Rumour: Radeon R9 295X (= Hawaii XTX) coming?

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[...] After 8 Pack’s revelations we started digging and asking, until we are able confirm that this information was true.

While the exact specs are unknown, we have a good reason to believe that XTX has 48 Compute Units. That’s one more in each Shader Engine (there are 4). The number of ROPs will likely be the same (64), but TMU count will increase to 192.


AMD Radeon R9 295X

It’s still a mystery, what is the model name of a new Radeon card. Is it Radeon R9 290XT or R9 295X? It’s really hard to say, but 2×5 parts already exist in slower segments.

The card we are now going to call Radeon R9 295X, would compete against GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK and GTX 780 TI, with a good chance to beat both. Hawaii XT GPU was already better in 4k benchmarks. 256 Stream Processors more will most likely put an end to GK110 domination.

Radeon R9 295X will most likely only be available with custom cooling solutions (no reference cooling).

Source (videocardz)

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Hawaii XTX GPU non existent

[...]We spoke to sources familiar with the matter, who agreed to comment on condition of anonymity.

“I don’t know why this rumor persists, but there is absolutely no such product. For a modest sum, anyone could xray the die of a 290X and determine this for themselves.

- our source said.

Our source also noted that the recent W9100 workstation GPU is a 44 CU part. If a 48 CU part did indeed exist, a recent workstation product would be an ideal candidate to launch such an ASIC, which could then trickle down into future Radeon products. A similar approach was taken by NVIDIA with their GeForce Titan product, with a chip that began its life as a Quadro part. As the W9100 does not feature a 48CU ASIC, however, it is unlikely that such an ASIC exists at all.

Even confirmations on websites like Videocardz.com have been spread over the web. We don't know where this confirmation came from, but it's certainly not true.

There's no proof of this imaginary card and the information given to us by our source explains that the existence of this card is something fabricated by hoping souls. Unfortunately, this rumor ends here.

Source blackholetec.com