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January 6th, 2013

AMD Radeon HD 8950 3GB Shows Up in Lenovo Gaming Desktop

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You heard that right, AMD may still not be ready to announce this high-end graphics card, but Lenovo is already listing this model with their new gaming rig — Erazer X700.

The Erazer X700 is a brand new high-performance desktop for gamers, which was announced today at the CES 2013 event. This PC is packed with i7 processor, up to 16 GB of DDR3 memory, Windows 8 Pro and other stuff which is not that important.

Finally we have a note that it will be available in two options: with NVIDIA SLI of two GeForce GTX 660′s or AMD’s Crossfire with two Radeon HD 8950′s. Furthermore we learn that it will have 3GB of memory, which means it will have the same frame buffer as its predecessor Radeon HD 7950.

This is actually all we know for now, so our need for more valid information will have to wait. What we do expect however is a new 28nm GPU with the updated Graphics Core Next technology. What has been said for now is that it may have up to 2048 Stream processors, but if that’s not the case, then we might see at least more raster operating units. As for the memory, it’s quite obvious that AMD will not change a lot with the current HD 7950′s configuration. The 3GB capacity across a 384-bit interface is already enough. The question that should be asked is: why is this card put next to a mid-range GeForce GTX 660?

The new Radeon HD 8950 should be launched in the first quarter of this year, the exact date is still unknown. This Lenovo gaming desktop will be released in June for approximately $1,499.AMD Radeon HD 8950 3GB Shows Up in Lenovo Gaming Desktop radeon hd 8950 AMD Radeon HD 8950 3GB Shows Up in Lenovo Gaming Desktop radeon hd 8950 AMD Radeon HD 8950 3GB Shows Up in Lenovo Gaming Desktop radeon hd 8950

  • http://twitter.com/the_real_vlad vlad

    I think this time I will skip the AMD and wait until the 780 equivalent comes out.

  • Laguna

    OMG the case is a BEAST… love it ^_^

  • BestJinjo

    I think it’s good in general to wait until both camps release their offerings to see where performance and prices settle, assuming neither is rumored to suffer a major delay. 2.5 months after 7970 came out, Nvidia delivered more performance at a lower price. It’ll be interesting to see if AMD goes back to the previous strategy of price/performance and surrenders the single GPU performance crown to Nvidia. This round it appears AMD’s strategy of raising prices so drastically from HD4870/5870/6970 generations backfired, despite having the most competitive GPU offerings since X1900XTX days. The other factor is both makers are stuck on 28nm. Can they really deliver more than a 25% performance increase?

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  • Marco

    Matter of taste, I guess.

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  • Jerome

    The 7970, 7950, 7870, 7770 is the best price/performance gpus as of right now.

  • BestJinjo

    That’s debatable on the prices in your country/market.

    The cheapest HD7770 on Newegg is $117 w/ shipping. The cheapest GTX650Ti is $125 wtih free AC3.
    The cheapest HD7870 is $218 w/ shipping. The cheapest GTX660 is $195 with free AC3.
    The cheapest HD7950 is $280, while the cheapest GTX660Ti is $270 with free AC3.
    The cheapest HD7970 is $360, while the cheapest GTX670 is $350 with 2 free games: BL2 and AC3.
    The cheapest HD7970 GE is $420, while the cheapest GTX680 is $460 but also comes with BL2 and AC3.

    I don’t think at these prices in U.S. the Radeons are a clear choice right now. They were good value with the free 3 game bundle but now that deal is finished and Nvidia cards seem more attractive actually.

    AMD cannot afford to sell their GPUs at similar prices to Nvidia due to lack of certain features like TXAA, PhysX, 3D Vision, and superior micro-stutter with SLI due to hardware built in frame metering. Additionally, latest drivers have resulted in some stuttering in some games as acknowledged by AMD’s driver team. For these reasons, AMD needs to sell cards for lower prices to attempt to regain market share from NV. And that’s coming from someone who owns 7970s. . .

  • xxx

    In which country?Only 7970 has better prise performance ratio.GTX 670 is the best buy in class!GTX 660 Ti with non reference design is a better offer.7870 is more expensive than GTX660 and not faster.GTX 660 SE is coming and it will be better offer than 7850 .GTX 650 Ti is much faster than 7770 …Almost in every class nVidia has better offer!And what about this problem?http://www.legitreviews.com/news/14814/ So what the hell are you talking about?At the end nVidia has much better selling than amd.AMD has shitty cards and bad drivers that’s the fact!

  • Pathos Perks

    The article asks why they may offer 8950 as an alternate to the 660.

    Depending on when this launches, 660 and 8950 may be the best products in their respective power envelopes/markets at that time (up to 150w and 225w). Obviously 660 trumps a 7850 (130w max) with more units and tdp up to the peg spec (150w). It also seems clocked at stock to match/exceed the overclocking abilities of up to a 896sp AMD part even if they don’t hamper it through powertune. Also, in a fair performance/$ fight of low-margin mainstream parts people may prefer nvidia. 660 will probably hit that level soon (vs 8770 and 7800). In respect to competition with 1×6-pin, highlighting 660 makes sense.

    That begs the question of 8850 though…which everyone expects to stay below 150w. Perhaps it will cost more than we’ve come to believe it will. Or…maybe 8800 won’t yet be launched.

    Now, totally inference, but one has to ask if the products below 8900 will be around when this product launches, as new series’ tend to launch top to bottom with often months between, and here we sit in January with this launching supposedly before end of March. If 8800 is available, perhaps 660ti-670 are no match from a value for consumer or margin for lenovo perspective. I think it’s most likely AMD will hold 8800 as long as humanly possible to deplete 7800/7900 inventory though.

    Speculation, yes. Just throwing some ideas out there because there usually is a reasoning in PR wording and what they highlight (outside conceivable typos). I would imagine the 150w nvidia part is highlighted and >150w ignored, while similarly they highlight an AMD part that is at the very least up to 225w for a distinct reason.

  • http://twitter.com/freakemo1511 True Emo

    overall performance depend on which video cards it was optimized, phys-x was optimized on Nvidia, polygons and rendering is better in AMD , thats it

  • http://twitter.com/freakemo1511 True Emo

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  • Scooobany

    im not have money in it computer ;(

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