See the second post from Ryan: AMD webcast via YouTube. Though if that's live, I don't think they're really going to start at 3PM. Heh. Empty tables, people wandering around looking lost, etc.
One thing I hope they fix is much better support for 4K as that will become maintream increasingly over the next two years, especially in 2015 when you'll start seeing desktop monitors at prices below $700 if the current pace holds.
Would be funny if there is and it's ready and working out of the box as Shadowplay was announced for a while and is still only a shadoware (see what I did there ?).
This event is known for months now same for the livestream and they can't make it work. That's pretty sad, hope we'll actually have a livestream in 30/45 minutes (1 hour ?).
YouTube is a terrible livestreaming platform. I'm not surprised they're having problems but rather I'm surprised that they chose to YouTube to being with.
You mean Nikon D600, judging by the EXIF information? Interesting that the resolution is 3008x2008 -- is that our engine scaling the images? Or is Anand choosing a lower resolution so that uploads aren't 10MB or whatever? Hahaha... probably the latter.
"AMD says they'll start at 4pm ET sharp. Since this is a product announcement and the markets are open, they have to issue a press release and give investors time to see it (legal requirements)"
Uhhh, AMD does realize that the market closes at 4 pm right? (/confused)
I think I could almost get over the bad driver stigma of the past but for the love give up on the cheap ATI red. It makes all the products look like they came out of a budget toy factory.
Can somebody inform me why I need all this audio in my videocard? I thought we were here to bask in the glory of the r9 290x yet they didn't even announce a price or anything.
Calling BS on the 15% CPU usage for 5 seconds for convolution reverb claim. They might want to check out the VST convo plugins that operate at a tiny fraction of that in DAW systems. Or are they using the E1-1200 cpu as their baseline gaming experience? ;-)
Hardware audio is interesting. It hasn't been given much attention in quite some years now, even before Vista. Maybe the start of a change? But the stuff they're flaunting doesn't sound much different than what Creative was supposedly doing 10-15 years ago?
Don't misunderstand me, I like the increased focus on audio. But I fail to see the use of dedicated audio hardware when today's CPUs are fast enough to do the processing without slowing down the game. These hardware processors made sense when we were running AMD K6 processors, but they killed their argument when they showed the slide that said "you need up to 15% CPU usage for advanced reverb without hardware acceleration." Most CPUs have idle cores during games; just dedicate one CPU core for audio and you get audio processing using otherwise unused resources.
Please consider offering the option to display the oldest entry on top - personally I would much rather see new entries displace the comments rather than whatever entry I am currently reading.
So 2 years ago Richard Huddy talked about DirectX was holding back PC gaming performance and draw call limitation on PC compare to consoles. Some people had suggested a vendor-specific API might be the way to go, and 2 years later a vendor-specific API is born. Nice job AMD.
I am quite excited to see the R9-290x is capable of. But why would anyone pre-order a GPU, before seeing any benchmarks - unless you're a hardcore fanboy.
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JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Sweet -- Live Blog with Live webcast! My day is complete.gregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
You mean, live blog only ;) ?JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
See the second post from Ryan: AMD webcast via YouTube. Though if that's live, I don't think they're really going to start at 3PM. Heh. Empty tables, people wandering around looking lost, etc.gregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
No, the stream crashed a few minutes ago. Maybe it will come back up tho.JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
That's an oddly not-live "Livestream" right now. Hmmm....gregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Here's what AMD posted 1min ago on facebook :gregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
We will be back online shortly! The presentations have not started yet.The Von Matrices - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I can't imagine the madness right now behind the scenes trying to fix the video issue.Mondozai - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
One thing I hope they fix is much better support for 4K as that will become maintream increasingly over the next two years, especially in 2015 when you'll start seeing desktop monitors at prices below $700 if the current pace holds.code65536 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
You meant 3 ET, not PT, right?liahos1 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
go team redgregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I hate all the marketing around this release around fanboyism, team red etc...Why don't people just buy the best product for the price / power consumption / performance they want and not care about the name of the brand.
chizow - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
yeah live stream crashed, I'm tuned in though, nice way to spend a few hours at work. :)The Von Matrices - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I wonder if we'll see hardware video encode logic on the GPU or if that will remain an Nvidia feature only.gregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Would be funny if there is and it's ready and working out of the box as Shadowplay was announced for a while and is still only a shadoware (see what I did there ?).Ryan Smith - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
They already have hardware encode logic. It's called the Video Codec Engine (VCE). See our 7970 review for more details.gregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
That table is full of the best hardware journalists / websites.Kevin G - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I need to have beer with Scott Wasson Pretty cool guy.wow&wow - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
A company can't even keep an important ewven on time! Rory, please do sonething!gregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
This event is known for months now same for the livestream and they can't make it work. That's pretty sad, hope we'll actually have a livestream in 30/45 minutes (1 hour ?).Kougar - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
30-45 minutes? lolMight as well just record it and upload after, especially since the juicy NDA stuff won't even be discussed until a later briefing.
danstek - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
YouTube is a terrible livestreaming platform. I'm not surprised they're having problems but rather I'm surprised that they chose to YouTube to being with.gregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
It is, but I don't think there are any *good* livestreaming platforms at all at the moment and YouTube is the most popular video website in the world.xonar - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
http://www.livestream.com/amdlivestreamgregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Can't even load the page right now...JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Looks like that's down as well -- except for the moronic comments box which is full of spam.wow&wow - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
A company can't even keep an important event on time! Rory, please do something!chizow - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Nice, Newegg TV crew is great, Paul and Co. do an amazing job with the unboxing vids, sheer volume and content they cover is pretty amazing.wow&wow - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Is "rehearsal" in AMD's dictionary or just being careless as usual?Davabled - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
What camera are you using for the photos?Ryan Smith - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Canon D600JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
You mean Nikon D600, judging by the EXIF information? Interesting that the resolution is 3008x2008 -- is that our engine scaling the images? Or is Anand choosing a lower resolution so that uploads aren't 10MB or whatever? Hahaha... probably the latter.Ryan Smith - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Yes, Nikon D600. I know it's a D600, at any rate.And yes to the second question as well. It's a 6MP image because we don't need anything super high res for a live blog.
wow&wow - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Mr. Rory Read, your team can't even have an event on time!Kevin G - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Looks like the Tech Report is returning the picture favor:http://techreport.com/r.x/gpu14/guys.jpg
JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Yeah, but where's Anand?gregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Right in the middle walking down the path.Ryan Smith - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
He's to the right of me.gregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Their earlier 720p option on youtube was way higher bitrate as far as I can see.gregounech - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Btw, it's down again.prophet001 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
What's up with the YouTube fail. Does Google have stock in Nvidia?brbubba - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
"AMD says they'll start at 4pm ET sharp. Since this is a product announcement and the markets are open, they have to issue a press release and give investors time to see it (legal requirements)"Uhhh, AMD does realize that the market closes at 4 pm right? (/confused)
The Von Matrices - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Are they really going to launch a $89 card with 1GB of memory in 2014? THey talk up high resolution and then kill it with a tiny amount of memory.Gunbuster - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I think I could almost get over the bad driver stigma of the past but for the love give up on the cheap ATI red. It makes all the products look like they came out of a budget toy factory.dudeofdur - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Can somebody inform me why I need all this audio in my videocard? I thought we were here to bask in the glory of the r9 290x yet they didn't even announce a price or anything.The Von Matrices - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Almost surely price and performance are both under NDA at the moment. You won't get any concrete numbers until it's released in late October.ClockHound - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Calling BS on the 15% CPU usage for 5 seconds for convolution reverb claim. They might want to check out the VST convo plugins that operate at a tiny fraction of that in DAW systems. Or are they using the E1-1200 cpu as their baseline gaming experience? ;-)jljaynes - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
AMD - MAINGEAR SHIFT GIVEAWAYsheh - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Hardware audio is interesting. It hasn't been given much attention in quite some years now, even before Vista. Maybe the start of a change? But the stuff they're flaunting doesn't sound much different than what Creative was supposedly doing 10-15 years ago?The Von Matrices - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Don't misunderstand me, I like the increased focus on audio. But I fail to see the use of dedicated audio hardware when today's CPUs are fast enough to do the processing without slowing down the game. These hardware processors made sense when we were running AMD K6 processors, but they killed their argument when they showed the slide that said "you need up to 15% CPU usage for advanced reverb without hardware acceleration." Most CPUs have idle cores during games; just dedicate one CPU core for audio and you get audio processing using otherwise unused resources.ViperV990 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Please consider offering the option to display the oldest entry on top - personally I would much rather see new entries displace the comments rather than whatever entry I am currently reading.Bakes - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
+1nathanddrews - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
LOL @ ThreshGX1XD1PD - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Well, let's see how soon NeoGAF can gives us info on those NDA items.mccarneypt - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Very interested in how Mantle affects things, if it can truly approach the efficiency of resource allocation you get on homogeneous console hardware.Th-z - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
So 2 years ago Richard Huddy talked about DirectX was holding back PC gaming performance and draw call limitation on PC compare to consoles. Some people had suggested a vendor-specific API might be the way to go, and 2 years later a vendor-specific API is born. Nice job AMD.eladbs - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Well, I was watching almost all off it. I fell asleep before BF4 demo....Anand and Ryan - Don't know how could you stay sharp all that time. It was so long and boring... Please tell AMD reps. that they need to cut on demos.
Steveymoo - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I am quite excited to see the R9-290x is capable of. But why would anyone pre-order a GPU, before seeing any benchmarks - unless you're a hardcore fanboy.