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To: neolib who wrote (15935)	5/9/2016 10:50:29 PM
From: gzubeck	Respond to of 72355

that doesnt include new architectual improvements as well. add in hdr and better compression as well as any other new goodies like better layout and better designs. i would buy a card tomorrow that is 20% faster at half the power at peak usage with hdr. i dont need 4k for gaming but hdr will be really really nice.

To: neolib who wrote (15935)	5/10/2016 2:00:47 PM
From: fastpathguru	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 72355

It seems a little odd if FinFETs and a new arch only gets 20% performance improvement, although @ 50% power. He seems to think Polaris will do about the same. If so, GPUs seems to have about hit the performance wall, same as CPUs. perf/watt = 1.2/.5 = 240% = "only"? "Hit that wall" a few more times and you can stick an R9-level GPU in a phone... fpg

To: neolib who wrote (15935)	5/15/2016 5:16:59 PM
From: Not a Short	Respond to of 72355

for those of us that like to have a fanless/silent video card that means a huge performance increase. AMD/Nvidia rarely target the 75W power limit exactly with the chip designs and often end up with a 125W vs 50W option with something like triple the performance for the higher power card. Bam new process and they up the performance by 20% for that hot card that used to require a fan and it becomes an under 75W option with no fan and still faster. Now compare the HD7750 vs the Polaris11 that will draw similar power. Is it 4 times the GPU power, more? It's a huge upgrade for those of us that were buying mid grade cards based on performance/noise ratio. Not as big a deal for the guys with 8 fans in their tower case and 3 fans on the video card. Woohoo they drop one or two fans. Big deal for the guys with 0, 1 or 2 case fans and 0 fans on the video card.