AMD Radeon RX 490 Update: AMD To Launch Radeon RX 500 In 2017 Instead; 4K Display Resolution Highly Likely [Video]
With the AMD Vega 10 and 11 architectures set to be unveiled, the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) tech group is off to widen its influence in the GPU market. It is being anticipated that the new items will be promoted during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this year.
In addition to an online domain that had been specifically created for the Vega systems, AMD has added a short video on YouTube to make known the arrival of its new products. In the midst of expecting a new graphics card, the company has unraveled a surprise.
It has long been known that the Radeon RX 490 flagship item will be complementing the Vega platforms. Part of this approach is to compete against close rival Nvidia whose GeForce GTX 1080 item is already making waves.
The entry of the 490 has been recently held in the backburner as AMD chooses to release the Radeon RX 500 instead. Although this development is a big disappointment to players and enthusiasts, the release of the new graphics card will enhance further the gaming procedures.
As part of its promotional approach for the new card, AMD has showcased the GPU hardware settings in its New Horizon Event in Texas and during a private affair in Germany.
The RX 500 affirms the availability of improved specifications and functionalities. Considering that it will bring forth the HBM2 and GDDR5/X editions, the probability of having an expanded memory bandwidth speed is likely to happen.
It is perceived that one variation of the graphics card will portray the Instinct M125 Accelerator which has a 12.5TFLOPs peak computing performance capacity in one precision. This kind of capability is similar to the prowess of the GTX 1080.
It has also been leaked that the RX 500 contains the 16GB and the 8GB options. Within this perspective, it is likely that the Radeon card will depict a 2028-bit memory bus at 1000MHz or a 4096-bit memory at 500MHz.
Judging from these specifications, it is probable that AMD's latest card can fully sustain artificial intelligence (AI) gaming. Moreover, support for 4K display resolution is highly probable.
