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Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

Typical AMD .. yet another rebadge release trying to keep up with Nvidia saying 'but if you buy 2 and go crossfire it beats the 1080 by 3fps in this game for $100 less!...' -with added power consumption, more heat, more noise!! AMD's driver/crossfire support has been atrocious the last few years to say the least. This presentation made me even happier about my 1080 purchase :)
 
Gregster said:
Not sure why they keep aiming it at VR, as VR needs some serious grunt in some titles and this 480 doesn't have enough of it.
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Current generation of VR is only 1080 x 1200 per eye max so eq of a single screen of 2160 x 1200

All the big players state you only need a 970/290 or greater to run them.

So really any gfx card capable of running at 1440p is more than enough for this generation VR.
 
Greebo said:
Current generation of VR is only 1080 x 1200 per eye max so eq of a single screen of 2160 x 1200

All the big players state you only need a 970/290 or greater to run them.

So really any gfx card capable of running at 1440p is more than enough for this generation VR.
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Try running Project Cars with all the bells and whistles on a 970/290.
 
Greebo said:
Current generation of VR is only 1080 x 1200 per eye max so eq of a single screen of 2160 x 1200

All the big players state you only need a 970/290 or greater to run them.

So really any gfx card capable of running at 1440p is more than enough for this generation VR.
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you forgot it has to sustain a high fps. 90/45
 
fs123 said:
AoTS benchmarks for crossfire 480 vs 1080 @ 1440P. The 480's running at only 50% scaling too. Amazing for a cheap gpu.

480 crossfire 51fps Average
http://ashesofthesingularity.com/metaverse#/personas/b0db0294-8cab-4399-8815-f956a670b68f/match-details/ac88258f-4541-408e-8234-f9e96febe303

1080 50.9 fps Average
http://ashesofthesingularity.com/metaverse#/personas/b0db0294-8cab-4399-8815-f956a670b68f/match-details/cfe81b3f-f8d8-4c98-9e03-41978350fa02


At 50% scaling it means a single 480 will be about 34 fps @1440P crazy settings. How does that compare with other gpu's?
I may well go for 2 of these.
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FYI with CrossFire disabled in Ashes:

1x Pro Duo Core @1000/500Mhz = 43 FPS
1x Pro Duo Core @1172/545Mhz = 48.4 FPS

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Jono8 said:
For £450 surely spending a bit extra on a 1080 would be a better buy? Less power usage, no dual gpu issues.
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should be enough to OC one single 480 and call it a day up to 1440p.
Its what I would do.

300euro difference here between a 1080 and 2x480 which is like you can actually buy 3x480 for the same price as a 1080.
 
I wish AMD made a chip twice as big as this with the same specs, basically a 250 or 300w card that offers similar to GTX 1080 performance (or slightly slower), and they can sell it for $349 or $399.

That will be a super winner for high end as well.
 
Let's be fair guys and the 480 is a good price and the 1080 isn't. We all know that but different markets, so comparing is pointless. And with the state of SLI/CF.... Who really wants to run that?
 
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