http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/g...mance_update/4
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There was DX11. Then in May they added DX12, and the DX12 was slower for everyone. Just recently they patched async into the DX12 version http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/ris...-12-patch.html I have a feeling Tarinder tested the new patch but I can't be sure.
why no Vulkan benchmarks on Doom?, hearing a rumur Nvidia have told sites not to do it?
Techspot compared with OpenGL and Vulkan: http://www.techspot.com/review/1209-...060/page3.html
So no displayport adaptive sync (aka freesync) support then?
That adds another £80-150 to the effective price for anyone whose going to be buying a monitor with the card or is likely to replace their screen within the lifetime of the card. Given the card is launching at £60 more than the 4GB RX 480 launched at, and more even than the 8GB 480, it's hard to see why anyone would buy one right now.
In a few months time if the price drops to RX 470 levels it could be a serious alternative to a 470 + Freesync. But given today's high launch price I suspect nVidia are going to try and pull off the 'it's expensive so it's good' marketing trick. Hopefully they'll fail, but the gaming market has always been pretty fertile ground for people selling dreams.
Hmm the 470 adds another interesting element to the mix - it's looking to be close to stock 480 performance, so if they manage that for significantly cheaper than the 1060...
Interesting times for the mid-range!
Sadly not. AMD have got the better card for image quality if you take monitors into consideration.
I can see one use-case for the 1060 - a stop gap until Vega. Second hand prices for nVidia hold up fairly well (unrationally so) so if you needed a new card between now and then it might be worth consideration.
I'm glad I jumped the gun and picked up an open box 970 for £155 on prime day :-)
People forget clock speeds and the likes as well... best buy between the two would be the Radeon and if one is not enough buy two of them or so.
more DX12/Vulkan to show in the future please, we can't keep getting reviews of outdated API when the aim is Vulkan/DX12
Doom vulkan bench from hardOCP and yes the RX480 is scoring higher http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016/...ition_review/4
ROTTR dx12 http://www.techspot.com/review/1209-...060/page4.html and https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/...X_1060/21.html RX480 is closer but still 1060 has the lead. Although something seems a bit odd with some of the Techpowerup scores.
The AIB custom boards will be quite interesting, but if AMD want to keep the momentum going they need the 470 amd 460 out before Nvidia have an answer to them. Hopefully, that is where their effort is going.
Or put another way, most people have probably decided already whether they are going 1060 or 480, it probably isn't much of a fight any more.
There are plenty of people who are still undecided or even those which have put down pre-orders on AIB RX480 cards and at least on OcUK a few people are getting fed-up and have either cancelled the pre-order and got a GTX1060 or are thinking of doing so.
I really do not know what AMD PR is doing - they should be out pushing out as many of the AIB cards out for review as possible,even if you need to wait a few weeks to get them.
They will just start loosing sales to the GTX1060. Nvidia has AIB cards out NOW and a few have been reviewed already.
Plus when Nvidia has run out of stock and they go back on pre-order people will just pre-order those as they are more of a known quantity.
The AIB RX480 cards are an unknown quantity.
Edit!!
Its been THREE WEEKS since the RX480 launched - AMD needs to be getting AIB RX480 card reviews out this week. Gibbo said they are getting even more stock next week for the GTX1060.
Why does AMD keep giving Nvidia chances like this??
Look at launches like the HD4000 and HD5000 series - they hardly gave Nvidia any breathing space.
Sure they have the RX460,RX470 and RX490 to launch,but honestly they need to concentrate on making sure the RX480 launch does not lose momentum.
The R9 290 series launch also started off well and then it seems to have lost momentum.
Second Edit!!
This just shows how much faster an AIB RX480 might be:
http://www.hardware.fr/medias/photos...G0051164_1.png
http://www.hardware.fr/medias/photos...G0051164_1.png
You could easily see 10% to 15% extra performance there,which make the RX480 either match or beat a GTX1060 depending on the mix of games. Asus says nearly 19% in the games they tested.
Even the couple of AIB GTX1060 cards tested only are around 3% to 8% faster than the FE GTX1060.
Yes,the GTX1060 would consume less power and that would be the biggest difference.
I really hope they get the AIB RX480 reviews this week,otherwise they have just handed Nvidia more and more free PR.