Fury VS rx 480

monkeydrufy · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:06

hello guys,

since the custom rx 480 will come not before next week, I'm thinking to buy the r9 fury nitro (offer 299pounds)

what do you think about it?
why is better the 480, or why is better the fury?

thanks

Bantu · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:14

Fury is more capable there's no doubt about. More processing power and faster memory than a rx480.

They are a different class of card altogether. If you can afford a Fury, get a Fury.

Relentless81 · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:17

I went for the Fury, just took delivery of it. It's more powerful than the 480 with the only issue ever being that some games won't let you active very high textures due to 4gb but it's £300, no card for that money will run very high textures that is as fast as the fury unless you go second hand

Gregster · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:21

The fury is the better card and a good buy at that price. I would opt for the Fury over the 480.

monkeydrufy · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:24

the missing HDMI 2.0 and the powerconsumption are the 2 reason for which I'm hesitating

Relentless81 · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:25

Power consumption is pennies a day difference if you leave your PC on 24/7

HDMI 2.0 if the Fury doesnt have it and the 480 does then its a simple decision

Bantu · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:29

monkeydrufy said:
the missing HDMI 2.0 and the powerconsumption are the 2 reason for which I'm hesitating

it depends if you need the performance.. you will get more power out of the fury but at the cost of more watts and heat.

As for HDMI 2.0. If you absolutely need it then go for the 4GB RX480 and save £100.

monkeydrufy · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:32

I have a tv full hd, do I need the hdmi 2.0 or is totally useless?

thanks

humbug · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:37

monkeydrufy said:
I have a tv full hd, do I need the hdmi 2.0 or is totally useless?

thanks

No, you don't, HDMI 2 with run 4K @ 60Hz, HDMI 1 4K @ 30, thats it.

monkeydrufy · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:40

ok, so Fury will be

thanks

Lokken86 · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:40

The Fury is much better. The one draw back is it pulls more power.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/msi-afterburner-undervolt-radeon-r9-fury,review-33439.html

I followed that guide to keep it in check. Surprisingly its just fine at -80mv so its only using about 220w now.

Dave2150 · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:47

I would not even consider spending £300 on a 4GB VRAM GPU at this point in time. 8GB is the minimum to go for.

Howling · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:51

Dave2150 said:
I would not even consider spending £300 on a 4GB VRAM GPU at this point in time. 8GB is the minimum to go for.

Nonsense.

Bonjour · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:59

Dave2150 said:
I would not even consider spending £300 on a 4GB VRAM GPU at this point in time. 8GB is the minimum to go for.

You wouldn't consider a 980ti?

Doogles · 25 Jul 2016 at 18:19

I can't wait another week myself so got a Fury plus it is faster even if it only has 4GB VRAM I'll probably upgrade to vega and sell it when I can.

Dave2150 said:
I would not even consider spending £300 on a 4GB VRAM GPU at this point in time. 8GB is the minimum to go for.

By the times you even break the 4GB VRAM limit the RX 480 will be weak and useless anyway and hitting 40fps max which is throw up material. Not only that but the speed the HBM has it is more like 5GB.

Relentless81 · 25 Jul 2016 at 18:21

Howling said:
Nonsense.

Agreed, show me another brand new gpu as powerful as the Fury for £300, it's an absolute bargain right now

There is nothing for that kind of money with enough grunt to use ultra textures at reasonable fps anyway so it's completely moot

monkeydrufy · 25 Jul 2016 at 19:32

ok, ordered the fury nitro, I was tired of waiting the 480
and I have a benq 120hz monitor, so more fps then rx480 would be better

pandem0nium · 25 Jul 2016 at 20:16

I'm in the same boat and think I'm going to go for the Fury.

Just trying to decide whether to get one or two.

nashathedog · 25 Jul 2016 at 20:22

pandem0nium said:
I'm in the same boat and think I'm going to go for the Fury.

Just trying to decide whether to get one or two.

Not 2.

Dave2150 · 25 Jul 2016 at 20:24

Doogles said:
I can't wait another week myself so got a Fury plus it is faster even if it only has 4GB VRAM I'll probably upgrade to vega and sell it when I can.

By the times you even break the 4GB VRAM limit the RX 480 will be weak and useless anyway and hitting 40fps max which is throw up material. Not only that but the speed the HBM has it is more like 5GB.

I've been using more than 4GB VRAM for many months.

Just think about it, why would NVIDIA include 8GB on the 1070, or 1080, if 4GB was sufficient? Why would AMD include an 8GB option on the 480, if 4GB was sufficient? Games can and do use more than 4GB already.