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Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

drunkenmaster said:
Are you having a little trouble with the maths there?

You're saying that overclock puts the 970 at 10-15% faster than a stock 980, and you're saying a 980ti is about 25% faster than a 980, which means that 970 is only 10% or so slower than a 980ti at stock.

Now the RX480 is 30% faster than the overclocked 970........ that would put it way beyond the 980ti by your numbers, which I have no idea if they are correct.

Though again it's worth noting that the RX480 is probably limited in max frame rate as it never exceeds 62fps that I noticed and never went below 58fps.

Also the 970 rarely hit 50fps, was at 44-50fps when essentially no action was happening but spent almost the entire time during action at 39-41fps while the RX480 didn't dip under action. So during action when performance both matters more and is more noticeable, the RX480 was a full 50% faster consistently.

Probably also worth noting that in such a scenario the RX480 performance/watt is drastically improved.

http://www.tweaktown.com/guides/7655/quantum-break-pc-performance-analysis/index2.html

Broadly speaking comparing to those numbers a 970 SC gives about the numbers indicated 37fps low 42 fps average as the 970 in the video achieves. The 56mins the Titan X achieves would suggest the RX480 has slightly higher minimums and slightly lower average, if the minimum in the vid was 58fps, either way the cards would be pretty close.
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We already sussed this soon after the post. At 1080p the 480 would surpass even the TI in this game with those clocks. (stock TI).
 
LOL the quote after.

I feel truly sorry for any man, woman or child who never experiences a sapphire graphics card in his or her lifetime. Suck it nVidia
- John F. Kennedy
:D :D :D
 
The Division RX 480 vs GTX 970


The stock 480 is matching a mild OC 970@1350MHz and the 480 OC @1350MHz is matching a 970@1550MHz.

I think a max OC 970 is around 10% faster than a stock 980.
 
So once the 6GB GTX 1060 comes out at around the same price as the 8GB RX 480, is there any point in the latter? Surely it'll then be a case of 4GB RX 480 v 6GB GTX 1060, with the latter costing maybe £50 more but being a fair bit faster?
 
1060 from early indications wont be as fast as a 480, more Vram is better going forward, especially if you intend to ever Xfire (shudder at the thought right now however)

1060 also could end up being short supply and overpriced, no one knows yet, but if it follows the current Nvidia trend set by the 1070 and 1080, it may well be.

Other thing to mention is driver maturity is generally good with AMD nowadays, DX12 support is generally great as well with AMD, so forward thinking puts the 480 theoretically as the better choice.

Personally if it was me, i wouldnt touch the 1060, it looks a bit gimped to me, again this is my personal opinion and im also biased as an AMD owner and AMD fan, but the 1060 looks overpriced and underwhelming.
 
Am i right that with the latest drivers the 480 scores about 14000 GPU score in firestrike?

@ 1550/1950 my 970 scores 13900, it has 1664 Shaders.
The 1060 has 1280 Shaders so it would need to be running at least 2Ghz to match my 970 and the 480.
 
DragonQ said:
So once the 6GB GTX 1060 comes out at around the same price as the 8GB RX 480, is there any point in the latter? Surely it'll then be a case of 4GB RX 480 v 6GB GTX 1060, with the latter costing maybe £50 more but being a fair bit faster?
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You will have a better experience with AMD using Freesync at no extra cost.
 
DragonQ said:
So once the 6GB GTX 1060 comes out at around the same price as the 8GB RX 480, is there any point in the latter? Surely it'll then be a case of 4GB RX 480 v 6GB GTX 1060, with the latter costing maybe £50 more but being a fair bit faster?
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if 6 gb 1060 ends up beeing on the same level as 8 gb rx480 custom sapphire i would personally still pick custom 8 gb sapphire. More ram, superior dx12 plus great cooler
 
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