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AMD R9 Fury X Leaps Ahead Of Nvidia GTX 980 Ti With The Latest Windows 10 Drivers

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All AMD GPUs Get A Sizable Performance Boost

Worthy of note is that these drivers aren’t part of the upcoming Crimson Edition Radeon Softawre. Which is a completely re-designed affair which replaces Catalyst Control Center with Radeon Settings and promises to deliver a wide array of user interface improvements as well as performance optimizations. So it’s going to be really interesting to see how much of an additional improvement these upcoming drivers will deliver.
We didn’t really expect the competitive landscape of graphics to change as drastically as it has and we certainly did not expect it to come via driver updates, but it’s happening. This development perhaps may also incentivize Radeon gamers who are currently on Windows 8.1 and 7 to upgrade to Windows 10. What’s perhaps the most exciting aspect of all is that because these performance improvements are achieved through the drivers they’re free and immediately accessible to everyone. So Radeon users will be able to enjoy the benefits simply by updating their software. Getting a free performance boost without having to fork out a decent sum for a hardware upgrade is never unpopular. So it seems the ultimate goal of having one’s cake and eating it too may not be far fetched.

Read more: http://wccftech.com/amd-r9-fury-x-performance-ahead-nvidia-980-ti-latest-drivers/#ixzz3quY2QOSX
 
Let the testing begin guys.. By update am guessing latest AMD Beta drivers or do they mean a Windows update am abit confused because they don't list a driver version.
 
humbug said:
390 is already a good 6% ahead of the GTX 970.
390X a match for the GTX 980.
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This bit was an eye opener
More fascinating is how the R9 290X now compares to the GTX 780 Ti. The R9 290X was the flagship from AMD back when it launched in late 2013 for $550 and Nvidia answered back with the $700 GTX 780 Ti which was regarded as the faster card at the time. Today the R9 290X is leading the GTX 780 Ti by 5%, a card which debuted for a 27% price premium. The difference is even more shocking when we look at the R9 290 and the GTX 780. Cards which sold for $400 and $500 respectively for the majority of their lifetimes. The R9 290 now leads the more expensive GTX 780 by 16% (57/49 x100).
 
Try it and see, they were using 15.9.1 drivers available here: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/amd-catalyst-15-9-beta-download.html

Do a before and after, report gains? Though I think WCCF are saying the perf gains are from going from 8.1 + latest driver to W10 + latest driver? Not sure the article is worded like ****.

Also WCCF should be shot for the state of their mobile site, can't even read an article for sodding pop ups telling me I've won an iphone.
 
Got to say that is something I really like about Radeon cards, they do get better with driver releases. Let's hope AMD do a good job with Artic Islands, as Pascal does look like it will be very good.

NoobCannon said:
40 page argument incomming...
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True. Lol
 
I`m sorry but its journalist crap. Someone's jumped on another websites 980ti review and noticed that the Fury is ahead of the 980ti by one or two fps in a few benchmarks and seen it comes faster than a stock 980tiin the performance chart. Yet they dont mention the MSI 980ti lightning trounces the Fury.

If its "AMD R9 Fury X Leaps Ahead Of Nvidia GTX 980 Ti With The Latest Windows 10 Drivers" why in GTA V @ 1600 x 900 does the 980ti trounce the Fury by 17fps and @ 1080p 13fps ?? At 1400p 980ti beats it by 2 fps and UHD its level pegging nearly.

If it did "leap ahead" then every benchmark would show the Fury faster. It does not. This is the electronic equivalent of todays news being tomorrows chip paper.

Read the full article guys then come back and say what leads what. Its such nonsense.
 
A bit misses leading the tittle of the thread, if the drivers are not out yet how can it leap anything? Oh has WCCF become reputable all of the sudden?
 
Be interesting to see a proper break down/investigation as a quick flick through the results showed the cards mostly as they were previously except 4K results creeping up slightly on a couple of games and then COD where the AMD cards jumped up quite a bit from their old positions.

Without proper testing for the gains specifically and/or more than one source and/or official announcement it could just be a failure of testing methodology.
 
elmuzzy66. said:
A bit misses leading the tittle of the thread, if the drivers are not out yet how can it leap anything? Oh has WCCF become reputable all of the sudden?
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The source is from TechPower Up... WCCF just compiled the two results together. I do agree though WCCF can be misleading at times. But in this case they just simply reporting others work.
 
shankly1985 said:
But, But AMD drivers Suck lol
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Heh :p

I have always found AMD single GPU drivers to be rock solid for as long as I remember. They just need to work on multi gpu a little bit more, but not an easy thing to do I suppose.

That Crimson driver looks yummy, can't wait :D
 
shankly1985 said:
This bit was an eye opener
More fascinating is how the R9 290X now compares to the GTX 780 Ti. The R9 290X was the flagship from AMD back when it launched in late 2013 for $550 and Nvidia answered back with the $700 GTX 780 Ti which was regarded as the faster card at the time. Today the R9 290X is leading the GTX 780 Ti by 5%, a card which debuted for a 27% price premium. The difference is even more shocking when we look at the R9 290 and the GTX 780. Cards which sold for $400 and $500 respectively for the majority of their lifetimes. The R9 290 now leads the more expensive GTX 780 by 16% (57/49 x100).
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Wouldn't be the first time AMD pushed their cards ahead with Drivers, remember the 7970 vs GTX 680?
actually look at them now, a 280X is just a 7970GE, its a solid 10% ahead of the GTX 770 which is a clocked up GTX 680. its getting on for snapping at the 780's heels.
there must be 20% more performance from AMD's Driver compared with Nvidia's since then.
 
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Nope. Not getting involved. Back away slowly guys, if the thread starts chasing you - all you need do is outrun the slowest guy ;)
 
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