Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

[SiDeards73]

There was a lot of Xbox exclusives announced during the Microsoft E3 presentation and pretty much all of them had Windows 10 versions free, as an Xbox one owner I will be buying some of these, For a Horizon 3, Sea of Thieves etc. So the Windows 10 versions will all be DX12 right?

I think this may help drive DX12 as well, and also benefit AMD cards somewhat due to similar architecture in consoles and AMD cards.

Seems MS is keen to give away Win10 versions of Xbox titles if you buy the Xbox game, this whole emphasis on taking the game with you seems good, play if at home on your console, travel with it on your laptop and play it on your PC etc

 

[David Bisset]

That's still just as obviously fake as it was the last two times it appeared on this thread. Look at the font changes!

Not saying it's genuine but font changes? I do a fair bit of CV review for candidates in the tech industry and many of them can't format an important doc like their CV properly so I'd not be surprised to see font changes in a graph, particularly one built up over time as cards get added.

 

[tommybhoy]

The biggest titles inbound that push the IQ boat out are by no means all going to stick on DX11, even if it's a bolt on DX12 is positive marketing to push your title-it'll only accelerate on uptake, it isn't going to go away-neither will the Async elephant.

The total gaming market(PC/console) is running 90% on AMD hardware, it's not as if Nv are making their hardware accessible to the mass PC market anymore.

Whether Polaris delivers expectations is another story though, but that price...

Especially when Nv are getting tarnished with way, way more grief than support from their own user base never mind Red team.

 

[h4rm0ny]

http://unlocked.newegg.com/article/hands-amd-rx-460-470-480-graphics-cards

Hands On: Radeon RX 460, 470, 480 Graphics Cards

At the top of the page is the raw RX 470. Below, the RX 460 with its adorable fan and Crossfire RX 480s.

Doesn't that picture at the top of the page suggest an 8GB version of the 470?

Amusing comment at the bottom of the article. Someone asking: "So who is the EVGA of AMD cards?"

EVGA really should start making AMD cards.

 

[.Trooper.]

The total gaming market(PC/console) is running 90% on AMD hardware, it's not as if Nv are making their hardware accessible to the mass PC market anymore

Eh? They're both focusing on different markets to make up their profits to be honest. AMD are clearly sticking to consumer end graphics, with deals with Apple, Xbox and such.

Nvidias compounded growth rate of their data centre and automotive market had grown 40% and 80% in the past 3 years. We already know they're focusing on deep learning, driverless car technology, etc.

Although I see what you mean, it looks like AMD will start to see some real strength in numbers by partnering with Apple and Xbox, though still have some years ahead to catch up with Nvidias market share in the PC gaming market.

 

[winwin]

I guess gonna wait for vega before amd has a fighting chance to have the top dog gpu again. Hoping it would be soon or Nvidia would be more incline to continue milking the 1080

 

[Seanspeed]

There was a lot of Xbox exclusives announced during the Microsoft E3 presentation and pretty much all of them had Windows 10 versions free, as an Xbox one owner I will be buying some of these, For a Horizon 3, Sea of Thieves etc. So the Windows 10 versions will all be DX12 right?

I think this may help drive DX12 as well, and also benefit AMD cards somewhat due to similar architecture in consoles and AMD cards.

Seems MS is keen to give away Win10 versions of Xbox titles if you buy the Xbox game, this whole emphasis on taking the game with you seems good, play if at home on your console, travel with it on your laptop and play it on your PC etc

They won't all necessarily be DX12 on PC, but more importantly, these will be titles that probably will be more optimized towards AMD processing as the whole UWP platform is built to minimize the extra PC-optimizations that most multiplatform games on PC require.

 

[tommybhoy]

Eh?

Wasn't talking about PC market share, it was overall accessibility to hardware(which Nv stated console class performance outnumbers PC by a factor of 7-1) in regards to DX12 uptake-it will come.

The deep learning/car tech isn't applicable to gaming.

Nv aren't endearing many at all to improve that ratio, AMD however are about to, lost count of how many AMD users are going to sidegrade just to get new hardware, which is simply a massive amount more in comparison because Nv has priced their cards out of reach leaving it accessible only to those with deeper pockets/willing to get milked, which is the Polar opposite of AMD's reach the masses strategy.

 

[akarypid]

I just read an article on Newegg (the one from which everyone picked up the reference PCB image from) which casually mentions:

Also, the “RX” name is also new -- it stands for Radeon Experience and is really AMD’s commitment to make gaming their number one priority going forward. As well as try to clear up some of the confusion of previous model names. Less naming confusion is always a good thing.

So RX is supposed to stand for 'Radeon eXperience' it seems...

 

[XeNoNF50]

There was a lot of Xbox exclusives announced during the Microsoft E3 presentation and pretty much all of them had Windows 10 versions free, as an Xbox one owner I will be buying some of these, For a Horizon 3, Sea of Thieves etc. So the Windows 10 versions will all be DX12 right?

I think this may help drive DX12 as well, and also benefit AMD cards somewhat due to similar architecture in consoles and AMD cards.

Seems MS is keen to give away Win10 versions of Xbox titles if you buy the Xbox game, this whole emphasis on taking the game with you seems good, play if at home on your console, travel with it on your laptop and play it on your PC etc

I think most if not all of those would be DX12

 

[drunkenmaster]

Wasn't it proven before that they've just replaced the Titan X with the 480 in that graph?

That's still just as obviously fake as it was the last two times it appeared on this thread. Look at the font changes!

So someone used a different graph, is it now not a graph any more? Someone decided that to represent his data he would use a graph he liked and just stick his results in to the appropriate gap.

The information is either fake or not, had he made his own graph of all his own numbers, the information would not be more or less real, it would still just be made up or not. The way the person chose to represent the data is really irrelevant to if it's real or not.

If it's not a normal reviewer with access to the results of a dozen other cards it in fact makes a fair amount of sense to use an existing graph if you're trying to show where the card you are testing performs.

I have no idea if the information is real or fake, but the graph is entirely fine, who the hell cares about that part.

 

[Seanspeed]

So someone used a different graph, is it now not a graph any more? Someone decided that to represent his data he would use a graph he liked and just stick his results in to the appropriate gap.

The information is either fake or not, had he made his own graph of all his own numbers, the information would not be more or less real, it would still just be made up or not. The way the person chose to represent the data is really irrelevant to if it's real or not.

If it's not a normal reviewer with access to the results of a dozen other cards it in fact makes a fair amount of sense to use an existing graph if you're trying to show where the card you are testing performs.

I have no idea if the information is real or fake, but the graph is entirely fine, who the hell cares about that part.

Um....it seriously undermines the credibility of the source man. C'mon now.

 

[tommybhoy]

Isn't any different from any other pre launched graph we've ever had, they only care about hits, they don't give a **** about credibility.

 

[kalniel]

Not saying it's genuine but font changes? I do a fair bit of CV review for candidates in the tech industry and many of them can't format an important doc like their CV properly so I'd not be surprised to see font changes in a graph, particularly one built up over time as cards get added.

You wouldn't be surprised if instead of just adding a data point, someone instead updates a graph by chopping the image, cloning, and then adding in a box image or two from another graphical program using a different font? Makes no sense. All you need to do to update a graph with a data point is to insert the data and rerender the graph (hint, that happens automatically in most packages). The only time you can't do that is if you're not the person who made the graph and you want to fake it without going to the effort of making your own graph.

 

[Seanspeed]

The only time you can't do that is if you're not the person who made the graph and you want to fake it without going to the effort of making your own graph.

Bingo.

 

[nashathedog]

Amusing comment at the bottom of the article. Someone asking: "So who is the EVGA of AMD cards?"

EVGA really should start making AMD cards.

No need, Sapphire do excellent cards. They consistently offer some of the the best versions of each generation, For example while companies like MSI and Asus rushed out there Hawaii cards with inadequate heat sinks, Sapphire released cards that where beefed up enough to deal with it, later that gen companies such as Powercolour did clones of Sapphires Hawaii coolers as they were clearly the best performers available. This gen they've pretty much done the same thing while people like Asus have moved to a similar 3 card brick design and MSI now have a heatsink on the 390 and 390x that appears (from pictures) to be double the thickness of what it was on the first of the TFIV Gaming cards.
Mind you EVGA's customer service is second to none.

 

[.Trooper.]

So someone used a different graph, is it now not a graph any more? Someone decided that to represent his data he would use a graph he liked and just stick his results in to the appropriate gap.

I mean it's not really a credible graph if he rubs out 'TITAN X' and replaces it with 'RX 480' without editing the bar at all.

Sure, if it is real the RX 480 may be around that level and he was lazy and just put it in, but it still means the graph is inaccurate.

 

[h4rm0ny]

No need, Sapphire do excellent cards.

Granted. And that's what someone replied to comment in the article with as well! But I was more saying EVGA need to start doing AMD cards from their point of view rather than our's. If the new AMD cards are as good as they look, EVGA is going to be missing out on sales.

 

[.Trooper.]

Granted. And that's what someone replied to comment in the article with as well! But I was more saying EVGA need to start doing AMD cards from their point of view rather than our's. If the new AMD cards are as good as they look, EVGA is going to be missing out on sales.

EVGA will never give up their #1 spot with Nvidia, which will inevitably happen if they partner with AMD too.

Unless Nvidia somehow starts to crumble in a few years (doubt it) I don't see EVGA making any changes.

 

[NZXT30]

How does amd dare to talk about xfire after their abysmal support for the past 16 months.