Unofficial R9 Fury X reviews master post.

[MoonSpot]

where they tested it.

 

 

That is a good point, and not something we've spoken about in this thread.  In warmer climates, air cooled cards fall all over themselves.

However, it's not like we've been talking about what season cards were released in either (winter v summer).  We're pretty much going to have to trust that people benching have some degree of controls in place of ambient temps for data integrity. (right now, and hound them from here on out)

 

Seeing how no ones replicated AMD results that they've posted, I could easily believe that they benched the 980ti at LMG's schweddy balls location.

[LAwLz]

That is a good point, and not something we've spoken about in this thread.  In warmer climates, air cooled card fall all over themselves.

However, it's not like we've been talking about what season cards were released in either (winter v summer).  We're pretty much going to have to trust that people benching have some degree of controls in place of ambient temps for data integrity. (right now, and hound them from here on out)

 

Seeing how no ones replicated AMD results that they've posted, I could easily believe that they benched the 980ti at LMG's schweddy balls location.

When I said "where" I actually meant where in the game, not what the temperature was where they tested it. But you're right, temperatures affect performance now more than ever with features like GPU boost. open test bench vs inside a case can also change results.

[Sunako]

Yes, you do actually need a citation for claims like that because it could just be made up bullshit. I am not even saying I agree or disagree with your statement, I am just saying I want you to prove that your statement is correct.

If you have evince that supports your claim then I can't disagree because it would be like arguing that the sky isn't blue. Right now though, without ever having seen the sky, I would like you to prove it with a source.

If you want to play the "no citation needed" card then I might as well say the exact opposite. That Nvidia requires more careful programming than AMD.

lawlz you should read who posted instead of quoting me and then reffering to something that was said  by another

no citation is needed because the comments made were only opinions of  people from the post you first went after then

i had said no citation needed.

 

Also, AMD drivers typically have more cpu overhead than Nvidia drivers due to a variety of factors that are hardware related (GCN cores need to be programmed for properly, while CUDA cores don't need to be), which makes DX12 much more ideal for AMD than DX11.

is the post i had said no citation was needed when you wanted to be a citation.

the person posted correcly by putting his opinions in  ( ).

[Xsilent(X)]

I guess the point is that the Fury X is still drawing more power and yet it's not blowing away the 980Ti or Titan X.

 

If you are going to draw more power, then you better be beating the competition by at least 10 fps in every test and since it has actually lost a few benchmarks, it does say a lot.

 

I'm not even remotely interested in the watercooled version honestly...looks like a hassle. I like to plug in and go.

 

So if the nice and cool GPU of the Fury X loses some benchies... then the Fury will certainly lose almost every test against the 980Ti. The difference here is that the card is cheaper and is more geared towards the 980. I bet it runs using less power as well with less Stream Processors.

 

 

People still want this card though...it's out of stock everywhere. I mean... it's close to Titan X performance for $649 or $679 depending on where you buy it. It's the team red top card for now.... it is what it is.

 

Dude HBM components on Motherboards have not released yet!

[alphaproject]

Dude HBM components on Motherboards have not released yet!

Where did I mention motherboards? LOL

[LAwLz]

lawlz you should read who posted instead of quoting me and then reffering to something that was said  by another

no citation is needed because the comments made were only opinions of  people from the post you first went after then

i had said no citation needed.

 

is the post i had said no citation was needed when you wanted to be a citation.

the person posted correcly by putting his opinions in  ( ).

Sorry, didn't notice it was a different person.

 

Wait, how is it even possible to have an "opinion" that "GCN cores need to be programmed for properly, while CUDA cores don't need to be"? This is not something that can just be an opinion. It is a statement that's either true or false, just like "the sky is blue" or "1+1=2) are not "opinions".

 

( ) are not opinion markers. Parenthesis are used to explain something (or qualify something) without affecting the grammatical structure of the sentence it is placed inside.

 

 

If Briggsy wants to continue saying that Nvidia cards are more forgiving about coding errors then he better back it up with some evidence. If he doesn't have any evidence and his claims are just speculations then maybe he shouldn't say it in public. If he turns out he is wrong then he just spread a whole bunch of misinformation.

[tim.vanhees.927]

Lke the unoicial r9 fury x reviews marstre post

[zMeul]

@marldorthegreat

[GrimNeo]

Glad I waited for Jayz review. I would highly suggest people watch that review as he compares overlcocked cards. Also Nvidia might do a price cut for the 980 Ti.

[NumLock21]

slight off topic, can't believe they're still selling it.

my 2nd card from 15 years ago.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UB30N4846

[That Norwegian Guy]

Pretty annoyed the moderators seem to think this Jayz clown is big enough to get his own thread unlike every other review @Glenwing

 

Already sent a merge request which was ignored

 

How would I get mod support? 

 

You already have it 

 

[Bouzoo]

Pretty annoyed the moderators seem to think this Jayz clown is big enough to get his own thread unlike every other review @Glenwing

 

Already sent a merge request which was ignored

 

That is not the biggest problem that I find here. This is supposed to have all the reviews from Fury X, but it has barely few. Many people including myself have posted many reviews in this thread asking from op to post them, and I mean the ones that people actually find important like TechPowerUp or Guru3D and ofc a few more, but op isn't posting them even though the card has been out for 5 days now. Just to point out, he updated the thread about the driver problems, but the reviews? Not happening, even though this is the "Unofficial R9 Fury X reviews master post" and the reviews went live an hour max after the Fury X release.

[That Norwegian Guy]

That is not the biggest problem that I find here. This is supposed to have all the reviews from Fury X, but it has barely few. Many people including myself have posted many reviews in this thread asking from op to post them, and I mean the ones that people actually find important like TechPowerUp or Guru3D and ofc a few more, but op isn't posting them even though the card has been out for 5 days now. Just to point out, he updated the thread about the driver problems, but the reviews? Not happening, even though this is the "Unofficial R9 Fury X reviews master post" and the reviews went live an hour max after the Fury X release.

 

Oh I see. Didn't know the OP abandoned us  :mellow:

[asim1999]

Pretty annoyed the moderators seem to think this Jayz clown is big enough to get his own thread unlike every other review @Glenwing

 

Already sent a merge request which was ignored

 

True, i think Jay Z needs his 2 cents back 

[Texhnlyze]

 

Damn.

[zMeul]

[NumLock21]

Http://www.wccftech.com/amd-radeon-r9-fury-front-plate-custom-3d-model/

Amd is letting fury x owners make their own front plates

[DIV1D3]

Eh...

Shame the Fury X was a letdown, it really was, 100 AUD more than a non-reference 980 Ti (G1 Gaming and Gaming 6G, damn Gigabyte and MSI, why you name so similar), with generally lower performance. I don't even think the HBM helps it out in the higher resolutions because the 980 Ti's 6GB of VRAM. 

The reference design with the watercooler is nice, but the 980 Ti is clearly the better option, and this is coming from a mostly AMD fanboy. 

[BobbyG2]

Yeah, I'm going to have to go back to nVidea when I build a new rig next month. Disappointed that the Fury X got overhyped...

[DIV1D3]

Yeah, I'm going to have to go back to nVidea when I build a new rig next month. Disappointed that the Fury X got overhyped...

Yuhp, only thing I see interesting from the whole of AMD's new lineup is the Fury Nano, the size will make it ideal for small form factor builds that are in need of a large amount of horsepower. 

 

I'll probably be getting a 980 Ti G1 Gaming soon over a Sapphire Fury X, cheaper, more efficient, and faster... Shame. 

[marldorthegreat]

Yeah, I'm going to have to go back to nVidea when I build a new rig next month. Disappointed that the Fury X got overhyped...

Yeah, i think it was planned for october last year. but they "wanted" HBM, so pushed it back. It explains how the card performs they way it does. 980 < fury x <= 980ti < titan x

[zMeul]

980 < fury x <= 980ti < titan x

more like:

GTX 980 < Fury X <= GTX 980Ti reference < GTX 980Ti custom <= GTX Titan X

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also: Retail AMD Fury X Sound Testing - Pump Whine Investigation

 

AMD did nothing:

 

There are few things to take away from this testing. First, the currently selling and shipping AMD Radeon R9 Fury X cards do not include any kind of fix for the pump whine or sound levels of the cooler. Though AMD tells me that we just had a miscommunication or misinterpretation of the comments they shared with us prior to our NDA, I think it is at the very least fair to say that AMD was hoping to deflect the issue on launch day. Now that retail cards are out and end users (not just us) are getting their hands on them, I think its obvious that the sound issues are more of a problem than AMD would like to admit.

 

to me, it was odd they said they're working on fixing it in the retail version when they had so much time before the launch

[Colonel_Gerdauf]

also: Retail AMD Fury X Sound Testing - Pump Whine Investigation

 

AMD did nothing:

-snip-

 

to me, it was odd they said they're working on fixing it in the retail version when they had so much time before the launch

 

Interesting that they mention miscommunication; that rings a bell for a certain other problem a while back.

 

Well, so much for AMD being "honest" and "pushing the industry". This has been said many times already; do not take the words straight out of what a company say; it applies for NVidia, Intel, WB, and AMD all the same. It does not bloody matter how trustworthy the company appears to be as you are only seeing the PR face of the company, and this trust takes only a snap of a finger to be completely broken for many people.

[HalGameGuru]

Don't forget AMD farmed out the cooler. They did not design nor make it themselves. THey may have been totally up front about it all and the communications broke down between them and... asetek?...

[Sparviero]

Just to play devil's advocate how do we know the tested models are not part of the initial production run everyone is receiving and have not had any changes applied?