AMD to cut price of Fury GPU.

[elrasho]

If they had 6gb+ VRAM I would have thought about getting one

 

[Mtom]

Another possibility being that the production rate has increased and they have sufficient supply now. With more supply than demand they are bound to drop prices to shift stock.

Also they might be trying to get rid of inventory before the next cards are launched like they did with the 290 series last year.

I heard that they managed to fix some problem with the interposer, so yeah production increased.

 

[Panos]

Might as well reduce it 50%....even the that noisy underpowered POS wouldn't sell

I have a Nano, which cooler is even smaller, and is dead silent.
Couldn't say the same for GTX580, GTX780 Ghz nor 780Ti at their factory speeds though. Shouting the moment hit 10 minutes into gaming

 

[bru]

Another possibility being that the production rate has increased and they have sufficient supply now. With more supply than demand they are bound to drop prices to shift stock.

Yup another perfectly plausible reason.

Actually I reckon this is probably the real reason, as I reckon it is a little too early to be clearing out stock, seeing as they have said the new cards are not expected till the summer.

 

[r22snapper]

Tucked under the 980 in terms of cost I think makes it a very decent purchase although it makes you wonder what they will be doing with the cost of the 390x and down...

 

[TheRealDeal]

Tucked under the 980 in terms of cost I think makes it a very decent purchase although it makes you wonder what they will be doing with the cost of the 390x and down...

Why would it cost under the gtx980 when it's a much faster card. Somewhere in between the gtx980 and the 980ti makes more sense.

 

[Insanties_birth]

Why would it cost under the gtx980 when it's a much faster card. Somewhere in between the gtx980 and the 980ti makes more sense.

I never get that either, some people seem to require they practically give a card below the price of the competitions weaker cards before they'll have the common sense to just give them a try.

 

[ICDP]

Tucked under the 980 in terms of cost I think makes it a very decent purchase although it makes you wonder what they will be doing with the cost of the 390x and down...

Come on, be realistic please tell me how would it be a "decent purchase", it would be an absolute steal priced below 980. Why should AMD reduce the price of a Fury to below that of a considerably slower card? It's ridiculous that some people seriously would not consider AMD unless they were cheaper than a slower Nvidia alternative and even then would only stretch to saying "decent purchase".

Having owned both GPUs I can say at 4K the 980 is unplayable at the same settings the Fury is playable (~30 vs ~40 FPS average) even when overclocked the 980 was unplayable. The difference between 980 and Fury is larger than the gap between Fury and 980Ti at 4K (owned one of those as well). Even at 1440p the difference is around 15%+ overall.

I'm sorry if I sound over the top but this is an absolutely mind boggling comment to make and shows the massive hurdle AMD have to overcome to win over market-share.

 

[jupiter_man]

waiting for Gibbo reply on this

 

[SiDeards73]

Dont see the point of buying any AMD card right now, unless your really struggling that is, the new gen stuff is not far away, might aswell wait it out, especially if like me you waited on fury and was let down by that.

Im still using my 290 Tri-X, its served me well and i dont play anything that taxes it either to be honest (mostly D3 and Grim Dawn), however i have cash ready to splash on a new card once the new gen comes out, i want a new monitor and probably VR, gpu choice will dictate monitor choice etc.

Even if the Fury stuff is reduced i doubt it will be reduced enough to tempt many to buy, especially as its going to be not much more than a short term upgrade.

 

[fs123]

Dont see the point of buying any AMD card right now, unless your really struggling that is, the new gen stuff is not far away, might aswell wait it out, especially if like me you waited on fury and was let down by that.

Im still using my 290 Tri-X, its served me well and i dont play anything that taxes it either to be honest (mostly D3 and Grim Dawn), however i have cash ready to splash on a new card once the new gen comes out, i want a new monitor and probably VR, gpu choice will dictate monitor choice etc.

Even if the Fury stuff is reduced i doubt it will be reduced enough to tempt many to buy, especially as its going to be not much more than a short term upgrade.

The same could be said for any card but people are still lapping up 980ti's, etc when we all know the price will probably halve in 5 months time if the new cards are faster.

 

[SiDeards73]

The same could be said for any card but people are still lapping up 980ti's, etc when we all know the price will probably halve in 5 months time if the new cards are faster.

980ti is a beast of a card though, and when you compare it to the 980 its a much better card, even more laughable when compared to the TitanX.

While thats true, the Fury stuff was overpriced from the start for what you actually got, then the pump whine issues, "overclockers dream" lie etc, and ontop of that charging a premium because you dont want to be perceived as a budget brand.

I dislike Nvidia but atleast they actually done a good job with the 980ti, sure they shafted their titanx customers and lied to their 970 customers, but they hit the ball out of the park with the 980ti.

AMD have failed to be truthful, the FuryX was a massive letdown, the first card with a brand new memory tech, it should have been so much better than it is, then it was plagued by pump whine and it overclocks worse than a turnip.

If like me you currently have a 290 theres pretty much zero point buying the 390, the Fury is roughly 980 performance for more money and the FuryX is laughable at best, so really if you own a 290 and want a new AMD card, the smart move is to sit tight and wait for the new cards *IF* they live up to expectations.

There is a danger of playing the waiting game but at some point everyone who likes to game on PC's needs to upgrade, this is my last chance with AMD, if the Polaris cards are crud im going to have to buy Nvidia and get locked into their G-Sync tech etc, if that happens AMD wont see a penny from me for years as i dont upgrade monitors often.

Im sure im not the only person with this mindset either

 

[LoadsaMoney]

980Tis are also Nvidia.

 

[ICDP]

980ti is a beast of a card though, and when you compare it to the 980 its a much better card, even more laughable when compared to the TitanX.

While thats true, the Fury stuff was overpriced from the start for what you actually got, then the pump whine issues, "overclockers dream" lie etc, and ontop of that charging a premium because you dont want to be perceived as a budget brand.

I dislike Nvidia but atleast they actually done a good job with the 980ti, sure they shafted their titanx customers and lied to their 970 customers, but they hit the ball out of the park with the 980ti.

AMD have failed to be truthful, the FuryX was a massive letdown, the first card with a brand new memory tech, it should have been so much better than it is, then it was plagued by pump whine and it overclocks worse than a turnip.

If like me you currently have a 290 theres pretty much zero point buying the 390, the Fury is roughly 980 performance for more money and the FuryX is laughable at best, so really if you own a 290 and want a new AMD card, the smart move is to sit tight and wait for the new cards *IF* they live up to expectations.

There is a danger of playing the waiting game but at some point everyone who likes to game on PC's needs to upgrade, this is my last chance with AMD, if the Polaris cards are crud im going to have to buy Nvidia and get locked into their G-Sync tech etc, if that happens AMD wont see a penny from me for years as i dont upgrade monitors often.

Im sure im not the only person with this mindset either

You had me on almost every point apart from the Fury being roughly 980 speed. If this is true then the same can be said of 980Ti being roughly Fury speed for more money.

At 4K R9 Fury is roughly 20% faster than 980 and around 10% slower than 980Ti (all stock). At 1440p it sits right between the 980 and 980Ti with around 15% delta either way.

I accept that when it comes to overclocking the Maxwell cards are better but a 980 will not make up the difference completely and OC vs OC the Fury will still remain ahead.

 

[FoxEye]

The same could be said for any card but people are still lapping up 980ti's, etc when we all know the price will probably halve in 5 months time if the new cards are faster.

Unless the new cards are also more expensive.

Is there much reason to be optimistic, in the post-Titan era, that either company will give performance upgrades for "free"? Sure it's not exactly free because you have to buy a new card, but you know what I mean.

If the 980ti costs £500 and the new cards are quicker, what's to stop them charging £600?

Not saying it's likely, but I'm not sure it's impossible. They wouldn't exactly fly off the shelf, but they'd probably still sell enough to turn a profit.

AMD might be less inclined to start any more "price wars" now that they see themselves as another premium brand. The idea that AMD will charge less than £500 for their new top card seems to me to be wishful thinking.

Could be a new era of £600 Gx104 cards

 

[r22snapper]

Come on, be realistic please tell me how would it be a "decent purchase", it would be an absolute steal priced below 980. Why should AMD reduce the price of a Fury to below that of a considerably slower card? It's ridiculous that some people seriously would not consider AMD unless they were cheaper than a slower Nvidia alternative and even then would only stretch to saying "decent purchase".

Having owned both GPUs I can say at 4K the 980 is unplayable at the same settings the Fury is playable (~30 vs ~40 FPS average) even when overclocked the 980 was unplayable. The difference between 980 and Fury is larger than the gap between Fury and 980Ti at 4K (owned one of those as well). Even at 1440p the difference is around 15%+ overall.

I'm sorry if I sound over the top but this is an absolutely mind boggling comment to make and shows the massive hurdle AMD have to overcome to win over market-share.

You and others are misunderstanding me. The Fury is already priced in the middle of the 980s, so where would a reduction take it? A look at my signature would give a clue that I know how good a card it is. For the benefit of the AMD defence force, I wasn't saying that they have to reduce price, merely pointing out what a good deal they would be if the price is reduced. Christ almighty.

 

[r22snapper]

Why would it cost under the gtx980 when it's a much faster card. Somewhere in between the gtx980 and the 980ti makes more sense.

Because that is where it is now and the speculation in the OP is of a price reduction.

 

[Geeman1979]

You and others are misunderstanding me. The Fury is already priced in the middle of the 980s, so where would a reduction take it? A look at my signature would give a clue that I know how good a card it is. For the benefit of the AMD defence force, I wasn't saying that they have to reduce price, merely pointing out what a good deal they would be if the price is reduced. Christ almighty.

LOL ^

Ankle biters nipping their own

 

[Insanties_birth]

980ti is a beast of a card though, and when you compare it to the 980 its a much better card, even more laughable when compared to the TitanX.

While thats true, the Fury stuff was overpriced from the start for what you actually got, then the pump whine issues, "overclockers dream" lie etc, and ontop of that charging a premium because you dont want to be perceived as a budget brand.

I dislike Nvidia but atleast they actually done a good job with the 980ti, sure they shafted their titanx customers and lied to their 970 customers, but they hit the ball out of the park with the 980ti.

AMD have failed to be truthful, the FuryX was a massive letdown, the first card with a brand new memory tech, it should have been so much better than it is, then it was plagued by pump whine and it overclocks worse than a turnip.

If like me you currently have a 290 theres pretty much zero point buying the 390, the Fury is roughly 980 performance for more money and the FuryX is laughable at best, so really if you own a 290 and want a new AMD card, the smart move is to sit tight and wait for the new cards *IF* they live up to expectations.

There is a danger of playing the waiting game but at some point everyone who likes to game on PC's needs to upgrade, this is my last chance with AMD, if the Polaris cards are crud im going to have to buy Nvidia and get locked into their G-Sync tech etc, if that happens AMD wont see a penny from me for years as i dont upgrade monitors often.

Im sure im not the only person with this mindset either

Beast or not that doesn't really change the point that if there is no point in upgrading due to future cards coming out then that applies for all cards

as much could be said for the 970, overpriced considering the better 390 offers real vram and wasn't a lie from the beginning etc. it's the same parallel but it's just a petty one that is just a half baked excuse tbh. Neither the 970 nor the fury are that far behind the competition (misinformation and all).

What makes you so angsty about getting an upgrade? A 290 is a fine card and should be able to run games for quite a while. Fair enough the 390 isn't a huge upgrade but that hardly means just because each generation there isn't a 50% jump that the card is bad. That is just childish logic and you're wrapping the entire idea of the cards worth around the idea that you already have a card close to it's performance which is dumb for any card owner to want that sort of upgrade. Most jumps from one generation to another aren't that big of a deal but I hope we see a big leap in power from polaris too. Let's be honest though, a new memory architecture was less likely to gain huge performance leaps than a new gpu architecture combined with a die shrink. This should eliminate the heat and power issues so I doubt the watercooling will be needed and I doubt AMD would be dumb enough to let the overclocking thing happen again so more than likely there will decent leaps here and even the 980ti isn't worth jumping for when we can wait for the real contenders.

 

[nashathedog]

me liking/not liking AMD has nothing to do with that god horrible, under performing, overpriced, whiney POS card that AMD spun so many lies about

But yeah AMD at the moment are royally not delivering for me personally, mainly driver issues. With each one that comes along to improve a previous known issue, they generate another catastrophe.

Yeah i know what you mean, and for drivers im still on 15.8, which are fine.

I'm not sure what you all dislike about the current drivers. On release Crimson was problematic and I was quite vocal on this forum about it at the time but the current version is working faultlessly for me. I game everyday and play lots of different titles and since the issue with clocks running in the 300-600 mhz range with my Fury was resolved I've had no problems.
Admittedly I am not a dual card or free-sync user at the moment but as a regular gamer ie: one graphics card and one 60 hz monitor it's running faultlessly.
I will be moving to a 1440p or 21:9 panel this year with either Free or G-sync though so I'd be interested in knowing what it is you guy's are having problems with. That way I may be able to avoid them when the time comes.