AMD Radeon R9 380X Review and Benchmark Thread

[HKZeroFive]

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Also expect a review from Linus soon!

At $230 USD, this is a great card in comparison to NVIDIA's closest offering, the GTX 960. According to the Tech PowerUp review, the 960 only offers 75% of the 380X's performance at 1080p, and expect the Crimson drivers to further boost its performance. However, this makes you wonder if NVIDIA will hit back with a similar card (maybe a possible Ti variant of the 960?). Overall, this looks very promising for AMD and further cements their position in the mid-tier cards.

[AresKrieger]

I think this will make higher end 380s irrelevant, as it is only 20 bucks more by base

[KemoKa]

AMD nailed it. 380X is gonna be awesome for 1080p. Can't wait to see what happens.

[Castdeath97]

I think this will make higher end 380s irrelevant, as it is only 20 bucks more by base

You can find R9 380s at 180 dollars with 4GB, their prices dropped fast.

[Bouzoo]

For now I'm not that impressed, waiting for drivers to see what's what. Hopefully they will increase performance quite a bit, as it usually is with AMD cards.

[Misanthrope]

Let's hope people reviewing use it instead of 960s on all builds a month from now.

[Tasuma]

I have an r9 380 2gb atm I was thinking of saving up for a r9 390 but I may save a few bucks and grab one of these in the near future.

[Savir]

I hope Linus does a review soon

[ivan134]

Do people actually take PCWorld reviews seriously? It's not about bias, but about not knowing what the fuck they're talking about. This comes to mind every time I think of their reviews.

 

[ivan134]

It looks like TomsHardware and TheTechReport still don't care about flying their Nvidia biases out in the open.

[xAcid9]

It looks like TomsHardware and TheTechReport still don't care about flying their Nvidia biases out in the open.

What's wrong with Tom's review?

[ivan134]

Look at the 390 and 970 numbers in Toms and TheTechReport and look at the others in the OP, then go rewatch DigitalFoundry's 1080p and 1440p benchmarks and Jayz2cents review of the 390. According to TomsHardware and TheTechReport, the 970 beats a 390 and 1080p and 1440p in even none GameWorks games. Their benchmarks are also showing a 960 beating a 380x when it loses to a 380. I haven't taken either of those publications seriously in a while now and it seems they haven't changed.

 

EDIT: Only TheTechReport shows the 960 beating the 380x, but Toms 390 and 970 numbers are still waaaaaaaaaaay off.

[don_svetlio]

Look at the 390 and 970 numbers in Toms and TheTechReport and look at the others in the OP, then go rewatch DigitalFoundry's 1080p and 1440p benchmarks and Jayz2cents review of the 390. According to TomsHardware and TheTechReport, the 970 beats a 390 and 1080p and 1440p in even none GameWorks games. Their benchmarks are also showing a 960 beating a 380x when it loses to a 380. I haven't taken either of those publications seriously in a while now and it seems they haven't changed.

 

EDIT: Only TheTechReport shows the 960 beating the 380x, but Toms 390 and 970 numbers are still waaaaaaaaaaay off.

Someone has ever taken those two seriously? I know I don't miss reading Toms since all they do there is sing the praise of Nvidia - literraly 90% of people recommend Nvidia purely.

[Spongy141]

So the fact that the R9 380x being beat by the R9 280x (in all the benchmarks I could find with both cards) is just due to drivers right? Because this would be extremely disappointing if it stayed like that.

[ivan134]

So the fact that the R9 380x being beat by the R9 280x (in all the benchmarks I could find with both cards) is just due to drivers right? Because this would be extremely disappointing if it stayed like that.

Yea. I wouldn't be too worried about it. It's pretty common for a card launch.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Yea. I wouldn't be too worried about it. It's pretty common for a card launch.

Specifically for an AMD card at launch.

 

But yea. 380x should be quite the impressive card. There really isn't a variant of Maxwell available for Nvidia to launch to compete with it.

 

GM206 full core cant do it, GM204 with any more cutdown can't do it (the 970m is barely on par with the 960, and the 980m is basically the same cutdown as the 970, while being saved for a more expensive mobile solution).

 

Honestly they don't have a response available from Maxwell, they could do something with GK110, but nvidia rarely if ever sells old arch's in that fashion, and GK110 can't be cheap to make.

 

The only action they could really take is cheapening the 970, but that would be admitting defeat against the 390, plus there is perhaps still enough difference where they couldn't bring it down enough.

 

I figure with Pascal 3-6 months away, they just won't do anything. But for now AMD has cornered this market for sure.

[xAcid9]

EDIT: Only TheTechReport shows the 960 beating the 380x, but Toms 390 and 970 numbers are still waaaaaaaaaaay off.

At least Tom's put some effort to show they're using non-ref cards, those cards can boost way above Nvidia's "stock" clock unlike some other website that use non-ref cards but didn't state it in their review/s.

[ivan134]

Specifically for an AMD card at launch.

But yea. 380x should be quite the impressive card. There really isn't a variant of Maxwell available for Nvidia to launch to compete with it.

GM206 full core cant do it, GM204 with any more cutdown can't do it (the 970m is barely on par with the 960, and the 980m is basically the same cutdown as the 970, while being saved for a more expensive mobile solution).

Honestly they don't have a response available from Maxwell, they could do something with GK110, but nvidia rarely if ever sells old arch's in that fashion, and GK110 can't be cheap to make.

The only action they could really take is cheapening the 970, but that would be admitting defeat against the 390, plus there is perhaps still enough difference where they couldn't bring it down enough.

I figure with Pascal 3-6 months away, they just won't do anything. But for now AMD has cornered this market for sure.

Yea, even if they had something to compete with it, there would be no point with pascal just around the corner. Greenland is most likely releasing much later than pascal so they HAD to release this to make up as much ground as possible until then.

[don_svetlio]

Yea, even if they had something to compete with it, there would be no point with pascal just around the corner. Greenland is most likely releasing much later than pascal so they HAD to release this to make up as much ground as possible until then.

Pascal Quadros are due in 5-6 months (Q1 2016) - Gaming cards are due Q3 2016

[ivan134]

Pascal Quadros are due in 5-6 months (Q1 2016) - Gaming cards are due Q3 2016

Didn't know that. The 380x is looking better than I even thought.

[Albatross]

I wonder who would get the 960 at that price range. I mean, you would have to be a big fanboy or not know anything about computers....right?

[don_svetlio]

Didn't know that. The 380x is looking better than I even thought.

That's what I read in the topic about Pascal posted this week at least.

[Castdeath97]

Do people actually take PCWorld reviews seriously? It's not about bias, but about not knowing what the fuck they're talking about. This comes to mind every time I think of their reviews.

 

 

Did you read digital trends review, it's god awful

[ivan134]

Did you read digital trends review, it's god awful

Yea, that review was junk too. I didn't mention it since I was specifically talking about biases. I knew I should have stopped reading when he compared it to a PS4 in his opening. He actually says that the fact it's a 4 GB card over a 256 bit bus is a drawback. Hmmm, I wonder what other cards have that same configuration.

[Castdeath97]

I wonder who would get the 960 at that price range. I mean, you would have to be a big fanboy or not know anything about computers....right?

Cheapest 960 in the US I can find costs 190, so that's some real good competition.