AMD Live Webcast From Computex 2016

Now let's wait for some OC results.

I might regret my pair of R9 290 with fullcover EK blocks for 450 Canadian in total after all.

At least I didn't pre-order the GTX 1080, ROFLMAO :D
 
TheLAWNoob said:
Now let's wait for some OC results.

I might regret my pair of R9 290 with fullcover EK blocks for 450 Canadian after all.

At least I didn't pre-order the GTX 1080, ROFLMAO :D
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LOL! ... That's a good price with waterblocks in CAD even after Polaris announcement!
 
Dayaks said:
Ugh, crossfire is in a sad state right now along with SLI. You guys have fun with that.

$199 and 150W. Sounds like it's going to thrash the 1070 if nVidia doesn't drop prices.
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My only hope is that AMD puts some serious effort into pushing CFX as a viable option.
 
TheLAWNoob said:
Now let's wait for some OC results.

I might regret my pair of R9 290 with fullcover EK blocks for 450 Canadian in total after all.

At least I didn't pre-order the GTX 1080, ROFLMAO :D
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dude that's not bad at all.
and no shit about the 1080 $855-952CAD!

edit: if you really do regert those cards, I bet you could flip 'em to some gree-ee-ee-eeasy crytominer for a profit
 
tacos4me said:
So according to them: 300W of these cards bests a single 1080, at 180W, in a single DX12 benchmark. What an accomplishment.
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At $200 less with apparently only 58% utilization, let's not forget those key points. ;)
 
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Don't believe any of the hype until we get to see actual real benchmarks outside of an AMD-controlled environment. Until that time I'm skeptical.
 
Overall the RX 480 looks to be a very solid deal at $199. But it was a mistake to bring the GTX 1080 into the mix; those two cards shouldn't ever be compared. That honestly hurt their presentation more than anything in my eyes.
 
Its only a furnace if it can not walk the walk.

Technically a Titan card also make a great furnace...but it also brings the framerates...
 
exlink said:
At $200 less with apparently only 58% utilization, let's not forget those key points. ;)
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But the 58% utilization could be because it use 16GB vram from 2 cards.. not 1 card utilization. and it really is about $100 cheaper than nvidia non founder edition
 
Comparing a $199 part competitive to a $700 part... nice touch IMHO!
 
Rvenger said:
150w x 2 sounds like another furnace in my room.
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Yeah I was wondering when Raja was going to address this.
150W sounds great - if it was a single GPU solution.
If you need, however, two GPUs to match an nVidia solution - that is 300W+ we are talking about. No longer is it an efficient solution.
Price efficient (if we are being as optimistic as Raja), but not power efficient, by any means.

exlink said:
Overall the RX 480 looks to be a very solid deal at $199. But it was a mistake to bring the GTX 1080 into the mix; those two cards shouldn't ever be compared. That honestly hurt their presentation more than anything in my eyes.
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AMD loves comparing to halo products - both on CPU/GPUs. Doesn't surprise me that they compared their $199 offering to the FE 1080 pricing haha.
 
Yep. This has left me scratching my head. It probably is a great card for the money.. but somebody made a stupid call allowing the 1080 comparison when it has nearly the same TDP.
 
AMD showing off quite a few partners here... Microsoft... and even Dell!

Who would've thought Dell...
 
Wow, I am disappoint.

With all the recent leaks, I would've thought this would have much better specs on paper. Looks to be on par with 390x all things considered.
 
Interesting that they showed off a $199 card and claim that there will be products in the $100 to $300 range.
 
Ha ha that is better than Nvidia's demo fiasco. At least they finally got that to work. I have a big Zen logo on my screen and no stream.
 
As much as it is tempting to get a pair of 480 over a single 1080, I would probably still fork out that $200 or so for a single 1080, given what I have experienced with SLI (no experience with Crossfire, so I am using SLI as a baseline).

However, this is a personal preference. 980 performance for 960 price is going to rock some socks. Now I need to talk my friend out of taking up my offer of selling him one of my 970 lol.
 
Mackintire said:
I can believe this... but I wonder by how much the 1080 spanks a single R480 in everything NOT direct X 12 and by how much?
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Probably by a lot, considering it's a $700 card against a $200 card. Might as well ask how well a Ferrari can spank a Honda Civic across the line.
 
So $200 is for 4 GB, ~$250 for 8 GB? 390 to 390X performance? This gets less and less impressive as time goes on.
 
Well at least they have 8gb versions, no one can complain about that now.
 
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