one of the first 380X reviews is out!

[Prysin]

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/88139-sapphire-radeon-r9-380x-nitro

 

 

 

 

 

 

honestly, this thing is a fucking BEAST.... that performance for 249 USD.... man, fucking great!!!

Hexus also managed to OC their sample to 1150 core and 1600 memory !!!!

[ThinkWithPortals]

AMD's done it again. Another nail in the coffin for Team Green IMO, only cards worth buying from them right now are the 980 Ti and possibly 950. Here's hoping for Pascal.

("nail in the coffin" was intended as hyperbole, but the message still rings true)

[PlayStation 2]

I hope it's an overclocking monster or at least has potential for it. That'd really let it spread its wings.

[Enderman]

whats the OC on that 970??

 

i always hear people saying the 390 performs better, doesnt look like it here

[don_svetlio]

960 Ti? Pls?

[Guest]

Good to see its performing well, AMD needed this

 

but im still buying nvidia cus i bought an expensive g-sync monitor...yay?

[don_svetlio]

whats the OC on that 970??

 

i always hear people saying the 390 performs better, doesnt look like it here

They re-use initial 390 benches with half-a-year-old drivers - hence that situation - it's from pre 15.7 which gave a neat boost

[Guest Kloaked]

AMD's done it again. Another nail in the coffin for Team Green IMO, only cards worth buying from them right now are the 980 Ti and possibly 950. Here's hoping for Pascal.

 

That's a bit of an exaggeration.

[don_svetlio]

Good to see its performing well, AMD needed this

 

but im still buying nvidia cus i bought an expensive g-sync monitor...yay?

Pssst - Free-sync could have saved you 200$

[Sithhy]

And I'm still here sitting with my GeForce 9600GT... [emoji17]

[don_svetlio]

That's a bit of an exaggeration.

We need a 960 Ti for that not to be an exaggeration

[The Official Czex]

But what price? That's how we'll know what it's capable of in the market...

[Virtual01]

AMD's done it again. Another nail in the coffin for Team Green IMO, only cards worth buying from them right now are the 980 Ti and possibly 950. Here's hoping for Pascal.

 

I agree, but it's the only nail in the coffin so far. And it's a tiny one.

[Moondrelor]

only cards worth buying from them right now are the 980 Ti and possibly 950. Here's hoping for Pascal.

 

I completely agree with this statement. The 960, 970, and 980 are kind of rendered useless now. It's either 950, 980ti, or 380(x).

Pascal better pull some magically unicorn juice out their ass.

[Guest]

whats the OC on that 970??

 

i always hear people saying the 390 performs better, doesnt look like it here

970 phoenix clock speeds

core: 1152

boost: 1304

mem: 7000

 

unless hexus did some overclocking themself

[don_svetlio]

But what price? That's how we'll know what it's capable of in the market...

249$ base - will drop to around 220-230$ likely

[Guest Kloaked]

We need a 960 Ti for that not to be an exaggeration

 

No, it's pretty much an exaggeration. I get that they may have meant it as hyperbole, but still. Nail in the coffin? Lol

[SPAS-ID]

why still no actual picture ?

[don_svetlio]

No, it's pretty much an exaggeration. I get that they may have meant it as hyperbole, but still. Nail in the coffin? Lol

To be fair - the 960 is made obsolete by the 380 series and the 390X/Fury are better offers than the 980

[Prysin]

whats the OC on that 970??

 

i always hear people saying the 390 performs better, doesnt look like it here

http://www.gainward.com/main/vgapro.php?id=970

 

according to this:

stock is 1304 boost... which means a good sample will hit closer to 1400 i guess on GPU boost

[Senzelian]

That's pretty late actually. Tech Report had their Review up 5 hours ago: http://techreport.com/review/29316/amd-radeon-r9-380x-graphics-card-reviewed

 

AMD's done it again. Another nail in the coffin for Team Green IMO, only cards worth buying from them right now are the 980 Ti and possibly 950. Here's hoping for Pascal.

Tech Report had also some really interesting results. In two games the 380X achieved lower average frame rates than a GTX 960.

[Guest Kloaked]

To be fair - the 960 is made obsolete by the 380 series and the 390X/Fury are better offers than the 980

 

Pure performance, sure.

 

I'm not talking numbers, though.

[ThinkWithPortals]

No, it's pretty much an exaggeration. I get that they may have meant it as hyperbole, but still. Nail in the coffin? Lol

You are correct, it was hyperbole, but I think the message still rings true. I see little reason to buy an NVIDIA card nowadays apart from the ones I listed unless you want an NVIDIA-exclusive feature or something like that.

[The Official Czex]

249$ base - will drop to around 220-230$ likely

 

That's pretty OK... Looks like AMD has all the mid-range market share.  

[don_svetlio]

That's pretty late actually. Tech Report had their Review up 5 hours ago: http://techreport.com/review/29316/amd-radeon-r9-380x-graphics-card-reviewed

 

Tech Report had also some really interesting results. In two games the 380X achieved lower average frame rates than a GTX 960.

I somehow find the 960 being better at Ashes and BF4 implausible. Nor do I trust the 970 is 10% faster than a 390 - however far you OC it.