R9 Nano worth it?

[sanderlawrence]

Is the R9 nano worth it? It's the only card that caught my attention on the AMD side because it's small, power efficient, and its HBM. I'm planning on building a mini ITX build.

[YT2002]

Is the R9 nano worth it? It's the only card that caught my attention on the AMD side because it's small, power efficient, and its HBM. I'm planning on building a mini ITX build.

If you can fit a FuryX or 980ti in the buld it would offer more performance but if you need something small, get it

[ZetZet]

If your case allows for a normal sized card 980ti is waaaaaay better.

 

 

If you are budget limited 980 is smarter than Nano. (390/x if you can deal with the tdp)

[PlayStation 2]

If you can fit a FuryX or 980ti in the buld it would offer more performance but if you need something small, get it

This.

It really depends on the amount of space you have, since it's the middle of the road of the R9 Fury and Fury X in terms of performance.

[JebKerman]

if a normal fury (X in particular as, with cabling included in length it's basically the same size) fits I'd go with that.

[sanderlawrence]

If your case allows for a normal sized card 980ti is waaaaaay better.

 

 

If you are budget limited 980 is smarter than Nano. (390/x if you can deal with the tdp)

I have seen a lot of reviews about the Nano and they say that it's good. Why is the Nano bad?

[JebKerman]

This.

It really depends on the amount of space you have, since it's the middle of the road of the R9 Fury and Fury X in terms of performance.

it's more like a 980 actually.

[ZetZet]

I have seen a lot of reviews about the Nano and they say that it's good. Why is the Nano bad?

It's not a bad card, it's just bad value, too expensive for the performance you get. It's almost exactly like a 980 and it costs way more.

[JebKerman]

I have seen a lot of reviews about the Nano and they say that it's good. Why is the Nano bad?

it's great for the SIZE, not for the PRICE. where you can get the Fury X for not much more, and that doesn't take up much extra space (aside from the radiator of course)

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

IF you are building a really small machine. 

[thekeemo]

it's great for the SIZE, not for the PRICE. where you can get the Fury X for not much more, and that doesn't take up much extra space (aside from the radiator of course)

and tubing

[HumbleMobo]

Is the R9 nano worth it? It's the only card that caught my attention on the AMD side because it's small, power efficient, and its HBM. I'm planning on building a mini ITX build.

Size doesn't matter, I've learned that...

[iiNNeX]

R9 Nano is overpriced as hell for the performance it has.

 

Only reason you should consider it as mentioned above, is due to space. If you have plenty of space then 980ti is your choice of card.

[TechGod]

R9 Nano is overpriced as hell for the performance it has.

 

Only reason you should consider it as mentioned above, is due to space. If you have plenty of space then 980ti is your choice of card.

If it has a purpose and it succeeds in fulfilling that purpose, than it most certainly is not overpriced. 

[Misanthrope]

There are legitimate cases (both as in PC cases and as in case studies) for the nano but remember a couple things

 

1) Some ITX cases can fit a 120 radiator so the Fury X is way better, still sufficiently compact

2) Most ITX cases can fit a blower style cooler, so if you're willing to put up with some more noise the 980 and even 980ti are way better choices.

 

There are some of the newer, really damn good looking cases where you either jump down in GPU power significantly (970 or lower, quite a step down) or you actually do need a nano, for example:

 

 

Now this case (Silverstone Raven RVZ02) is interesting since 1) You can't really fit a 120mm radiator anywhere and 2) The airflow in the horizontal position actually does affects temps even for blower style cards AND you loose the only 3.5 inch spot on the case.

 

So in this case, if you want ultimate power on one of the smallest cases on the market, you need the Nano: it's small enough to fit, perform well on temps AND fit a 3.5 inch drive and two 2.5 drives AND a slim optical drive: quite the full featured rig for the size.

[alphaproject]

_{Nano isn't worth it at all...... Literally same price as Fury X.... so dumb.}

 

_{If you MUST go AMD just get the regular Fury. If Nvidia, get a Zotac 970 for the mini build. It was smaller than my 7850 but 2x better.}

 

_{It runs around 66c stock clocks. Not as cool as the 7850 but worth it performance wise.}

 

_{Or look into some 2 fan 980's. Depends on your dimensions. Go look at how small the Zotac 970 is and compare that to Nano or Fury.}

[jjohnthedon1]

It's not a bad card, it's just bad value, too expensive for the performance you get. It's almost exactly like a 980 and it costs way more.

its worth it for a micro build tho

[Tiplo]

It seems very lackluster compared to Fury X which seems like an utter beast. Who doesn't like watercooled cards.

[ZetZet]

its worth it for a micro build tho

there are like two cases on the market that don't fit full size cards.

[don_svetlio]

there are like two cases on the market that don't fit full size cards.

And for those 2 cases the Nano is the ONLY option if you want max power

[jjohnthedon1]

And for those 2 cases the Nano is the ONLY option if you want max power

cheers don got my back

[jjohnthedon1]

there are like two cases on the market that don't fit full size cards.

also just because they fit it don't mean they get adequately cooled the nana is a strong choice

[alphaproject]

Yea but that wasn't the topic question. Is simply says Nano... worth it?  Simple answer no.

 

Complicated answer is yes if you need the smallest GPU but still want a decent computer.

 

But.... Can it run The Witcher 2.... answer is NO.... The GTX 970 runs it better, lol.

 

The Nano would run TW3 better....at least, my guess but LTT just did a Nano vs other cards in TW2 and it ran like garbage. 40fps Ultra settings.

 

AND it lost without the ubersampling on as well to the 970.... how is that even possible? I mean really.

[anthonyc813]

But the nano is HBM and Dx 12. Seems good for a mini itx build on paper

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Yea but that wasn't the topic question. Is simply says Nano... worth it?  Simple answer no.

 

Complicated answer is yes if you need the smallest GPU but still want a decent computer.

 

But.... Can it run The Witcher 2.... answer is NO.... The GTX 970 runs it better, lol.

 

The Nano would run TW3 better....at least, my guess but LTT just did a Nano vs other cards in TW2 and it ran like garbage. 40fps Ultra settings.

 

AND it lost without the ubersampling on as well to the 970.... how is that even possible? I mean really.

 

Very simple. There wasn't any optimization for those cards.