AMD announces Polaris pricing - $199 for RX 480

[Domestic_Ginger]

and for those too lazy to type it, the bit.ly shortened link points to http://www.pcgamer.com/what-to-expec...ng-show-at-e3/

Phew you saved me there buddy!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Take this with 10 tonnes of salt with an additional sprinkling on top:

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/52553/...980/index.html

[kalniel]

30% OC vs <10% of the 1070? Hmmm.

Stock speed result looks feasible. But 30% OC result from a 10% increase in clocks from 1266 to 1400? I don't buy it.

edit: Ah, they're going from 1080 stock speed to 1400. OK that's more reasonable. Would imply the 8gb 1266 model should give 3744 result, ie between fury and fury X. Quite impressive. Put me down for an order with some cash for a freesync monitor to go with it

[watercooled]

Assuming it's true it looks like AMD could be going back to their (at the time) hugely successful small die strategy with excellent value cards. If not rushing out the halo cards with early, poor yields means they can bring better value to the mid-range market then it could be a big win for them IMO.

Maybe someone at RTG has taken a look at what's worked and not worked for AMD/ATI over the years, and given how expensive it is now to design several new dies, it probably pays to concentrate on the areas they're more capable of capitalising rather than butting heads with halo products early on.

As I've said before, I'm not all that bothered about 200fps at 4k, ultra settings on a game which still looks like it could have been released 10 years ago so this sort of thing really appeals to me. That, and recently I tend to actually play the games I've bought about a year or so later so it gets easier to run them anyway. Even incremental driver improvements help a lot with that.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Supposedly WCCFTech will make a big leak tomorrow!!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

New scores:

http://videocardz.com/61005/new-amd-...ark-benchmarks

[kalniel]

Oh..

[jigger]

Take this with 10 tonnes of salt with an additional sprinkling on top:

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/52553/...980/index.html

Could the RX 480 really be that fast for £170.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Could the RX 480 really be that fast for £170.

The newer leak shows less of a performance uplift over a R9 390X. I do get the feeling a weaker pound and some price gorging will make the RX480 4GB probably more around £200.

[jigger]

TBH I don't trust either leak. I was more questioning if that kind of performance was even possible for £170.

[kalniel]

TBH I don't trust either leak. I was more questioning if that kind of performance was even possible for £170.

Not today's £170. Maybe if we stay in Europe and after things have calmed down, but certainly one day it's possible.

[jigger]

Well if thats true I think Nvidia are in some deep trouble or thieves.

[kalniel]

Well if thats true I think Nvidia are in some deep trouble or thieves.

Why do you think that?

[jigger]

I would think the reasons are very obvious. AMD can't be that far ahead of Nvidia.

[kalniel]

I would think the reasons are very obvious. AMD can't be that far ahead of Nvidia.

Doesn't the chart show them behind?

[jigger]

Can you not see the chart?