AMD - A New Era In PC Gaming

[Daegun]

 

I'm betting a virtual cygar that Fury X will have issues in real world benchmarks (games) at UHD, and up, resolutions

It very well might, I just had to laugh that the graph you were quoting and making that comment about showed the fury x beating the Titan x up to 4k. And I'm pretty sure that the only monitor of a higher resolution than that is that 5k imac.

[duriel]

what a release holy moly

[TorqueS]

God, I can't believe you're arguing over a card that 80% of us won't even touch, let alone benchmark.

[Brainless906]

God, I can't believe you're arguing over a card that 80% of us won't even touch, let alone benchmark.

Its actually 549 air cooled or 649 water cooled. Pretty much anyone who could afford a 980 (look at dem sigs there's lots of em) could just as easily afford a Fury

[Fetzie]

It very well might, I just had to laugh that the graph you were quoting and making that comment about showed the fury x beating the Titan x up to 4k. And I'm pretty sure that the only monitor of a higher resolution than that is that 5k imac.

And the 290X 8GB hanging the 980ti out to dry in that 8k benchmark So maybe, just maybe, that is a test that is purely memory limited (and a scenario that is at least 5 years away - look how long 1080p has been the de facto standard resolution).

[TorqueS]

Its actually 549 air cooled or 649 water cooled. Pretty much anyone who could afford a 980 (look at dem sigs there's lots of em) could just as easily afford a Fury

You had to light the fire again didn't you? <_<

[BiG StroOnZ]

Its actually 549 air cooled or 649 water cooled. Pretty much anyone who could afford a 980 (look at dem sigs there's lots of em) could just as easily afford a Fury

 

Actually according to specs, both are water cooled. Nano specs, pricing, etc has not been revealed yet:

 

 

http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/amd_fury_and_fury_x_prices_announced/1

[Brainless906]

You had to light the fire again didn't you? <_<

 

 

Nah, im just saying its not like were talking about 1,000.00 dollar or higher gpus anymore. Tons of people own 980s and we'ere talking the same price range is all.

 

EDIT: thats not to say im all for the arguing. I'm just saying as this is a card people can actually afford there's at least a slight amount more reason to get invested to see which is the better value. 

[Brainless906]

Actually according to specs, both are water cooled. Nano specs, pricing, etc has not been revealed yet:

 

-snip-

 

http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/amd_fury_and_fury_x_prices_announced/1

 

Lisa announced on stage that the Fury would be air cooled...

[Fetzie]

Actually according to specs, both are water cooled. Nano specs, pricing, etc has not been revealed yet:

 

 

http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/amd_fury_and_fury_x_prices_announced/1

Also they said 429 dollars for the 390X on the stream

[TorqueS]

Nah, im just saying its not like were talking about 1,000.00 dollar or higher gpus anymore. Tons of people own 980s and we'ere talking the same price range is all.

True that.

I'll sell my PC to afford a Fury card....then I will suddenly realize I have no PC to put the shiny new card in.  B)

[Opcode]

You had to light the fire again didn't you? <_<

It's true, why buy a GTX 980 for $550 when you can get a Fury for the same price.

[harrynowl]

I don't necessarily think AMD are necessarily claiming their new cards exclusively bring a new era for PC gaming; just that with new technologies (variable refresh rates), dx12 and so forth kind of heralds a new 'era' as such.

[Fetzie]

If nothing else comes from this, I hope that the pricing of the 980ti and R9 FuryX will mean the end of exorbitant prices for graphics cards. Although I still can't shake off the feeling that the 980ti is only priced so low because of the FuryX performance per dollar nVidia is expecting.

True that.

I'll sell my PC to afford a Fury card....then I will suddenly realize I have no PC to put the shiny new card in.  B)

That's OK, you can just put it one a plinth and frame it

[BiG StroOnZ]

 

Lisa announced on stage that the Fury would be air cooled...

 

I didn't watch the video, but I generally trust TTL. 

 

Also they said 429 dollars for the 390X on the stream

 

Yeah that's the MSRP for the 290X, when it released.

[TorqueS]

It's true, why buy a GTX 980 for $550 when you can get a Fury for the same price.

Yeah, I know it's true, I was basically trying to calm the spirits, but internetz is internetz...I'm surprised nobody came to say "Actually the 980 is more power efficient and so on". 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh.........crap.....

[zMeul]

It very well might, I just had to laugh that the graph you were quoting and making that comment about showed the fury x beating the Titan x up to 4k. And I'm pretty sure that the only monitor of a higher resolution than that is that 5k imac.

it was never about the resolution but the amount of VRAM used

Fiji's Achilles Heel is the 4Gb VRAM

[Sam Z Man]

I don't have time to read through 35 pages of people bitching about rebrands and and high tdp, can someone refer me to a official AMD spec sheet of the cards, or does that not exist yet?

[zMeul]

any concrete info on what exact GCN revision is the Fiji?

[Deletive]

Korean Benchmarks got me wanting to upgrade. 
 

http://cfile8.uf.tistory.com/image/226D614A558049E817E36A


Sounds like a pretty fair amount of BS on the 8k results because we don't even have displays. 

These are leaked scored apparently sooo, it's still a rumor
 

 

any concrete info on what exact GCN revision is the Fiji?

 

 Upgraded Tonga (1.2) or just completely new 1.3

[ThreePinkApples]

I don't have time to read through 35 pages of people bitching about rebrands and and high tdp, can someone refer me to a official AMD spec sheet of the cards, or does that not exist yet?

People are actually not bitching about TDP, they are impressed by it. 

 

There is no official specsheet from AMD no. Only thing they said on the stream was 4096 SPUs on Fury X, and hinting at mostly the same on Fury and Nano. 

 

Edit: Woops, forgot that I found a official spec sheet for Fury X

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/desktop/r9

Down there, under R9 300 Specs

[Nineshadow]

it was never about the resolution but the amount of VRAM used

Fiji's Achilles Heel is the 4Gb VRAM

Since when is 4GB of VRAM a downside?

 

I still have 1GB of it and do just fine, at 1080p at least.

[Retro1989]

Hopefully benchmarks come out soon, I really want to get my new build underway.

[Daegun]

it was never about the resolution but the amount of VRAM used

Fiji's Achilles Heel is the 4Gb VRAM

Then quit saying that there's no way it'll be able to play anything at [insert resolution here].

 

Well, nitpicking it's not vram but hbm, but in seriousness that MAY be a problem, but we don't actually know. There very well may be issues, which is why I want to see benchmarks before I rush out and buy it, but it's honestly looking great so far. 980 Ti performance on a half length card with a free aio thrown in. All for the same price. Nvidia must be hoping and praying that the small amount of memory cripples it lol

[Opcode]

Actually according to specs, both are water cooled. Nano specs, pricing, etc has not been revealed yet:

 

 

http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/amd_fury_and_fury_x_prices_announced/1

Them are (now proven) wrong speculated guesses. Fury will be the air cooled variant that will be announced by AIBs. Fury X (X is the moniker) designates AMD's in house liquid cooled design. It doesn't mean that a Fury Hybrid is impossible. Although we do know that the Fury X uses a custom AIO unit (custom block) so the likelihood of a Hybrid will be slim as there will be additional cost invested into designing a custom loop to suit the card. Along with the high quality components and added technologies (GPU Tach) this is where your extra $100 comes from. I think most manufactures will just strap on something along the lines of a DirectCU III and call it a day.

 

any concrete info on what exact GCN revision is the Fiji?

We know its more than likely based off GCN 1.2. I'm curious as to if AMD will throw a "GCN 1.3" revision out there.