Radeon RX 480 Competition Poll

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RX 480 is for surely a hot and debatable topic, no doubt it is sparking controversy across the web.

Knowing what is out there, with the price and specs announced already in regards to RX 480, In your opinion list the GPUs you think compare to RX 480 based on the information available. Comparison by Performance? Comparison by Price? What do YOU think is important for RX 480 from a gamers perspective?

I'm interested in your opinions.
 
I'd love for GTX 980 / R9 390{,X} performance, just based on the hype. Relatively low power, and good Crossfire support out of the gate (low price for 8 GB card, sounds like a good Xfire option). I usually buy at the $250-300 mark, so having a 290X, this wouldn't be an upgrade for me except to lower power consumption/heat (which sounds good at this time of year). I'm hoping this is a great card for relatively low entry into 1440p, with the prices of 1440p screens coming down. This hopefully is when 1440p becomes the new 1080p (but maybe not because most other media isn't 1440p).
 
Compare the RX 480 to mITX GTX 970 and mITX R9 380. The 970 is for performance and 380 is for price.

Since AMD advertised CF like their savior, try your best to get another card if you can.

Try overclocking it with a universal GPU block and run it at 4k high settings on a FreeSync monitor and tell us how smooth it is.

K thx bye.
 
For me personally - the RX 480 is a great mid range card. You get a lot of bang for your buck and if your budget isn't capable to handle a 1070 or 1080 (even ignoring the current price gouging), then I think the 480 is a great choice. Folks coming from a 970 or lower who want to enjoy newer games at 1080/1440p, this is a good fit. Those wanting to rock 4k at High/Ultra settings aren't going to be looking at a $199/$229 card to drive their $400+ monitors - the "OC" versions if the leaks are correct, 2 of them might be a ok at that, but I'm not going to expect it.

Those of us in the 980/980ti/Fury/FuryX club will more than likely hold out for Vega/1080ti's anyway.
 
I'd personally compare it to a Radeon 380x, 390x and a Geforce GTX 1070 those being its immediate predecessors and it's closest current competition. I forsee the high end of the RX 480 ad-in boards coming up to the low end of the GTX 1070 ad-in boards. No reason to include discontinued cards like the 970 or 980 because they're mostly irrelevant to new purchase. If the performance is high enough maybe switch the 380x for a Fury, the idea being seeing how it fits in with previous Radeon cards.

And obvious performance is the only thing that matters.
 
I think what's important, in addition to real world testing like H always does, is price / performance.

I think the main thing is to show how it performs against cards at its own price point.

The card IS the RX480 - the naming denotes the successor to the 380x, and price also denotes this.

That is where reviews on the card should begin, because the price MATTERS.


I say that, because there are some who want it compared primarily to the 980 or the 390, and I think while that would make for an interesting part of the article and should be included, I also think we shouldn't forget what price range this comes in, so even if it ends up being a blow out, the RX380 and its competitor the GTX960 should be the primary comparisons.


Past that, just the usual where applicable - OC potential, thermals, the usual [H] fare. You guys have this down to a science - just make sure you are comparing apples to apples, as in price point to price point.
 
I think you need to compare it to the 1070 even though they're in different performance classes / price brackets. I guess 380x and 390(x) / 970 and 980 would be the core comparison cards. Not sure about Fury...
 
I so wanted to troll this one ;)

I'm sure that AMD wants you to consider price bracket more then anything else ;) but there is hardly anything out there ?
Even if you picked any Nvidia card that is not in the same price bracket in the conclusion/final thoughts you would need to address it anyway :) .
I hope you have fun testing ;) .
 
I have no doubt at this point where stock performance lands: it's somewhere around 390x, perhaps a bit lower. It will be interesting to see the overclocking headroom, but from what I'm hearing it's going to be a steep heat/power/frequency curve. I'm guessing it will top out somewhere around Fury Pro performance when OC'ed to the hilt. That said, even if it was just 390x performance without a drop of overclocking headroom at $200 is reasonable (but a bit disappointing).

One thing I'm sure of, this has been the most exciting two months in the GPU space in years. I feel like we're back in 2004.
 
Performance per watt and dollar. I can finally justify the expense of a multi gpu setup to tinker with. If single card performance is comparable to my 390 I'll take 2 please. Should be no problem with my 700w supply.
 
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The most important thing to me is that it delivers 980 or better level performance at the advertised $200 (4gb) and $229 (8gb) price tag. If so ill buy a few to replace my friends and family member pcs
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This right here.
 
Needs to compete with and perform like a 970.

Overclocking is a must.
 
I know [H] isn't usually one to do things this way and it'd be a time sink, but what about a comparison of similar launch price cards going a couple generations back? I'm the type of buyer who buys a video card for 2+ years of usage and would be really intrigued about what gains I would actually see from purchasing this coming from a 7870 that was in the same price bracket.
 
Zion Halcyon said:
I think what's important, in addition to real world testing like H always does, is price / performance.

I think the main thing is to show how it performs against cards at its own price point.

The card IS the RX480 - the naming denotes the successor to the 380x, and price also denotes this.

That is where reviews on the card should begin, because the price MATTERS.


I say that, because there are some who want it compared primarily to the 980 or the 390, and I think while that would make for an interesting part of the article and should be included, I also think we shouldn't forget what price range this comes in, so even if it ends up being a blow out, the RX380 and its competitor the GTX960 should be the primary comparisons.


Past that, just the usual where applicable - OC potential, thermals, the usual [H] fare. You guys have this down to a science - just make sure you are comparing apples to apples, as in price point to price point.
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You hit the nail on the head about price as far as I'm concerned. I also want it compared to more expensive cards to see exactly where it is performance wise. But yes, first and foremost it should be compared to cards in it's price range.
 
I no longer ride the bleeding edge of performance like I used to. I am 40+ years old and don't get a ton of time to game. The games I do play are not THAT demanding. For the most part I do not buy new cards, at least in the past couple of years, the only new card I bought was a ITX R380 and that is only b/c I needed a short card for an ITX build and then I needed it to cost < $200.

The 480 and 470 to me are appealing b/c my current best card is a 970GTX, which does everything I want. The 480 should be a tiny upgrade over the 970 and the 470 would be similar performance. I plan to upgrade my gaming pc with a 8gb 480., gift my current rig to my boy(he'll get the 970). I plan to replace this R380 with a 470 which should be an upgrade in performance with much less heat. I've even thought of getting a 460 for that ITX system as right now when the R380 ramps up the fans it is LOUD. The 380 runs what I want, but the noise is too much for me on my desktop at work. IF it was shoved under a desk I wouldn't give a F. All of this assumes the leak benches are accurate and the 480 is between 390 and 390x performance, near 980(non TI) performance and runs well w/out major flaws/driver issues etc...
 
I am coming from 2 x 280x X-Fire and as long as it will be better than the piss poor performance of those in X-Fire I think I will be happy. Hell I just sold 1 of them on eBay for $145 BIN and was not expecting that. My current 280x's can provide a good amount of heat in my small office as well so I am looking forward to the heat and power saving I hope.
 
I think that in terms of comparison, to get a full idea of value and performance the 480 should be put up against both it's immediate pricing tier and similarly performing counter parts. So in terms of current pricing, we are talking comparing the GTX 960 4GB and R9 380 against the 4GB version of the RX 480. For "like" performance comparisons, based on current information, I would assume we are talking R9 390/390X and GTX 970/980. The GTX 1070 is a whole different pricing tier, but in terms of gathering price/performance metrics it might be worth adding as well as more data is generally better than less.

As always, I also like to see performance comparisons of all compared cards to get a full view of ultimate performance.
 
I'm thinking GTX 970 performance level.
Many are hoping for GTX 980 levels and two RX480s in CF would match a GTX 1080 which I doubt it will do.

If it beats a GTX 970 by a wide margin, then we can compare it to a GTX 980.
I think it will OC past a 980 but fall short of the 980Ti/1070 performance level.
 
970 as it is the current price competition.

390X/980 because this announced performance segment they said they were trying to bring to the masses. How well did they do? ( regardless of this being the original performance target during development or not ;) )

1070 because everyone wants to see current tech versus current tech even if they arent true competitors. The eventual competition 1060 will be based on this arch. The baseline created by the 1070 is incredibly important when looking forward. IF AMD happens to perform well, how will NVIDIA position a card costing $150 less that beats the 480 and doesnt cannibalize the 1070. Interesting times.
 
390/X and 970, the 380X barely beats the 280X which is over 4 years old.
 
I'm only going to assume this will be related to the upcoming HardOCP review of the RX 480. I say compare it to a R9 380X (the current card it replaces) and a GTX 970 (the current most popular video card for gamers). Then have one page in the article that compares it against a GTX 1070 at 1440p only (I know this isn't the main competition, but it would be interesting to see Nvidia's current best bang per buck GPU against AMD's). Then, if possible, have some sort of price to performance analysis of the two cards.
 
well.. based on the 1070 and 1080 reviews, as [H] is actually testing based on performance of the card versus old gen instead of current card replacement, then I would say best would be to test the card based on the best rumors lately so GTX 980/R9 390X/Fury would be the best competition regardless of prices...
 
exlink said:
I'm only going to assume this will be related to the upcoming HardOCP review of the RX 480. I say compare it to a R9 380X (the current card it replaces) and a GTX 970 (the current most popular video card for gamers). Then have one page in the article that compares it against a GTX 1070 at 1440p only (I know this isn't the main competition, but it would be interesting to see Nvidia's current best bang per buck GPU against AMD's). Then, if possible, have some sort of price to performance analysis of the two cards.
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I would be really interested to see how it performs against the 1070 at 1440p. That is the resolution of the monitor I plan on buying. This will go a large way in my decision of going Freesync or G-Sync.

As for performance. I expect it to be somewhere in the middle of this bunch. GTX 970, GTX980, 390, 390X. Anything over that is just a bonus as far as I'm concerned. I personally can't wait for the 29th. (30th here in NZ) to finally put all this conjecture to bed once and for all
 
Now this is a good threaD.
1. I would like to H to do what they always do best performance/$
2. I would like it compared up to 390/398x/gtx 980/fury non x

We can still compare performance/$ against the 1080/1070 but it would be unfair to make it its prime competition.

Last but not least power usage during gaming. I don't need furmark nore play it but and in game power usage will be something good to know.

AND OC, you are known for that. PUSH THAT BITCH AS FAR AS YOU CAN WITHOUT LOSING STABILITY!

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Maddness said:
I would be really interested to see how it performs against the 1070 at 1440p. That is the resolution of the monitor I plan on buying. This will go a large way in my decision of going Freesync or G-Sync.

As for performance. I expect it to be somewhere in the middle of this bunch. GTX 970, GTX980, 390, 390X. Anything over that is just a bonus as far as I'm concerned. I personally can't wait for the 29th. (30th here in NZ) to finally put all this conjecture to bed once and for all
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May be if it OCs well then comparing it to 1070? Its an easy decision if you have the cash. it won't match 1070 at default. But if it can get within 20% for the 8gb model then that might be something.
 
I would like to see performance Vs. 970/980, Overclocking and CF (but I bet they didn't give you two cards).
 
Honestly, based upon existing information, there is nothing else out there that even comes close to comparing to directly with the RX 480. Price is going to be good, running dual cards sounds like it will run well and with a lot less power than previous generations and their better drivers they are releasing helps a lot. Looks to me like AMD is definitely doing something right this time around.
 
NKD said:
May be if it OCs well then comparing it to 1070? Its an easy decision if you have the cash. it won't match 1070 at default. But if it can get within 20% for the 8gb model then that might be something.
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Well, you've got to compare OC to OC, but I get your point. If an OC'd 480 can get close to a 1070 stock (and I'm pretty confident it wont) then you've got to wonder if the extra 20% of OC performance the 1070 has is worth the near doubling of price.
 
NKD said:
May be if it OCs well then comparing it to 1070? Its an easy decision if you have the cash. it won't match 1070 at default. But if it can get within 20% for the 8gb model then that might be something.
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Yeah totally. If it performs well at 1440p, then there may be no need for the 1070 at all.
 
KazeoHin said:
Well, you've got to compare OC to OC, but I get your point. If an OC'd 480 can get close to a 1070 stock (and I'm pretty confident it wont) then you've got to wonder if the extra 20% of OC performance the 1070 has is worth the near doubling of price.
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Not in this case. I we are looking at slower part that is as of now 229 vs 449 (ongoing price of gtx 1070) so thats almost half the price. It would be more worth it to OC the 229 part to get it close to 449 part, if our goal is to get best bang for buck then you can't compared it to oc 1070 because its obvious you are back to zero. At that point you might as well spend the extra cash and get the 1070 lol cuz we all know it will overclock. What matters to me squeezing as much performance as I can spending the least lol.
 
2x 480's are supposed to perform slightly faster than a 1070 in dx11, and as fast as a 1080 in aots dx12. I'm expecting a pair to be 15% faster than a Fury X (which is as fast as an overclocked Fury X). It really comes down to budget. $200-$230 buy the RX 480, $379-$430 get the 1070 or deal with the latency of two 480's.
 
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The reference RX 480s probably won't OC very much. But the AIB cards are probably going to OC very nicely. Those cards I'd like to see how far they can go and see their p/p.

The reference RX480 I'd like to see compared against their replacements. Honestly, I don't think anything else in its price range is going to hold a candle against it. Should be a very interesting review.
 
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2x 480's are supposed to perform slightly faster than a 1070 in dx11, and as fast as a 1080 in aots dx12. I'm expecting a pair to be 15% faster than a Fury X (which is as fast as an overclocked Fury X). It really comes down to budget on launch. $200-$220 buy the RX 480 or a GTX960, $379-$430 get the 1070 or deal with the latency of two 480's.
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If you were seriously thinking of getting 2 cards, I would rather pay a bit more and buy the best single card solution. That way you have pretty much all the benefits of dual cards, but with none of the issues. I cannot stress this enough.
 
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