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You just love to lie don't you
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_1080_STRIX/24.html
1080 = 92%
980 = 53%
100.0*92/53 = 74% than the 980.
The 1080 is also 40% faster than the 980Ti (100*92/66).
Double the price nope. 980 launched at $550. the 1080 starts at $600. 600/550 9% more expensive.
If you are going to completely ignore reality then go post somewhere else where it doesn't interfere with rational debate.
So not so **** as the last **** card.
Too noisy, too hot, only good for 1080p gaming and of course no mention of VR or Crossfire.
Jeez even 7970's are close to it on some tests.
Only thing it has going for it is the price, but if I was in the market, I would get a 2nd hand 970.
Blimey. What a cracking little card.
If you are one of the ignorant people who just glances at the graphs for the highlighted result and treats that as the entirety of knowledge, then you'll be missing a stunning card at a seriously affordable price. No, of course it doesn't match up to the capabilities of some of the heavy hitting high-end models, but it's not remotely competing with them. It's a £200 card. Regularly beating a GTX 970 levels of performance for a couple of hundred notes. If that doesn't impress you then you need to check your jimmies for rustling.
Like any card which we apply the 'affordable' label to, there are a couple of minor caveats. Usually we say that you have to be judicious with your resolution choice and reduce your anti-aliasing to a sensible level and all will be well. With the RX480 in 8GB trim there is only one single caveat, and that's that you shouldn't really use it to power a 4K display. Otherwise you can do what you like with it. The very latest DirectX 12 titles in 1440P with maximum image quality settings? No problem for the AMD Radeon RX480.
At 1080P, probably the resolution that 90% of people who buy a GPU at this price point will be looking to game, it's an absolute stunner. We couldn't get it to sweat no matter what we threw at it. Yes you can argue that the noise and temperature levels are a little high, but this is an AMD reference cooler and they are, with the best will in the world, somewhere between average and mediocre. It doesn't really matter because once a Strix/Twin Frozr/Dual-Dissipation/Etc cooler is on it then you'll get those low temperatures and silent running but on a GPU that has proven itself to be more than capable of running the very latest, high detail, DirectX 12 games.
We are particularly glad that AMD have finally cracked the power draw nut. The latest 4th Generation GCN has fantastic power efficiency when compared to AMD cards of yore. 22W beneath the GTX970 that it so regularly beat in the performance tests. Hell it's 140W (as an entire system) below the 380X, and the performance between the two cards is night and day. If you run a 380X you could have CrossfireX RX480s for the same power draw, and be kicking down the door of some extremely high-end setups for £420 in GPU cost.
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He seems quite positive and there is no HD7970 in the review - what have you been reading?? I think you are overspinning it yourself. Plus a secondhand GTX970 has no warranty anyway,and at that point you might as well get a secondhand R9 290 series cards if you want one with no warranty.
I think in the end, there's still reasons to be happy about the improved performance/price ratio, but it doesn't stop it from ultimately being disappointing considering how long we've been waiting for a node jump, the fact that this is actually MORE than just a normal node jump and the fact that there were major architectural upgrades hyped.Yeah he had to put a positive spin on it with all that negativity if he wants to still receive AMD cards to review. Can't blame him.
Check the Vantage scores, such an old graph it was showing.
For £150 - £180 for a 2nd hand 970 who gives a flying about warranty. Some might, I would not. Anyway if you choose carefully on the 2nd hand market, warranty can e transferred as everyone on MM bangs on about.
Considering that the 4GB card is more or less the same price,not sure what this big deal about secondhand GTX970 cards is now. I saw nobody saying to buy a secondhand GTX970 over a new one 4 weeks ago?? Whatever floats your boat.
Its also odd from the POV the GTX970 is EOL and NV have a habit of dropping driver support for older cards quicker than a hot potato.
was it just me that wanted a 980 speed at £200 retail?
Like when my mate bought a secondhand GTX770 with a non-transferable warranty and when it died,he was out of pocket.
Plus by that extension I am sure a secondhand R9 290 or R9 290X is cheaper anyway.
Considering that the 4GB card is more or less the same price,not sure what this big deal about secondhand GTX970 cards is now. I saw nobody saying to buy a secondhand GTX970 over a new one 4 weeks ago?? Whatever floats your boat.
While it is unfortunate that the RX480 is not as fast as many has hoped for and doesn't mean much for anyone who already have a 290/970 or better card, AMD has made the sub £200 sector good bang for bucks again.
The RX480 essentially increase the performance of the same tier by around 60% and 70% comparing to the 380 and 960 that was launched at similar price just last gen.
Yes it is a bummer for those of us waiting for a upgrade from 290/390 etc, but the RX480 really make good performance quality PC gaming available at affordable price for the new comers or budget crowd of PC gaming.
I think the performance of the rx 480 is good what bugs me though is the price, atleast here in Denmark. It cost around 20% more than it should even after calculating taxes in to the price. Its insane. I actually ended up paying less per frame with my purchase of an overpriced 1070 than if i were to buy a rx 480 at the current price point.