Sapphire R9 Fury revealed

[ivan134]

It's not about the cooler. The lightning is so well respected because of its custom pcb design.

I really don't give 2 shits about the cooler . I just have to slap a water block onmit.

There is still no Lightning 970, 980 or 980 ti so I doubt any is coming for the 300 series.

[CoolaxGaming]

There is still no Lightning 970, 980 or 980 ti so I doubt any is coming for the 300 series.

I never said 300. I was talking about a lightning for the fury.

And mMSI has teased (officially) am lightning for the 980ti

[othertomperson]

two 290s never made more sense than a 290x. they were always much more expensive. Same with other options, if you spend 20-40% more you should expect better results. We are talking same price here.

 

Of course it was more expensive. It was disproportionately more powerful though, since you were getting very close to double the performance of the higher tier card.

 

When it comes to 290X, 980 and 780 Ti you were typically burned on price to performance. The 980 Ti is the outlier here in that it has the same price and performance as 970 SLI

[ivan134]

I never said 300. I was talking about a lightning for the fury.

And mMSI has teased (officially) am lightning for the 980ti

Yea, that was my mistake. I meant Fury.

[MEC-777]

The 290 and 290x cards were significantly longer because of the vram and such. This one it's mostly empty fucking space as seen on the pictures of like 1/3rd of the fucking cooler floating off the PCB.

 

It could be that they just didn't redesign shit though and without the shroud it's basically the same cooler that now looks stupid on such a smaller pbc so partially conceded.

 

I've never seen anyone get so worked up and pissed off about anything more than you with the 390/x. Could you please give it a rest already? You hate them. We get it. 

[NAP51DMustang]

Wow I really wonder if this was necessary. The Tri x cooler was big but not this massively stupid and the Fury X is water cooled, it might be that even though the TDP isn't as high the vram being in close proximity really makes this cards extremely hard to keep cool.

 

Does not bodes well.

Love it when people say things like this in regards to AMD custom cards yet the 980 Ti Gaming G1 comes with a 600 W TDP heat sink.

 

Just because the heat sink is way over designed in and of itself doesn't mean anything about the cards efficiency.

[NAP51DMustang]

Yeah I figure 2/3 great 1/3 almost useless.?

 

/The third section could be cooled enough by the middle fan if channeled to go that way via the metal fins.

IMO, I would have released it the same, but covered the open'ness of that end,..

 

Even it if performs, the perception that it may not,.. is all it takes to not get a sale.

so you have no idea how a heat sink works then? just because there isn't a backplate over that last "1/3" doesnt make it useless in the slightest.

[Briggsy]

Lol @ the cooler length, talk about e-peen g-peen  :lol:

[spartaman64]

Wow I really wonder if this was necessary. The Tri x cooler was big but not this massively stupid and the Fury X is water cooled, it might be that even though the TDP isn't as high the vram being in close proximity really makes this cards extremely hard to keep cool.

 

Does not bodes well.

if you look at the amd reference design it can be cooled by a small cooler

[spartaman64]

so what would the temps for this card be? 50 Celsius full load overclocked?

[othertomperson]

Love it when people say things like this in regards to AMD custom cards yet the 980 Ti Gaming G1 comes with a 600 W TDP heat sink.

 

Just because the heat sink is way over designed in and of itself doesn't mean anything about the cards efficiency.

 

Tbh I wish the MSI Twin Frozr V on the 970 and 980 Ti was the same one they put on their 390. Can't have too much headroom, and it's got so hot this summer already my 970 has throttled.

[SkilledRebuilds]

so you have no idea how a heat sink works then? just because there isn't a backplate over that last "1/3" doesnt make it useless in the slightest.

The point of my post...

The perception of theoretically being useless will lose sales.

Not that it WAS useless.

Once someone second guesses it, they may very well choose something else.

Perception will enhance or ruin sales.

The way that card comes across.. to me... is that that cooler is overkill and they couldn't be bothered changing their designs. Not that they need to bit that's not the point at hand.

Again its all about the perception.

[NAP51DMustang]

The point of my post...

The perception of theoretically being useless will lose sales.

Not that it WAS useless.

gotcha, but I don't think anyone buying a 550-600 USD card will think its useless.

[SirSquid]

No DVI output?

 

Also, dat extension.

Dvi is getting outdated but if you truly need it you can convert the 3 display ports or the hdmi port to it fairly cheaply.

[AlwaysFSX]

That shit's gonna snap.

[Takata]

Hm... that's an interesting way to use the compact form of Fiji PCBs. Wonder if you could take the Asus Turbo approach and use that space for a centrifugal fan with intakes on both sides... I'm guessing it wouldn't be sufficient for the Fury, but maybe for a lower tier GPU.

[Techhog]

Looks massive compared to the Fury X, Yikes.

 

Also, that extension wow. What is that cooling? The Fury X doesn't even extend nearly that far out.

 

How hot is this thing going to get?

A little common sense should tell you why comparing Fury and Fury X cooling makes no sense whatsoever. The same goes for using a high-end custom cooler to guess how hot it's going to be.

 

I swear, most of you have just been completely conditioned to believe that AMD cards must run ridiculously hot.

[Derangel]

That shit's gonna snap.

 

No it won't. Sapphire wouldn't be dumb enough to release a video card that would break under it's own weight.

[AlwaysFSX]

No it won't. Sapphire wouldn't be dumb enough to release a video card that would break under it's own weight.

People own cards for several years, Sapphire doesn't have several years to verify the integrity of the card. It's well know that PCBs are weak (even with a backplate) that a heavy card can cause enough sagging to break the solder lines and even the PCB itself if left untreated. Shit's gonna snap.

[Derangel]

People own cards for several years, Sapphire doesn't have several years to verify the integrity of the card. It's well know that PCBs are weak (even with a backplate) that a heavy card can cause enough sagging to break the solder lines and even the PCB itself if left untreated. Shit's gonna snap.

 

Sapphire has been building GPUs for 14 years and is AMD's primary partner. I'm sure they know how cards will react over the course of their life-time.

[AlwaysFSX]

Sapphire has been building GPUs for 14 years and is AMD's primary partner. I'm sure they know how cards will react over the course of their life-time.

You just don't get it.  :rolleyes: People have said the same exact thing in the past about heavy cards and they still sag and crack.

[Derangel]

You just don't get it.  :rolleyes: People have said the same exact thing in the past about heavy cards and they still sag and crack.

 

And yet you don't hear about it very often do you? Cards with waterblocks and backplates are VERY heavy and how often do you hear about them getting damaged due to the weight?

[AlwaysFSX]

And yet you don't hear about it very often do you? Cards with waterblocks and backplates are VERY heavy and how often do you hear about them getting damaged due to the weight?

Quite often actually, you'd be amazed at what watching posts about sagging cards does.

 

But whatever, you have your beliefs.

[patrickjp93]

I would also use a 550W with a 290 because I have also been conditioned that way, but a spike of 120+ W is quite the exaggeration.

No it's not. The 290X has a peak draw in some games of 380W on its own, and that's before you get the CPU spikes involved. Not to mention we still have spinning rust drives, maybe an optical bay, maybe a water pump. The fans could be Ultra Kaze. You could fry a 500W PSU if you aren't more careful.

[patrickjp93]

And yet you don't hear about it very often do you? Cards with waterblocks and backplates are VERY heavy and how often do you hear about them getting damaged due to the weight?

Overclockers.uk would like a word with you on that one. Plenty of sagging, cracked cards.