R9 Nano Review thread

Gregster · 11 Sep 2015 at 12:16

I can't find a 500W plus PSU that will fit in that Lian-Li case Cat? Is there one?

andybird123 · 11 Sep 2015 at 12:19

You could get away with a 450W for either a Nano or any single card really

Gregster · 11 Sep 2015 at 12:22

andybird123 said:
You could get away with a 450W for either a Nano or any single card really

I am not clued up with PSUs at all, so no idea really what is what in power requirements. I was just going by what the recommended PSUs are saying.

kaku · 11 Sep 2015 at 12:50

Jim99 said:
Didn't KitGuru do that and found that it didn't change much?

Anyway, I'm still a bit puzzled over the hate for this card. AFAICT, it's a lower-clocked Fury X in a smaller package, but it's exactly the same product underneath so therefore you would expect it cost the same.

If you want a cheaper Fury X, you can get the Fury.

What am I missing?

It's not hate, it's just flat-out confusion.

bru · 11 Sep 2015 at 13:29

All this confusion over cases, power supplies and Nanos.

Here you go this case

YOUR BASKET
1 x Cubitek Mini Center Mini-ITX Case - Black £27.95
Total : £27.95 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

- Maximum graphics card length: 180 mm

so that rules out the FuryX and 980ti

fury X - Dimensions: 195(L) x 110(W) x 40(H)mm

REF 980ti - Dimensions: L=282mm, W=110mm, H=43mm

Nano - Dimensions: 154*112*40mm

Case power supplies requirements - Power Supply: Standard ATX 1x (optional), max. 150 mm length

Here's power supply that will fit.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £71.99
Total : £71.99 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

PSU - Dimension: 145mm(L) x 150mm(W) x 86mm(H)

That took all of five minutes to look up, so you guys saying you cannot find a case/PSU combo that will only fit the Nano couldn't of looked that hard. ( I mean mini ITX cases sort by price and it s the first one)

deuse · 11 Sep 2015 at 13:31

Jono8 said:
^ blimey. £300 more for not a huge amount of fps!

about 10 fpm lol but the 970 has HDMI 2

andybird123 · 11 Sep 2015 at 13:34

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
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Dude,seriously you could say why buy a GTX980TI when its a few FPS more than a GTX980,or buy a Titan X over a GTX980TI if its a few FPS more.

If not none of you should ever buy anything over a £250 card.

A 980ti is faster than a 980 in line with its price/performance

I wouldn't buy a 980 over a 970, and I wouldn't buy a titanx over a 980ti, but your first comparison was a bit off

Bru, yeah we had done this already, I had been looking based on volume and found the SG05/SG13 not realising that there were much bigger cases that were shorter...
SFF does seem to be a bit of a minefield.

At the end of the day it doesn't really matter what *i* think, there does seem to be a disconnect between the people saying its going to sell really well because its the fastest SFF card, and what appears to be actually happening.

If someone asked me for a recommendation, I would be to get one of the 280mm cases that does allow for a normal sized card, rather than save £10 on the case to spend an extra £250 on a GPU that gets nowhere near the performance of other £500 cards

Meaker · 11 Sep 2015 at 13:34

Gregster said:
I don't berate anyone for what they spend and that is totally their choice but under no circumstance can I see a reason to recommend the Nano and that is what my point was. I also agree with Andy and can't find a SFF case that has a big enough PSU to cope with the demands of the Nano but the case is too small for anything else, so as it stands today, I just can't see why someone would buy a Nano over the much faster Fury X/980Ti in truth.

SFF PSUs go up to 600w and sfx-l PSUs will soon go up to 700w.

Bear in mind my setup (laptop with cpu at 3.4-3.7ghz and titan x at 1500/8000 )runs ok on my 500w psu.

nashathedog · 11 Sep 2015 at 13:47

I did 3 consecutive runs of this bench maxed at 1440 last night with my Fury and at the end it hadn't even reached the 75 degree operating temp of the Tri-X so no this is not a good example for seeing how hot the card get's and how much it will throttle once it's being used in a gaming session.

LoadsaMoney · 11 Sep 2015 at 14:01

Gregster said:
I don't berate anyone for what they spend and that is totally their choice but under no circumstance can I see a reason to recommend the Nano and that is what my point was. I also agree with Andy and can't find a SFF case that has a big enough PSU to cope with the demands of the Nano but the case is too small for anything else, so as it stands today, I just can't see why someone would buy a Nano over the much faster Fury X/980Ti, or even the similar performance of the 970 Mini in truth.

Gregster · 11 Sep 2015 at 14:04

Meaker said:
SFF PSUs go up to 600w and sfx-l PSUs will soon go up to 700w.

Bear in mind my setup (laptop with cpu at 3.4-3.7ghz and titan x at 1500/8000 )runs ok on my 500w psu.

Some good info and well done Bru. I can now see someone who wants the tiniest but very powerful PC being interested in the Nano.

I don't mind admitting when I am wrong or just don't know

Joe! · 11 Sep 2015 at 14:15

Gregster said:
Some good info and well done Bru. I can now see someone who wants the tiniest but very powerful PC being interested in the Nano.

I don't mind admitting when I am wrong or just don't know

^^

Thanks Bru

JediFragger · 11 Sep 2015 at 14:18

bru said:
All this confusion over cases, power supplies and Nanos.

Here you go this case

YOUR BASKET
1 x Cubitek Mini Center Mini-ITX Case - Black £27.95
Total : £27.95 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

- Maximum graphics card length: 180 mm

so that rules out the FuryX and 980ti

fury X - Dimensions: 195(L) x 110(W) x 40(H)mm

REF 980ti - Dimensions: L=282mm, W=110mm, H=43mm

Nano - Dimensions: 154*112*40mm

Case power supplies requirements - Power Supply: Standard ATX 1x (optional), max. 150 mm length

Here's power supply that will fit.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £71.99
Total : £71.99 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

PSU - Dimension: 145mm(L) x 150mm(W) x 86mm(H)

That took all of five minutes to look up, so you guys saying you cannot find a case/PSU combo that will only fit the Nano couldn't of looked that hard. ( I mean mini ITX cases sort by price and it s the first one)

That would make an *awesome* Nano sys :cool:

andybird123 · 11 Sep 2015 at 14:42

I'm still not entirely convinced... Volume wise the SG13 or similar is about the same burlt can fit a full sized GPU and with an M.2 drive or esata disk space isn't a worry.
I can see a use case for the Nano, but it is even more niche than I first thought.

flopper · 11 Sep 2015 at 14:44

waterblock for Nano coming.
small,cool and even more cool?
coolest
http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/21067-aquacomputer-gor-vattenblock-for-radeon-r9-nano

nashathedog · 11 Sep 2015 at 15:16

flopper said:
waterblock for Nano coming.
small,cool and even more cool?
coolest
http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/21067-aquacomputer-gor-vattenblock-for-radeon-r9-nano

If you have the room for a Nano with a water block cooling system why wouldn't you get a Fury X and waterblock that? Even if you can get a Nano to run at it's theoretical 1000mhz maximum 24/7 it will still be slower than an X and I imagine overclocking will be even more limited than it currently is on the Fiji chips due to what is missing on the pcb.

ALXAndy · 11 Sep 2015 at 15:19

nashathedog said:
I did 3 consecutive runs of this bench maxed at 1440 last night with my Fury and at the end it hadn't even reached the 75 degree operating temp of the Tri-X so no this is not a good example for seeing how hot the card get's and how much it will throttle once it's being used in a gaming session.

When I used to run two GTX 670s in SLI Metro Last Light was one of the games that would make the top card over heat. Not so much the benchmark itself but the game.

I can think of other games that really get my GPUs hot but tbh? MLL is a decent enough example.

As for the card? hurrah, Awesome stuff AMD

As for the price? lmao. I would sack the brain dead monkey that does Nvidia's prices if I were you.

Kaapstad · 11 Sep 2015 at 15:32

Will anyone be buying the Nano at it's current price ?

Boomstick777 · 11 Sep 2015 at 15:32

Water block looks sweet,

http://videocardz.com/57510/aqua-computer-intros-kryographics-r9-nano-full-cover-water-block

Jim99 · 11 Sep 2015 at 15:34

kaku said:
It's not hate, it's just flat-out confusion.

What, because people were expecting something different?

I'd more or less forgotten it was happening, so I didn't go into the reviews with any preconceptions. Nor do I know what preconceptions existed.