AMD Polaris architecture – GCN 4.0

triss · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:30

drunkenmaster said:
Both AMD and Nvidia have been putting less work into DX11 mgpu, my guess is both are focusing on DX12 mgpu on new gen cards and with lower api overheads and better dev visibility of both cards I do actually think mgpu will make a massive step forward in the next year.

While i also hope this is the case its been stated many times now with DX 12 mgpu its more reliant on the dev and some devs are just plain lazy. Also wont help with older games

MyBrainz · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:31

So 2x 480's = 62 fps.. How much fps do we get from 1x 480? :confused:

LoL

Geckovich · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:32

Is it just me or is there a noticeable IQ difference between those AotS screenshots?

I don't know which side is which card but the left hand image seems to be a bit washed out, not as vibrant.

karik666 · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:34

Left side was the polaris gpu.

Safetytrousers · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:34

Why couldn't they show the card running Doom?

GFX-Kid · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:35

I won't be going multi-gpu until I see it has much much better support. This probably leaves me going for a 1070 this time around until Vega/Ti comes out.

Still, £165-170 price point looks great. But let us see how it performs.

GFX-Kid · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:36

MyBrains said:
So 2x 480's = 62 fps.. How much fps do we get from 1x 480? LoL

46?

humbug · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:38

if the 2x 480 is 10% faster than 1x 1080 with just 50% GPU utilisation why didn't they just use a single GPU?

bru · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:39

humbug said:
if the 2x 480 is 10% faster than 1x 1080 with just 50% GPU utilisation why didn't they just use a single GPU?

I do hope that isn't it's theoretical performance ceiling, because better optimising their throughput was one of the things we all expected them to improve massively.

MyBrainz · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:40

humbug said:
if the 2x 480 is 10% faster than 1x 1080 with just 50% GPU utilisation why didn't they just use a single GPU?

This is why Im :confused:

humbug · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:42

bru said:
I do hope that isn't it's theoretical performance ceiling, because better optimising their throughput was one of the things we all expected them to improve massively.

This is my thinking.

triss · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:42

humbug said:
if the 2x 480 is 10% faster than 1x 1080 with just 50% GPU utilisation why didn't they just use a single GPU?

Because both vendors like to fudge issues

Will be interesting what fps dual 1060's might do and at what price point

karik666 · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:43

Shouldnt the cf 480 cost $400 and not $500 that the guy said.

GFX-Kid · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:45

karik666 said:
Shouldnt the cf 480 cost $400 and not $500 that the guy said.

They said under $500. I suppose that is the dual gpu card.

drunkenmaster · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:45

karik666 said:
Shouldnt the cf 480 cost $400 and not $500 that the guy said.

Guess 199 for the 4GB model, maybe $250 for a 8gb and higher clocked model, and the X2 to be two of those and maybe with a watercooler as well.

GFX-Kid · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:46

Man, so is that all we get regarding Polaris? :/

karik666 · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:48

Well we knew they wouldnt tell us much,until the nda is lifted on 29th june.

Rexton · 1 Jun 2016 at 03:49

Kinda dissapointed, from the spec sheets it looks roughly 290 performance. It might be a bargain but that performance level has been around for years.

I guess now we wait for Vega.

GFX-Kid · 1 Jun 2016 at 04:02

karik666 said:
Well we knew they wouldnt tell us much,until the nda is lifted on 29th may.

You mean June?

By that date people will be rocking a 1070 in their computers

I suppose they will reveal more at E3 14-16 June.

GFX-Kid · 1 Jun 2016 at 04:04

From what I have seen, AMD's marketing has not improved much.

Was funny the way that stream ended. lol