Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

Gregster · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:28

SiDeards73 said:
Umm yeah i dont think it was ever meant to compete with a TitanX lol, thats just simply ridiculous even thinking it would.

For goodness sake, I wasn't showing it competing against a TX but merely giving some perspective on how it compares and where it would roughly sit in the high/mid/low segment of the market. I don't have any other cards available to test, or I would have done that. Maybe someone else can run the test, especially from AMD side of things and especially as so much stock is put into AoTS as the 'must have game' (the last bit is tongue in cheek btw).

Mei · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:29

well its the 4gb card for the $200 price
didnt they say they will have cards going up to $350 or something?
if so that makes sense the 480x is coming too, extra 4gb wont cost that much...

meldarthx · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:30

beany_bot said:
Im kind of hoping that vega will be more 1080Ti territory. there may well be a 490/x that competes with the 1080

there are two vega chips - like we have with Polaris; I think smaller vega is coming in Oct; which will beat 1080 by a little.......and then big vega which is TI/Titan match - possibly beater....

StarShock · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:32

seems to have a bunch more info. Still lots of guess work though.

edit- Fixed

nomadd · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:33

PhoenixUK said:
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.

My 970 will do me another few years at least. ..And even now I've had more than my money's worth from it.

Dervious · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:34

PhoenixUK said:
By the time VR comes out properly with proper games, all those cards will be out of date and everyone will be buying 1380s 780Xs or whatever the heck these will be called by then.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.

This is a similar situation to when 4K TVs became widely available a year or two back (or in the first 3 or 4 years when "HD Ready" TVs appeared). Something to impress the neighbours, but you are paying a premium for something that you're not going to benefit from for a while.

Mei · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:36

StarShock said:
seems to have a bunch more info. Still lots of guess work though.

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Gregster · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:37

StarShock said:
seems to have a bunch more info. Still lots of guess work though.

andybird123 · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:37

PhoenixUK said:
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.

I don't think the type of people who were saying they "future proofed" their machine with a top end GPU are the same people selling up to get a 1080

there's no such thing as future proofing when it comes to graphics cards, any fool should know that something better and cheaper comes out in at least any given 12 months

Mei · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:39

lol thx gregyp00s

SiDeards73 · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:39

Gregster said:
For goodness sake, I wasn't showing it competing against a TX but merely giving some perspective on how it compares and where it would roughly sit in the high/mid/low segment of the market. I don't have any other cards available to test, or I would have done that. Maybe someone else can run the test, especially from AMD side of things and especially as so much stock is put into AoTS as the 'must have game' (the last bit is tongue in cheek btw).

Greg keep yer kecks on bud, my point was not aimed at you, as i know you was mere putting out results as someone else asked for them, i was merely making a comment to the people who are getting over excited and thinking this card will compete with a TitanX, something it was never aimed to do and something it wont ever likely do

AlamoX · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:40

D.P. said:
I don't think so. These cards exist in a market of their own. The FuryX is like $550 and soundly beaten by a card nearly $200 cheaper.

It's Nvidia's lower end that will have to get priced right. The 1060 is definitely close but if it isn't then will we see the 980 drop to $250 and 970 to $180 to compete against the 480?

the 970 needs price cut of 100£ to get down to 159£ and compete against a faster 480 with 4Go and 165£
the 980 needs a price cut of 200£ to get to the 480 4Go.
can they even drop price that much without said cards owners backlash ?
i dont see the solution for them being 970/980, but the 1060 if it's not too far away, with the right perf/price, and even then the disparity between different segment will be weirdly high.

Gregster · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:41

SiDeards73 said:
Greg keep yer kecks on bud, my point was not aimed at you, as i know you was mere putting out results as someone else asked for them, i was merely making a comment to the people who are getting over excited and thinking this card will compete with a TitanX, something it was never aimed to do and something it wont ever likely do

I just knew somebody would say it and I gave you more credit than that

LoadsaMoney · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:43

Jimdriver2 said:
As someone who's been running Crossfired 280X's for a couple of years there's no way in hell I'd ever consider going for RX480 in crossfire, no matter the price.

The driver support for Crossfire is terrible. At best you get support a month or 2 after release of new titles and then it's shoddy like The Division's is. The Witcher 3 still has some issues, mainly because they give up on crossfire after the first attempt.

I decided to go all in with Nvidia and get a 1080, this announcement actually makes me feel happier with that decision.

Yup, ive had Crossfire since the Fury Pros came out, and id say ive used it for less than a fortnight, ive got my second card disabled, and had it that way for months and months now, Crossfire just has too many problems, you get stuttering, texture corruption, flickering, the list just goes on, single card is the way to go, this is my first time on Crossfire, and its my last, its utter garbage.

Jono8 · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:43

AlamoX said:
the 970 needs price cut of 100£ to get down to 159£ and compete against a faster 480 with 4Go and 165£
the 980 needs a price cut of over 200£ to get to the 480 4Go.
can they even drop price that much without said cards owners backlash ?
i dont see the solution for them being 970/980, but the 1060 if it's not too far away, with the right perf/price, and even then the disparity between different segment will be weirdly high.

?

The 970 and 980 are over and will be discontinued and sold off mega cheap. Just like the 390 and 390x will.

Backlash? Lol, the 970 and 980 have been out 20 months!

The 1060 will be Nvidia's answer to the rx480.

Gregster · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:43

AlamoX said:
the 970 needs price cut of 100£ to get down to 159£ and compete against a faster 480 with 4Go and 165£
the 980 needs a price cut of over 200£ to get to the 480 4Go.
can they even drop price that much without said cards owners backlash ?
i dont see the solution for them being 970/980, but the 1060 if it's not too far away, with the right perf/price, and even then the disparity between different segment will be weirdly high.

Not 100% on this but pretty sure they stopped Maxwell production a few weeks ago or at least I read they did. I imagine surplus stocks will see price cuts though eventually and we will start to see the 1060 soon enough. Personally I am hoping the 1080Ti and big Vega come out quite soon. I will happily go from a 1080 to either of those

nashathedog · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:45

Gregster said:
especially from AMD side of things and especially as so much stock is put into AoTS as the 'must have game' (the last bit is tongue in cheek btw).

That's what I don't get, I imagine it's only a minority that will even play it let alone complete it.
It's not what you'd call beautiful graphically anyway, It's not that type of game. Yes I get that it's about handling things when so much is going on at once but for most of us it'll only ever be a benchmark program. The stuff AOTS showcases being improved that'll be in other titles will continue to be held in check by stuff like the visual effects anyway. I want to see what's what with big 1st & 3rd person open world games like Assassin's, Batman, Fallouts, Tomb Raiders, Mass effects & any others we get going forward. How our cards work with those will be relevant. AOTS is no more than a high five title.

Ferrari100 · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:45

AMD Reddit trending this morning.

Seems the 480 at $200 has a lot of interest.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4m6gc5/meta_just_letting_you_guys_know_ramd_is_currently/

nashathedog · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:51

LoadsaMoney said:
Yup, ive had Crossfire since the Fury Pros came out, and id say ive used it for less than a fortnight, ive got my second card disabled, and had it that way for months and months now, Crossfire just has too many problems, you get stuttering, texture corruption, flickering, the list just goes on, single card is the way to go, this is my first time on Crossfire, and its my last, its utter garbage.

That's the funny thing about the "ooh look how it beats the 1080 in crossfire" crowd. I find it shocking that AMD even have the cheek to make the comparison. Anyone who get's two will spend more gaming time with the second card disabled than not.

andybird123 · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:55