AMD Radeon R9 300 Series MegaThread: FAQ and Resources

[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.

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

For compute, the 295x2 is far better than the titan x, even considering the power consumption. I will say that power consumption isn't a big concern where I live and any company would take the time saved over the nominal increase in the power bill any day.

 

[uglyduckling81]

People said the 980ti would be $850 but it wasn't.
There is every chance AMD will low ball this release as well.
If Fiji outperforms the Titan X as the leaked benchs seem to suggest and was priced at the 980ti level it could do really well.

 

[renz496]

Even if it really does well it will be uphill battle for AMD. Personally i was hoping for AMD to bring in top to bottom new card instead of doing rebrand (is there still hope seeing this?)

 

[de5_Roy]

Even if it really does well it will be uphill battle for AMD. Personally i was hoping for AMD to bring in top to bottom new card instead of doing rebrand (is there still hope seeing this?)

possible but unlikely. current entry level gpus are doing their job fine. amd really has performance and price gaps at the high end. i remember how long radeon 6670 and 5770 lasted....

 

[de5_Roy]

AMD Radeon R9 Fury X confirmed
http://videocardz.com/56273/amd-radeon-fury-x-confirmed
+salt

edit:
MSI Radeon 300 Series Rebranded Lineup Leaked - R9 390X Gaming 8G Leads the Pack, First Unboxing Video
http://wccftech.com/msi-radeon-300-complete-series-lineup-leaked-r9-390x-gaming-8g-leads-pack/

 

[aviconus]

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

That's not a gpu, it's a sound card.

 

[de5_Roy]

That's not a gpu, it's a sound card.

not that one, the other one. 😉
you can actually see the pcb size from s/a's photo.

 

[Bossyfins]

1st Unboxing of the new R9 390x from AMD. XFX Double Dissipation

>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3QuwujjIp8

 

[uglyduckling81]

Lol, he walked into Bestbuy and they had them out on the shelf. They sold him one before they realised they aren't supposed to be selling them yet and pulled them off the shelf.
He didn't even want one, he just took it because he could.

 

[de5_Roy]

AMD unveils Fury X, Fiji on Tuesday
http://www.fudzilla.com/news/graphics/37999-amd-to-unveil-fury-x-fiji-on-tuesday-june-16

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Lol, he walked into Bestbuy and they had them out on the shelf. They sold him one before they realised they aren't supposed to be selling them yet and pulled them off the shelf.
He didn't even want one, he just took it because he could.

Since when do did Best Buy sell graphics cards in-store!?

 

[ern88]

He has another video that says it's not much better than the GTX 970. And says it's not worth the extra $100 bucks. Also 3DMark lists it as a R9 290x.

 

[Bossyfins]

AMD r9 390x shows now improvement over 290x.

Video To 390x 3dmark score

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kEcbLRnbVI

Another user's 3dMark score with 4790k and 290x
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3643714

 

[nikoli707]

$550 for full fury, $450 for gimped fury, $350 for 390x, $250 for 390

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Major disappointment at the benchmarks. Will definitely be getting a 970. The 390X is barely any improvement, as shown by an individual on Youtube above who owns it. The Fury does sound like a good 980Ti competitor but unfortunately is out of my personal budget and limited to 4GB VRAM.

 

[uglyduckling81]

4GB of HBM though. That could be good.

 

[Bossyfins]

HBM allows for higher bandwith so it should make up for the 8 we thought. But, no one yet has testing of it, so I dk.

 

[renz496]

4GB is 4GB. period. So it it will depends on game optimization and driver optimization. For the second part AMD already talk about it when they officially unveil that their upcoming gpu will use HBM. For the first part it will depends on game developer. Optimized properly then the game will not going to eat bajillion on VRAM. Probably the witcher 3 can be the example on how VRAM usage being optimized. In TPU test even at 4k res the VRAM usage barely hitting 2GB.

 

[renz496]

4GB is 4GB. period. So it it will depends on game optimization and driver optimization. For the second part AMD already talk about it when they officially unveil that their upcoming gpu will use HBM. For the first part it will depends on game developer. Optimized properly then the game will not going to eat bajillion on VRAM. Probably the witcher 3 can be the example on how VRAM usage being optimized. In TPU test even at 4k res the VRAM usage barely hitting 2GB.

 

[Horrux]

I guess the FURY is more designed with single-GPU builds in mind, super fast 1080p / 1440p setups.

And the 390X for crossfire and 4k / multi display setups.

Although, from what I see, the 390X is a power hungry, heat happy beast, I wonder how running 2 of them in crossfire will be like?

 

[greghome]

I guess the FURY is more designed with single-GPU builds in mind, super fast 1080p / 1440p setups.

And the 390X for crossfire and 4k / multi display setups.

Although, from what I see, the 390X is a power hungry, heat happy beast, I wonder how running 2 of them in crossfire will be like?

like running 2*290x ? 😛
There will be Fury X2s coming, IMO and considering how the memory and GPU would be on the same die now, it would still be a reasonably small card when it arrives, though the issue now is heat, which many would guess is where the water cooling comes in.

 

[Horrux]

I guess the FURY is more designed with single-GPU builds in mind, super fast 1080p / 1440p setups.

And the 390X for crossfire and 4k / multi display setups.

Although, from what I see, the 390X is a power hungry, heat happy beast, I wonder how running 2 of them in crossfire will be like?

like running 2*290x ? 😛
There will be Fury X2s coming, IMO and considering how the memory and GPU would be on the same die now, it would still be a reasonably small card when it arrives, though the issue now is heat, which many would guess is where the water cooling comes in.

Except the 390X has 8Gb, which makes it uniquely suited to mutli-display, multi-GPU setups.

 

[Bossyfins]

r9 390x with 8 gigs of vram is 450$. But Sapphire is already selling a 8 gig 290x for 350$...

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I guess the FURY is more designed with single-GPU builds in mind, super fast 1080p / 1440p setups.

And the 390X for crossfire and 4k / multi display setups.

Although, from what I see, the 390X is a power hungry, heat happy beast, I wonder how running 2 of them in crossfire will be like?

like running 2*290x ? 😛
There will be Fury X2s coming, IMO and considering how the memory and GPU would be on the same die now, it would still be a reasonably small card when it arrives, though the issue now is heat, which many would guess is where the water cooling comes in.

Except the 390X has 8Gb, which makes it uniquely suited to mutli-display, multi-GPU setups.

With DirectX12 being able to add up VRAM, no longer will a card with a lot of VRAM be necessary for Crossfire or SLI.

 

[Bossyfins]

That, is correct. So AMD is moving to lower GPU vram but idk how expensivge fury is