Rx 480 or gtx 970

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

I'd be shocked if the 480 doesn't beat a 970. 

 

Holy Crystal ball batman  

 

Have you tested a 1060? Or the 1060ti? I agree that the 480 should be great competition for Nvidia. But let's not go crazy. How many times has AMD claimed victory only to give us a Fury X? 

Cause Nvidia have always been honest?

[App4that]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Cause Nvidia have always been honest?

Nvidia lies more than Ms. Clinton, and has problebly erased more Emails  

 

But I'm not out to make friends and hold hands with who makes my shit. I want performance for my money in the games I play. 

[SteveGrabowski0]

24 minutes ago, App4that said:

Holy Crystal ball batman  

 

Have you tested a 1060? Or the 1060ti? I agree that the 480 should be great competition for Nvidia. But let's not go crazy. How many times has AMD claimed victory only to give us a Fury X? 

 

There is no 1060 and it doesn't look to be close.

[App4that]

9 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

 

There is no 1060 and it doesn't look to be close.

It's good to go. I have no idea why they are holding onto it by my guess is they want to wait for the benchmarks on the AIB examples of the RX 480 to hit first. Well, I know they have the 1060ti ready to go. No idea on pricing though.

[SteveGrabowski0]

6 minutes ago, App4that said:

It's good to go. I have no idea why they are holding onto it by my guess is they want to wait for the benchmarks on the AIB examples of the RX 480 to hit first. Well, I know they have the 1060ti ready to go. No idea on pricing though.

Where have you heard the 1060 Ti is ready to be launched?

[App4that]

1 minute ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Where have you heard the 1060 Ti is ready to be launched?

Was set to launch with the 1080 and 1070.  Why I was curious when I didn't see pictures of the shroud when they leaked. Correction, I know the GPU is ready. How close they are to production I don't know, nor if they will keep the 1060ti designation or just call it the 1060. It's the same GPU being used in the Mobile versions of the 1070. 

[Cjsizemore19]

16 hours ago, GamerNinja360 said:

Im getting a new graphics card im upgrading from my r9 270x i was wondering should I pick up a Rx 480 or a GTX 970. 

 

15 hours ago, xAcid9 said:

480 of course. Newer, lower power, driver optimization will only get better.

for sure,  optimization does a great deal for your overall gaming experience and the 480 is definitely holding the reigns there, I mean definitely wait for the benchmarks though it's not like it'll be easy to get your hands one before then.  

[Abdullatif]

i would say wait for the reviews, but my opinion the rx 480 is close to 980 so it ofc better than 970

[The Spark]

AMD does have one huge advantage over Nvidia currently, async compute which I have no idea what is. It's supposed to be the future and part of DX 12, AMD performs a lot better than nvidia in those tests.

[App4that]

15 minutes ago, The Spark said:

AMD does have one huge advantage over Nvidia currently, async compute which I have no idea what is. It's supposed to be the future and part of DX 12, AMD performs a lot better than nvidia in those tests.

OMFG, this right here. "I have no idea what it is but have been told it's important" EXCATLY!!!

 

To answer your question Asynchronous compute in simplest terms allows the graphics card to work on multiple things at once, and is a great benefit when allied properly. The issue is the time it takes to code for ASYNC is not justified by the gains, so few developers have spent much time on it. Asynchronous compute is more valuable as a marketing term, than a feature of a API.

[RyGuy99]

5 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

3.5GB peasantry, no thanks

Games can use all 4GB on the 970 and run great ?

[Silencer]

7 hours ago, App4that said:

Are you under a rock? There are 970s under 200us brand new right now. Just a matter of grabbing them before they're gone.

Wait wait where? Cheapest I can find is 350 aud used

[App4that]

2 hours ago, RyGuy99 said:

1 minute ago, Silencer said:

Wait wait where? Cheapest I can find is 350 aud used

Games can use all 4GB on the 970 and run great ?

Quick check of New Egg showed this, 250us new. I've seen then drop below 200us. Had my eye on them as a possible HTPC card.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125806&cm_re=970_gtx-_-14-125-806-_-Product

[don_svetlio]

6 hours ago, App4that said:

Quick check of New Egg showed this, 250us new. I've seen then drop below 200us. Had my eye on them as a possible HTPC card.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125806&cm_re=970_gtx-_-14-125-806-_-Product

That cooler is loud as fuck

[LAwLz]

20 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

Let's wait 3 days - I still think performance will be better than a 970 cause the 480 is close to double the core count at the same clockspeed

You can NOT compare core count and clock rate between two completely different architectures.

Core count and clock speed are completely irrelevant metrics for comparing the 970 vs the 480.

 

It's like saying my phone with its 8 cores should be able to compete with my quad core i5.

 

Just 2 more days.

 

 

 

Side note:

The latest 480 shows a Fire Strike score of 12,467 (GPU only)

The average 970 score (taken from the LTT thread) is around 13,000.

 

 

Don't be disappointed if the 480 ends up worse than the GTX 970. The latest leaks indicates that it might.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, LAwLz said:

You can NOT compare core count and clock rate between two completely different architectures.

Core count and clock speed are completely irrelevant metrics for comparing the 970 vs the 480.

 

It's like saying my phone with its 8 cores should be able to compete with my quad core i5.

 

Just 2 more days.

 

 

 

Side note:

The latest 480 shows a Fire Strike score of 12,467 (GPU only)

The average 970 score (taken from the LTT thread) is around 13,000.

 

 

Don't be disappointed if the 480 ends up worse than the GTX 970. The latest leaks indicates that it might.

The Chinese leaks even managed to put the 480 under a 960 at one point. I don't trust them one bit.