ethomaz on 29 September 2013
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Pemalite said: R7 260X isn't going to be a re-brand, the hint that it isn't a re-brand is because it supports AMD TrueAudio. |
It is.
AMD didn't make a new revision into GCN Arch... the actual version is the GCN 1.1 that only the chip into HD 7790 have it until now... R9 290 is based in GCN 1.1... so all GCN 1.1 cards can support True Audio.
The other rebrand are GCN 1.0 like HD 7800 and HD 7900... so these didn't support True Audio.
To make clear what AMD did a will try to make a table.
| Videocard | Chip Name | Version | Other videocards | True Audio |
| R9 290 | Hawaii | GCN 1.1 | - | Yes |
| R9 280 | Tahiti | GCN 1.0 | HD 7970 | - |
| R7 270 | Pitcairn | GCN 1.0 | HD 7870 | - |
| R7 260 | Bonaire | GCN 1.1 | HD 7790 | Yes |
| R7 250 | Cape Verde | GCN 1.0 | HD 7770 | - |
That what the sites are saying... like AnandTech for example.
GCN 2.0 or a new Arch only with 20nm next year 
nVidia rebranded the GPUs too... Maxwell is wating 20nm too.
