That means that yes, the Radeon 7790 launched with this capability from day one, and we simply never knew about it. Sure enough, that’s coming - but only to the R9 290X (the genuinely new architecture that hasn’t launched yet) and the rebadged Radeon 7790, now known as the R7 260X. One of the major new features that AMD talked up at its Hawaii event was the introduction of a new TrueAudio hardware acceleration system.
If you’re mixing and matching across monitor types (and to be fair, we really recommend not doing that), you won’t be able to take advantage of this capability. Now, you can drive three identical monitors off HDMI/DVI, thanks to new board and firmware tricks that share a clock signal under these conditions. Fresh on deck is additional display flexibility - the Radeon 7000 family could only drive two HDMI/DVI displays simultaneously, the third was required to be DisplayPort. The 200 family isn’t an exact clone of the 7000 series, even if the fundamental GPU at the heart of the equation is unchanged. Careful brand segmentation will help here. In the future, AMD will have to design things carefully to prevent customers from becoming confused over whether or not a theoretical R7 280X is faster than an R9 260X. Theoretically, the “X” cards are faster than non-X cards. The next three digits are the model - AMD is starting with the 200 series, so an R7 260 is faster than an R7 250. The “R7” denotes relative ranking within the family, meaning that an R9 should always be faster than an R7. AMD has decided to make the jump now, with a combination of models and three-digit numbers.
#Amd radeon r7 series
The 2000 – 7000 series were used from 2007 to the present day, the 8000 (OEM only) cards are already taken, which leaves just the 9000 before a new set of figures were necessary. The reason for the rebrand is simple: The old HD family has run out of numbers. The new family of R7 and R9 cards are all rebrands of already existing products, with a few new spins and a new feature tucked in here and there.