r9 fury [non x] vs gtx 980ti sli

[jjohnthedon1]

thoughts and opinions ?

Fury (none x) in crossfire

[OAcesync]

Pretty sure you could answer this yourself with research on benchmarks

[Whorax]

Well the 980Ti is stronger, but the Fury is a good card for the money.

 

...I think that's how it goes.

[PlayStation 2]

fury crossfire scales better in general and may have the upper hand in 4k+

[Swndlr]

980Ti's imo

[H4X3R]

Fury (X) is for the most dedicated of AMD fanboys (like apple's isheep). 980 / 980ti are both better than their AMD counterparts and there is no reason to buy them unless they are strongly discounted.

[Whorax]

Fury (X) is for the most dedicated of AMD fanboys (like apple's isheep). 980 / 980ti are both better than their AMD counterparts and there is no reason to buy them unless they are strongly discounted.

For someone with 4,000 posts on here I'd think you'd see the coolness in the Fury X. Despite the 980Ti performing better currently it's still quite the interesting card.

 

Not only that, you apparently completely avoided the title that explicitly says "fury [non x]". Do I sniff a fanboy that takes every opportunity to take a shot at the opposing company, when you should really be rooting for both companies to make extremely competitive products in order to keep products of both companies good?

 

Also, what is the 980's AMD counterpart?

[jjohnthedon1]

For someone with 4,000 posts on here I'd think you'd see the coolness in the Fury X. Despite the 980Ti performing better currently it's still quite the interesting card.

Not only that, you apparently completely avoided the title that explicitly says "fury [non x]". Do I sniff a fanboy that takes every opportunity to take a shot at the opposing company, when you should really be rooting for both companies to make extremely competitive products in order to keep products of both companies good?

Also, what is the 980's AMD counterpart?

I specifically said the none x as I was having a debate in another post about thies specific configuration and t was getting a little one sided so I made a new post so more people could have a input

[H4X3R]

For someone with 4,000 posts on here I'd think you'd see the coolness in the Fury X. Despite the 980Ti performing better currently it's still quite the interesting card.

 

Not only that, you apparently completely avoided the title that explicitly says "fury [non x]". Do I sniff a fanboy that takes every opportunity to take a shot at the opposing company, when you should really be rooting for both companies to make extremely competitive products in order to keep products of both companies good?

 

Also, what is the 980's AMD counterpart?

Well, i do appreciate that AMDs Fury cards have HBM and water-cooling however i mainly look at the performance (and noise + temps) as an indicator to judge GPUs by because that is what the average GPU consumer cares about, not some bragging rights that come along with owning the first GPU with HBM. I am also definitely not a fanboy, i use a HD7770 in my server and recommend AMD GPUs if they are better pricing wise (my brother and my friend both use 280Xs per my recommendation).

The Fury competes with the 980 and the Fury X with the 980Ti (pricing wise).

[Whorax]

Well, i do appreciate that AMDs Fury cards have HBM and water-cooling however i mainly look at the performance (and noise + temps) as an indicator to judge GPUs by because that is what the average GPU consumer cares about, not some bragging rights that come along with owning the first GPU with HBM. I am also definitely not a fanboy, i use a HD7770 in my server and recommend AMD GPUs if they are better pricing wise (my brother and my friend both use 280Xs per my recommendation).

The Fury competes with the 980 and the Fury X with the 980Ti (pricing wise).

The Fury is better than the 980 though I'm fairly certain...

[H4X3R]

The Fury is better than the 980 though I'm fairly certain...

Too bad lmgtfy is banned.

 

They trade blows, but also note that the Fury is ~ 60$ more than the 980.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/209665-amd-radeon-r9-fury-review-chasing-the-gtx-980s-sweet-spot/2

[tomas710]

thoughts and opinions ?

All fanboyism and favoritism aside, the 980 ti is the best card in the current market. The fact that you would save 200 bucks if you go with the furys and still get AMAZING performance is not minor. In a comparison at PCworld they were actually pretty neck to neck, but when you're buying at the very top end i think that things like driver support of your favorite games is pretty important. Should be noted, the reason the Fury CF gets so close to the 980 ti SLI is because CF scales better, it's not a secret, but that also means that if a game is launched without CF/SLI support and it takes a while for it to be implemented, the 980 ti single card will get you by while the Fury alone will likely lack. 

Overall, i think that between the 980, Fury and 980 ti the scaling is very apropiate to the price, so stuff like drivers, features preference and overall budget take a greater deal of importance once you're spending 1000$+ on a dual GPU set up.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2947547/components-graphics/amd-radeon-fury-crossfire-review-2-fast-2-furious.html

The article from PC world

[Whorax]

Too bad lmgtfy is banned.

 

They trade blows, but also note that the Fury is 50$ more than the 980.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/209665-amd-radeon-r9-fury-review-chasing-the-gtx-980s-sweet-spot/2

The Fury starts pulling away at higher resolutions. Not an extreme amount, but still what I would consider worth it.

[H4X3R]

The Fury starts pulling away at higher resolutions. Not an extreme amount, but still what I would consider worth it.

Agreed, for the time being (the 4GB frame buffer on both the fury and 980 may be limiting in some games).

[jjohnthedon1]

All fanboyism and favoritism aside, the 980 ti is the best card in the current market. The fact that you would save 200 bucks if you go with the furys and still get AMAZING performance is not minor. In a comparison at PCworld they were actually pretty neck to neck, but when you're buying at the very top end i think that things like driver support of your favorite games is pretty important. Should be noted, the reason the Fury CF gets so close to the 980 ti SLI is because CF scales better, it's not a secret, but that also means that if a game is launched without CF/SLI support and it takes a while for it to be implemented, the 980 ti single card will get you by while the Fury alone will likely lack.

Overall, i think that between the 980, Fury and 980 ti the scaling is very apropiate to the price, so stuff like drivers, features preference and overall budget take a greater deal of importance once you're spending 1000$+ on a dual GPU set up.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2947547/components-graphics/amd-radeon-fury-crossfire-review-2-fast-2-furious.html

The article from PC world

In regards to pc world

They push the 980ti 4 percent past reference

However even with out overclocking if u don't disable gpu2.0 the 980ti (even the reference cards) hit 1320 MHz on the core

[tomas710]

In regards to pc world

They push the 980ti 4 percent past reference

However even with out overclocking if u don't disable gpu2.0 the 980ti (even the reference cards) hit 1320 MHz on the core

Yeah, that's why i only took it as an anecdotal reference, it's pretty obvious that the 980 Ti SLI will be overall the highest performing option, but i think that asking yourself if the price difference is justified by performance difference is important if you buy such a high end config, and that there are instances where the Fury makes a very good compromise when it comes to value at such high performance levels. In the end everyone will buy what they wanna buy and i can't think of many people being dissapointed by the performance of Fury CF, but if you want the absolute best, the 980 ti is the go to option, as i stated in the first line of my previous comment. 

[jjohnthedon1]

Yeah, that's why i only took it as an anecdotal reference, it's pretty obvious that the 980 Ti SLI will be overall the highest performing option, but i think that asking yourself if the price difference is justified by performance difference is important if you buy such a high end config, and that there are instances where the Fury makes a very good compromise when it comes to value at such high performance levels. In the end everyone will buy what they wanna buy and i can't think of many people being dissapointed by the performance of Fury CF, but if you want the absolute best, the 980 ti is the go to option, as i stated in the first line of my previous comment.

I just wanted to point that out about the pic world review as uv seen people arguing till there blue in the face about the fury being better just off that one benchmark

[jjohnthedon1]

I just wanted to point that out about the pc world review as iv seen people arguing till there blue in the face about the fury being better just off that one benchmark

[tomas710]

I just wanted to point that out about the pic world review as uv seen people arguing till there blue in the face about the fury being better just off that one benchmark

There are always people taking sides and making a rational argument nearly impossible, the 980 ti is better, the fury is an excellent option too, and for some people it has better value, that's it. Nowadays with all the scrutiny AMD and Nvidia go through they can't afford to overprice a flagship GPU, so you pretty much get what you pay for right now, except the Titan X...

[Inchun]

I would honestly go with the fury. As much as I love nvidia cards, you just can't beat the fury when it comes to per dollar performance. Besides, nvidia has been getting a little too comfortable lately. Competition is good for us consumers.

[D2ultima]

Well the 980Ti is stronger, but the Fury is a good card for the money.

 

...I think that's how it goes.

The 980Ti is also fantastic for the money though.

 

In fact I'd say it's the only well-priced 900 series card in nVidia's entire lineup.

[KarateHottie93]

At 4K which is the only resolution either setup would really make sense for gaming wise, the Fury's in CF generally pull slightly ahead by a frog hair.

 

Of course with a very small handfull of games you can push past the Fury's 4G of memory if you turn up every setting and the SLI 980 Ti's will pull ahead. Keep in mind though that while 4GB is 4GB, HBM has the ability to move it much faster and that will likely be seen in the future.