Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) is currently busy in the process of preparing Vega platform for a release next year and it is expected that Radeon RX 490 will be the first GPU to be announced in this architecture lineup.
Currently, rumors are hitting the internet on the new AMD flagship Radeon RX 490 graphics card with the Zen-based Summit Ridge processors release. The release date is surfaced somewhere in this month, specifically, December 13, 2016.
According to WCCFTech, the Radeon RX 490 is found to have scored an amazing performance hitting up to 8400 points. The online benchmark database showed the score and it was the same place where Radeon RX-480 was seen with some numbers.
The score is based on the DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 modes of the game title Ashes of the Singularity. The benchmark result is reported to be found in the same zone with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.
The Online benchmark popped up with an unknown device ID is considered to be the upcoming Radeon RX 490. As per the report, Radeon RX 490 is expected to be a dual-GPU card based on Vega architecture. The device is speculated to sit in the Vega 10 segment. Earlier report indicates that Vega 10 will feature 4096 Stream Processors, 64 Compute Units, 16GB HBM2 and 512 GB/s memory bandwidth.
There are some hints that AMD will release a PRO version of the RX 490 for the Mac and MacBook Pro lineup that are expected to be released in the coming future. AMD is speculated to introduce the Radeon RX 490 with the Summit Ridge CPUs and AM4 X370 Zen Motherboard on December 13, 2016.
However, an official statement from the Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) on Radeon RX 490 is the most awaited information which the graphic card enthusiasts are waiting for. Stay tuned for more updates on processors and Graphic cards.
