Leaked benchmarks for AMD Radeon RX 480 hits minimum VR spec for $199

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shikamaru317 said:

JEMC said:

So AMD's new nomenclature consists in replacing the "X2" brand with a higher rank? I don't see it.

Yeah, 490 being a dual GPU card doesn't make sense to me either. But, if it's not a dual GPU card, I wonder what it is? If it was just AMD listing it, I would assume it was just a mistake on their part, but some of their AIB partners leaked it as well. We know that 480 is the full Polaris 10, so it can't be a Polaris chip unless they kept a 3rd Polaris chip secret all this time. It could be the weakest Vega chip, but Vega won't be ready until October supposedly so it wouldn't make sense for AMD to list a Vega based 490 now. 

The listing of the card is one thing, the rumor about it being a dual GPU card is another.

The RX 490 will come, we all know it, so it's understandable that not only AMD but also its partners prepare its sites and marketing plans for their launch. But that doesn't give the dual GPU rumor any more credibility.

Now, what can the 490 be? I have no idea, but I hope it's not a dual GPU solution.