RX470 - only 14MCU ????

[epixoip]

Bro, seriously, lift the veil. Look with your soul, not your eyes. *Everything* that AMD has released since the dawn of GCN has been based on the 7970. Every new GPU they've released has either been a 7970, or a 7970 with fewer MCUs, or a 7970 with more MCUs. And sure, a die shrink and maybe some extra cache, whatever. But it's still a fucking 7970. If you don't believe me, just compare the block diagrams for any two GCN GPUs from any generation.

Here's AMD's formula for chip engineering:

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HOW AMD DESIGNS ITS "NEW" GPU ARCHITECTURES +--------------+ | Need new GPU | +-------+------+ | +-------v------+ | Haz 7970! | +-------+------+ | +-------v------+ | Haz money? |-----> LOL NO. +-------+------+ | +-------------+ +---------------+ | | | PASTE MCUs! |-->| Can power it? | THANKS XBOX! | +------^------+ +---------------+ | | | | +-------v------+ +------v-------+ | LOL NO. | DIE SHRINK!! |-->| Moar cores? |--> MOAR! | +--------------+ +------+-------+ +--------v------+ +----------------+ | \ | POWERTUNE! |-->| Can power now? |--> PRAISE SATAN! LESS! `SAMESIES! +---------------+ +--------+-------+ | | | | | +------v------+ +----v------------+ v | | CUT MCUs! | | MAKE 7970 AGAIN |<---------------------- FUCK. | +------+------+ +--------+--------+ | | | | | | | | | +----------------------+ | | +----> | | +-----------------------> NEW ARCHITECTURE!! <--------------------------+ | | +----------------------+ © 2017, epixoip. All rights reserved.