2016 GPUs 1070/1080 and 480/490
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I'd go for the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480.
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Nvidia unveils powerful new Titan X graphics card | PC Gamer
Didn't think it would take them long this time around.
Didn't think it would take them long this time around.
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I've been reading conflicting articles. The one you linked to is fairly optimistic and casts a favourable light on the card. I've also read one where they show the card's 100% price hike reflects ~13% more perfomance. The PCGamer article states 50% more paper TFs.
Just imagine how shitty Nvidia's business practices would be without a competitor like AMD. They'd make the absolute bare minimum advancements and charge through the roof for them (probably lying and cheating as they did it). Shit-stain of a company.
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I'm considering going to team red. I could get two 480's and use my monitors oc settings.
Pros: really high buck/bang ratio, low power use, good upgrade to my 970s. Mobo supports both CF and Sli so no worries.
Cons: um...um...um...Not ultimate gfx card epeen thing? Edit: ah, not using my monitors gsync anymore.
Pros: really high buck/bang ratio, low power use, good upgrade to my 970s. Mobo supports both CF and Sli so no worries.
Cons: um...um...um...Not ultimate gfx card epeen thing? Edit: ah, not using my monitors gsync anymore.
The whole Gameworks thing infuriates me. Nvidia introducing stupid levels of tessellation that have no visual benefit whatsoever for the sole purpose of making AMD cards struggle. None of the Gameworks shite was for the advancement of the industry, it was all about making them look good against AMD. Wankers. 
On the opposite side of the coin, you have AMD, who are probably *too* generous with their tech and developments.
On the opposite side of the coin, you have AMD, who are probably *too* generous with their tech and developments.
That's quite a con tbh. Gsync is, funnily enough, also a con, because Nvidia charges the manufacturer extra to incorporate it into the monitor, thereby increasing the cost for the end user. AMD, on the other hand, let them put Freesync in for nothing. One of the many reasons FreeSync has been (optionally) adopted in the DisplayPort 1.2a spec and also why Intel are going to start using it on their onboard GPUs.
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I have always bought AMD until last gen. I really like AMD but the performance just wasn't there at the time I had the money to burn (big mistake, should have waited a couple of months but meh)
I would really like to see AMD come up with a single card competitor for the next gen but they seem to have abandoned enthusiast level cards for now.
I would really like to see AMD come up with a single card competitor for the next gen but they seem to have abandoned enthusiast level cards for now.
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Asus Radeon RX 480 Strix Gaming OC Aura RGB 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
That's what I am putting in a mates PC that I am building for him. I am a massive Asus fanboy.
That's what I am putting in a mates PC that I am building for him. I am a massive Asus fanboy.
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That doesn't look like it's targeted as a gaming card unlike the last Titan, it's more aimed at HPC. Educated guesses so far are putting it "only" around 30-35% faster than a 1080 when it comes to FPS. For that price it doesn't even have HBM2!
Let wait for the 1080 Ti's before getting excited.
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Underwhelming BF4 performance.
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meh. we're going for the regular pascal tesla tbh.
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errr, that battlefield 4 performance doesn't look right to me.. going to literally install BF4 now and take out one of my 480's to try it on a single 480.
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I'm going to get a 1070 instead.
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No idea what they were doing with that Strix 480 on Battlefield 4 then - just ran it on
PowerColor Radeon RX 480 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Ultra settings @ 1920x1080 (same as the Strix) - fps never dropped below 90 on a 64 player map
PowerColor Radeon RX 480 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Ultra settings @ 1920x1080 (same as the Strix) - fps never dropped below 90 on a 64 player map
The MSI RX 480 Gaming X 8 GB looks like the most potent partner offering so far.
One of the frustrating (I guess?) things about AMD products is how damn well they mature with driver releases. Frustrating because they only get reviewed at launch and Nvidia pretty-much always outperforms them. Even when the next gen of cards come along, if it's a game that's already been reviewed with a certain card, reviewers are often too lazy (or biased) to re-review it so the card's original score stands even though it has probably gained a lot. In 16.7.3, one of the headlines was a performance increase of 10% in Rise of the Tomb Raider on the RX 480. Just like that, it's 10% quicker.
I saw a chart of a 290X beating a 980 Ti in Hitman the other day. A 290X ffs. Based on launch reviews, a 290X has no right beating a 980, let alone the Ti.
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