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    Asus accidentally leaked AMD Radeon HD 8550?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Seanzky, Dec 17, 2012.

  1. Seanzky

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    Hey I like my beta drivers :D

    lol hopefully we'll have a WHQL before the 8970 and 780 are out lol
     
    failwheeldrive, Dec 17, 2012
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  3. Kevin

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    I'll bet Paypal money it's a rebrand.
     
    Kevin, Dec 17, 2012
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    Everything below 8700 series will be a rebrand.
     
    b0b1man, Dec 17, 2012
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    8000M series is bound to come soon anyway. The rebrands that is
     
    Cloudfire, Dec 17, 2012
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    Looking at the size of the laptop, we have another HD 6770M rebranded?
     
    Mobius 1, Dec 17, 2012
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    There are some more "leaks" today too:

    The 8000M series will be announced @ CES 2013 (January 2013) and the names are based on the solar system and will recieve two codenames: Mars and Venus

    Rebrands or new GPUs announced?

    Expreview
     
    Cloudfire, Dec 17, 2012
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  8. Lord Di Lego

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    Don't know if there's any more general thread on the 8000M-series, I must be blind in that case because I can't find it.

    Here are some updates:

    Radeon_8000M_0001_Layer+16.jpg Gcn2.jpg Radeon_8000M_0000_Layer+17.jpg

    Source: Sweclockers (Google Translate)
     
    Lord Di Lego, Dec 17, 2012
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    looks like the GCN architecture in the high end ( 7900's ) will rebrand but the rest of the 8000's are whole new chips based upon GCN

    AMD Radeon HD 8000M-series GPUs revealed, coming to a laptop near you in Q1 2013
     
    KCETech1, Dec 17, 2012
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    slide-24.jpg slide-25.jpg slide-26.jpg


    Source: AnandTech - AMD Announces Their First 8000M GPUs
     
    Lord Di Lego, Dec 17, 2012
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    i wonder what theyre gonna name their two enthusiast gpu classes if the 8800M series is already mainstream? would it be 8900M and....what? 9000M? 8970M and 8950M would still be two gpus of the same class. theres still one above that (or between 8800M and 8900M). both possibilities dont really make sense to be honest... looking forward to more info on the highend class! :D

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Dec 17, 2012
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    It can play skyrim/console ports/MMO good enough @768p and that is what matters for most :)
     
    baii, Dec 18, 2012
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