Polaris 20 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Fri, 13 Mar 2020 10:47:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Polaris 20 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 AMD confirms china-only RX 590 GME graphics card release https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/james-dawson/amd-confirms-china-only-rx-590-gme-graphics-card-release/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/james-dawson/amd-confirms-china-only-rx-590-gme-graphics-card-release/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:43:53 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=456595 Just last week, rumours of AMD releasing a new RX 590 graphics cards SKU were circulating around the industry after a Chinese retail outlet spilt the beans early with sales pages going live ahead of schedule. At the time there was some confusion whether this would be a worldwide release or limited to the Chinese …

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Just last week, rumours of AMD releasing a new RX 590 graphics cards SKU were circulating around the industry after a Chinese retail outlet spilt the beans early with sales pages going live ahead of schedule. At the time there was some confusion whether this would be a worldwide release or limited to the Chinese market.

AMD’s official Chinese website has now listed full details and specifications of the Radeon RX 590 GME graphics SKU that confirms the previous rumours and suggests this line of RX 590 cards will be available only in China. One piece of information that is still missing from the specification is which GPU core the RX 590 GME is built around.

 Prior to the release, there was speculation whether the RX 590 GME would be equipped with the Polaris 20 core that was built on Global Foundries 14nm and used in the RX 580 series, or if it would use the Polaris 30 core, a 12nm Global Foundries/Samsung node which was used in the previous RX 590 graphics cards.

If you take a closer look at the specifications of the new China-only RX 590 GME, in terms of core frequency it is actually closer to the RX 580, with an identical base core frequency of 1,275 MHz but a slightly high boost frequency, much like RX 580 partner cards of 1,380 MHz. With this in mind, it seems more and more likely the RX 590 GME has been released to use up AMD’s stock of Polaris GPUs or to fill a gap left by any production capacity issues.

The Chinese retailer JD currently has various RX 590 GME SKUs available to purchase for around ¥1,189 to ¥1,399, which roughly converts to between £134 and £158 now.

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KitGuru: The answer to why AMD has released this RX 590 GME SKU still remains a mystery. However, it is pretty good value and will offer a reasonably capable graphics card for less demanding games at 1080p. What do you guys think of this RX 590 GME graphics card release?

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AMD RX 580 and RX 570 confirmed to be using Polaris 20 https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/amd-rx-580-and-rx-570-confirmed-to-be-using-polaris-20/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/amd-rx-580-and-rx-570-confirmed-to-be-using-polaris-20/#comments Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:19:22 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=329763 Following several weeks of leaks and a tiny bit of conflicting information regarding the GPU used on AMD's upcoming RX 580 and RX 570 graphics cards, we finally have confirmation of Polaris 20 XTX and Polaris 20 XL. Thanks to a driver leak this week, we now know that AMD's upcoming GPUs will be using …

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Following several weeks of leaks and a tiny bit of conflicting information regarding the GPU used on AMD's upcoming RX 580 and RX 570 graphics cards, we finally have confirmation of Polaris 20 XTX and Polaris 20 XL. Thanks to a driver leak this week, we now know that AMD's upcoming GPUs will be using updated Polaris chips.

While the RX 500 series will largely be a rebrand of the RX 400 series, it should feature some unique selling points. Back in 2016, it was reported that AMD had managed to improve the performance per watt of Polaris and shortly after that, Polaris 12 and Polaris XT2 details leaked.

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Now it seems those reports were true. This week, Videocardz managed to get its hands on the launch driver for the RX 500 series and quickly combed through it to find whatever bits of information they could. In doing so, they came across codenames used for different graphics chips, confirming that the RX 580 would use a Polaris 20 XTX chip, meanwhile, the RX 570 will use a Polaris 20 XL chip.

The RX 560 was lacking from the list entirely but the RX 550 did make an appearance, sporting a Polaris 12 chip. Unfortunately, no details on the RX Vega were found.

KitGuru Says: With AMD implementing these revised Polaris parts into its graphics card lineup, it will be interesting to see how things stack up against last year's RX 400 series. There may not end up being a huge difference in raw performance but perhaps power savings will have received a boost. Either way, we should find out more soon as we get closer to launch.

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