AMD has announced a number of Radeon 300 series graphics
cards coming to OEMs, covering the desktop varieties. Just a few days ago we
brought you news of HP including an R9 380 in its Envy pre-build, and this is
just one of three desktop cards announced by AMD.
The Radeon R9 380, Radeon R9 370, and the radeon R9 360 are
based on Tonga, Pitcairn, and Bonaire GPUs respectively. Each of the three
graphics cards will be integrated into pre-built gaming PCs from the likes of
HP, Dell, and Lenovo, and we’ve now got official specs on all three of these
cards.
The trio of desktop cards are based on their counterparts
from the Radeon R9 200 series of graphics cards. These are basically rebrands
over existing R-200 series GPUs and we expect only token performance gains over
their 2013 predecessors. All three come equipped with GDDR5 memory rather than
the much touted HBM, which is being reserved for the higher-end AMD Radeon R9
300-series models.
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Radeon R9 360 OEM
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Radeon R9 370 OEM
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Radeon R9 380 OEM
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Process Node
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28nm
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28nm
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28nm
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GPU
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Bonaire Pro
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Pitcairn Pro
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Tonga Pro
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Compute Engines
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12
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16
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28
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Streaming Processors
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768
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1024
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1792
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VRAM
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2GB GDDR5
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2-4GB GDDR5
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4GB GDDR5
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Memory Clock
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6.5GHz
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5.6GHz
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5.5GHz
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Core Clock
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1050MHz
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975MHz
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918MHz
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Memory Bandwidth
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104GB/s
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179.2GB/s
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176GB/s
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Power Connectors
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PCIe-powered
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1 x 6-pin
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2 x 6-pin
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Freesync Support
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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These rebadged graphics cards will be available in
pre-builds only, AMD will be announcing its own dedicated product lineup soon
enough. The R9 380 is functionally identical to the R9 285, the R9 370 is the
equivalent of the R7 265, and the R9 360 is a variant of the R9 260 OEM. These
parts are shipping now, so they should begin cropping up in pre-built computers
in-store and online soon.
Ultimately you're best off avoiding these OEM cards if you
can, their rebranding is more confusing than it needs to be, particularly when
the real deals start arriving soon. There's not much here to appeal to those
already sporting decent gaming PCs, so we're waiting on AMD now to take the
wraps off its anticipated dedicated gaming range within the month. If you
missed it earlier then you can see the firstpictures of the R9 390X, which is likely to be revealed at Computex
Taipei in June.
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