AMD Radeon RX 480 with Polaris architecture while the rumored Radeon RX 490 is expected to have Vega architecture (Photo : YouTube/ DigitalFoundry)
The release of new GPUs are eagerly awaited in the gaming community and now attention is being focused on the Radeon RX 490 which according to leaked benchmarks could match the GTX 1080.
Recently, the existence of the Radeon RX 490 got another boost when its benchmark results were spotted on the Ashes of the Singularity database, WCCFTech reported. However, even as the test results were spotted it was noted that the GPU was not specifically called the Radeon RX 490. Instead it was codenamed 687F:C1 and what was eye-catching is that it scored at par with the GTX 1080 and could possibly beat it.
The rumors about the possibility of the AMD Radeon RX 490 arriving have been growing steadily given the fact that the 687F:C1 is a new card which has not even listed on the AMD GPU database. In the DX 12 test the 687F:C1 importantly scored 8400 which also matches what the GeForce GTX 1080 scored.
Also soon after the score on Ashes of the Singularity was noticed and reported it was removed in attempt to keep it secret. This indicates that AMD is just not ready to make it public and the benchmarks are a result of in house testing. Since then the benchmark has not been confirmed officially, but many analysts are labeling the mysterious GPU as a possible GTX 1080 killer.
There are also expectations that if the Radeon RX 490 is in development its price will be much less than the $600-700 which is currently being charged for the GTX 1080. Additionally, the Radeon RX 490 is excepted to come with the new Vega architecture and release sometime in the early part of 2017, and it is likely to support DirectX 12 and VR games.
However, there is also increased speculation that the Radeon RX 490 could be released much sooner than 2017.This speculation got a fillip in the recent days when the GPU was spotted on an online retailer's website.
In addition, four Vega FinFET architectures are expected to release over the next two years reported Digital Trends. These are the Vega 10, Vega 10 Dual GPU and Vega 11 which are expected to arrive in 2017 with a 14nm FinFET process while the Vega 20 is expected to arrive in 2018 with a 7nm FinFET process.
Review of the AMD Radeon RX 480 which uses Polaris architecture.
