfire with a single card. Won't make any real difference to what I see; but, it will be "up to date".

If I wait for a difference I might see, multiple years may pass

I've got an i7-2600k and a GTX 570 that I bought when both were on the market less than 4 months. I'm still using them, over 2 years later. I barely have to lower the details in any game from max @1920x1080 and with generally a good amount of FSAA.

The pressure to upgrade abates when there is no deficiency in performance. Even Metro: Last Light, Company of Heroes 2, DCS World, and Arma 3 run great at fairly high (but not max) settings. I've been planning on getting a GTX 770 or similar price/performance card once my paychecks start coming in again, but I'm not feeling a real push to do so.

When the latest PC-only titles run so well, why burn the $$?



The Jedi Master

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-radeon-r9-290x-benchmark-performance,24732.html#xtor=RSS-998