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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

    That said with GPU's offering that kind of performance per watt it would open up a crap ton of possibilities for dual GPU cards. A 200-300 watt dual GPU Polaris card with with +10% performance on an R9 295 for around £450 would shine in DX12, Vulkan and VR.

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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

    Quote Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH View Post
    Also,this is significant - it has been over a decade since Nvidia has beaten ATI or AMD or launched a new GPU on a new node around the same time as them.

    Nvidia is already making an event of them sending out review samples.

    FFS,AMD at least if you have some OEM wins with Polaris officially announce them,even if you are trying to size up the competition first!!
    AMD could possibly be waiting on AM4 and Zen with this launch? Right now AMD's graphics card line up is very strong. They have the fastest card/s title and much better technology, along with strong sales and much better performance per £ than Nvidia.

    Nvidia have done nothing since nothing since 2013 but offer a little more DX11 performance for twice the price of AMD.
    Last edited by jigger; 03-05-2016 at 05:10 PM.

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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

    Quote Originally Posted by jigger View Post
    A 200-300 watt dual GPU Polaris card with with +10% performance on an R9 295 for around £450 would shine in DX12, Vulkan and VR.
    If only the performance in CF wasn't so bad

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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

    Multi GPU performance issues look like they will finally be a thing of the past with DX12 and Vulkan. Or a least it should be a thing of the past. But even with iffy multi GPU scaling in DX11 a card offering +10% performance on an R9 295 would still be a monstrously fast card. If that card cost around £450 and was sub 300 watts then it would be a pretty epic graphics card at that.

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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

    Quote Originally Posted by jigger View Post
    Multi GPU performance issues look like they will finally be a thing of the past with DX12 and Vulkan.
    How come?

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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

    You already know. But because those API's offer the tools to remove many of the problems associated with multi GPU scaling. And all the work getting done within Mantle.

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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

    Quote Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH View Post
    http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd...o-r9-390x.html

    Hmm,supposedly the R9 480 non-X is around R9 390X level performance??

    Edit!!

    Rehashed,earlier leak.Meh.



    I think Polaris is very much an OEM focussed product so hopefully there is good traction for AMD there!!

    So the R9 380 replacement is possibly faster than an R9 390? That would be a huge jump.

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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

    Quote Originally Posted by jigger View Post
    So the R9 380 replacement is possibly faster than an R9 390? That would be a huge jump.
    If it keeps the same sort of price as the 380, then yes they have a winner.

    If the 1070 is a similar performance jump over the 970 and also keeps the 970 price, then that could sell nicely as well.

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    Well if the card is faster than an R9 390X and priced at R9 380 money it would be the bargain of century. AMD would be selling themselves very short.
    Last edited by jigger; 04-05-2016 at 10:52 AM.

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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

    Quote Originally Posted by jigger View Post
    Well if the card is faster than an R9 390X and priced at R9 390 money it would be the bargain of century. AMD would be selling themselves very short.
    Come on, if that's a bargain then it occurs nearly every generation. It would hardly be selling themselves short. But the market will decide soon enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Come on, if that's a bargain then it occurs nearly every generation. It would hardly be selling themselves short. But the market will decide soon enough.
    Really? A £150 card beating a £350~ every generation. I don't think so.

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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

    Quote Originally Posted by jigger View Post
    Really? A £150 card beating a £350~ every generation. I don't think so.
    You think their top card is going to be only £150 on release? I can hope! Sadly I think it's going to be more like £250. But will be very happy to be proved wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    You think their top card is going to be only £150 on release? I can hope! Sadly I think it's going to be more like £250. But will be very happy to be proved wrong.
    EDIT: Nevermind just seen my typo.

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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

    Quote Originally Posted by SlickR View Post
    Looks promising, I'm personally expecting about 20% improvement in graphics on the lower level for cheaper prices. For example a 270x replacement to be 20% faster and come for $140
    I would expect closer to 50-65% they want VR level chips to be about 200 dollar range.

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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

    Quote Originally Posted by jigger View Post
    EDIT: Nevermind just seen my typo.
    The £150 R9 380 cards have generally only been 2GB and not at launch. These cards have the grunt for 4K, so I expect them to have to come in 4GB and 8GB variants.

    There used to be a rule for graphics cards that every year they had to either double in performance or halve in price. That would make a £200 R9 480 with twice the performance of a 380 a return to the old ways for at least this generation. I am not expecting a drop in launch price as AMD probably need the money.

    Interesting to see the Ebuyer email this morning containing some AMD graphics cards. Could this be the start of the stock clearout before the new cards come in?
    £120 off a Sapphire Nano: http://www.ebuyer.com/722460-sapphir...d-21249-00-40g
    R9 380 Sapphire Nitro 4GB for £155 (I paid £170 a couple of months ago, supposed to be £190): http://www.ebuyer.com/730576-sapphir...s-11242-13-20g

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    Re: AMD publishes Polaris Architecture microsite

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    You already know. But because those API's offer the tools to remove many of the problems associated with multi GPU scaling. And all the work getting done within Mantle.
    That actually requires the devs who PORT the code from XBone to make the necessary changes......what evidence is there to show they will actually do it? There is plenty of evidence around at the moment to the contrary....look at the dev comments from the QB team "Too hard to implement". I am sure it isn't "too hard", I just read it as "PC versions sells too little to bother spending the time trying to implement it".....now unless PC titles start selling 5-10x more, that isn't going to change.

    Mantle work? What has that got to do with current and future DX12 and Vulkan titles supporting mGPUs? Personally, I think Vulkan on Windows will be near non-existent. Most "low level API" titles on PC will be XBone ports on DX12.....quick and dirty
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