AMD announces Polaris pricing - $199 for RX 480

[HEXUS]

Going super-aggressive to gain market share, we think.

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[Xlucine]

Ooh, this looks promising. >5TF is pretty much equal to the 390 (assuming memory bandwidth isn't a bottleneck, which it shouldn't be), so this looks like 390 performance for 380X price (200USD in GBP + VAT = ~£170). The power usage is a little concerning, the 1070 does considerably more on 150W

Aren't we meant to get an AM4 update today as well? Odd that the embargoes would run at different times

[61zone]

So with aftermarket cooler and taxes we are looking at almost 260-280$ card with 4GB VRAM? Even it is 8Gb still the problem is AMD Failed to deliver again. I'll wait till all the benchmark results pour in.

[kalniel]

This is not a big, high-end chip

Then why have they called it RX rather than R7 or perhaps R8 in keeping with their establish performance categories? RX (10) implies it's a whole step above the R9 products :/ We don't need yet more confusion from AMD.

However, very nice price. Just what a lot of people are looking for.

[idris]

Q: Hex, do any of your writers/editors have any positions in nVidia stock or sponsored in any way by nVidia?

(I think it would be worthwhile being a little transparent so your readership is aware)

[HW90]

Ooh, this looks promising. >5TF is pretty much equal to the 390 (assuming memory bandwidth isn't a bottleneck, which it shouldn't be), so this looks like 390 performance for 380X price (200USD in GBP + VAT = ~£170). The power usage is a little concerning, the 1070 does considerably more on 150W

Aren't we meant to get an AM4 update today as well? Odd that the embargoes would run at different times

Benchmarks I've seen elsewhere suggest the performance is around Fury X/GTX 980 level, but more importantly for AMD when run in crossfire these things outperform the GTX1080 for two thirds of the cost. Assuming it's HBM memory I don't think it will be a bottleneck, the Fury's handled 4K rather well despite only having 4GB.

[cima]

Nvidia made step forward, for AMD I cant say nothing... yet

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

A few weeks on Chiphell forums they said the card was close to a R9 390X. Also,remember a single PCI-E six pin connector only means the card consumes above 75W with a maximum of 150W.

[jimbouk]

If it's actually new architecture rather than just a rehash of an old card then it's well worth a number change. Nice to have something actually new, it's been a while.

Fingers crossed it's got enough bang for buck to be a success!

[Nifl]

Looks promising. No idea where the 150W TDP is from though, the slides say "150W Power", which can mean a lot of things. Maybe it's better not to assume the worst case from that. 150W TDP with only a 6 pin power connector would be a pretty bad design after all. If this GPU turns out to be an overclocking monster, 200 bucks would be well worth it, but 150W TDP with only a 6 pin would mean close to no overclocking potential.

[idris]

Ooh, this looks promising. >5TF is pretty much equal to the 390 (assuming memory bandwidth isn't a bottleneck, which it shouldn't be), so this looks like 390 performance for 380X price (200USD in GBP + VAT = ~£170). The power usage is a little concerning, the 1070 does considerably more on 150W

Aren't we meant to get an AM4 update today as well? Odd that the embargoes would run at different times

Benchmarks I've seen elsewhere suggest the performance is around Fury X/GTX 980 level, but more importantly for AMD when run in crossfire these things outperform the GTX1080 for two thirds of the cost. Assuming it's HBM memory I don't think it will be a bottleneck, the Fury's handled 4K rather well despite only having 4GB.

Here's a link from a very reputable site: http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/5/31/11826478/amd-radeon-rx-480-199-vr-ready-graphics-card

2 in CF outperforming a GTX1080... Polaris 10 is an amazing price to performance card! Can't wait to see the benchmarks when the NDA embargo lifts at the end of the month.

[kalniel]

If it's actually new architecture rather than just a rehash of an old card then it's well worth a number change. Nice to have something actually new, it's been a while.

I'm very happy for the 480 bit to be new! It's the market category designator which AMD are breaking their previously sensible rules for - R7 was meant to indicate market segment, 200/300 etc. are (supposedly) the different generations and 50 70 etc. are the performance levels within that generation.

I would link to the AMD FAQ that mentioned this, but their FAQ points to a page not found. Smooth AMD :/

[Tarinder]

Q: Hex, do any of your writers/editors have any positions in nVidia stock or sponsored in any way by nVidia?

(I think it would be worthwhile being a little transparent so your readership is aware)

No, none at all. In fact, I want AMD to succeed do there's some much-needed competition.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Well if AMD can deliver on R9 390X level performance at £165 to £210 that would mean Nvidia would have to have a GTX1060/GTX1060TI with similar performance for a similar price,and that should nicely drop the price of the GTX1070 to hopefully under £300.

[scaryjim]

36 CUs, probably 64 shaders per CU to make a total of 2304. IIRC shaders tend to do 2 flops per cycle, so 5TFlops would come from clock speeds around 1.1GHz. All sounds utterly plausible. That level of compute suggests 4k isn't a serious target for this card - I'd guess it's targeting 60fps at 1080 ultra/1440 high. 4GB of VRAM on the entry level cards is therefore more than sufficient, I'd suggest (particularly if they've improved the compression algorithms again). An overclocked 8GB card might well make a good fist of 4k with medium to high settings...

[kalniel]

36 CUs, probably 64 shaders per CU to make a total of 2304. IIRC shaders tend to do 2 flops per cycle, so 5TFlops would come from clock speeds around 1.1GHz. All sounds utterly plausible. That level of compute suggests 4k isn't a serious target for this card - I'd guess it's targeting 60fps at 1080 ultra/1440 high. 4GB of VRAM on the entry level cards is therefore more than sufficient, I'd suggest (particularly if they've improved the compression algorithms again). An overclocked 8GB card might well make a good fist of 4k with medium to high settings...

And it's really pretty close in TFLOPs terms to the 1070, but vastly cheaper. However TFLOPs do not make a game..