Matt has just reminded me that the June 16th date is still just a rumour. Come on Matt you know you're dying to spill the beans, we promise not to tell the rest of the Internet.
I Just hope it's priced properly, nvidia 980ti pricing would not be crazy. Titan x level would leave it with issues for most.
I know you guys love teasers, well here's another. https://twitter.com/AMDRadeon/status/605938931448737792
Let's just hope it's priced sensibly - nothing like a good old-fashioned price war $700 is the rumour though
If the rumours of the 390x being a re-brand and the actual card that's going to use HBM being called the "Radeon Fury X" isn't the title of this thread a little misleading? Note: I'm not complaining, just trying to prevent confusion.
See what launches on that date i guess 2 rebrands would go down as major disapointment and would struggle to see where AMD goes from that position. Launch of a new high end GPU Is what everyone wants. The fans are starting to hype it up now its up to AMD to live up to its own hype. Published screens however real have shown it to be just below a Titan but above the 980ti will it find its pricing somewhere in the middle of those 2 or will AMD try and blow away nvidia with a sub £500 Titan performing card. We shall see on the 16th I guess. Cant wait myself even if its just to force a pricewar.
Thing is, I'd likely still buy a 980Ti if AMD haven't gotten heat or power consumption under control, even if the 980Ti is a tiny tiny bit slower. Plus the AIO water cooling might make it hard to fit in my FT03 full stop, making the 980Ti's blower cooler much more appealing. AMD need to knock this out the park, basically.
OC 980Ti are at or higher than 290X already power wise oh and the 295X is STILL the fastest single card solution
Yes, but it is also significantly faster than the 290X. My worry is that the new AMD card may well be a tiny bit faster than the 980Ti, but be a total pig in terms of power draw and heat. The 295X isn't a true single card either.
Aside from the fact that an overclocked 980Ti's performance is up to twice that of a 290x. and if power use is your thing... That's hardly worth crowing about when it consumes twice the power of a 980Ti at load.
No argument here on that front. I just find it odd that you'll argue the power consumption of an OC 980Ti rivals that of a stock 290x (ignoring the performance differential), then conveniently flip-flop the other way when talking about the 295x. A little inconsistency in your arguments, no?
not really - most of the green team supporters happily hark on about power useage - but when the fastest green card uses a lot of power the same power useage argument is either ignored or ` oh but its the fastest so who cares`..... gtx 980 is better bang/buck anyway
Power consumption wise, there's not much in it between the 980ti and 290x - so if total power consumption is a great concern, neither of these cards are for you. However, performance per watt isn't really a fair comparison, since one card was released in October 2013 and the other last week. A fair comparison will be vs the Fury or whatever its going to be called. Both companies are hamstrung by 28nm lithography at the moment, but given the power savings associated with HBM, its possible AMD have something that offers comparable performance for approximately the same power use as the 290x. What is interesting is that on the one hand, with the AIO, power use is no longer a huge concern in terms of heat buildup, it just depends if the consumer cares.
So, the inconsistency of someone else's argument lends credibility to your use of the exact same argument? For the record, despite having a 780 I am not, philosophically speaking, in either camp. I'll happily jump ship, if the other team has the better card at the time of my impending upgrade.