05-06-2017, 06:41 AM
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:
Here's AMD's formula for chip engineering:
Code:
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!! <--------------------------+
| |
+----------------------+
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