AMD Officially Launches the Radeon R9 Fury X Graphics Card

[moproblems99]

The Titan X is not a mainstream gaming card come on... it's marketed as one but those that buy it for that simply just have the money. 780 Ti/980 Ti are the better mainstream options and in both cases have turn out to perform on par if not better especially with overclocking and non reference designs

So honestly I see the Titan cards as really expensive paper weights.

That's good and all but what you see them as doesn't jive with their specs.

Both companies have had thermal problems...AMD with 200 series, nVidia with 480/470 and Titan X. I fail to see where nVidia doesn't have heat problems....

 

[kn00tcn]

You're right I prefer NVIDIA products as I'm getting what I paid for, quality.

They don't add water coolers to products that have heat problems why? Because they don't have heat/throttling issues (minutes titan) and I'm not in the market for a $1000 card anyways as it's not a gaming card.

They put the cooler on in the first place due to heat issues, not to provide a better quality product. Power consumption and heat output has and always will be a problem for AMD. The mentality of this company is crap and that's why they aren't profitable and will continue not to be. Catching up to the competition isn't competing, wake up.

So to further your comment about where I stand, green team. Enjoy your Fury X

you're not understanding the situation, the fury non-x will be air cooled & allow custom partner designs, the nano will be 175watts

fury x isnt 'omg it's so hot what are we gonna do', it's 'omg let's make a maximum everything premium pressworthy product', notice how the non-x is launching 3 weeks later so that this can get coverage

people complain about space+noise from air coolers that dont exhaust out of the case, now people complain about efficient water coolers?

also, power/heat has not always & not will be a problem for amd, the 7870 was fine & similar to kepler, 5870 was twice as fast as 4870 which was twice as fast as 3870... just cuz hawaii with the reference cooler was a disaster doesnt mean there are no options & that everything is a disaster

no point in mentioning cpus since they're obviously a problem, you think they dont know that? come back when zen is here

 

[$ReaPeR$]

you're not understanding the situation, the fury non-x will be air cooled & allow custom partner designs, the nano will be 175watts

fury x isnt 'omg it's so hot what are we gonna do', it's 'omg let's make a maximum everything premium pressworthy product', notice how the non-x is launching 3 weeks later so that this can get coverage

people complain about space+noise from air coolers that dont exhaust out of the case, now people complain about efficient water coolers?

also, power/heat has not always & not will be a problem for amd, the 7870 was fine & similar to kepler, 5870 was twice as fast as 4870 which was twice as fast as 3870... just cuz hawaii with the reference cooler was a disaster doesnt mean there are no options & that everything is a disaster

no point in mentioning cpus since they're obviously a problem, you think they dont know that? come back when zen is here

thank you mate that guy is hopeless.. i really dont get guys that think in this way.. they bitch about amd, they will never buy amd, and they always try to sell the nvidia products... 90% of people dont even care about the 5 more fps or about the geeky technicalities but they will buy nvidia just because they listen to people with distorted views of reality. its sad actualy bc amd could do much more with a bigger budget, but they would still bitch about it. pathetic.
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i really believe that with better drivers this card will show its potential and hopefully dx12 will help, 6 more days to win 10 launch, i hope TPU will do the same benchmarks with dx12 enabled. i really hoped this card would beat the 980ti but what the hell i dont consider 4% a worthy difference.. its just bragging rights. and for people that want to brag about their stuff.. well i find it sad because they should have a life. its not a competition ffs.

 

[Fx]

Still doesn't do it for me. AMD had to move to new tech (HBM) to even be competitive versus NVIDIA.

Uhh, this logic makes you sound half-retarded man. What company doesn't innovate to be competitive? How do you expect any business entity to become top dog or retake "the crown" without it?

I am dying to know because it sounds like I have been doing it all wrong my entire life...

 

[xenocide]

I'm curious and I did this :

You're right, AMD cards are getting closer. But keep in mind that "at launch" is Nov 2013, and "now" is June 2015, that's more than one and a half years.

I was even more curious and checked individual results for similar games at similar resolutions rather than aggregate results. Also, you're not factoring how the percentages worked out. But lets see what we got;

Metro: Last Light
780Ti Review @ 2560x1600
GeForce 780 Ti: 49.5 fps
Radeon 290X (Uber): 48.7 fps

Fury X Review @ 2560x1440
GeForce 780 Ti: 55.4 fps
Radeon 290X: 54.0 fps

Bioshock Infinite
780Ti Review @ 2560x1600
GeForce 780 Ti: 93.2 fps
Radeon 290X (Uber): 83.1 fps

Fury X Review @ 2560x1440
GeForce 780 Ti: 100.1 fps
Radeon 290X: 92.6 fps

Battlefield 3
780Ti Review @ 2560x1600
GeForce 780 Ti: 72.2 fps
Radeon 290X (Uber): 68.9 fps

Fury X Review @ 2560x1440
GeForce 780 Ti: 76.2 fps
Radeon 290X: 75.9 fps

Tomb Raider
780Ti Review @ 2560x1600
GeForce 780 Ti: 37.2 fps
Radeon 290X (Uber): 37.0 fps

Fury X Review @ 2560x1440
GeForce 780 Ti: 33.0 fps
Radeon 290X: 35.6 fps

The performance gain is either negligable or within a margin of error. I would say if anything the switch from 1600p to 1440p in W1z's tests is what gave the 290X more of a chance. The 2 games where it made the biggest gains (BF3 and Tomb Raider) are games that tend to favor AMD cards a bit anyway, so it's understandable.

 

[Prima.Vera]

The card matches the 980ti at the resolutions that matter (Who would buy this card for 1080p and below?)

Ones with 120 or 144Hz monitors??

 

[GhostRyder]

Ones with 120 or 144Hz monitors??

Still does not justify buying this card...I would still buy a GTX 980 or 290X/390X before buying this or a GTX 980ti/TitanX. Waste of money after a certain point...

 

[nem]

AMD RuleZ!

 

[xenocide]

AMD RuleZ!

Having more Driver Overhead is a bad thing unless I'm mistaken and they decided to change the meanings of words.

EDIT: Apparently in that test more is better, which is confusing.

 

[RyneSmith]

Uhh, this logic makes you sound half-retarded man. What company doesn't innovate to be competitive? How do you expect any business entity to become top dog or retake "the crown" without it?

I am dying to know because it sounds like I have been doing it all wrong my entire life...

AMD's "revolutionary" idea that they have spent so much time and money on with HBM barely put them on par with NVIDIA. Not really competitive in my eyes. Claiming this is the fastest GPU in the world when it obviously isn't, nice marketing pr failure.

Go read the reviews/comments on this card, the overwhelming disappointment shows even with AMD fans. There's your logic, mainstream supporters of a company dissatisfied.

Innovation is great and I applaud AMD for finally taking some time to invest in their products under their new company leadership and taking strides in the right direction.

Also I'm glad that you've had to resort to calling people retarded. Not only is that word offensive to those who know people that have a disability but it shows you're an insensitive and immature person.

I've owned several AMD cards 7870, 7950, 280x, 290 all with heat output issues, two of them being RMAed. So I'm speaking from my own personal experiences here (probably should have stated earlier) when my room heats up 10 plus degrees from a single card output.

Card doesn't impress me, AMD products don't impress me. Sorry that hurts your feelings.

 

[RyneSmith]

thank you mate that guy is hopeless.. i really dont get guys that think in this way.. they bitch about amd, they will never buy amd, and they always try to sell the nvidia products... 90% of people dont even care about the 5 more fps or about the geeky technicalities but they will buy nvidia just because they listen to people with distorted views of reality. its sad actualy bc amd could do much more with a bigger budget, but they would still bitch about it. pathetic.
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i really believe that with better drivers this card will show its potential and hopefully dx12 will help, 6 more days to win 10 launch, i hope TPU will do the same benchmarks with dx12 enabled. i really hoped this card would beat the 980ti but what the hell i dont consider 4% a worthy difference.. its just bragging rights. and for people that want to brag about their stuff.. well i find it sad because they should have a life. its not a competition ffs.

Good try considering I've owned 6 AMD cards, two being RMAs.

Also we are on a tech forum where, imagine that, people care about pushing FPS, geeky technicalities and bragging rights about owning the top of the line card on the market.

its sad actualy bc amd could do much more with a bigger budget, but they would still bitch about it. pathetic.

AMD doesn't have a bigger budget why? They aren't a profitable company and can't afford it because they don't have the sales or market share. Glad you think the amount they can budget towards RnD is off topic...

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no point in mentioning cpus since they're obviously a problem, you think they dont know that? come back when zen is here[/QUOTE]
At least we agree on something.

I'm honestly more excited for the NANO than this as I'm currently wanting a card for a smaller HTPC and this could fit my needs handsomely.

 

[$ReaPeR$]

Good try considering I've owned 6 AMD cards, two being RMAs.

Also we are on a tech forum where, imagine that, people care about pushing FPS, geeky technicalities and bragging rights about owning the top of the line card on the market.
AMD doesn't have a bigger budget why? They aren't a profitable company and can't afford it because they don't have the sales or market share. Glad you think the amount they can budget towards RnD is off topic...

[QUOTE
no point in mentioning cpus since they're obviously a problem, you think they dont know that? come back when zen is here

At least we agree on something.

I'm honestly more excited for the NANO than this as I'm currently wanting a card for a smaller HTPC and this could fit my needs handsomely.[/QUOTE]


you really tried hard to not mention what 90% of the people want.. what a reasonable person you must be. also yes the budget is off topic because if we take that into account we would conclude that amd performed a miracle with the amount of money they dont have. we are on a tech forum yes and i always thought that people here wouldnt act like the idiots in the fast and furious movies.. i dont give a rats ass about bragging rights or the bigger epenis argument, if you do.. well done you then.
i will not continue this argument because there is absolutely no point in doing so and its tottaly off topic. have a good one mate! cheers
i apologize to the admins for this off topic comment

ps. try not to forget that gpus and cpus are the means to an end, and that end for gamers is gaming not bragging rights. cheers