Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

[harney]

time to get the hamsters out and put the sewer rats in - more power!

 

[montymint]

 

[Scramz]

 

[ICDP]

Makes me kind of sad in a way, after all the hype, if that is the case as in non DX12 stuff it won't be much faster than my 780 maybe not even faster. Though obviously is likely to crush it in next gen stuff.

GTX780 is a product of its times in that it is geared almost totally towards DX11. As more and more DX12 games are released the gap between older Maxwell GPUs and newer GCN GPUs will widen. So it's tad myopic to only focus on the DX11 performance compared to your 780, have a look at DX12 and your 780 will be vastly inferior.

 

[ov_sjo]

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/93932-amd-radeon-rx-480-14nm-polaris/

 

[SkeeterUK]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/graphics-cards/amd/radeon-rx-480?sPage=1&sSort=3

 

[h4rm0ny]

is there any potential future proofing with taking 8gb for 1440p do you think? or is it completely pointless?

Some, but not necessarily fifty quid's worth of future proofing. The two concerns are that much higher quality textures will start to be used. That shows (sadly) little sign of happening and I don't think is much of a concern. The other is that if 8GB becomes the norm, then lazy console ports that are badly optimized might feel less pressure to improve them to use memory better. Again, a low-ish concern, I think.

I certainly would prefer to buy a card with 8GB over 4GB today, all else being equal, and I might pay the premium for it. But I'm an overly-cautious person by nature and if you have something else to spend £50 on, I don't think you should be put off by the cheaper card's 4GB. Not if you're staying at 1440p or below.

 

[DragonQ]

£176 for the cheapest 4 GB, £219 for the cheapest 8 GB. Hmm.

 

[shankly1985]

 

[Jono8]

So it is between 970 and 980 performance and 1375mhz is "pushing it" says Guru 3d.

Pass

 

[Mr Latte]

Eurogamer RX480

 

[Minstadave]

Mediocre performance, noisey, clocks like a dead dog but the price is ok.

I'll leave this well alone.

 

[Jono8]

Eurogamer RX480

Not even as fast as a 390 in a lot of those

 

[teenwolf]

so when both overclocked a 970 will beat this 480 with ease

 

[RavenXXX2]

Hype train was deffo overrated.

 

[Sampsy]

So all in all at 1080p it seems the best card for the money is.... still the 970.

 

[MooMoo444]

Not good, seems a bit weak. Worse than 970 in a lot of cases. nvidia must be chuffed.

 

[Minstadave]

so when both overclocked a 970 will beat this 480 with ease

Looks that way.

 

[RavenXXX2]

http://www.techspot.com/review/1198-amd-radeon-rx-480/page7.html

Power consumption same as the 28nm 970, AMD you suck.

 

[~>Dg<~]

So all in all at 1080p it seems the best card for the money is.... still the 970.

yep and dx12 hasnt proven anything yet . it may just be a duffer like dx10 and be skipped.