Yeah, definitely hitting the 150W limit already on reference. 1x 6 pin is a ridiculous design.
And it's pretty damn power hungry for a mainstream chip.
232mm2 14nm FF, this looks to me like a GloFo/AMD failure.
You're comparing it to the wrong cards if you think you're seeing performance regression...
Power consumption is a complete disaster! So much for all the LIES and HYPE!
It's a fail.
Such a small chip, mainstream, should not be using that much power without any OC headroom.
NV should just release a 970/980 with 8GB and call it a day. That's how bad Polaris is.
Regression is simple. 5.8 TFlops, performing around a 390 that has 5.2 TFlops.
Yeah, definitely hitting the 150W limit already on reference. 1x 6 pin is a ridiculous design.
And it's pretty damn power hungry for a mainstream chip.
232mm2 14nm FF, this looks to me like a GloFo/AMD failure.
Oh wow what a surprise, the guy who was shitting the thread with negativity for the last week has found a reason to be negative.
Yes, power consumption is a disappointment. That's about the only disappointment. Read more of the reviews than the power consumption chart, please.
From what I gathered from the tech power review, they say if you have a 290 or 290x performance gain is not much. I'm thinking going from my 7970ghz it's only about 40% faster?
Not sure if I should go through and get one. At 1080p it seems great minus assassins Creed but I don't play that.
It might be worth reading the ends of these reviews you're pulling charts from, wherein they arrive at completely different conclusions as the naysayers here. Performance is basically exactly as expected, if not a bit better, with the caveat that power efficiency isn't what we hoped. I don't think that's a reason to spam the thread with "LIES AND HYPE LIES AND HYPE." If you want to compare it an OCed 970, wait for AIB models, as that's not what the reference model is for.
Going to stay with your 290X? Or actually buying a proper GPU (GP104)?
Like 50% more fps per $ than a 1080. Right.So who had imagined, you get exactly what you pay for. Not a dime more!
Excactly from tpu assesment the perf is a bit better than what we could hope for but efficiency is bad. I guess the 8gb cost perf and gf process not up to it. The value is fantastic.
Yup, their perf/w claims are done for. RIP 2.8xPower.. pretty damn high.
I guess only 43% is better than anything. Considering its cheap and I plan on getting Vega later and possibly a new monitor later it may work out getting an aib model until Vega comes out. I just don't feel like spending extra for the 1070 even though I can afford it.Using TPU's numbers, and assuming your 7970GHz ~ 280X, the RX 480 is 43% faster @ 1080p.
Perf/$ is good, the card will sell well. But their claims were different, the card should have been more efficient as well.Even [H] gave it a positive review! I don't understand this thread...