Radeon rx 590 iceq x² is also on the way

Reddit user BadReIigion has taken advantage of a little Javascript trick to get HIS, a partner at AMD, to provide details of its upcoming Radeon RX 590 IceQ X² graphics card.

Features of the Radeon RX 590 IceQ X² appear

The image shown corresponds to the RX 580 IceQ X², but the RX 590-based product is expected to be mostly similar, with aesthetic changes, such as a cooler cover or somewhat different backplate design. The website confirms some details, such as that the ASIC is "Polaris 30 XT", a version of the Polaris 20 that is manufactured on the 12nm FinFET node, and that the card has 8GB of GDDR5 memory.

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The emerging consensus on the Radeon RX 590's clock frequencies suggests that custom-designed and factory-overclocked cards operate at speeds around 1500-1550 MHz, an improvement of between 100 MHz and 200 MHz over the previous Radeon RX 580. Polaris 30 is probably compatible with Polaris 20, as most vendors are reusing their PCBs from the Radeon RX 580, some of which are even the same as the Radeon RX 480. This means that the Radeon RX 590 IceQ X² will continue to feature an 8-pin power connector.

Further proof of the limited advancement AMD has made with its mid-range graphics cards, Polaris was a great product when it hit the market in 2016, but two years later the same is still being offered, except for a slight increase in the frequencies of watch that does not even reach 20% compared to the Radeon RX 480. Hopefully this will change a lot with Navi.

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