Well it's a big step for them, Hawaii vs Maxwell was much much worse.
As for performance:
Power usage for Asus 480 is onpar with custom 1060. Performance is single digit % different. Pretty close and these guys didn't include the other DX12 titles.
Guess what happens when they throw in a few more DX12 titles in their benchmark suite? We'll see it in a few months.
The new drivers boosted Rise of the Tomb Raider by a lot for RX 480. Really close to MSI Gaming 1060 now.
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/94969-sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-4gb-8gb-oc/?page=10
I just canceled my Amazon order for the 8Gb Nitro + on the reviews by Hexus and kitguru and the rest. I'll try to find the Nitro in 4Gb. In the meantime, the 7950 and the 6950, are my stable workhorses. Perhaps, in November, I can time it so that I get an HDR-ready TV (I have a rear-projection 1080i HDTV right now) and a video card to exploit it too.
Of course, I'll probably still be waiting on the fiber to come to my door so that leaves out any possibility of 4K over the network. (I've got bonded DSL which is better than just DSL but doesn't cut it for 4K minimum speeds.)
Seems like AMD may have nerfed the memory overclocking with the newest driver. From 2250 max to 2050...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFftRHofwuk
The new driver give users a couple of additional frames in ROTTR.
No AA.
Someone should test how good polaris is at dealing with obscene AA settings. How geometry culling helps it with comparison to other cards, 390X especially
Question: What else AMD haven't told us about Polaris 10. I feel like they are still hiding something. What's the secret sauce?
Also, can anyone bring up Polaris 10 full die showing 2306 not being the magic number but 2916 is? Thanks.
FYI, there's a good amount of stock of 1060s in most Canadian retailers, they just aren't moving much. It's the demand for 480s that is through the roof.
Fans of each company buying the best of new architecture their favorite company can produce? So an nVidia fan would have bought a 1070/1080 already instead of a 1060?
Fans of each company buying the best of new architecture their favorite company can produce? So an nVidia fan would have bought a 1070/1080 already instead of a 1060?
damn, I cannot imagine a 1070 at 1000$ dollars. you guys have it tough.Stock of 1070 & 1080 cards were never a real problem, they are usually readily available. At least in Canada.
Main reason I figure, goes not just for Canada but many countries right now like the UK, many parts of Europe..etc.... The very bad exchange rate on the USD brings a 1080 just shy of $1,000 CAD. It's a lot less attractive at that price, like buying a $1,200 Titan in the States. The 1070 is similarly not at a very attractive price except for the biggest of fanboys.
As for the 1060, the new APIs kinda make it a stillborn IMHO, not to mention that yes a 480 will also give a much more favorable ROI through mining which makes it essentially free within a few months.
RoTR was the only game with DX12 codepath where Nvidia won big. With AMD cutting down that gap significantly this means AMD's avg DX12 performance in reviews will go even further up. Add Doom Vulkan and you are going to see a >10% gap on DX12 / Vulkan games which figure in reviews. AMD should keep improving performance on games where they are current weak like GTA V, BF4, Anno 2205. In the next few months a slew of high profile DX12 titles are going to launch (most of them AMD Gaming Evolved) and as those are added we will see Rx 480 do even better. But I still think the real deal will be when AMD can fix those clock/power issues due to state of GF 14LPP with a second revision. Rx 485 in Q1 2017 could be the real deal with outstanding DX12 / Vulkan perf and improved perf/watt.
Really not bad at all for the 470.