ASUS Radeon R9 Fury STRIX 4 GB

[RejZoR]

The only difference from reference is the cooler, the clocks are the same.

And why do you think people buy Strix series!? The ONLY reason we decide for these is because the cooler is so amazing. Don't you think that would kinda make it a very important factor? If it was anything else, there are cards that are more overclocked than Strix... but have crappier coolers and don't really perform as cool or quiet as Strix cards.

 

[ZoneDymo]

And why do you think people buy Strix series!? The ONLY reason we decide for these is because the cooler is so amazing. Don't you think that would kinda make it a very important factor? If it was anything else, there are cards that are more overclocked than Strix... but have crappier coolers and don't really perform as cool or quiet as Strix cards.

I think his point is that the performance we see is equal to stock, the only stuff that is different is temperature, noise and perhaps overclockability, but for where it counts most (fps performance), this is apples vs apples.

 

[RejZoR]

Which is pretty much useless info if you're deciding between a Strix GTX 980 and Strix R9 Fury... Then you have to read both reviews and cross reference the data and hope you get it right... Ideal would be comparison with reference and with competitor Strix model. But you know, I'm bitching again about making reviews more useful to readers/customers...

 

[Frick]

They would have a monster on their hands if they had undercut the 980, or at least have it in the same ballpark.

 

[idx]

just a moment, Strix is not stock Fury card, why do you compare it to stock geforce 980, Mr. Wizzard

As far as I know there are no AMD Fury reference design out there. Also I really wonder if anyone ever said the same about the reviews of all the nvidia cards, some of them were like 200MHz higher than stock and still were compared to a list of stock AMD cards ?

Edit: Thanks for the review W1zzard ! I really was waiting for it.

 

[Anymal]

ok, i will rephrase it: would you be so kind to add refreshed geforce 980 strix results in comparison?

 

[uuuaaaaaa]

I wish there were custom air cooled Fury x cards!

 

[W1zzard]

What's that horrible thing in page 5 photo #2, could that be thermal paste? it looks like scratched metal.

Seems to be some kind of thermal pad, I haven't encountered it before. Removing it now and replacing with thermal paste when re-assembling the card.

LOL that Far Cry 4 anomaly

Looking into that right after I've reassembled the card.

I am new on this site and now I see that he always compare 1 card to all other in stock/reference form, but when you write it is faster than Geforce 980 I think you should add "reference" or "stock"

I've added the word "reference" near the first mention of GTX 980.

Reviewing a card has always been like this on TPU. The card being reviewed is the star of the show, whatever manufacturer/brand/aftermarket card that might be, against ALL other STOCK REFERENCE cards out there.

That is correct. I'm not sure how I should handle non-ref cards, even if I wanted to. Nearly everyone sends me his cards, so do I include them all? Or just certain manufacturers? Which ones?

can we stop calling no VGA signal on DVI a con? Do you really think anyone is buying a Fury to use a VGA display on it?

After reading my review they won't It's just mentioned there to make people aware, it doesn't affect score or conclusion in any way.

 

[idx]

ok, i will rephrase it: would you be so kind to add refreshed geforce 980 strix results in comparison?

the STRIX GTX 980 is OC version, the STRIX Fury is running at stock clocks. Still +50Mhz OC 980 wont change much tbh.

 

[W1zzard]

Removing it now and replacing with thermal paste when re-assembling the card.

finished, temps are the same, as with the pad, maybe 1°C higher

 

[Lionheart]

20% higher price for 0-13% higher performance. Yeah, the price is a little high.

I think $50 more than a 980 would be reasonable, but not $100.

Okay I think I need to do my own research on pricing next time instead of relying on several youtube reviewers which they stated that the GTX 980 was going for around $500 USD. Didn't know you could get one for around $450, thanks for the input.

 

[RejZoR]

W1zzard, there are metallic thermal pads made by Collaboratory (same guys who made LiquidPro). Was this on GPU similar thing or it just looked like metal but was the usual gummy pad with metal particles or something?

 

[W1zzard]

W1zzard, there are metallic thermal pads made by Collaboratory (same guys who made LiquidPro). Was this on GPU similar thing or it just looked like metal but was the usual gummy pad with metal particles or something?

See the pic I posted like 5 posts above. I didn't notice any metal, it's just a gummy pad with some carbon particles in it I think, it leaves difficult-to-remove black stains.

 

[birdie]

Drivers: AMD: Catalyst 15.5 Beta

This kinda invalidates the whole review.

Please, retest all AMD GPUs using Catalyst 15.7 (which contains a whole lot of optimizations and fixes).

 

[newtekie1]

Drivers: AMD: Catalyst 15.5 Beta

This kinda invalidates the whole review.

Please, retest all AMD GPUs using Catalyst 15.7 (which contains a whole lot of optimizations and fixes).

Can you not be bothered to read two lines down?

AMD Fury X, Fury, R9 390X, R9 290X, R9 290, R9 285: 15.7 WHQL

All the important cards were tested with 15.7.

 

[birdie]

One other thing I disliked:

a card that is nearly as fast without eating up the room a radiator would take or suffering from the watercooling pump's noise.

AMD claims that the pump noise has been totally eliminated in a new batch of these cards.

 

[W1zzard]

Can you not be bothered to read two lines down?

and when I wrote it I thought "Maybe I should put 15.7 first? Someone might stop reading after 15.5?"

 

[idx]

finished, temps are the same, as with the pad, maybe 1°C higher

W1zzard, May you try to lower the fan speed under load or keep it fixed at a low speed (something that keeps the noise around 30-35 dbA) , I am kinda curious how quite this card can be if I wanted to keep the temperature around 75C, Please ?

Thanks in advance !

 

[RejZoR]

See the pic I posted like 5 posts above. I didn't notice any metal, it's just a gummy pad with some carbon particles in it I think, it leaves difficult-to-remove black stains.

I know, but I've seen a metallic looking one somewhere around here on TPU...

 

[newtekie1]

AMD claims that the pump noise has been totally eliminated in a new batch of these cards.

AMD has made a lot of claims lately, and most of them have turned out to be false, so really until we actually see this new batch hit the reviewers I'm not going to take their word for it.

 

[Ikaruga]

This isn't a bad card at all. Somebody who prefers AMD and want an air cooled card can buy something "new" finally. It's not a game changer, but I'm sure AMD will drop the price later and it runs games quite well.

 

[pat-roner]

That is correct. I'm not sure how I should handle non-ref cards, even if I wanted to. Nearly everyone sends me his cards, so do I include them all? Or just certain manufacturers? Which ones?

Maybe include relevant cards?
I.e. Testing aftermarket 980 ti, include aftermarket ti's

On another note.

Have you considered to benchmark 3440x1440? Istead of 1600x900 maybe

 

[W1zzard]

Have you considered to benchmark 3440x1440? Istead of 1600x900 maybe

We need 16x9 for comparison with lower end cards. 3440x1440 doesn't seem to be that popular yet, I'll look at it again later this year. Adding a separate monitor just for one new resolution that almost nobody uses, I'm not sure if that's worth it.

 

[pat-roner]

We need 16x9 for comparison with lower end cards. 3440x1440 doesn't seem to be that popular yet, I'll look at it again later this year. Adding a separate monitor just for one new resolution that almost nobody uses, I'm not sure if that's worth it.

Yeah, that makes sense!

Thanks for reply

 

[the54thvoid]

Drivers: AMD: Catalyst 15.5 Beta

This kinda invalidates the whole review.

Please, retest all AMD GPUs using Catalyst 15.7 (which contains a whole lot of optimizations and fixes).

You could always post a welcome and honest apology to @W1zzard for being hideously quick to judge and criticising him. He's probably one of the most flexible and thorough reviewers out there.