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    Upcoming 28nm AMD GPUs for notebooks leaked

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Cloudfire, Nov 21, 2011.

  1. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Radeon-HD-7000M-GPU-Series-Unveiled-Specs-Included-235760.shtml

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    Cloudfire, Nov 21, 2011
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  2. Kevin

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    Eh, worthless to me without shader counts.
     
    Kevin, Nov 22, 2011
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    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    I wonder, which of the above will be based on VLIW4 and which will be based on GCN architecture. Also the memory interface column is a bit dissappointing. In FullHD era I would expect more cards with 256-bit memory interface.
     
    Marecki_clf, Nov 22, 2011
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    I wonder about battery life
     
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  5. DRevan

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    Whats the point in having 4GB VRAM besides paying extra $$?
     
    DRevan, Nov 22, 2011
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    As a selling point, though why they do it on the high end is beyond me since anyone buying a card that high up would probably understand that anything beyond a gigabyte is pretty much pointless.
     
    funky monk, Nov 22, 2011
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    Isn't more VRAM useful if using multiple monitors? Therefore people are more likely to use multi-monitor setups with higher end cards, so they could possible use the VRAM.
     
    GamingACU, Nov 22, 2011
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  8. Kevin

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    With a single card, max settings at 2560x1600 with AA enabled is just where more than 1GB OF vrambegins to take effect.

    2GB per card does benefit powerful multi-GPU setups though, but 4GB of VRAM is bordering on insanely wasteful.
     
    Kevin, Nov 22, 2011
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    True! but it would look great in my sig though :p
     
    SlickDude80, Nov 22, 2011
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    So 2% of all users will benefit with more than 1GB VRAM? No notebook display support that resolution. Very few game on a external display where these res are supported.
     
    Cloudfire, Nov 22, 2011
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    Here is some further information about the 600 series from Nvidia. Not much but atleast something. :)
    People should also note that AMD and Nvidia will release some 40nm (same as previous generation) GPUs in the 600/7000 series. Not all will be 28nm

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    Cloudfire, Nov 22, 2011
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    Good maybe we'll see some nice dirt cheap laptops with a 28nm Radeon 6750M-ish level performance in 12"-14" form factor.
     
    Megacharge, Nov 23, 2011
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