AMD Polaris Thread: Radeon RX 480, RX 470 & RX 460 launching June 29th

[flopper]

This is an OC GTX 980 Ti 1480mhz. See the framtime.

Right now an GTX 980 Ti custom version second hand are being sold are around $330-$360 depends on the model. Value of GTX 980 Ti has dropped a lot ,which has better value then a RX 480 8GB model.

sadly it does not.
lacking dx12 async hurts the 980ti seeing a 390 passing it by in dx12.
lacking hardware latency support for VR hurts the 980ti also.
The future card today the 480 while at half the price vs the 980ti (with price drop) still ends up performance better with new support and true async compute and prepared for dx12 and the future gaming.

I know what I am buying and its the 480 King of cards.

 

[stuff_me_good]

Judging by the hate towards AMD new cards, I believe we have a winner here. Keep up the good work. :thumbsup:

 

[VulgarDisplay]

Why is one worse than the other?

AMD posted an official VR score for the 480 at 6.3. The 470 for example cant even reach the minimum VR requirements. Then you can compare with previous AMD cards. The 390 scores 7.0 officially at AMD.

https://community.amd.com/community...-recommended-for-vr-by-steam-performance-test



Now you have, and it comes from AMD.

Software version 16.1.1.

5 month old drivers without official support.

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[William Gaatjes]

Software version 16.1.1.

5 month old drivers without official support.

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That is a relief.

 

[desprado]

Software version 16.1.1.

5 month old drivers without official support.

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So why AMD published it if their is so much hidden performance in the new driver?

 

[thedavexp]

So why AMD published it if their is so much hidden performance in the new driver?

Please show me where AMD said that the R9 390 would perform on a similar level to the RX480

 

[desprado]

Please show me where AMD said that the R9 390 would perform on a similar level to the RX480

http://vrworld.com/2016/02/23/valve-vr-test-nvidia-geforce-wins-against-amd-radeon/

Compare with the official Pic of AMD VR benchmark. It is even lower score compare to R9 390.

 

[thedavexp]

Even AMD is saying that performance is near R9 390 and still some members are having a so much hard time understand that. That is why never over hype, over estimate, and over predict the performance and specially AMD.

http://vrworld.com/2016/02/23/valve-vr-test-nvidia-geforce-wins-against-amd-radeon/

Compare with the official Pic of AMD VR benchmark. It is even lower score compare to R9 390.

So AMD didn't say anything you instead are referring to an obscure benchmark?

 

[PhonakV30]

With custom AIB cards , it can match 390x or even nano, So problem ?

 

[Qwertilot]

Well, it would be no surprise if they didn't really do manage to do that at high resolutions. Overclocked 'small' cards tend to have that sort of problem.

VR say is going to eat bandwidth and this range of AMD cards is never going to be a terribly good fit for it. No major loss of course.

 

[DarkKnightDude]

Steam VR benchmark =/= real game performances.

I can't wait to see official reviews instead of hearing these endless rumors.

 

[Yakk]

Judging by the hate towards AMD new cards, I believe we have a winner here. Keep up the good work. :thumbsup:

Indeed!

 

[Sweepr]

Two days ago I mentioned the new cards would come in two versions. Here's rumoured specs/pricing:

RX480 $199 (4GB) $249 (8GB) 150W 5.5 TFLOPs
RX470 $149 (4GB) $179 (8GB) 110W 5 TFLOPs
RX460 $99 (2GB) $129 (4GB) 75W 2 TFLOPs

 

[sm625]

What is that? It looks like a dirty old conveyor in a dirty old building. The cards are placed manually onto the belt, some on top of dirty old anti static bags, some placed directly on the belt. As someone who works for a ISO-9001 company, this is truly cringeworthy.

 

[William Gaatjes]

What is that? It looks like a dirty old conveyor in a dirty old building. The cards are placed manually onto the belt, some on top of dirty old anti static bags, some placed directly on the belt. As someone who works for a ISO-9001 company, this is truly cringeworthy.

You are very right.
Hopefully, the location (Somewhere in Asia) this factory is at is pretty moist, high humidity. So the chance of static charges building up would be much lower than usual. Moist air makes a big difference.
For example in Norway which can have very low humidity , one can create sparks of an inch easy and kill any type of electronics while just walking over a floor. While in some countries in Asia Relative humidity can come close to 80% or higher.

 

[Sweepr]

For those asking why GTX 980 and 390X results are lower, it’s because those are my own results performed a long time ago with reference clocks (1-2 months after release). They might be slightly higher now with better drivers.

Someone ran Fire Strike Extreme with the latest drivers for both vendors:

NVIDIA 368.39WHQL, AMD 16.6.1Hotfix

Graphics Scores:
- Radeon R9 390X: 5877
- Geforce GTX 980: 6198
- Geforce GTX 1080: 10360

 

[torlen11cc]

I read that reference cards are very unstable, but I'm not sure about it.

 

[dark zero]

What is that? It looks like a dirty old conveyor in a dirty old building. The cards are placed manually onto the belt, some on top of dirty old anti static bags, some placed directly on the belt. As someone who works for a ISO-9001 company, this is truly cringeworthy.

Is the same way nVIDIA cards are made... what did you expect? something refined?
Sorry, welcome to the industrial plants!

 

[littleg]

It's not just gfx cards. The actual chips are made in top quality high tech facilities, the assembly is done in rat infested roach dens. That goes for pretty much anything electrical you've bought that's made in the cheap labour countries.

 

[Head1985]

Steam VR benchmark =/= real game performances.

I can't wait to see official reviews instead of hearing these endless rumors.

well the wccftech guy is 100% sure about this.He even said AMD offer him free rx480 sample to stop breaking NDA
http://wccftech.com/amd-rx-480-faster-than-nano-980/

 

[StrangerGuy]

It's not just gfx cards. The actual chips are made in top quality high tech facilities, the assembly is done in rat infested roach dens. That goes for pretty much anything electrical you've bought that's made in the cheap labour countries.

That happens also in "expensive labour" countries too.

People who thinks a manufacturing plant must always look like a 5-star hotel is

 

[Yakk]

Is the same way nVIDIA cards are made... what did you expect? something refined?
Sorry, welcome to the industrial plants!

ROTFL... yes sir indeed. Oh and throw in ISO 9001 to document what's supposed to go on also.

 

[sirmo]

That happens also in "expensive labour" countries too.

People who thinks a manufacturing plant must always look like a 5-star hotel is

Can confirm, I worked in a manufacturing plant in the US in the mid 90s. It didn't look much better. We didn't even have a conveyor belt. It wasn't a sweatshop though, just commenting on the looks.

Oh yea, and we were also ISO-9001 certified.

 

[Stuka87]

Can also confirm on what manufacturing sites look like. Worked in it for years, we had assembly plants here in the US, and in China. Profits are just so thin, there is no extra cash to just make things look nice for the heck of it.

 

[provost]

Manufacturing plants for micro processors look hell of a lot cleaner and state of the start. I have walked through a few myself. This looks more like a sorting/packaging facility of some kind.... I could be wrong, but this may even be a 3PL warehouse/aggregator of some kind, i.e., logistics part of the supply chain and not necessarily the manufacturing plant...