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Did AMD just cancel Radeon R9 285X?
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Soldato
Soldato
AMD is only going to worry if the 980 is a monster, specs certainly don't look that way.
If it's not faster than Titan Black, the gpu landscape has no change.
Soldato
Unless it offers 90% of the performance at 60% of the power consumption.
Soldato
why the 285 is superb for 179.99
Man of Honour
We don't want 10% less performance and who cares about power consumption when we can save money on heating.
Gregster you know by now that this is normal for AMD, and there almost always way late to join the party
Soldato
Irrelevant to>99% of users, if the AMD equivalent offers 95% performance for a third less outlay, how long would it take to claw back £150+ in leccy bills?
Next to no one looks at how much leccy they can save when purchasing, it's all about power/performance at this end.
Caporegime
I would rather they gave more into R&D than spamming forums/tech sites with "we are the good guys" image. Whilst I am not a fan of AMD, I still want to see them doing well and competing with nVidia/Intel. Take G-Sync as an example. AMD boasted that they had the tech for years but it took nVidia to release G-Sync (sure at a cost) before they decided to use the tech they had and it still isn't here.... Talk about missing an opportunity.
Man of Honour
For reference the the rumored 970 price point is $330 MSRP.
The drop off in performance there @1600p is not good, where will it be @4K lol.
Soldato
@Alatar, according to those figures 980 faster than Titan Black then?
Like the 2 year wait for 3D surround?
Swings and roundabouts or short memories, you decide.
I would rather they gave more into R&D than spamming forums/tech sites with "we are the good guys" image. Whilst I am not a fan of AMD, I still want to see them doing well and competing with nVidia/Intel. Take G-Sync as an example. AMD boasted that they had the tech for years but it took nVidia to release G-Sync (sure at a cost) before they decided to use the tech they had and it still isn't here.... Talk about missing an opportunity.
Like the 2 year wait for 3D surround?
Swings and roundabouts or short memories, you decide.
Yes. Why wouldn't it be?
And the 970 should be almost as fast as a 290X for much less money. Faster than the 290 but considerably cheaper msrp.
Caporegime
I think thats probably wishful thinking, the 290X is £330, the 290 is £250. the 780 is £310
If you think the 970 is going to be, what £220? i think your living in a fantasy.
980 Around £500, 970 around £400, or 980 £450, 970 £350 if your lucky.
The 670 was £350
Soldato
I doubt it but we will see.
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A 780 can be had for under 300 quid.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-044-KF&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341
Ref 670's were £299-309 on launch depending on brand and shop.
Caporegime
Yer, the 680 was $499 and the 670 was $399 on launch. The 7970 was $549 and the 290X was $549 also. It is pointless working launch prices in pounds, as depending on shop, it makes a huge difference to prices.
Soldato
I hope the gtx970 has a decent price. That means the GTX960 will be too.
PS
I really hope amd has something out soon,since tbh I am really finding it hard to understand the r9 285 ATM. Even fully enabled,it probably won't be much faster than an r9 280x,will only be a bit more efficient and has the same die size. Sure ram costs and PCB costs might be lower but it uses higher speed and more expensive ram than a r9 280.
Sigh.
PS
I really hope amd has something out soon,since tbh I am really finding it hard to understand the r9 285 ATM. Even fully enabled,it probably won't be much faster than an r9 280x,will only be a bit more efficient and has the same die size. Sure ram costs and PCB costs might be lower but it uses higher speed and more expensive ram than a r9 280.
Sigh.
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