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Who is reviewing the new AMD cards?

Mayh3M

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I assumed the review structure would be the same for AMD as Nvidia, but it seems a couple of tech sites haven't / aren't receiving cards for the unveil / release on the 16th.

Ryan Shrout of PC Perspective has been making a bit of a hoo-haa over it on twitter but his main point is valid: independent reviewers being able to test the cards is a matter of impartiality and fair judgement which is crucial for buyers to make an informed choice. Supposedly AMD are only releasing the cards to streaming sites who don't specialise in testing graphics cards.

There's also a large thread on Linus Tech Tips in which Linus weighs in:

Just gonna weigh in on a couple things here.

1. I do not have any new cards from AMD. I don't have tracking numbers and I haven't received a product briefing, reviewers guide, or even an official release date. I am way beyond giving a crap about unreleased products (they're nice but I've determined that I can easily stay relevant without any release day reviews anymore) so I don't really run around trying to dig these details up in the industry and read the same site you guys do. I know basically nothing about 3xx.

2. There's nothing wrong with letting fans have a sneak peek of something ahead of time. I've heard that Intel seeds processors to game streamers, and Nvidia gave away a whackton of G-SYNC modules.

3. With that said I agree with Ryan's point that something should be independently evaluated prior to release (based on my retailer experience if it's in stores now and a reviewer hasn't had a card for a few days the review won't be ready in time) and from my past experience when a product is objectively really good the brand is beating down the doors of the most trusted journalists to prove how much ass they just kicked.

This behavior looks more like "we can't win with the usual formula here, so let's throw something else at the wall and see if it sticks"

But just like the rest of you I'm speculating.

Ryan may also know more than he says (also speculation) and I'm intentionally waiting until after I post this to ask him so that I'm not revealing something I shouldn't.

The industry is very small and nothing is a secret.
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http://linustechtips.com/main/topic...viewers-like-ltt-in-time-for-the-16th-reveal/

I think this is a bad move from AMD and only contributes towards much of their negative publicity.
 
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Maybe they are only sending samples to people who suck up to AMD and the independent reviewers are getting bypassed?
 
We have no confirmation if Fiji's even available come the 16th, we can probably assume they're not.

And why would AMD want to give reviewers 390X's if the above is true?
 
Martini1991 said:
We have no confirmation if Fiji's even available come the 16th, we can probably assume they're not.

And why would AMD want to give reviewers 390X's if the above is true?
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Even if they're only available on the 24th these review sites usually get their review samples weeks in advance.

And even if the 390X is a crappy rebrand people want the new Fiji cards to be reviewed by these sites before purchasing.
 
Mayh3M said:
Even if they're only available on the 24th these review sites usually get their review samples weeks in advance.

And even if the 390X is a crappy rebrand people want the new Fiji cards to be reviewed by these sites before purchasing.
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Since there's no confirmation, for all we know reviewers are going to get Fiji, just not yet.

AMD could do their whole failure fest on the 16th then give cards to reviewers, ready for the 24th.
 
Martini1991 said:
Since there's no confirmation, for all we know reviewers are going to get Fiji, just not yet.

AMD could do their whole failure fest on the 16th then give cards to reviewers, ready for the 24th.
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This is actually a very good point and something I hadn't considered. They could well be having problems and not even have the card ready yet. We might only be seeing the 390X and below till they sort out Fiji

Purely guessing of course but does sound viable.
 
Gregster said:
This is actually a very good point and something I hadn't considered. They could well be having problems and not even have the card ready yet. We might only be seeing the 390X and below till they sort out Fiji

Purely guessing of course but does sound viable.
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I don't think it's a case of having an issue with the card, I just think it's to minimize leaks.

But who knows, it's speculation.
 
All they got to do is edit their 290 reviews, will take about 5 minutes, if that, just got to swap the 2s for 3s, change the clock speed mentions, and where they have 4GB mentioned for the vram, change to 8GB :p
 
One could see how all this secrecy is worrisome... after all, if they had something amazing up their sleeves, any kind of leak would only benefit them. If they have a turkey on the other hand... it's a whole different story. I really hope they nail it with the Fury X... the industry needs competition, and if AMD fail here we're all at the mercy of Nvidia forever and a day.
 
It seems to be a trend, Nvidia slid out the Titan Z without sending out ANY review samples. If the 390x is a rebrand I don't see why this a big deal.
 
all the tx had to do was be better than the 980. which it always would be

The fury needs to rival the TX
 
Now that I think about it, it's definitely plausible that the Fury won't be ready until the end of the month.

I just hope all the regular independent review sites get to actually test the cards by release. And that includes the 300 series, unless they really are pure rebrand with minimal improvements. But even though that looks to be the most likeliest case, it's not 100% yet I think.
 
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