Alleged pictures of AMD’s upcoming R9-290X Hawaii GPU have appeared on the net which provide a look at the massive die and memory chip layout featured on AMD’s next generation flagship graphic card.

AMD Hawaii GPU R9-290X ‘Volcanic Islands’ PCB Leaked

We have already heard some minor details regarding the Hawaii R9-290X GPU that it will feature a die size larger than Tahiti yet 30% smaller than NVIDIA’s GK110 core. It will be based on a 28nm process and would be available to consumers in mid-October 2013. The tipster who forwarded us the story came with two pictures showcasing what could possibly be the next generation AMD Hawaii GPU known as the R9-290X and from the looks of it, it features a 512-bit interface and a die size of around 420-430mm^2. Now i have heard reports about 384-bit bus on the flagship Hawaii GPU and this seems to contradict those reports but from the looks of it, the picture seem alot more credible so i may take it as a conformation that Hawaii is going to be a beast in terms of performance. But no matter how legit this looks, take it with a grain of salt since and wait for official reveal that is going to happen just next week.

AMD R9-290X Hawaii GPU:

Early performance reports show that it would end up faster than the GeForce Titan which is the absolute best GK110 card you can get at the moment for a price of $1000 US while its little brother GeForce GTX 780 which is not far behind the Titan itself can be bought for $649 US. AMD has already mentioned that they are not aiming to price their Hawaii GPU in the Ultra High-End Enthusiast range such as their Radeon HD 7990 or their rival’s NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan / GeForce GTX 690 which launched at $999 though the Radeon HD 7990 got a price drop to $799 recently. If true, we will be looking at a price range of around $599 for the top tier Hawaii GPU (XT Variant) while the Pro variant would retail for $449-$499 US. 

You might notice that AMD hasn’t released their previously showcased Ruby tech demo although it was announced a while back. Ruby is a key icon for the AMD Radeon graphics department and AMD want’s to mark her return in style. For this purpose, AMD would be showcasing a live technical demonstration of their nextgen Ruby powered by CryEngine 3 during the Hawaii GPU announcement. Ofcourse, the card would be running the demo which is a similar approach to what NVIDIA has been doing over the recent years showcasing their GeForce products capabilities with Epic games Unreal Engine.

Just a few moments back, our friends at Videocardz did an exclusive leak regarding the Oland XT and Oland Pro cards which are part of the Volcanic Islands family, you can see them here.

If the leaked R9-290X Hawaii GPU PCB is legit and the GPU is indeed coming at a price of around $600 US then AMD may truly have a Titan killer in their hands. Stay tuned for more information!

Mother of god!??

Actually can't wait for this to come out and beat the titan, lowering its price, so I can buy 2 Titans at 700 a pop. :)

This is the DGPU! Lol

yeah that's some big ass die alright.

"Hawaii R9-290X GPU that it will feature a die size larger than Tahiti yet 30% smaller than NVIDIA’s GK110 core"

"Early performance reports show that it would end up faster than the GeForce Titan"

Sounds like a beast if the reports are true. Too bad I ain't upgrading because it's on a 28nm node process.

If you think that's big the GTX TITAN comes in at around 550mm^2.

Faster or not, I wish AMD would catch up to Nvidia on software already, I recently switched back to Nvidia and I had forgotten how much better they are at it.....

You mean the drivers ?

Not just the drivers, the geforce experience is a nice touch, and I was able to toss in my spare 550 ti that I used to use for Hybrid PhysX in again for the 770 4GB I got recently. I got tired of Xfire and SLI setups pretty much, I'm going back to single card and this will put me in a good place before I get a real replacement next year.

Wow. If AMD brings Titan level power to the $500 range...then that's just amazing.

Imagine what we will be getting in the mid-high range....

Anyone else disappointed that consoles have decided to settle on around the ~2tflp performance range? That's already quite far behind top of the range GPU's...imagine the gap in 2 years.

There's gonna be a lot of wasted power in some PC's...

I'm hoping we will see the days where it becomes commercially viable to build games specifically for high end PC's. Either that or consoles iterate faster through gens!