AMD to launch Volcanic Islands GPU (HD8000s) in 2013

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what are you saying. Bonaire was more power efficient than Cape Verde. if you can't even acknowledge the most basic of facts there is no point in speaking to you.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/...card_review/10

"The new ASUS Radeon HD 7790 DirectCU II OC idled at the same level as the Radeon HD 7770, which was slightly more than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti. It also ate more power at full-load compared to the Radeon HD 7770. Think of it this way though, [B] it only consumed 5% more power, but is delivering 30% more performance. That is quite a good efficiency. It's on part power wise with the GTX 650 Ti, but in a lot of games it was also faster. [\B] "

Clearly you either haven't read my post or didn't understand it.
Yes, Bonaire is more efficient than Cape Verde.
No, that level of efficiency isn't new - AMDs Pitcairn is equally efficient give or take 2% or so.

I hope it is clear now...AMD didn't make new strides in efficiency, but they improved the weakest part of their GPU family in that regard to get it on par with Pitcairn. Nothing more, nothing less.

Oh and btw:
HardOCP doesn't measure the card only but the whole system, so your calculations with these values are completely off. Refer to the numbers I posted instead.