The Maths there doesn't work unless crossfire is somehow creating extra power.
I just assumed either 50% scaling or the second card at 50% which may indeed be 50% scaling. I could be wrong though there.
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Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199
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The Maths there doesn't work unless crossfire is somehow creating extra power.
I just assumed either 50% scaling or the second card at 50% which may indeed be 50% scaling. I could be wrong though there.
So we're possibly looking at the 480 being a littler slower than the 1070, but at roughly half the price. At the least, the competition should encourage lower prices all round.
Looking forward to it, particularly as I'd like to add a VR solution once Sony has kicked up the dust with their headset, which is also likely to push down prices. Quietly hoping for a graphics card AND headset for £600.
Looking forward to it, particularly as I'd like to add a VR solution once Sony has kicked up the dust with their headset, which is also likely to push down prices. Quietly hoping for a graphics card AND headset for £600.
That settles it then, but it did say utilization (he could also be wrong
). And do we know these cards scale linearly, as in 150% of two cards being exactly 1.5 times the performance of a single card? Doubt that very much.That settles it then, but it did say utilization (he could also be wrong
Thats ghe definition of what scaling means in these circumstances (ie 100% is one single cards performance )
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Mt stock Titan X clocks at those settings.
So slower than a titanx. Still not too shabby a performance for $200 card though. TitanX 28% faster. Where would that put a 480? 980 level???????
Im glad either way. Im not sure whether it will be red or green for my next card but I like bang for buck.
One thing for sure, if the 480 performs as well as that for that price, it will make Nvidia drop the prices of 1070/1080 if i go down that route.
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Yer, roughly 37% slower than a Titan X (in AoTS), so for $200, a very attractive card. I will say though, for high end users, I don't think this is the card people are looking for.
you wouldn't but a lot of ppl would, even if they are not fan of multi-gpu, with 192£ for the 8 Go version, price is low enough to not be a bother to consider, especialy when most ppl wont even need to change the PSU, with a 6pin and 150watt per card, i might see a lot of ppl going to crossfire on a whim, and slap a 2nd one on his rig, especialy that the value wont really drop that much(what like 30-50£ per card ? ) if he wants to resell or swap for vega/Ti.
never been this cheap and easy to test multi-gpu, and performance theoricaly puts it 20% over 1080 with anything close to 80% scaling.
Mt stock Titan X clocks at those settings.
Thanks for doing that. Quite a bit slower than a titan x then and in dx12 on AMD's favourite benchmark . Looks like its a 1070 for me...or maybe nothing till vega / gp102 comes out :/
Yeah but Im from Yorkshire and like value for money
Would love to see a $300 480X card which is only 10-20% slower than a titanx though.
That would really stir the market up.
Thats the 199$ card.
so let say they have a X version at 280$?
ouch, in any way this is a gamers release card and those that seek 1080p overkill performance or those that run 1440p.
4k is still to much for any card.
I suspect the 1080 suddenly becomes a card no one really wants due to it sits in the middle of 4k/1440p and are beaten everyday to sunday by a 199$ card at the releveant performance and resolutions.
WTG AMD is all I say
By the time VR comes out properly with proper games, all those cards will be out of date and everyone will be buying 1380s 780Xs or whatever the heck these will be called by then.
It's hilarious how all those 970-980-TITAN/FURY buyers have 'future-proofed' their PCs by spending extra and now they're all selling the cards 8 months later for the new shiny.
I'll get the 480 or used 970-980 for £150, it will play my 1200p games just fine and when VR is a real thing then we'll see what it requires and buy accordingly. No point in buying a card next month to speculate whether or not it will be good enough for something that despite it's soon release, isn't really going to be done properly for at least another year or two.
It's hilarious how all those 970-980-TITAN/FURY buyers have 'future-proofed' their PCs by spending extra and now they're all selling the cards 8 months later for the new shiny.
I'll get the 480 or used 970-980 for £150, it will play my 1200p games just fine and when VR is a real thing then we'll see what it requires and buy accordingly. No point in buying a card next month to speculate whether or not it will be good enough for something that despite it's soon release, isn't really going to be done properly for at least another year or two.
Yeah but Im from Yorkshire and like value for money
Would love to see a $300 480X card which is only 10-20% slower than a titanx though.
That would really stir the market up.
Well theres going to be a 379 dollar one that is on a par with the titan x so we aren't far off
Be good if AMD could release something that snaps at the heels of the 1070 for $300 though as you say. Might make Nvidia think about dropping the 1070 and 1080 pricing.
Yeah but Im from Yorkshire and like value for money
Would love to see a $300 480X card which is only 10-20% slower than a titanx though.
That would really stir the market up.
They won't do it while there is life in the nano.
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Umm yeah i dont think it was ever meant to compete with a TitanX lol, thats just simply ridiculous even thinking it would.
I think its in the right area for where its marketed, to compete with last gens $500 dollar cards, ie 980, it seems it may well be capable of doing that at under half the price.
I call it a win if there is any truth in this. Is the 1080 roughly equivalent to SLI 980's? if so, then AMD showing 2 x 480 vs a 1080 is a half decent comparison i feel, if the card is aimed to be hitting around 980 perf? If that is also true then i can see a lot of people buying singles and even doubles of the card, those that want to dabble or try xfire / mgpu etc.
Yeah but Im from Yorkshire and like value for money
Would love to see a $300 480X card which is only 10-20% slower than a titanx though.
That would really stir the market up.
haha fair one. I have a feeling that the 480X cards are not going to show, or at least not soon. Traditionally, the X would release first and the failed chips would go to make the next card down (which would be the 480 in this case). Maybe Vega will be the 490/X variants and they could have some huge chip similar to the FX/TX for the top top line. Time will tell.