it actually doesnt matter what amd does people complain.
release a 4gb x2 card? people cry its useless.
market it as vr card? people cry its useless.
It is pretty niche, but given that Polaris probably won't be out for another 5 months it makes sense given AMD's stated goals. They want Fiji X2 to launch and be focused on VR, and it gives them the best single card solution for VR when Oculus launches later this month. For someone looking to game on a flat panel it doesn't make a whole lot of sense (assuming a ~$1000 pricetag) at this point in time, but for VR it might still be a good bit better than any single 14nm card released this year.
it actually doesnt matter what amd does people complain.
release a 4gb x2 card? people cry its useless.
market it as vr card? people cry its useless.
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I find strange that they are even doing this card so late (closer to Fury X release it would have been a bigger deal), with 4GB and the new process coming, even if a GTX 590 was faster than a 7970 for a while no one cared about it,
so this card could well be the fastest for a while, but will hit a wall with vram and games that don't scale well.
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Considering the performance advantage that AMD has in multi GPU I'm surprised it's taken them this long to market a dual GPU card.
I find strange that they are even doing this card so late (closer to Fury X release it would have been a bigger deal), with 4GB and the new process coming, even if a GTX 590 was faster than a 7970 for a while no one cared about it,
so this card could well be the fastest for a while, but will hit a wall with vram and games that don't scale well.
What gave you that idea?
Maybe I should clarify...what gave you the idea that high end Polaris would rival fiji let alone fijix2?Logic, I guess. Let's imagine that Fury X2s are available in stores by 1 April. When is Polaris meant to be released - I think within a few months after that. Would I rather spend USD 1000 on a multi gpu card on 1 April or wait a few months for a single gpu solution that will be just as fast. The Polaris release would cannibalize the sales of the Fury X2 - which I feel is being released a bit late in the product cycle (I have read on these forums it was on purpose to coincide with VR gaming).
Is this product therefore meant to be a bridge between current GPU offerings and the eventual Polaris release? It doesn't seem like it'll need to serve that function for very long. Just some thoughts from my end.
I was a member of the faithful and owned 6990s and 295x2s but now an apostate infidel and wouldn't consider it. Too little performance too late and never sufficient support for quad fire which would be only reason I'd buy it.Major tech site. Quite a sizable number of AMD faithful here. Chime in if you have been waiting for this product and plan to buy one at release.
Maybe I should clarify...what gave you the idea that high end Polaris would rival fiji let alone fijix2?
We know that they'll release 2 fiji gpus -possibly 4 skus- and we know that one is a low power laptop sku.
Maybe I should clarify...what gave you the idea that high end Polaris would rival fiji let alone fijix2?
We know that they'll release 2 fiji gpus -possibly 4 skus- and we know that one is a low power laptop sku.
I would be hoping that the flagship polaris card is as fast, or faster than Fury X2. In the same way that I hope the next flagship Nvidia card is 2x as fast as a 980Ti. Maybe I'm too optimistic, but..yeah.
I would be hoping that the flagship polaris card is as fast, or faster than Fury X2. In the same way that I hope the next flagship Nvidia card is 2x as fast as a 980Ti. Maybe I'm too optimistic, but..yeah.