http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-480-polaris-10-graphics-card-leak/
Is there seriously any reason left to keep buying AMD cards?
>>339518678
>http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-480-polaris-10-graphics-card-leak/
the reason has and continues to be performance for price
The article [and it should be noted that this website is a sandnigger clickbait site that will run literally anything and is about half a notch above Dual Pixels] states:
>5.5 TFLOPS
>Maybe $199 price
If that's true and Xbox Scorpio is real, there's the GPU it'll be based on.
>>339519750
you mean PS4 Neo right?
>>339518678
>rumor websites
that being said polaris isn't meant to compete at top end, while it's claimed to be comparable to previous gen top end, it's not AMDs new top end cards.
Polaris is more about the consumer market and having something really power efficient to go into laptops, amd wants to seize back some of the market. Not to mention they want to ensure Apple GPU contracts for upcoming products.
>>339518678
>5.5 TFLOPS
>110-135W
>$200-$250 USD launch price
looks like a beast for overclocking
>>339519929
Neo is rumored around 4 tflops so no
It's also coming out earlier and this card is brand new so sony wouldn't put it in
>>339519929
Supposedly PS4 Neo is targeting ~4 TFLOPS, not ~6 [again RUMORED for Xbox Scorpio]. I'm sure they could both be based on Polaris arch, but 5.5 would put it right in the wheelhouse of ~6 TFLOPS.
>>339518678
>buying Gimpvidia
>>339518678
>not understanding what AMD is doing
What are you, 10? They're taking the 950/960 market.
>>339518678
bang de la buck
>>339518678
>$200
Sounds too good to be true.
>>339520347
Unfortunately it will be OCing like shit. But it will still be an amazing card for the money.
>>339518678
>200$
>better than 980/970
Yes there is still a reason. I will get one as soon as its available.
>>339518678
>>339518678
Performance per Dollar.
And I refuse to support a corporation steeped in fucking sabotage and hijacking of dev-teams to make themselves look good?
There hasn't been a flying fucking thing about Nvidia that I've cared for since the 3DFX Interactive days.
>>339518678
AMD on suicide watch, holy shit. They've just given up competing with high end cards.
>>339521324
Nope, 480 will cost $200.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/amd-prices-3-d-cards-to-spur-virtual-reality-market-1464725394
>Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is angling to lower the cost of virtual reality, targeting the field with a new line of graphics hardware priced at $199—half or less the cost of comparable products.
>>339518678
>Is there seriously any reason left to keep buying AMD cards?
ya if i dont to spend $800 on a 1070 +400 on a new monitor for 1440
i will be on 1080p 144hz for a few years yet
and if the 480/490 can let me max out 1080p at 144 FPS and be cheaper than i have no reason to switch
if you have the money i can see why people would never buy AMD anymore
$200 USD
so 429 CDN
sheeeeeeeeeit
>>339520712
>gimp older cards meme
When will it end
>>339518678
They will always be price/performance kings, which is the only important metric, so yes that's a big fucking reason to buy AMD
>>339518678
Is there any reason to play games? You could lift, create a god out of you, fuck hot bitches, study, get a good job, travel the world but instead you sit all day infront of your pc and watch people throwing different anime pictures at each other and calling them shills.
Polaris was always intended to be a mainstream chipset that went from the upper mid down to low end cards.
Later in the year they are releasing their performance chipset "Vega" which will be their enthusiast part. Personally the 480 looks good enough for me though.
>>339526715
And $3600 MXN+16%+Jewish taxes.
$200 VR ready GPU with superior async compute and DX12 performance and low power consumption?
How many unicorns had to die to make this thing happen?
My GPU is starting to go out, any tips for a replacement? Something under $250 would be good.
>>339526919
why does the bitch need to be hot, you can put a paper bag over her head, and use the time you're not wasting running after worthless whores on something important
>>339527863
For under $250, just wait for RX 480
>$200 for a card like that
God it sounds too good to be true.
Please let it be.
>>339528664
>RX 480
When's that getting released?
>>339523692
Probably because they realized a majority of people are interested in decent graphics and cheap prices
>>339530259
July.
>>339518678
>90% performance of the 1070
>50% of the price
I would say Nvidiots on suicide watch but they have enough paid shills convincing them It's the Way it's Meant to be Played for it to matter.
>>339532239
They'll probably say that the extra 10% performance difference justify the extra 50% they willl be spending like the good goyim they are
>>339533124
The big issue is that most people blindly buy the new Nvidia card and then look around on the market.
>>339527749
125,000 Chinese children
>>339521740
>>Unfortunately it will be OCing like shit
Where are you getting that information from?
>>339530259
They said end of June, so June 30/31 or maybe july 1. The embargo is supposed to end at June 29.
I guess I still have a few years with my 290X
>>339535848
The 290X is a really beastly card. It will compete with 980 ti more often in the future. It already beats it in some DX12 games like AshesOfSingularity/Hitman.
>>339536038
you're an idiot.
>>339535617
From his boss.
>>339530025
>>339527749
I think the $200 figure is a misunderstanding. maybe the article is talking about polaris 11.
>>339536038
>It will compete with 980 ti more often in the future
Huh. That thing's direct competition used to be the 780 non-Ti. As far as I'm concerned it's big enough of a feat that it's consistently beating the 780 Ti nowadays.
>>339536202
Sure showed him.
>>339535848
Same.
I have a 290x XF and even at 1440 it has more than enough power to last for at least 2 or 3 more years.
>>339536202
Oh yeah, well your a nigger.
>>339536365
Sounds like one to me but I'm waiting for a Sapphire Nitro 490, or any 490 if the temps aren't batshit like the 390's were.
>>339518678
I don't know. But here's another question: Why does the thought of an Nvidia monopoly make you happy? Aren't you aware that prices would skyrocket while quality plummets? Competition is good for everyone; even if you're never going to buy an AMD card in your life, you should want AMD to stay in business.
Sometimes I actually think everyone on /v/ is a legit retard.
>>339535113
A price gladly paid
>>339518678
>Is there seriously any reason left to keep buying AMD cards?
Because of things like>>339536038
AMD cards get better with age. At the time you purchase them they are more than likely going to be lacking when compared to Nvidia. I own a 7970 and that card was a very worth while investment. I still use the card today, at 1080 the card still preforms well. If Nvidia could do the same wizardry AMD does I wouldn't mind going with team green.
>>339536365
$199-$230 is the range for AMD's midrange (probably 480 and 480x)
Polaris 11 is either 470 or 460, which goes for $100-$150
>>339536990
Does AMD tend to release the "x" versions of their cards at the same time as the regular versions or will we have to wait.
>>339537162
They don't release them at same time. Usually there's couple of months in between.
I'm betting $250
I'm curious to see where the cards stand by fall. The GTX1070 is likely to go up in price
>>339537162
It's irregular. For example, the 380X released 5 months after the 380, but the 390X and 390 released simultaneously (in some countries the 390X made it first by a couple days to a couple of weeks even).
Assuming the leaks are true and the RX 480 is the cut-down 2304 SP version that we know exists, the 480X would most likely then be the full Polaris 10 chip with 2560 SPs. Their availability is probably entirely up to chip yields, and may require for the 14nm manufacturing process to mature. It's possible, though highly unlikely, that we see a 480X released alongside the 480. There's probably going to be a gap of several months between them.
>>339536990
yes, but this time there's no x90 parts and fury/fury X are a lot more expensive, so they should have a lot more room to increase the price. 970 is still at $300+.
Was there a point to the Fury line? A 290x can compete and even beat the 980ti on certain games so why would you ever buy a Fury card?
>AMD
into the trash
>>339538026
There's Vega 10 and Vega 11.
So those will be Fury replacement and X90 replacement.
Man I swear its the same Nvidia troll just spouting nonsense all day long
>>339538480
and they will come out next year.
>>339538797
Goal shifting.
>>339532125
Which you won't get with an AMD piece of shit
Instead your fucking house will burn down
Nvidia feels the need to bribe devs to ensure that AMD cards perform worse than they would. Which tells me Nvidia doesn't trust their own products. Why would I then?
>>339536202
JIDF shill
>>339539085
You somehow misspelled Nvidia to AMD.
>>339539181
Exactly
Nvidia loves to influence the settings of games to make their GPUs look great in benchmarks. This has been happening since the early 2000s
>>339539016
what?
>>339539085
Go back to counting your shekels
>>339526871
Probably when they stop doing it
>>339526715
FUUUUCKING HOSERS
THE 380X I GOT FOR 313 DOLLARS CAD WAS A FUCKING STEAL THEN
>>339536936
>If Nvidia could do the same wizardry
there's no wizardry, Nvidia just gimps older generation cards to boost sales, they've done this pretty much forever
>>339539715
When they go out of business because the pc gaming market will shrink. Consoles and mobile will completely dominate dev resources
>>339536202
and you have poop on your face
>>339539525
>there's no x90 parts
>There's Vega 10 and Vega 11.
This should end here
>and they will come out next year.
This is called goal shifting. Unrelated to the original point.
AMD better charge the right price for this stuff. $229 for the 480, $279 for the 480X.
>>339540021
You mad?
>>339540139
My 7950 I got off Ebay for $120 back in early 2015 is pretty mad.
poorfags be poor
>>339540585
AMD wants to make VR more accessible to people with lower income? That's awesome. Say what you want but that's fairness for people living in "first world" countries who want to keep up with the latest technological trends. This is just like the internet. Just like how you can't find a household with an internet connection, I guarantee you that every house will have a VR setup by 2020. Good on AMD for making it happen.
>>339540585
>poorfags be poor
That's what you get for spending stupid money on nvidia i guess.
>>339539921
my point is that there's no 490/490x NOW, so AMD could launch polaris 10 at $250 or even $300.
>>339540810
Holy f that RX460 is efficient as hell
>>339541120
Its possible. That's the cost of moving to 14nm I guess.
>>339541120
But why would they? You assume this behavior because Nvidia does that?
I hope AMD comes out with some great stuff. I like to watch Nvidia zealots get butthurt it would really be a waste if AMD doesn't deliver.
>>339541452
Remember anon this the move to a process node half the size of what we had previously
>>339538352
Fury was mostly a platform for experimental tech as far as I know. AMD had HBM1 in the pipelines and needed to slap it onto a card to see what happens.
Fury was also the high-end offering of their newer GCN 1.2 architecture. The 390X and the 390 are based on 1.1 and as we know, they're basically just the R9 200 cards from 2013 with double the memory and a big factory overclock slapped on, resulting in problems with heat and power consumption (from which the 290X already suffered anyway).
Apparently when the 20nm process for GPUs fell through, Nvidia got the news first and knew to stick with the 28nm process, while AMD pretty much went down with their 20nm ship. When Nvidia's Maxwell released and was noted to be excellent, AMD had to scrounge up something to appear competitive. Thus the 390 and the 390X.
Fury offered a more sensible power draw and heat profile. It was what AMD needed, but it arrived very late and its price was hugely inflated by the HBM1 it used (which could also only stack up to 4GB).
Basically, the Fury was mostly a misstep. They had to put it up against the 980 Ti because they couldn't bring its price down, but it just wasn't competitive most of the time. Still, at least the Fury Nano is a wonderfully powerful small form factor card, unique and unbeaten in its role.
>>339541120
There's no custom 1080 NOW nor the 1080ti. So I don't get what the point is.
1070 isn't out yet either.
>>339541620
Easily the most significant process node shrink ever
>>339526871
>When will it end
If nvidia were the one making memes, as soon as the new meme was out.
>>339541452
to be more PROFITABLE. that's a pretty tempting proposition for a company that's been in the negative for the past 3 or 4 years.
>>339536429
Titan, actually. 290 non-X was better than 780, 290X was better than Titan, and then Nvidia responded with the 780ti and Titan Black.
$200 is fucking amazing for what it is
Can't wait for benchmarks
>>339541262
If that power draw holds true, it'll be able to get all its juice from the PCI-E connection, no PSU connector required. That's nuts for a card that's been shown to run Battlefront at 1080/60 on medium (assuming this is the very same Polaris 11 that was demoed a while back).
>>339518678
That sucks!
I was hoping on amd having a card that would at least be close to competing with the 1070/1080. Now it looks like they're in entirely separate markets. Nothing to encourage nvidia to keep it's prices reasonable.
>>339518678
Because it's the best thing that doesn't require you to be a cuck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcF36_qMd8M
and/or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7fA_JC_R5s
>>339542505
Good morning bear. You are late this year.
>>339518678
If it's only 200-250 sounds like it's time to upgrade my 5 year old card.
>>339539085
you need to update your meme database
the 1080 was hitting like 90°C
>>339543556
where is that? I only got this
>>339543951
My 980ti only hits 65C playing Doom 4
>>339543951
I never seen it get to 90 because they thermal throttle the card like fuck.
They don't want those house fires again.
>>339543543
Same boat here, only have a 650 Ti. Don't really care about what the shills say, I kinda just want to run Bannerlord well at 1080p when it comes out.
When do they come out though?
>>339544737
They should be out next month
>>339539085
>~110-135W
>housefire
I have ceiling lights that draw more power than that.
If it really goes for $200 the RX480 is an incredibly good deal for sub-4K users, which is most people.
>>339536936
>>
A- Get loyal consumers with good prices and support.
B- Make them buy often.
AMD is at stage A, NVIDIA is at stage B, no magic or wizardy, no one is being nicer or more evil, it's literally business 101, I'm serious, it's called planned obsolescence, and there are many many ways to implement it, and some ways have been regulated in Europe, it's necessary for producers to maintain their level of revenue when the market is over saturated, you can find it in any business class curriculum.
It's hilarious that some fans are disregarding it AMD propaganda, just comes to show how ignorant the gaming crowd is, which is to be expected among man-childs.
http://www.economist.com/node/13354332
When will they release the 490? My 6950 is dying on me and I can't hold out until 2017...
>>339519376
>shit perfomance because nobody panders to retarded AMD products and only Nvidia, the supperior product
literally no reason to buy AMD products
>>339546224
That's Vega
>>339546296
This. Why buy an AMD card that will last you years when you can just upgrade your nvidia card every year?
>gpu costs less than my fucking keyboard
into the fucking trash it goes
>>339547242
nvidia funboys in a nutshell.
490x when?
