AMD Radeon R9 300 Series MegaThread: FAQ and Resources

[aviconus]

Wait so the announce date is the 16 not the release? Aww.

Afaik, the announce is the 16th, and the release is the 24th. According to most rumor sites.

 

[uglyduckling81]

What ever happens with price it can only be good for consumers.

 

[grilledcheez]

Wait so the announce date is the 16 not the release? Aww.

Afaik, the announce is the 16th, and the release is the 24th. According to most rumor sites.

Possibly releases on my birthday! And I need a new GPU! 😀
I think this might be a sign.

 

[de5_Roy]

AMD Radeon Fury X 3DMark performance
http://videocardz.com/56225/amd-radeon-fury-x-3dmark-performance
More AMD Radeon Fury X Pictures - Liquid Cooling, Backplate And Red LED Lit Radeon Logo
http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-fury-exclusive-pics/

 

[Jonny HS]

AMD Radeon Fury X 3DMark performance
http://videocardz.com/56225/amd-radeon-fury-x-3dmark-performance
More AMD Radeon Fury X Pictures - Liquid Cooling, Backplate And Red LED Lit Radeon Logo
http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-fury-exclusive-pics/

If those bechmarks are true, it´s so disappointing the the 390x can´t deal with the 980. i was expecting more power.

 

[de5_Roy]

If those bechmarks are true, it´s so disappointing the the 390x can´t deal with the 980. i was expecting more power.

if the 390x is based on the same hawaii gpu as the older 290x cards, its performance will be similar to r9 290x vs gtx 980.

 

[Horrux]

I agree... 🙁

However, the 390X seems destined to more the 4k market, where it is set to dominate the 980.

 

[Bossyfins]

If the benchmarks are true, the 390x is kinda a disappointment.

 

[-Fran-]

From the 3D Mark score alone, I wonder how much OC room Fury has left to play with... From what I've read, the Titan X models still have some breathing room. Not that OC'ing your GPU is actually easy or effective, but there's that question as well 😛

All in all, it looks like it's the 290X launch all over again.

Cheers!

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I honestly don't care if they're rebrands, I plan on buying the 390X anyway. I am looking for a solid card for 1440p and this seems to be the ideal one. The GTX 970 is too weak for 1440p and in the time to come will lack in vRAM. The 980 is totally overprices and the 980Ti is out of my budget. For only $390 and with 8GB vRAM the 390X seems to be the ideal card for me. It should crossfire very well also which in my sight is the best usage of that 8GB vRAM. Rebrand or not, the 390X is one heck of a deal for a new card!

 

[grilledcheez]

AMD Radeon Fury X 3DMark performance
http://videocardz.com/56225/amd-radeon-fury-x-3dmark-performance
More AMD Radeon Fury X Pictures - Liquid Cooling, Backplate And Red LED Lit Radeon Logo
http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-fury-exclusive-pics/

Well if that's the benchmark for the Fury X... IF.. I wonder where the Fury NOT X would land. If It was at least between the 980 and 980 Ti, I would pick up just the regular Fury.

 

[Horrux]

I couldn't agree more, turkey3_scratch!

 

[renz496]

Now we just need official pricing from AMD. So how much you guys expect AMD going to ask for fury (both)?

 

[Jonny HS]

I couldn't agree more, turkey3_scratch!

Now we just need official pricing from AMD. So how much you guys expect AMD going to ask for fury (both)?

Well... If the fury was made to deal with the Titan, i am pretty sure that it will
around 1,000, but in my opinion if the 380x is in the same price of the old 280x and better performance, is going to be a great deal, maybe the best one of the 3xxx.

 

[thor220]

Yes. The 390x is supposedly better than the TItan x so it is probably best to wait.

There's a good chance of that. The Titan X isn't as efficient as the 970 and 980. You get less frames per watt of power used.

True, but it has become a lot more efficient compared to the other titans.

It also doesn't have anywhere near the compute power as well, rendering it useless for anything but gaming. Same price as other Titans but half the compute.

 

[thor220]

Now we just need official pricing from AMD. So how much you guys expect AMD going to ask for fury (both)?

If it's a good bit about the 980 Ti, $800 dollars.

If it's around the performance of the 980 Ti, $600 dollars.

AMD has lost some market share so I expect they will be very aggressive with the pricing.

 

[thor220]

I honestly don't care if they're rebrands, I plan on buying the 390X anyway. I am looking for a solid card for 1440p and this seems to be the ideal one. The GTX 970 is too weak for 1440p and in the time to come will lack in vRAM. The 980 is totally overprices and the 980Ti is out of my budget. For only $390 and with 8GB vRAM the 390X seems to be the ideal card for me. It should crossfire very well also which in my sight is the best usage of that 8GB vRAM. Rebrand or not, the 390X is one heck of a deal for a new card!

That resolution is a pretty good sweet spot between HD and 4k. Display port can't get above 60 Hz at 4k resolution. With those prices, AMD does seem like a very good choice for above HD gaming. Nvidia's new cards don't come out for some time so I can see many people grabbing these cards for not only high-def gaming but also for work. I would love to have that much Vram at my home work rig. 3 monitors and blender is very demanding.

 

[-Fran-]

The Fury card was leaked a long time ago it won't be under $700 USD, so I'd say $800 USD seems realistic (if the leak was correct).

As for all of the information we can get from the 3D Mark screenshot, I can say that AMD might have killed the 980 for multi GPU configs. We all know the 290X get to 980 level when using high resolutions, so the 390X with 8GB will beat (I think) the 980 every time on high resolutions: 4K or triple monitor setups.

Cheers!

 

[renz496]

Nvidia could counter 390X/390 with doubling the VRAM of 980 and 970 but nvidia will most likely not going to make 980/970 with 8GB VRAM.

 

[de5_Roy]

DirectX 12 IHV Support Explained: Maxwell's Feature Level 12_1, GCN's Resource Binding Tier 3 and Intel's ROV at FL 11_1
http://wccftech.com/directx-12-support-explained-maxwells-feature-level-12-1-gcns-resource-binding-tier-3-intels-rov/
points for guessing the real source 😛

 

[grilledcheez]

Nvidia could counter 390X/390 with doubling the VRAM of 980 and 970 but nvidia will most likely not going to make 980/970 with 8GB VRAM.

You're probably right... they'd need new names.. and the 970 version would only come with 7 gigs and 1 gig split off with less bandwidth.

 

[renz496]

At 7GB i doubt people will ever complain about the remaining 'slow' 1GB portion of the VRAM.

 

[de5_Roy]

Powercolor shows Hybrid 'Future GPU' card
http://semiaccurate.com/2015/06/11/powercolor-shows-hybrid-future-gpu-card/
not fiji

 

[thor220]

The Fury card was leaked a long time ago it won't be under $700 USD, so I'd say $800 USD seems realistic (if the leak was correct).

As for all of the information we can get from the 3D Mark screenshot, I can say that AMD might have killed the 980 for multi GPU configs. We all know the 290X get to 980 level when using high resolutions, so the 390X with 8GB will beat (I think) the 980 every time on high resolutions: 4K or triple monitor setups.

Cheers!

If it's going to be that pricey, I really hope it performs better than the titan. Although, thinking about it, it's going to have much higher compute. The 295x2 is much faster than the titan x in compute so the new fury card should be good at gaming and compute. Could be a good deal for many people.

 

[ern88]

The Fury card was leaked a long time ago it won't be under $700 USD, so I'd say $800 USD seems realistic (if the leak was correct).

As for all of the information we can get from the 3D Mark screenshot, I can say that AMD might have killed the 980 for multi GPU configs. We all know the 290X get to 980 level when using high resolutions, so the 390X with 8GB will beat (I think) the 980 every time on high resolutions: 4K or triple monitor setups.

Cheers!

If it's going to be that pricey, I really hope it performs better than the titan. Although, thinking about it, it's going to have much higher compute. The 295x2 is much faster than the titan x in compute so the new fury card should be good at gaming and compute. Could be a good deal for many people.

And as along as you have a high power PSU and have cheap electricity to run the power hungry R9 295x2 as well!!!!