R9 Nano - AMD says that it has too few review samples for the press.

JediFragger · 5 Sep 2015 at 12:55

Awful launch from AMD, just awful. This SKU will be no different!

tommybhoy · 5 Sep 2015 at 13:04

Rubs shoulders with a 970@1080p, 980@4K hammers TX next year.

[H] ain't gettn either.

~>Dg<~ · 5 Sep 2015 at 13:15

i love the amd guys but wtf are people playing at :confused:

ALXAndy · 5 Sep 2015 at 14:10

Pretty urine poor from AMD but they already lost me when they uttered the price.

Oh, that and the fact that I couldn't (supposedly) use one with my Fury X.

This whole launch has dragged on for so long that I've literally lost interest in it and gone back to gaming all the time.

For a while I would get excited when a new thread came up, now I just face palm.

flopper · 5 Sep 2015 at 14:17

FoxEye said:
I'm in the same place. Don't want a 970 or 390.

So I've got either a 7850 or 280 to tide me over (the other will be sold on MM here). Which to keep, which to sell

390 is as good as a 980ti with dx12. cant call that a stop gap

However they really need some better marketing guys at amd.
can call me.

Kaapstad · 5 Sep 2015 at 14:48

ALXAndy said:
Oh, that and the fact that I couldn't (supposedly) use one with my Fury X.

Do you mean that C/F won't work ?

setter · 5 Sep 2015 at 14:51

flopper said:
390 is as good as a 980ti with dx12. cant call that a stop gap

However they really need some better marketing guys at amd.
can call me.

By the time we see a worthwhile amount of DX12 games, the 390 and 980ti will be obsolete.

JediFragger · 5 Sep 2015 at 14:58

flopper said:
390 is as good as a 980ti with dx12. cant call that a stop gap

However they really need some better marketing guys at amd.
can call me.

Don't forget to take your drugs when you go

Delusional

cainer · 5 Sep 2015 at 14:59

FoxEye said:
In 12 months time we should be on 14/16nm. Anything less would be an epic fail.

i think you mean anything more would be an epic fail

ALXAndy · 5 Sep 2015 at 15:01

Kaapstad said:
Do you mean that C/F won't work ?

Apparently it won't work. Just rumour of course, but I've duly noted they have removed the Fury naming from it and are just calling it Nano.

I live in hope, but if they think I'm paying a gouge price for a tiny little card with bugger all substance physically they're having a laugh.

I'd sooner just buy another X if I could be bothered to try and fit another rad in my PC.

I was hoping Nano would Crossfire with it and save me the balls ache tbh.

Klunt Bumskrint · 5 Sep 2015 at 15:08

I'd like to see AMDMatt or AMDJoe comment on this thread. Won't happen though. I think we'd like their insight into why this is happening.

Richdog · 5 Sep 2015 at 15:10

Klunt Bumskrint said:
I'd like to see AMDMatt or AMDJoe comment on this thread. Won't happen though. I think we'd like their insight into why this is happening.

Yeah, because a member of AMD staff is surely going to publicly comment on negative aspects of company performance...

tommybhoy · 5 Sep 2015 at 15:18

ALXAndy said:
Apparently it won't work. Just rumour of course, but I've duly noted they have removed the Fury naming from it and are just calling it Nano.

I live in hope, but if they think I'm paying a gouge price for a tiny little card with bugger all substance physically they're having a laugh.

I'd sooner just buy another X if I could be bothered to try and fit another rad in my PC.

I was hoping Nano would Crossfire with it and save me the balls ache tbh.

Wouldn't be going mgpu if your looking for good old fashioned 'decent' DX12 support andy, AAA (muddy)branded titles won't get 'working' mgpu on competitors hardware at launch, could be a wait(if at all) for 'decent' support.

ALXAndy · 5 Sep 2015 at 15:20

tommybhoy said:
Wouldn't be going mgpu if your looking for good old fashioned 'decent' DX12 support andy, AAA (muddy)branded titles won't get 'working' mgpu on competitors hardware at launch, could be a wait(if at all) for 'decent' support.

I thought DX12 supported multiple GPUs at API level, so there was no need for any drivers or profiles?

Howling · 5 Sep 2015 at 15:48

mmj_uk said:
I said yesterday that it seems like AMD have no real intention of selling Fiji in any great number, whether it's down to yields, HBM supply, complications with putting it together (interposer?) or just the fact that manufacturing it all is so damn expensive that they aren't making money on it, who knows.

It's been more of a vanity project than an actual product.

I actually agree with you for once. I think the fact they've separated it from the mainstream product line supports the theory too. They could quite easily have called the Fury X the 390x and Fury the 390, shuffling the other units down - the fact they didn't says to me it was a side product.
Or we could be interpreting it the wrong way and they used the Fury line to distinguish it as their heavy hitting cards - like nVidia with their "Titans" in which case they've done a terrible job with it

Poneros · 5 Sep 2015 at 15:53

I for one am glad to see typically nvidia-biased review sites get overlooked with review samples. They have forgotten that getting review samples of hardware is a privilege, not a right, and one that keeps them in business. It's good to get a reminder every now and then.

FoxEye · 5 Sep 2015 at 16:04

Poneros said:
I for one am glad to see typically nvidia-biased review sites get overlooked with review samples. They have forgotten that getting review samples of hardware is a privilege, not a right, and one that keeps them in business. It's good to get a reminder every now and then.

Haha, so sites that don't give favourable reviews should be blocked... and that's a good thing in your book? Isn't that basically how corruption works?

Your last two sentences could be straight out of a Godfather movie

Gregster · 5 Sep 2015 at 16:13

Unless you give us a shining review, you will be blocked from receiving further Hardware lol

Doug73458 · 5 Sep 2015 at 16:15

I haven't had much confidence in the FX line, they really do need to step up their game over at AMD

humbug · 5 Sep 2015 at 16:20

FoxEye said:
Haha, so sites that don't give favourable reviews should be blocked... and that's a good thing in your book? Isn't that basically how corruption works?

Your last two sentences could be straight out of a Godfather movie

I don't think TPU are Nvidia bias, not at all, but if they were i wouldn't want to help them cause me damage either.

But i don't think this is what this is about, AMD are investing in Social Media reviews, that is where their product allocations for reviewers are prioritised and TPU don't do Youtube.

Its as simple as that.