Looks like the times of long graphics cards are over. This will save a lot of PCB or maybe rather - is it time for Über-enthusiast cards with 3, even 4 GPUs on one card?
With an x2 power improvement it's likely that a lot of that extra power budget would be spent on higher clock speeds for better performance on the high-end desktop parts. Or at least I'd hope so. I don't need my desktop GPU to be sipping power.
Higher clock speeds are unlikely since it's a parallel architecture (if that worked weaker GPUs would already be using higher clock speeds). I would prefer quieter cards, they all fit into a desktop as is so why not improve what you can. Less power draw means less cooling=less noise. A win all around.
I personally love passive cooled cards AND small form factors, but this COULD be an opportunity for AMD to also 'show a bit muscle', at least to 'impress' the market and the investors.
Even though I think (if executed timely) ZEN and HBM might already have done that :)
It will. The PCIe can put through 150W i think. With GPUs pulling 300W that comes from connectors straight from the PSU (those 6 and 8 pin connectors).
When you mix DirectX 12, HBM, finally a new core architecture for AMD, Skylake and the promise of more Intel pushing the edge, nVidia and Pascal, Vulkan/Death of Mantle, Freesync/Adaptive Sync/G-SYNC, 4K going mainstream, NVMe and PCIe SSD's, and games pushing the limits of the PS4/Xbox One into ports to PC...
We may actually see that huge jump in performance we always pine for like way back when in the times of nVidia and ATI releasing a new high end card product every six months. Like a perfect storm of high performance.
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ToTTenTranz - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
Erm.. the title told me there would be a roadmap...testbug00 - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
the roadmap for 2016 is HBM and FinFET.Clauzii - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
Looks like the times of long graphics cards are over. This will save a lot of PCB or maybe rather - is it time for Über-enthusiast cards with 3, even 4 GPUs on one card?testbug00 - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
You would run into power delivery issues. :SMrSpadge - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
Not to mention cooling.Clauzii - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
If they reach the x2 improvement on power I actually see it possible.kyuu - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
With an x2 power improvement it's likely that a lot of that extra power budget would be spent on higher clock speeds for better performance on the high-end desktop parts. Or at least I'd hope so. I don't need my desktop GPU to be sipping power.Pwnstar - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
Exactly. And the reverse for mobile parts.SleepyFE - Thursday, May 7, 2015 - link
Higher clock speeds are unlikely since it's a parallel architecture (if that worked weaker GPUs would already be using higher clock speeds). I would prefer quieter cards, they all fit into a desktop as is so why not improve what you can. Less power draw means less cooling=less noise. A win all around.Clauzii - Thursday, May 7, 2015 - link
I personally love passive cooled cards AND small form factors, but this COULD be an opportunity for AMD to also 'show a bit muscle', at least to 'impress' the market and the investors.Even though I think (if executed timely) ZEN and HBM might already have done that :)
Refuge - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - link
No, no they haven't.Everyone knows by now that you can't trust anything AMD says, ever.
Don't get excited for a new product from them until you have it in your hands. They are literally the definition of let down the last few years.
ZeDestructor - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
That improvement is only on the memory subsystem, not the entire GPU. GPUs will still be the major limiting factor.Clauzii - Thursday, May 7, 2015 - link
On the 2016 Roadmap it says "High-Performance GPUs - 2xPerformance/watt?"And probably shifting to a lower node will do precisely that.
Pwnstar - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
Buy a better PSU.Gigaplex - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
When the PCIe power delivery spec has limitations on what it can take, a "better" PSU won't fix the issue without breaking the spec.maeda_toshiie - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
More PCI-E power cables.SleepyFE - Thursday, May 7, 2015 - link
It will. The PCIe can put through 150W i think. With GPUs pulling 300W that comes from connectors straight from the PSU (those 6 and 8 pin connectors).angrypatm - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - link
Smaller high performance cards = more compact cases.HisDivineOrder - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - link
When you mix DirectX 12, HBM, finally a new core architecture for AMD, Skylake and the promise of more Intel pushing the edge, nVidia and Pascal, Vulkan/Death of Mantle, Freesync/Adaptive Sync/G-SYNC, 4K going mainstream, NVMe and PCIe SSD's, and games pushing the limits of the PS4/Xbox One into ports to PC...We may actually see that huge jump in performance we always pine for like way back when in the times of nVidia and ATI releasing a new high end card product every six months. Like a perfect storm of high performance.