[EDIT]hmmm.....whats going on at AMD? (and history of 3Dfx Rampage)

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So.....
Anyone else notice how low the clock speed have been on all the Polaris cards we have heard of?

I have been drawn to this and know it just didn't seem right....well, at the very least it didn't look pretty to me.
Knowing that it is GCN and the consoles are updating to it, it just doesn't seem logical there will be any major gcn changes. Polaris most likely will be very similar to gcn chips of the past, I don't expect much of an ipc improvement.

Seeing the clock speed and the core count, it seems likely polaris 10 will be pretty slow. If they don't clock the chip running at least 1000mhz, then it probably will be about as fast as hawaii. The original 290(x).

I have been stuck on this clock speed for awhile. Why have we seen these clocks so freaking low?

Well....
A little gossip has occured and it really must be looked at so you guys can draw your own conclusion.

I expect this thread will be locked and possibly deleted but I will post the source as well.