QOTW: How fast do you need the AMD Radeon RX 480 to be?

[lumireleon]

if the GPU will hit 1600mhz am expecting it to be at per with the 980Ti in certain tests.

[lkarunan]

I'll probably get it unless its performance is worse than R390. As someone who doesn't have as much time to game and has a 1080p setup powered by 3570K @4.4GHz, I can't justify spending much more to replace my aging GTX670. I would like to upgrade, at some stage, resolution (1440p) and to adaptive-sync monitor and will have to wait and see whether this will be viable with a RX480.

Linux drivers are also a concern but development of AMDGPU seems to be coming along nicely, with AMD more than delivering on their promises so far.

[kalniel]

You mean every card released in the last few years, some are almost 100% compatible?

No I don't mean that.

I think Intel is closest to 100% DX12 support ironically enough!!

Yes, quite!

[jigger]

When you say 100% is that like 500 and 650 being the same number?

[jigger]

The cards are supposed to start at £160 in the UK apparently.

Are people really expecting Fury- GTX980Ti performance for £160 when Nvidia can barley better overclocked GTX980Ti performance for £650?

[kalniel]

When you say 100% is that like 500 and 650 being the same number?

Eh? Don't follow.

Are people really expecting Fury- GTX980Ti performance for £160

One day, certainly but not with this card. More like 970/980 performance.

[pastymuncher]

Are people really expecting Fury- GTX980Ti performance for £160 when Nvidia can barley better overclocked GTX980Ti performance for £650?

The question was:- How fast do you need the AMD Radeon RX 480 to be? Personally I took it to mean how fast do I need it to be to get me to upgrade and I am sure most others took it that way as well. I said it would need to be 980ti or more to be a worthwhile upgrade. I know it's not near that as the figures being banded around are between 970/980 performance and for me that's just not enough. Maybe when the more powerful cards come along later in the year.

[Tarinder]

The last two weeks has given me time to change my opinion of the card.

[kalniel]

The last two weeks has given me time to change my opinion of the card.

You've had the card for two weeks?! When do we hear more?

[l8oss]

just show me a 900 dollar dual gpu card ill throw money at it soo quick

[Biscuit]

The last two weeks has given me time to change my opinion of the card.

Question 1: From what?

Question 2: To what?

Surely you can give us more of a hint than that without breaking NDA

When you say 100% is that like 500 and 650 being the same number?

DX 12 is a different animal to older DX versions. This article explains it pretty well.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/2...d-dont-deliver

[DanceswithUnix]

Question 1: From what?

Question 2: To what?

Surely you can give us more of a hint than that without breaking NDA

Well I have only seen a competition to give away the 1080, so if Hexus are keeping the 480 I presume it must be alright?

[paulie_boy]

Never used any AMD Radeon cards before... might be a time to change

[big_hairy_rob]

The power-saving could mean a smaller PSU, so cheaper to run could be a good thing. For me I'm more interested in longevity over just performance and without including the 'next gen' memory, I think that any GPU upgrade can wait for another year.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

TBH a 400W to 500W PSU is more than enough for most of the current single GPU cards ATM. For OEMs though I suspect it will make AMD cards look more attractive.

[idris]

Anyone notice Apple have chosen AMD Polaris in their new lineup for 2016?