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Warnings have been posted and ignored, so thread is now being closely watched.
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Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199
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I love the smell of bannings in the morning
Are you really incapable of waiting a couple of hours for the NDA to lift?
Can't tell if this is indicative of performance since you've already said it'll come in around 220 and now you're saying the 980 at 276 could be problemsome for AMD.
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With similar stock/availability as the 1080.... Nvidia attempting to murky the waters, throw some AIB's some superclocked editions to benchmark then keep people on the hook waiting around for stock of a supposedly cheaper and faster product. It's a good tactic but that is all it is.
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At $135 to a pound,that would make it under £3!! BARGAIN!!
rotflmao whoops fixed that
Paper launch ahoy. Santa will deliver the actual cards.
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Answering that would break the NDA directly
, you will have reviews after you can buy it.
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I played overwatch on 2GB 960 at 1200p and this is supposed to be fair bit faster, maybe not 980 but not more than 5-10% slower (say 55fps instead of 60fps).
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well we know 470 at 1080p got steady 120 frames.....take that for what you will....
980 is faster! In DX12 titles RX-480 should challenge but current games I would be surprised to see RX-480 beating 980, I'd say closer to 970 than it is 980.
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Depends how detailed your GPU needs are. Sure, that's a good price for those cards and they are competitive in performance. But all else being equal I would prefer a 480 for the following reasons:
1) I have a bias towards AMD because I think we need them to recover in the market for all our sakes and because I like a company that is 70% engineers.
2) I want the new generation of technology with the newest features and support.
3) As DX12 sees more and more uptake, I think that is a big count in AMD's favour as it eliminates a bottleneck they have long suffered from giving them a potentially great relative boost.
4) Performance per watt looks to be extremely good leading to less heat, less power consumption and (hopefully) quieter cards.
5) Greater likelihood of performance improving over time through more and more mature drivers where as 970&980 are probably as mature as they're likely to get.
So sure, your Nvidia prices might be good, but if you look deeper into it, I think 480 has several counts in its favour other than just the price-performance which it will likely also compete on pretty well. At least based on my criteria. Others who have a more basic approach might feel less strongly.
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So in order words a 290X/390X is faster in DX11 and only matches them in DX12 :/
still very tempted given i want to try freesync. Looks to be a fair bit better than my 960 anyway
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OK, makes sense all leaked videos always compare it with a 970 in terms of similar performance (too hot, though). Well, at least it will be better with DX12
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If both perform similar, 970 winning some, RX-480 winning others, I suspect most people will go RX-480 as it is like a newborn baby, GCN is great for improving in performance over time.
AMD proved this, 390 struggled to keep up with 970, whereas now a 390 can comfortably challenge and beat a 970 as they gain well with driver updates due to GCN.
RX-480 will see similar gains, it also is more optimised for DX12 and of course its price point is aggressive and its other benefit is the low power and no requirement for PSU upgrade.
Our 390 pricing is extremely aggressive but they are nearly all gone, once 390/390X is cleared the RX-480 will be the clear go to card in the £200 bracket, with only the 970 competing at present. 1060 is too much an unknown, it should compete but the price could be £200 and it could also be £300, only time will tell.
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Don't be so hostile.
I was merely asking for opinions. Jesus.
Thanks Gibbo, all i needed to hear really.
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I'm expecting it to be a paper launch given how Nvidia are struggling with supply currently. I see the above if it happens as a "Hey don't buy now, please wait!"
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980 is faster 