AMD Volcanic Islands "Hawaii" GPU confirmed

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Slimebeast said:

I wander how they will perform.

Perhaps a 9970 will be 30% faster than a 7970 but also draw slightly more power.

I need a new GPU and PC soon. Or do I? Maybe I can survive with the PS4 until Dark Souls 2 comes out in spring of 2014 and I won't need to buy a new PC until autumn 2014.

Will AMD at 20nm be available in autumn 2014? Perhaps it will. By then a decently priced PC should clearly outrun a PS4 and that would be a logical time to start playing multiplats with enhanced graphics on PC.

The 7970GHz edition is already the most power hungry chip available, if the 9970 uses even more (which will) it will need a hell of a cooling system.

About your second part, I also need to change my PC (faulty mobo) but I decided to wait to replace my GPU until AMD and Nvidia show its new architectures and cards at 20nm. I hope that they are launched by mid 2014.