Radeon FURY thread

Jono8 · 10 Jul 2015 at 14:18

Will this really be £400 though? Surely that would destroy 390x sales. Who will buy the non ref 390x's for £360 if this is £400.

RavenXXX2 · 10 Jul 2015 at 14:22

Jono8 said:
Will this really be £400 though? Surely that would destroy 390x sales. Who will buy the non ref 390x's for £360 if this is £400.

It's 450.

Boomstick777 · 10 Jul 2015 at 14:23

Jono8 said:
Will this really be £400 though? Surely that would destroy 390x sales. Who will buy the non ref 390x's for £360 if this is £400.

ASUS version is £450. Sapphire should come in closer to £400 (Hopefully).

Tbh these might seem a better bet than the Fury X, similar performance. Less power use. Temps are surprisingly good. 75C. Quiet as well.

Bobmunkhouse · 10 Jul 2015 at 14:35

Seems to be a fair amount of reviews online now.....

Edit...I'm slow to party...

fs123 · 10 Jul 2015 at 14:41

Boomstick777 said:
ASUS version is £450. Sapphire should come in closer to £400 (Hopefully).

Tbh these might seem a better bet than the Fury X, similar performance. Less power use. Temps are surprisingly good. 75C. Quiet as well.

Sapphire Tri-X are the best coolers though so not sure this will be cheaper than the Asus but at £400 this will be the default champ in its bracket, even giving the 980ti a few blows. Some of the tests such as Grid Autosport show both Fury cards behind the 390X which is strange. Driver issue or what?

Dygaza · 10 Jul 2015 at 14:43

Fury seems to be quite nice card. Doesn't lose much to X version, is quiet and stays cool.

Jono8 · 10 Jul 2015 at 14:44

RavenXXX2 said:
It's 450.

Surely you would go for a 980Ti then for £50 more.

I just don't think there is a price bracket for this.

fs123 · 10 Jul 2015 at 14:51

Jono8 said:
Surely you would go for a 980Ti then for £50 more.

I just don't think there is a price bracket for this.

A reference 980Ti is £50 more but a non-reference will set you back over £530-£600 so not necessarily a clear choice. The Fury cards are much quieter which many might prefer. But I agree it should be around £400 to really take the sales.

Boomstick777 · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:00

fs123 said:
A reference 980Ti is £50 more but a non-reference will set you back over £530-£600 so not necessarily a clear choice. The Fury cards are much quieter which many might prefer. But I agree it should be around £400 to really take the sales.

I agree at £399 for the Asus and £379 for the Sapphire these would have been hot sellers.

I think the price points they are at are ok for launch, but not great. Going forward with price cuts and bundles etc, I think AMD has a winner here.

I'm still undecided as to what card I want next. This 960 is doing an ok job, well enough for me not to rush straight away.

I really like the ASUS Fury, and I really like the custom 980 Ti's. Just not sure enough on any of them to buy anything just yet lol. If I spot a good deal on any of them I will be persuaded

RavenXXX2 · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:05

Gibbo said:
No stock. Just one sample which I played with at weekend.
Launch day is either today or 14th, not very clear, we shall wait until 14th as no stock.

But from my testing it was slower than Fury X even when overclocked, overclocking was still very poor like Fury X and as a 980Ti is faster than a Fury X it is even more quicker than Fury.

I expect Fury pricing to be circa £420-£460, but AMD could potentially move price lower, but all will be clearer in a few days. But Fury is 980 competitor, it does not rival 980Ti and does not even come close to the overclocked ones.

If gibbo aint got stock no one has.

Telecaster · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:05

AMD would have been better of ditching all the refreshes and launching this Fury in the 390x slot at a better price, they're making their own cards look a bit still born with this move.

RavenXXX2 · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:08

No fan boy here but after playing with an 290x for a week it will be a relief to go back to Nvidia.

AMD should stick to being cheap and cheerful when they are so close in performance to the bigger brand and market leader.

Dygaza · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:09

Telecaster said:
AMD would have been better of ditching all the refreshes and launching this Fury in the 390x slot at a better price, they're making their own cards look a bit still born with this move.

Well, as long as they sell everything they can build, then pricing is just right.

sunshinewelly · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:12

damm shame its not compatible with the majority of 4K TVs

Killer7xx · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:13

Telecaster said:
AMD would have been better of ditching all the refreshes and launching this Fury in the 390x slot at a better price, they're making their own cards look a bit still born with this move.

They should have made this the 390x and moved the cards down one in the pecking order, so the current 390X becomes the 380X and 380 becomes 370, etc. Fury Nano could perhaps be R9 385 and the Fury X could just be called the Fury.

That way the 300 series cards would be clear upgrades on their 200 series counterparts.

RavenXXX2 · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:15

AMD ceo does not want AMD to be seen as a pound stretcher brand.

D.P. · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:29

Minstadave said:
Pretty unexciting at that price.

Too power hungry, doesn't clock well.

Troezar said:
Odd the Fury drawing more than the Fury X...

This is something that I predicted.

The reason Fury X power consumption is relatively constrained compared to Hawaii (but still 40-50w more than 980Ti) is because they keep the chip really cool with the AIO. The cooler the chip the less electron leakage and the less wasted power. Fiji's power consumption goes up a lot as it gets hotter, as does all GPUs.

I'm actually surprised the the power consumption is that low but looking at their reported temperatures in the bit-tech article the case must have very good cooling or the card cooler must be extremely effective.

D.P. · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:34

mmj_uk said:
NVidia will probably just price cut GTX980 to undercut it, GTX980 is a far cheaper card to manufacturer than the Fury ever will be so they have plenty of room to manouvre.

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Yep, and t
Nvidia have already enjoyed recording breaking sales withe 980, it was the most successful graphics card launch in their history. The chip is much smaller and the memory much cheaper, lower power and cooling requirement make the 980s much cheaper to produce than the Fury. Nvidia could cut £50 off the 980 and 980Ti to really squeeze AMD. But they will only do that if they think they are loosing sales, and if am not at all convinced AMD's offerings will have a significant effect. We've seen how many people say the FuryX reviews and plumped for a 980Ti instead. AMD likely first needs to cut their prices by £50-75 then nvidia will follow suit.

Orangey · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:40

Dag nabbit why didn't ASUS send any samples out for review

Not interested in the Sapphire with the same PCB as FX, Asus would have voltage via GPU Tweak so we could've seen OCing from that.

Gerard · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:41

hardocp have the asus card in their review.