Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

LoadsaMoney · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:15

TheRealDeal said:
Why did you not link the Hitman bench which showed the 980ti getting beaten by the 390x. Things over the last 6 months to a year have not been half as bad for AMD with the majority of games running great on Amd hardware.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/nvidia_geforce_gtx_1080_review,14.html

As Hitman is an AMD game.

elmuzzy66. · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:15

Is hitman going to become the new dirt rally for amd?

TheRealDeal · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:18

LoadsaMoney said:
As Hitman is an AMD game, and ROTTR is a Nvidia.

At the height of GameWorks I would have agreed with you but that seems to have cooled Down. Nvidia's biggest partner Ubisoft seem to have eased off some with there use. It could come back to haunt Amd again but for now it's not really hurting them like it used too.

shankly1985 · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:20

LoadsaMoney said:
I can't see it, as Nvidia own the market, just about every game that comes out now is one of theirs, apart from the odd one, and we've already started to see what they run like on AMDs cards, with ROTTR.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/nvidia_geforce_gtx_1080_review,13.html

Furys beaten off the 980s, and the 970 only a couple or same frames behind em, so much for them being the supposed kings of Dx12, and smashing Nvidia to bloody bits!, and there will be more coming like that as well, and for a good while yet, as AMD don't have any marketshare to do anything about it, it doesn't matter that they are in all the consoles, as once those games come to the PC, they'll be done for Nvidia, as they own it.

Rise Of the Tomb Raider is one exception so far. But Like I have said before looking at a chart doesn't explain the full picture.

Looking at the 970 42 fps avg @1440p looks ok or 63fps @1080p far from the true though.

We all need to stop reading benchmarks and judging a GPU based alone on Xamount Frame BAH BAH

meandu229 · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:25

MarkeR said:
Seriously dude.

It's called supply and demand, basic economics.

If you don't like it go else where, but give it a rest!

I dont get why people think that companies shouldnt try and get the most money they can from a product. As a consumer I try and get the best deal as a supplier they will also try and get the best deal they can. If the price goes up and people still buy it then its simply the free market deciding the market price for something.

LoadsaMoney · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:27

With Nvidia owning the market, were only going to get the odd game like Hitman, where they'll be handing them their asses.

Thats going to be absolutely nothing, compared to the amount of games, Nvidia will be handing AMDs theirs.

AMD need marketshare back before they can attempt to change it, but looking at how far Nvidia are ahead of them, its going to be a long, long time, as AMD just can not compete now.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:30

LoadsaMoney said:
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You mean Gameworks titles like The Division!

eddyr · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:31

LoadsaMoney said:
With Nvidia owning the market, were only going to get the odd game like Hitman, where they'll be handing them their asses.

Thats going to be absolutely nothing, compared to the amount of games, Nvidia will be handing AMDs theirs.

AMD need marketshare back before they can attempt to change it, but looking at how far Nvidia are ahead of them, its going to be a long, long time, as AMD just can not compete.

You seem to be laying the groundwork to advocate for some form of consumer action?

shankly1985 · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:32

LoadsaMoney said:
With Nvidia owning the market, were only going to get the odd game like Hitman, where they'll be handing them their asses.

Thats going to be absolutely nothing, compared to the amount of games, Nvidia will be handing AMDs theirs.

AMD need marketshare back before they can attempt to change it, but looking at how far Nvidia are ahead of them, its going to be a long, long time, as AMD just can not compete.

We'll just after wait and see

AMD atm seems to have a good amount of backing from Devs with there DX12 and Vulkan support. DX12 titles alone AMD has been talking and showing much more than Nvidia has showcased.

TheRealDeal · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:33

LoadsaMoney said:
With Nvidia owning the market, were only going to get the odd game like Hitman, where they'll be handing them their asses.

Thats going to be absolutely nothing, compared to the amount of games, Nvidia will be handing AMDs theirs.

So where are all these games. If anything apart from the high end Amd have been gaining on Nvidia and took them over in a lot of price brackets. Nvidia still have there name on a lot of games but have had no real impact. What you are saying still might happen but over the last year the opposite has happened. Amd even gained some market share back in the first quarter. If OCUK sales are anything to go by the 480 is selling like hot cakes. Reviews for the RX480 were favorable as well. Things are looking up at this moment in time for AMD.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:33

eddyr said:
You seem to be laying the groundwork to advocate for some form of consumer action?

Buy a Nvidia card??

LoadsaMoney · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:35

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
You mean Gameworks titles like The Division!

I didn't know it had Dx12, as ive only seen it reviewed in Dx11.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:38

LoadsaMoney said:
I didn't know it had Dx12, as ive only seen it reviewed in Dx11.

where they'll be handing them their asses.

Stop backtracking - I have a GTX960 4GB which has gone from trading blows with a R9 380/R9 285 4GB to being beaten by it in more and more Gameworks titles.

You are being totaly disgenuous in hyping up all this Nvidia sponsorship of games,all of sudden making the competing cards worthless because of that.

Rroff · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:40

shankly1985 said:
We'll just after wait and see AMD atm seems to have a good amount of backing from Devs with there DX12 and Vulkan support. DX12 titles alone AMD has been talking and showing much more than Nvidia has showcased.

nVidia has been focusing on Vulkan lately over DX12 for some reason - and ironically pushing it more than AMD are.

shankly1985 · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:44

Rroff said:
nVidia has been focusing on Vulkan lately over DX12 for some reason - and ironically pushing it more than AMD are.

I don't believe they pushing it anymore than AMD tbh, Nvidia did showcase it running Doom and so have AMD.
With AMDs situation on the Vulkan Development am sure AMD is in a better place than Nvidia or just has good.

SiDeards73 · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:48

Apparently Elder Scrolls Online is getting a Dx12 patch at some point... did not know that, i often play it, i bought the Imperial edition and levelled up but the end game grind was boring so i stopped subbing, but every so often i log back in for a whirl, will be interesting to see what DX12 brings to the table.

Graphically its the best MMORPG ive played, and runs fairly well on my rig also, so definitely interested to see what DX12 brings to the table with it.

eddyr · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:49

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Buy a Nvidia card??

Just... point me in their general direction!

Rroff · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:49

shankly1985 said:
I don't believe they pushing it anymore than AMD tbh, Nvidia did showcase it running Doom and so have AMD.
With AMDs situation on the Vulkan Development am sure AMD is in a better place than Nvidia or just has good.

They are working far more with developers to push Vulkan than AMD, the first game (not Doom) updated to support it and the first game engine built with Vulkan as a fundamental component are nVidia supported and they are pushing out a lot more documentation on it.

shankly1985 · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:50

@LoadsaMoney

Seems even BF1 is getting AMD love! So much for Marketshare when once again the years biggest shooter is in favour of AMD

https://youtu.be/sB6iqFYtc0E?t=7m1s

Gerard · 30 Jun 2016 at 13:52

PhoenixUK said:
Read other thread, reason price went up is because they sold out and AMD refused ocuk another order said they won't make any more 4gb. As of now, ocuk is the only place in Europe with 4GB cards and there is only few left.

Well i find it very hard to believe the SKU that they based this entire "$199 better red" campaign on will only have a small run of 4 gig units and that's it.