AMD Radeon R9 Nano Review by TPU...Not

[Tsukiyomi91]

dun worry... my CPU is clocking at 3.8GHz under Boost. Planning to build a Skylake rig soon with OCing plan already in the works =D

 

[mab1376]

TPU is only of the only reviews i trust. I'm building a new PC in the spring and starting my research now, so far AMD isn't fairing well.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

AMD is free falling since 2013... Post up a WTA thread for help. We're all here to give u a helping hand =) I too used TPU's review to help me decide on the cards that suits me well.

 

[btarunr]

Then I suggest TPU should review VRM temp.

We already do. http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_Titan_X/35.html

 

[ShurikN]

Double post required.

Please all and sundry check the retail specs online. Both Scan and OcUK are rating it as 1000Mhz. Not 'up to' but simply 1000Mhz.

As Hexus say:



Is this the retailer or AMD's choice because as reported in reviews - 850-900 is it's operating range. Shall we call this evens on the 3.5Gb memory of the 970?

I believe AMD rated this card with "UP TO 1000". At the beginning of the test on Tom's, it's running on 1000 for the whole first second so... XD

 

[thebluebumblebee]

First, for those who think W1zzard's biased, he is. He's biased towards GPU's that are quiet (coil whine in particular hacks him off), efficient, keep their promises and bring something new to us, the users.

Why you the f-word in a professional review?

Go back and read the review of the HD5870. He was almost giddy about that card. Thing is, AMD hasn't done much since then. I think he's just gotten tired of the crap that AMD keeps throwing out there, and if you've been reading his reviews, you could see it building up to this. He also knew that AMD had nothing coming up to compete. That review (GTX 980) was from a year ago, and AMD still has nothing to compete with it.

I want the AMD that brought out the HD5870. That was the company that brought out better performing products at lower prices than their competitors.

 

[qubit]

Why you the f-word in a professional review?

Which one? Got a linky?

@btarunr Over 630 posts and counting. You've lit a fire with this one.

 

[Fluffmeister]

Interesting AMD doesn't think TPU give their products fair reviews.

All of W1zzard's hard work slandered in a single line, ouch.

 

[nem]

come on tpu, get an nano

 

[Patriot]

Interesting AMD doesn't think TPU give their products fair reviews.

All of W1zzard's hard work slandered in a single line, ouch.

They did the same thing to [H]ardOCP and many others...
Looks like hexus got a card somehow.

 

[soldier242]

looks like my other favourite review site (a german one) got one: http://www.computerbase.de/2015-09/amd-radeon-r9-nano-test/

 

[HumanSmoke]

Looks like hexus got a card somehow.

Hardly surprising, Hexus host a Roy Taylor blog

It's all fair though! Honest!

 

[cadaveca]

Evil guys that bought that nice Canadian company ATI (oh - you know who AMD are...)

I'd like to see ATI rise like a pheonix, with a Canadian accent. Not sure why - I like the idea of a Canadian tech company blazing forward.

So THAT should be my next kickstarter... buying ATi and bringing it back to Canada?

OR will someone do it for me, and just let me run it?

SO we have our own user review.. full of disappointment, if largely influenced by our lack of a review sample. Sounds like an Editorial.

10 TFLOPS !!!! nano rig

That's a sexy PC, I must say. Is it bad that I want one to add to my collection?

 

[qubit]

@W1zzard I reckon it might be a good idea for you to buy one when it's actually in the shops and review it.

We'd then get to hear a few honest home truths from a trusted source about it's performance and I'll bet it won't be pretty.

You up for it?

 

[maximoor]

So, same price as R9 Fury X, Same specs of R9 Fury X, but performance below R9 Fury???

WTF AMD?

No thanks...

 

[NC37]

Based on those reviews..I don't think TPU is missing much. The card is barely faster than a 390X. For that price and performance, that is shit.

 

[the54thvoid]

I think the card is good for what it is but the price is just misaligned. No water cooling to add cost, no fancy PCB features and a fan.
I wonder if supply will be very limited (thinking low volume, high cost).
All being said, given how Fury performs, the Nano isn't that great as a performance part. In fact, the whole AIO water cooler now looks contrived, as if to artificially create 3 segments. Fury X is already small enough to impress so it makes Nano less 'wow'. Of course, Fury X on air would render Nano pretty pointless, though Fury X on air would presumably be noisy (if keeping PCB size).
I think AMD missed a trick with Fury X.

 

[cadaveca]

I think the card is good for what it is but the price is just misaligned. No water cooling to add cost, no fancy PCB features and a fan.
I wonder if supply will be very limited (thinking low volume, high cost).
All being said, given how Fury performs, the Nano isn't that great as a performance part. In fact, the whole AIO water cooler now looks contrived, as if to artificially create 3 segments. Fury X is already small enough to impress so it makes Nano less 'wow'. Of course, Fury X on air would render Nano pretty pointless, though Fury X on air would presumably be noisy (if keeping PCB size).
I think AMD missed a trick with Fury X.

Personally, I'm waiting for BIOS flashes... Because it seems to me if you could THAT would make the cost explained. You buy the card without the watercooler (and the cooler's power supply), and get a higher-quality chip, perhaps. Flash the BIOS, and you got one killer GPU, if overclocking tools worked.

It's that sort of stuff the sites that didn't get cards typically look at, isn't it?

 

[the54thvoid]

Speaking of Canadians. Hardware Canucks:

"The amount of noise this pint-sized card’s PWM puts out is nothing short of astronomical. It wails, squeals, chugs and emits all sorts of other electrical blather. Granted, some gamers will be more susceptible to hearing it than others and there are certain cases on the market that will reduce the amount of perceptible noise but this is still unacceptable on any $650 card released in 2015. AMD is aware of this but they don’t count it as a problem. We will have to see how widespread it is once the Nano gets into the hands of end users. It is important to note that we're not sure how widespread this is or whether or not we received one of the "louder" samples. We just report it as we see it. "

Oops AMD.

 

[qubit]

Speaking of Canadians. Hardware Canucks:

"The amount of noise this pint-sized card’s PWM puts out is nothing short of astronomical. It wails, squeals, chugs and emits all sorts of other electrical blather. Granted, some gamers will be more susceptible to hearing it than others and there are certain cases on the market that will reduce the amount of perceptible noise but this is still unacceptable on any $650 card released in 2015. AMD is aware of this but they don’t count it as a problem. We will have to see how widespread it is once the Nano gets into the hands of end users. It is important to note that we're not sure how widespread this is or whether or not we received one of the "louder" samples. We just report it as we see it. "

Oops AMD.

What a peace of junk. What was I saying about those home truths?

 

[remixedcat]

AMD, who is AMD

Ass Munching Dickheads by the way they treat real reviewers

 

[Athlon2K15]

Come on TPU it is a video card, stop crying because you dont get to see a review from wizzard. It is already apparent AMD didnt give a shit what you thought in the first place, move on with life.

 

[remixedcat]

Come on TPU it is a video card, stop crying because you dont get to see a review from wizzard. It is already apparent AMD didnt give a shit what you thought in the first place, move on with life.

No it's more than that... I hope you just simply for got the /s

 

[Aquinus]

...and with this all said, I'm still glad I got my 390 and didn't wait to see how Nano panned out. Well, that's all folks.

 

[Cybrnook2002]

Why is this posted as an announcement, making if the first thing I see? It's obviously a carrot on a string here, what's the goal, to get a bunch of posts to "Show AMD"? Lame..... It's a video card, get over it. Not all publications site are the world, so many asses have been butt hurt over this.

Every tech site I go to, this is all I am reading for a week now. Let's move on.