Posted on Thursday, December 26 2013 @ 16:55 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
TPU
informs us that AMD has cooked up two new sub-$180 graphics cards for OEMs: the "Cape Verde" based Radeon R9 255 and the "Bonaire" based Radeon R9 260. It's unknown when systems with these two cards will be available.
Radeon R9 255
28 nm "Cape Verde" silicon (derived from the device ID)
512 stream processors, 32 TMUs
128-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface
930 MHz core clock
Up to 2 GB standard memory amount, with 6.50 GHz memory clock
104 GB/s memory bandwidth
Draws power from a single 6-pin PCIe connector
Radeon R9 260
28 nm "Bonaire" silicon (derived from the device ID)
896 stream processors, 56 TMUs
128-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface
1100 MHz core clock
Up to 2 GB standard memory amount, with 6.50 GHz memory clock
104 GB/s memory bandwidth
Draws power from a single 6-pin PCIe connector
