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Meet AMD's Radeon R9 300 Gang
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I don't think they will slap nV at all. The only cards that might be far ahead are the Fijis, since they are a complete uknown.
As for the rest, the 380 will be a re-badged 290, and will match or just beat a 970 (yawn).
The 370 will probably be bang on 960 performance.
AMD will be a little cheaper in each perf bracket due to nV's 'premium' prices.
Nooo this is a total snooze fest. Nvidia launched the 980 5% better than GTX 780 Ti, all AMD have to do is tidy up the 290X (2013) to beat it..
Couldn't get more boring, GM200 / 390X will be the only cards really worthwhile and GM200 will likely cost up to £1000..
This is the worst the GPU space has ever been. Lack of progression, no node change..
Basically we've got another year of milking until truly 'new' cards appear. The midrange will be old rehashed cards again like we saw with 7970 > 280X / GTX 680 > GTX 770..
Nobody should be congratulating AMD / Nvidia imhoExcept their financial departments of course..
Exactly this. So much disappoint.
Game on 4 Titans it is the ultimate and better than 980s or 290Xs.
These days they may not be the fastest but they are still the best.
Got to love the rumour and speculation of these type of articles, I especially like the bit where they say
Also just to point out if people are hoping this stuff to be true, it does state that these cards are due at the end of q2, which to me means the end of June.
No idea what 'mglw' stands for either, the internet suggests "Memphis Gas, Light, and Water" which is no help at all. Unless they are suggesting you need a separate power company to be able to power the dam cards
and then when you look at their source it clearly says
Also just to point out if people are hoping this stuff to be true, it does state that these cards are due at the end of q2, which to me means the end of June.
No idea what 'mglw' stands for either, the internet suggests "Memphis Gas, Light, and Water" which is no help at all. Unless they are suggesting you need a separate power company to be able to power the dam cards
People laughed at Titan/Titan black buyers but they sure got the last laugh.
In a few days the Titan will be two years old, and it still offers performance almost on par with the 970/290X plus 50% more VRAM than either. The Titan Black will be a year old in a few days and is still quicker than any single GPU except the 980 (which it again has 50% more RAM than).
VRAM isn't everything though. It's funny, I've never seen so many people talking about VRAM since the 970 mess, and all of a sudden it's like the only thing that matters with a GPU lol! I have a 670 4GB... more usable VRAM than a 970... can it compete... no, obviously! The Titan is hardly a 670 I know, but they are still running VERY expensive second-hand. Somewhat unjustifiably so IMO. Would be a strange choice for anyone but a pure enthusiast who just wants one for the sake of it.
No idea what 'mglw' stands for either, the internet suggests "Memphis Gas, Light, and Water" which is no help at all. Unless they are suggesting you need a separate power company to be able to power the dam cards
You could be on to something there Bru
You need to see the Titans in action as there is a bit more going on than just a bit more VRAM, the Titans are very smooth and put later cards to shame.
I agree they aren't slouches, but at the price they're still fetching it seems a bit mad given the 980 will outperform it in most games, runs cooler and draws less power.
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You do realise this goes both ways right?
If anyway it shows anything it shows the length that Nvidia willing to go through to limiting the progression of the performance of the mainstream cards, such as and delibrately disapproving AIB partners to put same amount of vram as the Titan, until the product close to becoming EOL (and even that it is with little availability i.e. the 780 6GB).
Had 6GB version of the 780 been available around 1-2 months after the launch of the 780 3GB, then the Titan wouldn't have looks that great an investment at all. Somehow I think Nvidia's decision limit the 780's memory to 3GB is to artificially make the Titan look more appealing and more of a premium product than it really is.
It's been all well-calculated and planned in good old Nvidia fashion- as a consumer, I would want to shake fist at Nvidia's approach; however judging this as a business strategy, I can't help but to say "good one" to Nvidia.
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And the 980 is Gimped in hardware compassion, if it had at least a 384 bit bus and 6GB like it should have done with what its meant to be replacing it would be a different story.
Exactly Marine-RX179.
980/970 is mid range card just a tad faster than the last gen high end , but it is faster so is priced and marketed as high end, while holding back the real high end so users buy twice per gen, just like before, cant blame NV for doing it as users accept it.
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Yes, and it's the SAME reason why the 970/980 have a 256-bit memory interface. Watch when their next cards have probably double that and blow the previous gen away... it's all about money at the end of the day. Everything they do is based around a very tight and well thought out cost/performance/life cycle ratio, never taking their eye of the next 2-3 products further down the line, so as to ensure that whatever does come next is a significant enough jump to repeat the cycle all over again. All rather clever actually, but it's not the consumer who wins in the long run... their bottom line does!
I have both and for 4K gaming I would use the Titans every time.
The 970/80 is good for most, but if you need real muscle only the GK110 / Titan and Hawaii card's have it.
i'm still interested in the Titan Z thing..this year is gonna be tricky, it's a case of holding back...waiting..checking the reviews... not getting inpatient.
i'm going to have to do something pc related whilst waiting, so i'm going to do a custom paint job on my Phanteks case....Flip Flop Pearl white, so i need a Badger Airbrush next month..
i fancy switching to DDR4 but i think this might be a bit dumb just for gaming only..... not enough raw grunt increase
i'm going to have to do something pc related whilst waiting, so i'm going to do a custom paint job on my Phanteks case....Flip Flop Pearl white, so i need a Badger Airbrush next month..
i fancy switching to DDR4 but i think this might be a bit dumb just for gaming only..... not enough raw grunt increase
you what !!!!!!!!!!!!!!