Wednesday, May 11th 2016
Radeon AIB Partners "Frustrated" at AMD
Troubles mount for AMD as its Radeon add-in board (AIB) partners have reportedly expressed frustration at the company's lack of competition for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 graphics cards, and the timing of the company's May 26 unveiling of its Polaris 10 graphics card, which could be missing in action at the 2016 Computex expo. NVIDIA recently launched its GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 graphics cards, which are impressive on paper, with timely market availability by May 27 (for GTX 1080) and June 10 (for GTX 1070).
AMD hasn't launched a new performance-segment GPU since 2012. The company has been continuously re-branding its big high-end chips as performance-segment chips of future generations, which inevitably lose out on performance/Watt against NVIDIA, which has been launching new performance-segment chips since the GeForce "Kepler" architecture. AMD reportedly hasn't shared any strategy to counter the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 with its partners, nor has it named a successor to its R9 Fury series. It is, however, pacifying partners with good price-performance gains for its upcoming "Polaris" chips, which should help it win key mid-range and the lower-end of the performance-segment.
Source:
NordicHardware
AMD hasn't launched a new performance-segment GPU since 2012. The company has been continuously re-branding its big high-end chips as performance-segment chips of future generations, which inevitably lose out on performance/Watt against NVIDIA, which has been launching new performance-segment chips since the GeForce "Kepler" architecture. AMD reportedly hasn't shared any strategy to counter the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 with its partners, nor has it named a successor to its R9 Fury series. It is, however, pacifying partners with good price-performance gains for its upcoming "Polaris" chips, which should help it win key mid-range and the lower-end of the performance-segment.
91 Comments on Radeon AIB Partners "Frustrated" at AMD
Also better compare Fury X vs 980 Ti on 1440p, the Fury X only got 4 GB, that will soon not be enough for 4K, besides this being a silly resolution for both cards, because they are simply too slow to drive it properly.
So few people have Lamborghini's = nobody really cares
So few people have Steinway Piano's = nobody really cares
So few people have Stradivarius Violins = nobody really cares
So few people have Rolex Watches - nobody really cares
So few people have Burberry, Cartier, Hugo Boss, Giorgio Armani = nobody really cares
EarthDog because few people have 4K Monitors, by no means makes the Fury X beating the GTX 980 Ti at 4K irrelevant
I submit that your analogy is preposterous, absurd and ludicrous
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion. You've made your point and stated your opinion already though.
I will say though, those brands you listed, yes the majority doesn't care about, because they don't really add anything to what the majority has access to. Had you brought up something relevant, like Tesla, I wouldn't be able to say that though.
Also ,its the large part of the market that should matter, because if matching the large part of the market is done well, it will lead to higher sales. Right now, the one thing that actually has lots of "normal" people interested, (but not enthusiasts) is VR, but enthusiasts seem to be snubbing VR. I really hope that both AMD and NVidia come up with affordable GPUs that are capable of decent VR so that VR does become the mainstream, and at that point, 4K is meaningless. 4K has had a few years in the market, and few adopters, even in the TV market, because there is little content that is really 4K capable... there is no 4K Blu-ray movies, only players that upscale. 4K is dead, by the time it gains traction, we'll have moved on to either 10k or no monitor at all, and better VR headsets that aren't so bulky. I really hope to see people with bug thick huge necks because of using VR headsets so much. :P
I disagree with him, the 980 TI is a better buy than the Fury X, but buying a 650 dollar GPU is already NOT smart at all.
BTW, VR wont be mainstream either. It will have the same or lesser adoption as 4K. Such is life, guys, get over your extremely small enthusiasts circle.
*Get into the enthusiast literary one, a higher art form than gaming and more important than consumer hardware :)
and where are the official statements by said "partners"
if this article is nothing more than a translated version of the one posted in the Nordic then its barely worth anything.
FUD spreading at best, paid shill article at worst imo. what a bullcrap
it always amaze me that they never jump so easly to nvidia rumors but they going heywire for whatever negative can be said for amd lol
You are just as welcome to think my analogy is "preposterous, absurd, and ludicrous", as I believe your assertion that '4K is where it really matters' is "preposterous, absurd, and ludicrous" as well.... It matters to the .01% of users on steam that has it. But what about the other 99.99%/hundreds and hundreds of thousands that don't? It really doesn't matter to to them, the VAST VAST VAST majority that do not use 4K.
Clearly, if you are in that incredibly small group of people, it matters. But to the 99.99% of that are not in it, yeah, we could care less about Lambo, Steinways, Strads, Roleys, etc etc etc... I could care less about things I can't afford. ;)
Thanks for proving my point!!
Other than that, we have no information on GTX 1080. It's quite possible that it may not be so great...and that could spell even more trouble.
At least AMD is addressing the immediate market requirements.
Good time to buy AMD stock and go long.
I suppose if you went all in as an early adopter on some G-Sync 144Hz, and has not the brain power to comprehend about pay even more Tribute!
I hope that that's a even smaller than the 1%.
www.babeltechreviews.com/geforce-365-10-performance-analysis-featuring-gtx-980-ti-vs-fury-x/3/
The reference 980Ti can see a few FpS above a Fury X. Though until a day or so, when 980Ti's tumbled in price Fury X carried perf/$; today with 980Ti ≤$500 that's not the case and seemingly now 980Ti's seen as "lame ducks". It's telling price since 1070's are supposedly so much over them in performance, though priced out between $380-450? Why even consider the 980Ti, other than perhaps 1070's will be still "vapor" come June 10.
www.guru3d.com/news-story/polaris-validation-failed-might-launch-in-october-now.html