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Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

Gregster said:
Well that seems to have seeped over several forums with Ferrari and others and Ferrari did say he worked for an AIB but has since told us he is a teacher, And I don't care either way in truth. I can see Ferrari is an enthusiast like many of us and wants info like many of us.

End of June for this 480 and there will be many leaks, rumors and speculation in between, which will no doubt spark off more debates lol. The things we have seen though are the 3DMark11 score which looks to be for the 480 and with a clock speed of 1266Mhz (iirc). The score was very respectable for a sub $200 card and if that is indeed the correct score, it looks like it could well suit many mid range gamers. Raja would have been better going with the 3DMark run in my opinion, rather than that weird CF AoTS test lol.
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I said I repaired GPU'S for different vendors which I did while finishing off my computer science degree (BsC computing and IT). I am now a trainee computer science teacher at a senior school and have have even been selected for a scholarship from the BCS for my efforts.

I have told no lies to anybody and I appreciate at least a few people here acknowledge that I was being nothing short of stalked and and trolled. I might even use that example to teach year seven students E-safety in the future.

I am also happy that many, including yourself, realise I am passionate about computing and gaming. After a few well positioned posts in another thread I thought the damage against my reputation was already done, thankfully that is not the case. I would rather discuss in a smaller forum than wade through all the junk in places where people have no clue and most follow the status quo rather than see technology for what it is.

Also my teacher training is extended into next year as I only recently started it. This is due to the rather strange time of the year I received my degree. For now it is more about lots of reading on what makes a great teacher. The theory of teaching if you like, along with observation days at the school. The main SCITT starts September.
 
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Gregster said:
Well that seems to have seeped over several forums with Ferrari and others and Ferrari did say he worked for an AIB but has since told us he is a teacher, And I don't care either way in truth. I can see Ferrari is an enthusiast like many of us and wants info like many of us.

End of June for this 480 and there will be many leaks, rumors and speculation in between, which will no doubt spark off more debates lol. The things we have seen though are the 3DMark11 score which looks to be for the 480 and with a clock speed of 1266Mhz (iirc). The score was very respectable for a sub $200 card and if that is indeed the correct score, it looks like it could well suit many mid range gamers. Raja would have been better going with the 3DMark run in my opinion, rather than that weird CF AoTS test lol.
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He might not of been able to compare the 480 to a 1080 in 3DMark as crossfire might not be set up for it yet?

I think it's it's genius they manage to compare the 480 and 1080. Much more interesting and thought provoking than to see the 480 compared to last year's 980.
 
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D.P. said:
A 40Cu and higher clocked version is only going to be about 20% faster. A great card for $300, still not 1070 ballpark, but solid performance for $80 cheaper.
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Actually if the 36 CU do run at 390(x) speeds, then +20-25% puts the 40CU just in the stock 980ti ballpark. So it could be almost as fast as the 1070 but cheaper.
 
OnionSpark said:
I was actually hoping for something more practical than theoretical! I know a lot of people here simply believe Nvidia and AMD's marketeers and press statements, but I've always preferred independent confirmation where possible.

Wasn't it Raja who also claimed a historic leap in performance per watt? Polaris looks to be far behind Pascal there if we assume that all of AMD's figures are accurate, and behind Maxwell if there's even the slightest exaggeration.

Which hints that AMD is only comparing with AMD, and so "rectifying" batching doesn't therefore mean that there will be a significant improvement compared with the market at large, only with AMD's earlier GPUs.

I don't think I'm being overly skeptical here - a 480 with a low-end AMD CPU? Not outside the realm of possibility - please tell me more. Two 480s with a low-end AMD CPU? That's.... revolutionary.
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The slide shows 150W for the 480...considering the slot+6pin cable has a maximum of 150W power the exaggeration is out of the window, and no one would build a card which would pull the exact amount of power the terminals allow. Also there was a leak before stating it would pull around 120W...which is quite believable with the 6pin terminal.
If it would pull 150W in real life it would have a 8pin connector.

If it pulls 120W and 390(x) performance then it is spot on Pascal perf/W.
1070 is Titan X performance which is about 30% faster than a 390x https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080/26.html
120*1.3=156

One more thing, on the Computex slide they showed 2.8x perf/W comparing to 28nm. This could be true or not. If it would be true a 390x performance card would need ~100W. So taking account some exaggageration, the ~120W couldbe real.
 
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Kaapstad said:
Best thing to do about speculating is

1. Go down the pub

2. Drink 15 pints of Lager

3. Enjoy yourself

4. When you walk out the pub if you still want to speculate it will be just as accurate as when you walked in the pub.:)
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Yeah but I wouldnt be walking if I drank 15 pints. :p
 
Jono8 said:
Not really, because they needed two of them :p
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Yes you do need to obviously. That equates to more power for less than £200 and better DX12 future proofing if you don't mind crossfire.

X fire isn't for everybody but I have lost count of the amount of posts I have spotted in various locations where people say they will buy two. These people could well be potential 1080 buyers looking for a better deal.

Actually I am dumbfounded how many times I read that.


A price/performance seed has been planted that will give > 1080 power at a fraction of the price.

Nobody would be considering that had that comparison not been made.

Whoever gave AMD that idea is genius.
 
Ferrari100 said:
Yes you do need to obviously. That equates to more power and less than £200 and better DX12 future proofing.

X fire isn't for everybody but I have lost count of the amount of posts I have spotted in various locations where people say they will buy two. These people could well be potential 1080 buyers looking for a better deal.

Actually I am dumbfounded how many times I read that.


A price/performance seed has been planted that will give > 1080 power at a fraction of the price.

Nobody would be considering that had that comparison not been made.

Whoever gave AMD that idea is genius.
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When people talk about a fraction of the price they usually start at 1/2 and go down from there, 2/3rds is not really what you call a fraction of the price
 
andybird123 said:
When people talk about a fraction of the price they usually start at 1/2 and go down from there, 2/3rds is not really what you call a fraction of the price
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Lol. I'm no maths teacher but last I heard 2/3 is a fraction.

Also, I read that AMD may have announced a UK price of £160 for the 4GB version. With current 1080 prices is is much closer to half, if not exactly that.
 
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Ferrari100 said:
Yes they do, that equates to more power and less than £200 and better DX12 future proofing.

X fire isn't for everybody but I have lost count of the amount of posts I have spotted in various locations where people say they will buy two. These people could well be potential 1080 buyers looking for a better deal.

Actually I am dumbfounded how many times I read that.


A price/performance seed has been planted that will give > 1080 power at a fraction of the price.

Nobody would be considering that had that comparison not been made.

Whoever gave AMD that idea is genius.
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380X in crossfire is as fast as a 980Ti and ~£150 cheaper but I didn't see that being recommended and bought over the 980Ti this generation so why should this be any different?

2x 8gb versions will be $460 and a 1080 is $600 so you are talking a difference of $140 which after VAT is ~ £115.

For that amount extra (assuming xfire 480X is only around a single 1080's performance - which is all we can deduce as that is the only official bench we have from AMD) )then it should be the single card solution all the way.
 
Ferrari100 said:
Yes you do need to obviously. That equates to more power for less than £200 and better DX12 future proofing if you don't mind crossfire.

X fire isn't for everybody but I have lost count of the amount of posts I have spotted in various locations where people say they will buy two. These people could well be potential 1080 buyers looking for a better deal.

Actually I am dumbfounded how many times I read that.


A price/performance seed has been planted that will give > 1080 power at a fraction of the price.

Nobody would be considering that had that comparison not been made.

Whoever gave AMD that idea is genius.
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It's not actually crossfire. The game was running in DX12 Multiadapter mode which even allows a 480 to work with a 1080 in one system.

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