It will help for sure, if it holds like this the next shipments will arrive and go down £10-£20.
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Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199
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It will help for sure, if it holds like this the next shipments will arrive and go down £10-£20.
The consumer market as a whole in this country would certainly benefit from the pound becoming stronger again. Think this is mostly to blame for the GPU price increase compared to other generations.
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I can confirm this, I got my Sapphire Tri X 390X for £299.99 but 2 days after I bought it it jumped to £319.99 then up again ending up at £369.99 and staying there for months.
So the best we can argue for its price vs performance is that its roughly on a par with a 390X?
Did i fall into some sort of reverse dimension?
Look at it this way if you're in the market for a new card and have £200 to spend and like the look of DX12 is there a better option?
No one cares about DX12.
@ that I would chose the 970, proper cooler on it, proper overclocking.
It will help for sure, if it holds like this the next shipments will arrive and go down £10-£20.
That would be good! Fingers crossed.
People should really stop using occasional 'bargain' prices when representing how much a card costs. It's more honest to use the normal prices for something.
I bought a new PS4 for £200 in the middle of 2015. I wouldn't dare go around telling people that's how much PS4's cost, though, ya know?
Well that's not true is it
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I agree but at the time I was buying they were around £300-£320. I know because I checked around quite a bit before buying.
Whoever says it isn't a high end card is fooling themselves, though I fully accept it isn't the fastest card available even when it launched.
I always try and refer to the launch price and dollar price, as that saves any confusion. Bargains can be had at times but that isn't reflective of what most people pay and not a fair comparison.
Why not? I already have one. but then it is hypothetical.
If the 480 is what everyone seems to think it is its a 970/80 sort of card, the 970 is little over £200 with proper cooling and proven overclocking.
I'll take 1.30 if we vote for freedom
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Given the choice between a previous gen nVidia card (poor DX12, questionable ongoing attention from driver team/game devs, expensive -sync option); a previous high end AMD card (390X, good performance but thirsty and large); or a brand new efficient card with likely the most driver support and features going forwards (480) there's not really any doubt I'd go for the 480.
The vega/1070 argument is going to be much tighter, but the 480 stands out (as does the 1070 if you want to go up a segment straight away).
It all off now, stuck it on to get a screen of the 980Ti score.
I was referring to the nobody cares about DX12 bit. Think we will see a lot more games with all of the "Xbox platform exclusives" landing on windows 10 in the coming months.
Most people do not believe Nvidia's DX12 performance is poor but what most people do believe is that AMD's driver support is.
A £200 to £300 970/80 level card from AMD is a soaking wet squib, they are competing directly with Nvidia with little to convince anyone of anything.
I would buy a 970 over a 480 because the 970 is a proven card.
I genuinely hope there is. It would be good for competition and for the buyer to have a decent choice of what to go for