AMD’s R9 380X Drops Today, Numerous Partner Boards Announced

[kcarbotte]

AMD's R9 380X launches today with various partner boards either out now or coming soon. The new card is being targeted towards gamers running 1080p and 1440p displays with GPU budgets in the mid $200 range.

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[bgunner]

I'd like to see the benchmarks between the Tahiti and this version of the Tonga chip. Is it worth upgrading or waiting? Only the head to head comparisons will tell the true story. With the HD7970's and 280X's still hold value or go to the wayside like so many predecessors before them.

 

[Patrick_Bateman]

I do not believe that the r9 380x is the first uncut Tonga GPU from AMD. Correct me if I am wrong, but the 2015 iMac 27-inch 5k display has a Radeon R9 M395X, which is a full fledged Tonga Core (2048 cores).

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Well they made a liar outta me for 4 days ... been telling everyone the 15th

http://hothardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-380x-review?page=4

No 380- guys really ?

Picks up 1 fps in W3 at 1440p over the 380 .... other titles do better

More here:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_radeon_r9_380x_4gb_review,9.html

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I'm surprised to not see MSI as a board partner. They have 380 and 390 cards.

 

[boenklon2]

i am planning to upgrade my Video Card.
currently i am using R9 270X...is this worth to upgrade to this card?

 

[Dino Dubravcevic]

I wonder if they are gonna release a card with 384bit memory bus, to fill in the gap between this and 390/x? ... I still own dualx vaporx Svaporxxr9 280x and for now not planning an upgrade, cuz it serves me so nicely.
What do you guys think?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I doubt they will. If AMD was smart, they would have released a card in the $260 price area that has performance just behind the 390.

 

[Dino Dubravcevic]

I don't know how much perfomance impact has increasing amount of ram sacrificing memory bus. Im pretty sure games still fly I like my 3G and 384bits bus ... hm are there any indications if they will launch something like 375 or 385 line like last year?

 

[bgunner]

They are starting to go to the 4096 bit bus with the lower clock speeds (to allow high capacity Ram on cards) so the chances are anything "newer" designed will have this style of memory versus the 384bit 256 and 128 bit buses.