R9 Fury X 4GB vRAM? Is 4GB good a 4K?

[XxDeadpool67xX]

With the new furyX launching see that being the only non rebrand card on the market says that it will have 4GB or vRAM. Should I be worried especially against its competition the 980 ti. Acording to benchmarks it already beats a OC 980 ti so the only thing holding this thing back is the vRAM should that matter at 1440p and 4K?

[toben67]

Lol I can see the 980 ti vs r9 390x war about to go down. One clearly has better performamce and one has more vRAM kida like the 970 vs r9 290x. 970 has more performance yet 290x has better memory.

[Imabigmac]

Well apparently the HBM and whatever magic AMD has done is supposed to handle more data faster and not need as much Vram. (That is so horribly untechnical its not funny, so feel free to correct or explain it better) So I don't think that the Vram will be as big of concern but it is something that BENCHMARKS will show us, as I'm not ready to believe it myself. 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Don't worry, by the time 4GB is clearly not enough. The Fury/X would have been obsolete :B 

[Imabigmac]

Don't worry, by the time 4GB is clearly not enough. The Fury/X would have been obsolete :B 

......Next year 

[AnonymousGuy]

A card with 4GB of VRAM that outbenches a Ti (assuming the benchmarks are real...AMD has pulled bullshit before where they cherrypick) would be like a dude who has hugely strong legs but twigs for arms.  Memory and GPU horespower have to be balanced.  At 4K, current games can exceed 4GB pretty easily.  Future games a year from now 4GB is going to be a huge bottlenocke.

[Aniallation]

4GB of HBM though

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

......Next year 

 

now thats pretty fast 

[Imabigmac]

now thats pretty fast 

its a joke, kinda. 

[AnonymousGuy]

Can we start a pool on how long it takes these cards to actually be available for purchase?  AMD also has a track record of paper launches where you can't buy one for months after the launch.  NV did the Titan X right.  "hey here's the titan X and it's available for sale right now".

[XCruzzerX89]

Lol I can see the 980 ti vs r9 390x war about to go down. One clearly has better performamce and one has more vRAM kida like the 970 vs r9 290x. 970 has more performance yet 290x has better memory.

That is actually false, the R9 290x our preforms the 970

[XxDeadpool67xX]

A card with 4GB of VRAM that outbenches a Ti (assuming the benchmarks are real...AMD has pulled bullshit before where they cherrypick) would be like a dude who has hugely strong legs but twigs for arms.  Memory and GPU horespower have to be balanced.  At 4K, current games can exceed 4GB pretty easily.  Future games a year from now 4GB is going to be a huge bottlenocke.

 

4GB of HBM though

 

its a joke, kinda. 

 

now thats pretty fast 

But the 390x has 8Gb of vRAM. 

[Imabigmac]

Can we start a pool on how long it takes these cards to actually be available for purchase?  AMD also has a track record of paper launches where you can't buy one for months after the launch.  NV did the Titan X right.  "hey here's the titan X and it's available for sale right now".

I hope its a fast launch. But at least this time the prices won't sky rocket from coin miners. 

 

 

But the 390x has 8Gb of vRAM. 

 

But you asked about the FuryX/Fury, which 4GB. 

[toben67]

That is actually false, the R9 290x our preforms the 970

In anything above 1440p yeah under that 970 is better... If you OC it.

[DarkBlade2117]

If the Fury and ?FuryX difference is the cooling, and the benchmarks are true. At $100 cheaper the .fury will become a huge part of builds that cost around $1300 or more. I can't wait to see what the Fury will bring us, I'm not even worried about rebrands.

[XxDeadpool67xX]

 

 

 

 

But you asked about the FuryX/Fury, which 4GB. 

Yeah but why would a lower end card have more vRAM

[XxDeadpool67xX]

If the Fury and ?FuryX difference is the cooling, and the benchmarks are true. At $100 cheaper the .fury will become a huge part of builds that cost around $1300 or more. I can't wait to see what the Fury will bring us, I'm not even worried about rebrands.

Wait the only difference is the cooling. I sh!t you not. Either this thing is hot as hell or uses power like hell.

[Imabigmac]

Yeah but why would a lower end card have more vRAM

Ask AMD? I really don't know why, its just what it is as far as I know. 

[GrimNeo]

......Next year 

Give me your time machine. I need it. for you know personal reasons

[MMKing]

Yes, you will suffer in some games that use allot of Vram. But ultimately, neither the Fury X or the 980Ti can run the most demanding games at 60FPS 4k anyway. So when you tone down the graphics to increase the frame rate, you're freeing up the frame buffer as well. Especially anti aliasing can safely be toned down or turned off entirely at 4k resolutions.

 

As far as i know, only GTA 5 uses more than 4GB Vram at 4k resolutions. source, but that is with MSAA turned on, and you would probably want to tone down other settings as well since the 980Ti can't run the game at 60FPS 4k consistently. Source

[SeanBond]

A card with 4GB of VRAM that outbenches a Ti (assuming the benchmarks are real...AMD has pulled bullshit before where they cherrypick) would be like a dude who has hugely strong legs but twigs for arms.  Memory and GPU horespower have to be balanced.  At 4K, current games can exceed 4GB pretty easily.  Future games a year from now 4GB is going to be a huge bottlenocke.

I would really like to see what games you are playing because even at 4k nothing exceeds 4gb that I know of. Although I am sure it won't be long before games start to.

[AnonymousGuy]

Yes, you will suffer in some games that use allot of Vram. But ultimately, neither the Fury X or the 980Ti can run the most demanding games at 60FPS 4k anyway. So when you tone down the graphics to increase the frame rate, you're freeing up the frame buffer as well. Especially anti aliasing can safely be toned down or turned off entirely at 4k resolutions.

 

As far as i know, only GTA 5 uses more than 4GB Vram at 4k resolutions. source, but that is with MSAA turned on, and you would probably want to tone down other settings as well since the 980Ti can't run the game at 60FPS 4k consistently. Source

 

For me, GTA V uses 6GB of VRAM with everything maxed (and I mean everything) at 1440p.  4K I wouldn't be surprised to see way more than that.

[XxDeadpool67xX]

I would really like to see what games you are playing because even at 4k nothing exceeds 4gb that I know of. Although I am sure it won't be long before games start to.

Far Cry 4 AVG fps 54fps 4K acording to AMD

[XxDeadpool67xX]

Don't worry, by the time 4GB is clearly not enough. The Fury/X would have been obsolete :B 

 

Yes, you will suffer in some games that use allot of Vram. But ultimately, neither the Fury X or the 980Ti can run the most demanding games at 60FPS 4k anyway. So when you tone down the graphics to increase the frame rate, you're freeing up the frame buffer as well. Especially anti aliasing can safely be toned down or turned off entirely at 4k resolutions.

 

As far as i know, only GTA 5 uses more than 4GB Vram at 4k resolutions. source, but that is with MSAA turned on, and you would probably want to tone down other settings as well since the 980Ti can't run the game at 60FPS 4k consistently. Source

 

Give me your time machine. I need it. for you know personal reasons

 

Ask AMD? I really don't know why, its just what it is as far as I know. 

 

If the Fury and ?FuryX difference is the cooling, and the benchmarks are true. At $100 cheaper the .fury will become a huge part of builds that cost around $1300 or more. I can't wait to see what the Fury will bring us, I'm not even worried about rebrands.

 

Can we start a pool on how long it takes these cards to actually be available for purchase?  AMD also has a track record of paper launches where you can't buy one for months after the launch.  NV did the Titan X right.  "hey here's the titan X and it's available for sale right now".

 

4GB of HBM though

Should I get this card planning on playing in high refresh rate 1440p

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Should I get this card planning on playing in high refresh rate 1440p

 

Wait for benchmarks and reviews before you decide.