R9 Fury

[AYDANN6ix9ine]

How long would an R9 Fury, specifically the Sapphire Nitro Tri-X OC 3-Fan 4GB HBM Graphics Card, last for 1080p High Settings? The thing I'm really looking at is the 4GB VRAM, which is still pretty standard but I feel as if for a few more years, 6GB might become more standard. Also, what is the advantage of 4GB HBM memory vs 4GB GDDR5 Memory?

[Vegetable]

I run a Fury Nitro. It's fine for me at 1080p 144hz. I don't run anything on ultra, but medium/high settings I can easily obtain 60fps minimum in any game I own.

[suchamoneypit]

I was able to play pretty much every game besides games that are un-optimized at 1080p 60FPS and max graphics on my Fury, and so can my Fury X which I upgraded to a few weeks ago.

 

HBM is WAY faster than GDDR5. It can speed things up in certain workloads.

[Zeitec]

I wouldn't expect 4 more years out of it at those settings for 60fps. That being said, another 2-3 years for most games? Sure that's reasonable. There'll likely be some games in the next couple years that are unoptimized and you'll need to turn it down to medium, but on the whole you should be fine. Remember it's already a 3.5 year old card. In 3 years it'll be 7 years old. Think about how the 7970's holding up these days. 

[AYDANN6ix9ine]

On many R9 Fury/X cards from Sapphire, the TDP is rated at 375W or sometimes <375, meaning less than 375. Do the cards actually always reach this power consumption for 1080p Gaming or only under stressful situations like Furmark?