Polaris is the Skylake of GPUs. It's been with us for years!
If AMD would use GDDR5 9000 MHz, with 1680 MHz GPU - we would be talking about GTX 1070 class performance.
GTX 1070 is 30% faster than RX 580.What makes it further true is by process tweaks they are getting insane clocks from Polaris.
You need the thing to be 40-50% faster to match GTX 1070. We aren't getting that. It's going to need something like 11G GDDR5X and 2200MHz boost clocks to do that.
GTX 1070 is 30% faster than RX 580.
Additional 32 GB/s of memory bandwidth, and over 22% higher clock speeds would make Polaris 30 GTX 1070 performance level chip.
Yeah but vega 56 reference runs only at 1350mhz+- and it is 10-15% faster than 1070.People are getting into dreamland. A 56 CU Vega 56 is 1070 class, a 36 CU 590 is going to fall very short.
GTX 1070 is 30% faster than RX 580.
Additional 32 GB/s of memory bandwidth, and over 22% higher clock speeds would make Polaris 30 GTX 1070 performance level chip.
Have a feeling this thing is gonna come out at $300 and not be worth it over ~$200 AR 580's that are poppin up lately.
The reason for price hike would be simple. There might actually be RX 580 2048 GCN core, RX 570 1792 GCN core, etc...Even if they do come out at high prices (as a novelty item)- there is no reason for manufacturers to price them high- with all the board/cooler being the same. So, it should drop to prices similar to same cooler based Polaris20 level soon enough (with maybe a €20 extra, which is about equal to the value of their higher performance). And later, when poor-cooler versions start to show up (we still do not know the base clocks of Polaris30)- RX590 prices close to €200 should also start to pop-up.
I’ve been watching the 590 is a possible replacement for my gtx 770. I could buy it as a Christmas present to me. It would dominate at 1080p and when my current monitor died I could step up to a 1440p monitor and still get good FPS.
Then I read and article that claimed Navi 12 would be out in the first half of next year and would be squarely aimed at the midrange gamer giving gtx 1080 levels of performance at midrange prices. Ugh, now I can’t decide whether to wait or not.
Of course the article I read was on wccftech so I have zero confidence in its accuracy...
So you answered your own question. And also gave yourself a reason to not read anything else from the garbage site.Of course the article I read was on wccftech so I have zero confidence in its accuracy...
Navi would perhaps come out in 2nd half of 2019 as AMD said 2nd half of 2019 will be more interesting for consumer gpus. Source is Q3 earnings call transcript.I’ve been watching the 590 is a possible replacement for my gtx 770. I could buy it as a Christmas present to me. It would dominate at 1080p and when my current monitor died I could step up to a 1440p monitor and still get good FPS.
Then I read and article that claimed Navi 12 would be out in the first half of next year and would be squarely aimed at the midrange gamer giving gtx 1080 levels of performance at midrange prices. Ugh, now I can’t decide whether to wait or not.
Of course the article I read was on wccftech so I have zero confidence in its accuracy...
I’ve been watching the 590 is a possible replacement for my gtx 770. I could buy it as a Christmas present to me. It would dominate at 1080p and when my current monitor died I could step up to a 1440p monitor and still get good FPS.
Buy what you need, when you need it. Otherwise, The Next Best Thing (TM) is always just around the corner.
Unreleased products are just that, unreleased. Besides, you should always allow ~6 months for drivers to catch up.
I’ve been watching the 590 is a possible replacement for my gtx 770. I could buy it as a Christmas present to me. It would dominate at 1080p and when my current monitor died I could step up to a 1440p monitor and still get good FPS.
I occasionally see Vega 56 at around $400. If RX 590 is $300 or higher than you are correct, it's not worth it. I was hoping a "stock" RX 590 would come in around $250.The price of the 590 makes it very difficult to recommend I'm afraid. You could probably buy a Vega 56 and be much happier in the interim before Navi is released. This would give you both stellar 1080p performance and good 4K performance for not that much more money. Just my .02
EDIT: RX 590 MSRP to be around $300, which means vendors are going to be closer to $350, or perhaps even closer to $400 for AIB models.
Videocardz is reporting a US MSRP of $279 for a stock RX 590. I have no idea if anyone will actually offer a stock RX 590. Assuming that is the price, it's not as good as I hoped but not as bad as I feared. I don't think it is low enough to cause Nvidia to lower the price of the 1070 or 1060.
https://twitter.com/VideoCardz/status/1062441586947170306Videocardz is reporting a US MSRP of $279 for a stock RX 590. I have no idea if anyone will actually offer a stock RX 590. Assuming that is the price, it's not as good as I hoped but not as bad as I feared. I don't think it is low enough to cause Nvidia to lower the price of the 1070 or 1060.
That is not a very good advice- buying when you need it, not looking at the market or tech situation can get you a product that has been on the market for several years, and is about be be replaced by cheaper or better next generation. I usually advise in a bit different way: buy good product when it is cheap! RAM and SSDs before their price increase, or deals like Ryzen 5 1600 for a €120, 2600 for €140, and similar. Even high-end can sometimes be a good deal- like GTX1080Ti on release back in spring 2017- when it was offering just as good price/performance as mid-range cards- without any luxury charge.
And, now is a prime time to buy PCs: SSD, RAM and AMD CPU prices have dropped a lot, there is oversupply of GPUs, and on top of that- Black Friday/Xmas sales season is coming.
Well, it's 15 November. Where are the reviews? Anyone have an idea when NDA ends?