Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

[LoadsaMoney]

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

Yup, its hilarious that.

 

[tommybhoy]

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

Yup, its hilarious that.

But, but, but, it's upped on GPUO so it's defo going to work now.

 

[Finners]

Bit off topic but what AMD partner cards allow waterblock fitting without ruining warranty.

I'm hoping to put a ek thermosphere on one of these cards but doesn't look like it will fit on the reference board so will have to get a partner card.

 

[tommybhoy]

The only 100% guaranteed warranty intact brand is Asus-but only if you purchase from OcUK provided you don't break it.

 

[shankly1985]

Bit off topic but what AMD partner cards allow waterblock fitting without ruining warranty.

I'm hoping to put a ek thermosphere on one of these cards but doesn't look like it will fit on the reference board so will have to get a partner card.

Msi is one that I know.

 

[Pulseammo]

Bit off topic but what AMD partner cards allow waterblock fitting without ruining warranty.

I'm hoping to put a ek thermosphere on one of these cards but doesn't look like it will fit on the reference board so will have to get a partner card.

Powercolor perhaps: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=25635573

 

[tommybhoy]

Push comes to shove shanks, someone in here had an rma rejected because they broke the warranty removal sticker.

MSI could argue that the info they released 2 years ago that the western market can break the seal is outdated now.

 

[tommybhoy]

Powercolor perhaps: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=25635573

As above.

I asked Gibbo for some info on OcUK's stance on the clarity of cooler removal in the 1080 launch thread, he said it would take him a few weeks to find out, hopefully he can clarify with an updated policy.

 

[drunkenmaster]

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.

AFAIK he changed the score, he did it for Titan because the score he had was between the score of the card above and below so it fitted in that slot. That was the point.

If I had a RX 480, tested it at various speeds and had scores but only had my 290 to compare it to I would have several options. Office and 2 scores on a basic chart, going to a website and taking an age copying out scores into a new chart around my own results, or just take an existing chart and change one score with the one in the existing chart that matches the correct position.

Making a new chart, using an existing chart, I see no difference, the score is either real or not, the chart has no bearing. Honestly it's just the easiest option, save, open in PS, change the name and the score at the right place, save, upload. Alternatively, put in loads of names and scores, title, make it look pretty, etc.

 

[Gregster]

It is disingenuous to use other peoples scores though as it is running on a different system. I am not saying that score is wrong but I question the validity of it.

 

[tommybhoy]

Considering the scrutiny over the validity put into 'official' released graphs from review sites on launched cards, why is everyone still talking about it?

 

[Troezar]

It is disingenuous to use other peoples scores though as it is running on a different system. I am not saying that score is wrong but I question the validity of it.

Certainly not scientific.

 

[Mauller]

Like with the previous graphs, if you compare the values and bar lengths they are different.

 

[old gamer]

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

Well I suppose it can't get any worse, so things can only get better

 

[Seanspeed]

Well I suppose it can't get any worse, so things can only get better

Rendering pipelines are getting increasingly complex and DX12/Vulkan will make multi-GPU support very problematic without a bunch of extra effort by developers.

None of this adds up to anything 'getting better' going forwards.

 

[fs123]

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

Yup, its hilarious that.

Also hilarious that the demo they showed was not even crossfire. Ever heard of a DX12 feature called Explicit Multi-Adapter?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9740/directx-12-geforce-plus-radeon-mgpu-preview/4

 

[Jono8]

Ever heard of a DX12 feature called Explicit Multi-Adapter?

So something with even less support. Brilliant.

 

[CREATIVE!11]

$199

Please guys quit posting this graph.

It was pointed out as fake many pages back(obviously not your fault you haven't seen it). Someone photoshopped over the Titan x and put a 480. Someone found the original graph.

God people are such **** why bother faking something like this...

 

[fs123]

So something with even less support. Brilliant.

I heard the Frostbite engine may support it with Battlefiled 1 and if other engines follow then it would greatly increase the suppport. It could potentially replace crossfire/SLI and it allows Nvidia and AMD gpu's to be mixed in a system.

 

[Greebo]

Also hilarious that the demo they showed was not even crossfire. Ever heard of a DX12 feature called Explicit Multi-Adapter?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9740/directx-12-geforce-plus-radeon-mgpu-preview/4

Xfire doesnt Work in ashes as far as I know. It's all multi GPu support and I think it's a good thing.

After all the best performance gain was from a fury and 980ti combo.

Would love the see a future where it doesn't matter if you have a nvidia or mad card and you can just keep adding cards to you system rather than replace and your speeds increase.