Is the 380x confirmed?

[Lane78]

I am honestly most interested in the r9 380x. I want a GCN 1.2 card, but only the fury x and 380 have it. The fury x is out of my price range and the 380 is worse off then my card (280x). Is the 380 confirmed in any way? Or should I buy a gtx 970?

 

[Forgotten031511]

I would vote for the GTX 970 all the way! But, as much as I HATE to say it the new R9 390 cards are giving the GTX 970 a run for their money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9cKZiJw6Pk

The AMD Cards run hotter, use more power, and have less updated drivers (last stable AMD driver was December 2014). Furthermore, the R9 3xx series are just re-freshed R9 2xx cards and the R9 2xx cards are re-freshed HD7xxx cards. So overall, AMD has not got much "new" to add for a while.

Also, the GTX 970's in SLI perform better than the GTX 980 Ti or AMD Fury X Cards. Get a single GTX 970 now and go GTX 970 SLI later when the price drops and you need more power.

 

[Lane78]

I would vote for the GTX 970 all the way! But, as much as I HATE to say it the new R9 390 cards are giving the GTX 970 a run for their money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9cKZiJw6Pk

The AMD Cards run hotter, use more power, and have less updated drivers (last stable AMD driver was December 2014). Furthermore, the R9 3xx series are just re-freshed R9 2xx cards and the R9 2xx cards are re-freshed HD7xxx cards. So overall, AMD has not got much "new" to add for a while.

Also, the GTX 970's in SLI perform better than the GTX 980 Ti or AMD Fury X Cards. Get a single GTX 970 now and go GTX 970 SLI later when the price drops and you need more power.

That's why I'm asking about the 380x. It should be a fully unlocked tonga card, which is a newer card. Not as new as Fiji but still not a re-brand from the 7xxx series. Also I really don't want to crossfire/SLI cause I like to play really old games just as much as I do new game, from what I have read online Crossfire/SLI are terrible for playing old games on. So I try to stick with a single car. I do like the GTX 970 but I think a fully unlocked Tonga XT chip would be a hella good card. I just want to know if its even gonna come out

 

[renz496]

people have talk about the possibilities for AMD to release full tonga radeon since last year. but until this day i haven't heard any rumors about such card exist. at least not yet.

 

[Lane78]

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