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Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

GFX-Kid said:
If the rumours of the RX 480 performance is true, then it will sell in much higher quantity and faster IMO.
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I very much doubt it. I've only bought AMD GPU's for the last 10 years for my desktop PC, and I've ordered a 1070.

NVIDIA have the market locked up, there is no competition. The 480 will most likely be 970 performance levels, that isn't even that exceptional for $200, it's good news for sure but nothing earth shattering.

For those like me on a 390X there is no upgrade from AMD at the moment. Well unless you want to buy a 4GB VRAM Fury in 2016, which is a pretty dumb idea as it already runs out of VRAM in some games.
 
Dave2150 said:
I very much doubt it. I've only bought AMD GPU's for the last 10 years for my desktop PC, and I've ordered a 1070.

NVIDIA have the market locked up, there is no competition. The 480 will most likely be 970 performance levels, that isn't even that exceptional for $200, it's good news for sure but nothing earth shattering.

For those like me on a 390X there is no upgrade from AMD at the moment. Well unless you want to buy a 4GB VRAM Fury in 2016, which is a pretty dumb idea as it already runs out of VRAM in some games.
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So far benchmarks are putting the 470 at 970 levels and the 480 between Nano and Fury....

I personally think anyone thinking about buying a card at the moment should wait to see how the 480 pans out performance wise, as it could cause a response by Nvidia in pricing. I'd of hated to be the people who purchased the 780, then 3-4 months later seeing it drop £100-£130 in price.
 
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andybird123 said:
If you're the sort of person that worries about a hundred quid price drop over 4 months, you're probably not buying a 780
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Always a rather bizarre argument this one, many people who spend at the very tip of a price point for any product still consider the potential value of it over the subsequent months ahead... Cars, Technology (Macbooks, iPhones etc) etc etc, literally sites setup dedicated to determining the best time to buy and sell a product during it's cycle.
 
andybird123 said:
If you're the sort of person that worries about a hundred quid price drop over 4 months, you're probably not buying a 780
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actually with 480 and rest dropping on the 29th - and if 480 at least 980 speeds at stock; it will cause distruption -

more information on 470 we get more we can speculate what the speeds will be for 480.....

3 weeks time we could easy see price drops on 1070 and possibly 1080 - now if I'd just bought it and drops 50-75 quid to 100 quid......I'd be ****ed off and rightly so.


I've stated from the beginning 480 would be at least 980 speeds - that looks like that is looking like it more and more - but with driver improvements and OC just how far Polaris will go.....now that's the real question.....
 
sprite- said:
Always a rather bizarre argument this one, many people who spend at the very tip of a price point for any product still consider the potential value of it over the subsequent months ahead... Cars, Technology (Macbooks, iPhones etc) etc etc, literally sites setup dedicated to determining the best time to buy and sell a product during it's cycle.
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Yep just because you have money does not mean you automatically need to be a fool and not care about value. A lot of people are wired differently and still care about getting there money's worth even if they are rich. Some people get Rich front not spending stupidly. Others say you only live once and can't take your money with you so spend it.
 
saying about the shrink to 10nm, i would like the guys at NASA to get their IC tests for vacuum transistors going, we could see IC's at up to 460Ghz core speeds. The chip makers might have to nose dive the transistors and complexity to begin with, but the clock speeds would more than make up for that. The biggest thing about these is that they can be made using current manufacturing processes.
 
TheRealDeal said:
Yep just because you have money does not mean you automatically need to be a fool and not care about value. A lot of people are wired differently and still care about getting there money's worth even if they are rich.
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Definitely. I also think judging by most peoples responses across forums, even when purchasing people are doing somewhat reluctantly knowing the price is disproportionately high - but since they've waited for the new card to arrive and have little option for the performance band. They've conceded to the price and purchased. Not exactly going to be icing on the cake if a few months later it drops in price by 20%, i know i'd be furious. It's the one thing that's stopped me buying, if they had released the 1080 and 1080Ti and the Ti was priced at around £650 mark i'd of likely bought it.

I just don't feel the 1080 can maintain that price bracket for very long, i think it's been opportunist by Nvidia and i'm just not willing to lose that much money on a card after a short period of time.
 
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TheRealDeal said:
Yep just because you have money does not mean you automatically need to be a fool and not care about value. A lot of people are wired differently and still care about getting there money's worth even if they are rich.
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Interesting some of the richest people are some of the tightest too. You only need to look at the guy who owns Ikea,Ingvar Kamprad, who still uses his bus pass,drives an oldish car,etc and has billions of dollars.
 
But you guys, by definition, are not buying 1080's, so saying "I would be furious" is irrelevant, you guys are the type of people who wait (and wait) for that next thing. People buying 1080's now are not waiters and they know the risks involved in that.
 
andybird123 said:
But you guys, by definition, are not buying 1080's, so saying "I would be furious" is irrelevant, you guys are the type of people who wait (and wait) for that next thing. People buying 1080's now are not waiters and they know the risks involved in that.
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Again, a flawed argument. I don't think anyone (including people in this thread) thought AMD would "potentially" be pumping out a card in this price bracket with the performance from leaks. When the 1080 price came out, most people react to it in disappointment because nothing so far had indicated that AMD could force Nvidia into a position to address their pricing.
 
andybird123 said:
If you're the sort of person that worries about a hundred quid price drop over 4 months, you're probably not buying a 780
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People with money to spend don't get into that position by being frivolous with it, the £100 over a few months may not be anything to them in real terms but I bet you that every one of them would have that £100 back in a heartbeat.

If anything it's the stupid people who in real terms can't afford, and shouldn't be buying a top end GPU that don't care about how much it cost because it's going on a CC to be paid back on the never never at 20% APR.
 
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