AMD R7 370 Pictured, a Confirmed R9 270 rebrand

AMD R7 370 Pictured, a Definite R9 270 rebrand

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AMD R7 370 Pictured, a Confirmed R9 270 rebrand

AMD's R7 370 GPU has been pictured, confirming that the GPU will be a R9 270 rebrand and will not feature AMD's GCN 1.2 architecture.

As you can see from the picture below AMD have a new Stock cooler design, at least in terms of visual appearance. Looking at the GPU we can see that it has a single Crossfire finger, meaning that it doesn't have the ability to use XDMA Crossfire, a feature of AMD's newer GCN GPUs, confirming that this GPU is using GCN 1.0 silicon and a Pitcairn based rebrand.

Aside from the fact that this GPU is a rebrand of a GPU which is 3 years old, the fact that this GPU is a rebrand spells a lot of trouble for AMD.

With most of their new GPU lineup being based on older silicon, AMD loses the ability to add any of it's newer GCN features to the GPU lineup, including higher levels of DirectX 12 support, XDMX (Bridgeless) Crossfire, Full FreeSync support and even use the tessellation benefits of GCN 1.2 architecture.

Without this updated feature set AMD is simply not bringing anything that is beneficial to GPU buyer over their older stock, aside from a potential bump in clock speeds or a decreased price. This gives Nvidia a huge chance to increase their market share further this generations with their lineup of GPUs which are based on entirely new silicon which is using a more power efficient architecture than AMD.

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AMD's R7 370 GPU has been pictured, confirming that the GPU will be a R9 270 rebrand.http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/amd_r7_370_pictured_a_confirmed_r9_270_rebrand/1 Posted by OC3D on Monday, 8 June 2015 AMD's R7 370 GPU has been pictured, confirming that the GPU will be a R9 270 rebrand. http://t.co/U8kBqlxUCZ pic.twitter.com/Su9Pa2O1i4 — OC3D (@OC3D) June 8, 2015

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