This sounds like disappointing news, but it might be a little misleading as well. First of all the report, another from the folks at VideoCardz, details information about these upcoming GPUs from a leaked driver.

Here’s the list VideoCardz came up with (200-series name on the right):

  • AMD6658.1 AMD Radeon(TM) R7 360 Graphics Bonaire XTX [Radeon R7 260X]
  • AMD67B0.1 AMD Radeon R9 300 Series Hawaii XT [Radeon R9 290X]
  • AMD67B1.1 AMD Radeon R9 300 Series Hawaii PRO [Radeon R9 290]
  • AMD6810.1 AMD Radeon(TM) R7 370 Graphics Curacao XT [Radeon R9 270X]
  • AMD6810.2 AMD Radeon (TM) R7 300 Series Curacao XT [Radeon R9 270X]
  • AMD6811.1 AMD Radeon (TM) R7 300 Series Curacao PRO [Radeon R9 270/370]
  • AMD6939.1 AMD Radeon R9 300 Series Tonga PRO [Radeon R9 285]

VideoCardz further comments on this list:

“FIJI was not included in this driver release. Radeon R9 Hawaii is neither shown as R9 380 nor as R9 390. Right now it’s just R9 300, just like R9 285-rebrand. Both Hawaii cards will get a small bump in clock speeds and most importantly 8GB memory.”

And this is where the news might be misleading, as the “300-series” naming may very well not include a new GPU due to AMD shifting to a new scheme for their upcoming flagship, just as NVIDIA has used the “TITAN” and “TITAN X” names for flagship cards. If the rumored AMD Fiji card (which was recently pictured) is the all-new GPU featuring HBM memory that we’ve all been waiting for, expect iterations of this new card to follow as the technology trickles down to the more affordable segment.