AMD Developing Trinidad GPU To Replace Pitcairn

AMD's Trinidad GPU

| Source: wccftech Author: Daan van Monsjou

AMD Developing Trinidad GPU To Replace Pitcairn

AMD seems to have a bit of an obsession with islands, codenaming all their recent GPUs with names from islands all over the globe. One of these is called 'Pitcairn', which is featured in the R9 270(X) and the HD 7870. Pitcairn, named after the islands that form the last British Overseas Territory in the Pacific, has been around for quite a while now, so it can be said that its due an upgrade, and it seems AMD will be doing just that. The Californian company is supposedly working on Pitcairn's successor, which will be codenamed 'Trinidad'. Indeed, another island.

Not much is currently known about the Trinidad GPUs, but its very likely that it'll make its first appearance in the successor of the R9 270 (the R9 370?). It will also probably be used in the card which will replace the 270x. The Chinese VR-Zone, which originally published the information, mentions the GPU will be baked at 28nm and will feature 2 GB of memory. The memory bus should be a 256-bit one.

AMD's R9 270

The expected retail-price at launch is $199, or about £130. This puts it right up against the GTX 960, which will be released on the 22nd of January. Let's just hope the performance will be decent, as AMD has made it very easy for Nvidia in the mid-range market the last few years.

What do you think about the upcoming Trinidad GPU? Will this be the comeback of AMD in the mid-range tier of the market, or will Nvidia win the battle?



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