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Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

who knows if there is a 490, i would love to see an amd card smack dead in between a 1070 and 1080 for 400 squid

The reasoning is no one makes a single GPU from one SKU, the size of the 480 also indicates there are more CU's on it than AMD are letting on at this point.
 
For a bit of sport i'm going to make a prediction.


RX 480 2304 shaders @ 1266Mhz (+26.5%)

2304 = to 90% of 2560 + 26.5% = 114%


RX 490 2560 Shaders @ 1450Mhz?
= RX 480 + 10% shaders + 15% Mhz = + 25% @ 0.7 scaling = + 17.5% performance.

That's a big jump in clock speed between the 480 & 490. I think the 490 would be in the range of 1385-1400Mhz.
 
So come in thread hit last page to look at any new news to see its Nvidia talk again straight away in first couple posts at top of the page. Thought id go back couple of pages to end up seeing same person talking about Nvidia again in top of the pages. Why dont we just name the thread Nvidia hijack thread.

Was hoping to see if anyone found any news of any other amd cards 490 maybe.

Yup it is getting frustrating, catching up on ocuk forums after having a nice break away from the PC and wanted to see the latest news on the GPUs only to see the same old Damage Patrol in full force again, it's worse than drunkenmaster's pro AMD PR editorials now :rolleyes:



This 480 looks mighty good if performance and UK pricing is as expected. Hopefully we see a 490(x) soon as I would need something more beefy coming from a 290. It is a shame that crossfire is so **** now though as 2 of these would be superb bang per buck!
 
That's a big jump in clock speed between the 480 & 490. I think the 490 would be in the range of 1385-1400Mhz.

15% is not that big

The 480 clocks are pretty low, a bit like the Fury-Nano to keep the power really low.

IMO the 490 with get two 6 pin plugs to give it more juice and more Mhz.
 
Yup it is getting frustrating, catching up on ocuk forums after having a nice break away from the PC and wanted to see the latest news on the GPUs only to see the same old Damage Patrol in full force again, it's worse than drunkenmaster's pro AMD PR editorials now :rolleyes:



This 480 looks mighty good if performance and UK pricing is as expected. Hopefully we see a 490(x) soon as I would need something more beefy coming from a 290. It is a shame that crossfire is so **** now though as 2 of these would be superb bang per buck!

Agreed, although i feel going forward we may start seeing good support and implementation of DX12 MGPU, what would be ideal is if AMD convinced Microsoft to put 2 GPU's in the next Xbox lol, i dont see it ever happening but it would be brilliant if they did, would definitely push DX12 MGPU support in the right direction.
 
I'd like to bring this guy back in to explain it. better than i can.


You feel sorry for people based on speculation on where the 480 will be, that is being used to further speculate on where the 480X/490 will be and then deciding what the price will be as well?

Nothing wrong with feeling sorry for people 'if' they made a regretful choice.
 
15% is not that big

The 480 clocks are pretty low, a bit like the Fury-Nano to keep the power really low.

IMO the 490 with get two 6 pin plugs to give it more juice and more Mhz.

I was meaning it's a high Mhz for an AMD card if you factor in potential overclocking (say 10%). A big jump from previous releases.
 
I was meaning it's a high Mhz for an AMD card if you factor in potential overclocking (say 10%). A big jump from previous releases.

It is, looking at the Fiji and Hawaii cards its always 5%

However if you look at the Tahiti-Pro to Tahiti-XT Ghz its 17%
Pitcairn was the same 860mhz 7850 to 1000Mhz 7870.

I just think the RX 480 is the cheaper high efficiency 100 watt kudos VR card, Like the Fury-Nano just to say here is a fast card thats also very efficient.

And here is the real thing for you enthusiasts who don't care about high efficiency.

That would be the RX 490.

Thats the way ATI and AMD of early GCN used to do it.
I think Raja is returning us to that.
 
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And here is the real thing for you enthusiasts who don't care about high efficiency.

That would be the RX 490.

Thats the way ATI and AMD of early GCN used to do it.
i think Raja is returning us to that.

Re the 490 (if there even is one) - Why would you not announce that you are doing this though to steal sales and pre orders from the 1070? It makes no sense, for a card coming out 2 weeks after the competition. It would certainly make me think twice seen as at the moment I am going more towards getting a 1070.
 
It is, looking at the Fiji and Hawaii cards its always 5%

However if you look at the Tahiti-Pro to Tahiti-XT Ghz its 17%
Pitcairn was the same 860mhz 7850 to 1000Mhz 7870.

I just think the RX 480 is the cheaper high efficiency 100 watt kudos VR card, Like the Fury-Nano just to say here is a fast card thats also very efficient.

And here is the real thing for you enthusiasts who don't care about high efficiency.

That would be the RX 490.

Thats the way ATI and AMD of early GCN used to do it.
I think Raja is returning us to that.

Million dollar question - when's the 490 going to be released because at the moment I'm cardless and I've got a bad case of Happy Feet!
 
Re the 490 (if there even is one) - Why would you not announce that you are doing this though to steal sales and pre orders from the 1070? It makes no sense, for a card coming out 2 weeks after the competition. It would certainly make me think twice seen as at the moment I am going more towards getting a 1070.

Perhaps because they don't want Nvidia to pre-empt such a move before they can get it to market.
Perhaps AMD think they can get it on the market close to a 1070 in performance @ $300 vs $375 when the 1070 is out and set at that price.
 
If...just...may... if...

But in all probability, the 480 just got even better relative to the 1080.

See the link to guru3d I posted above that uses the new fixed drivers. The performance looks to have increased if anything.
 
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