AMD Radeon R9 Nano Review by TPU...Not

[ZeppMan217]

Something's fucky.

 

[Sony Xperia S]

more and more trust. Soon they won't have any left, and that will be the end.

Yes, and you will live happily thereafter with skyrocketing nviudia prices and progress only in your wet dreams. :LOL:

BTW, fyi, the German site PC Games Hardware will get a Nano sample. And people claim that it is one of the best, objective sites.

 

[dorsetknob]

BTW, fyi, the German site PC Games Hardware will get a Nano sample. And people claim that it is one of the best, objective sites.

Are You Getting A Nano Sample So you can Test it and Give an Honest UNBIASED REVIEW

yeh again i'm Taking the piss

 

[Pill Monster]

Eh someone deleted my beautiful artwork... where should I post the pics?

 

[Aquinus]

Yes, and you will live happily thereafter with skyrocketing nviudia prices and progress only in your wet dreams. :LOL:

Do all you know is how to personally attack people? I'm personally getting really tired of the bullshit your posting. You really do seem to be a special brand of moron. I'm surprised you haven't been given an involuntary vacation because I think you need another one...

BTW, fyi, the German site PC Games Hardware will get a Nano sample. And people claim that it is one of the best, objective sites.

I'm sure that's why we've all heard of them and why they're always referenced for reviews...

Are You Getting A Nano Sample So you can Test it and Give an Honest UNBIASED REVIEW

Unbiased? Sony? That's a joke, right?

 

[dorsetknob]

Eh someone deleted my beautiful artwork... where should I post the pics?

May i say Sarcastically and in the best possible taste with no offense intended in general Nonsense thread

 

[Recus]

Yes, and you will live happily thereafter with skyrocketing nviudia prices and progress only in your wet dreams. :LOL:

BTW, fyi, the German site PC Games Hardware will get a Nano sample. And people claim that it is one of the best, objective sites.

Why? You saint you want monopoly.

AMD fanboys are more extremist. They always bashing Nvidia for problems but in AMD case they trying to spin it in good light.

Why am I not surprised at all by this too ?

Nvidia is so dirty like pigs in the mud.

I keep telling you that this company is not good but how many listen to me ?
The world will become a better place when we get rid of nvidia.

Monopoly of AMD (with good hearts) will be better than monopoly of nvidia (who only look how to screw technological progress).

 

[EarthDog]

That's the thing... who cares if it "underperforms"? Given that it takes a fully enabled core and smashes into a tiny space, some concessions must be given, and price is not one of them. It will be interesting to see if heat is the only factor that holds it back, or if it is limited by power consumption. Either way, since it does fit a lot of power in a tiny space, a price premium makes sense. There's really nothing for AMD to fear here.

It's just a shortage of cards, and a paper launch, just like the Fury and FuryX. No big deal. It only makes sense that it's be a bit lower than the Fury at least... and optimized for 4k (hence the added shaders). If it ends up being more than that, AMD has a clear-cut winner that NVidia cannot answer. If not, it will still be a good card.

dave, you can stop lobbying for one already.

 

[Aquinus]

Why? You saint you want monopoly.

AMD fanboys are more extremist. They always bashing Nvidia for problems but in AMD case they trying to spin it in good light.

It's just an example of how screwed up Sony is. Don't try to make sense of it, you'll just damage your brain.

 

[Recus]

It's just an example of how screwed up Sony is. Don't try to make sense of it, you'll just damage your brain.

Thanks, I won't buy PS4.

 

[64K]

I hope you guys will use the occasion to pay more attention on the drawbacks in GPU-Z too.

It was recently when I kindly ask to turn some work on improving the design of this application:



http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/gpu-z-feature-request.212644/

View attachment 67822

So to recap. You made a request to make some changes to GPU-Z (which you didn't pay a penny for to begin with and don't have to use) two months ago and because what you want hasn't happened then that is proof that W1zzard is biased against AMD and therefore you are going to spam the news forum endlessly with nonsense to aggravate people until you get your way.

Another thought for you. If your intent is to promote AMD then try to conduct yourself a little better if you want people to listen to you at all and buy AMD.

 

[Pill Monster]

May i say Sarcastically and in the best possible taste with no offense intended in general Nonsense thread

Heh that made me laugh.

I need to post them somewhere tho, as I'm half serious..

 

[Enterprise24]

AMD don't send sample to TPU simply because they know performance summary , performance per dollar , noise , overclocking , Temperature , Value and conclusion and probably negative feedback like throttle all of this will SUCK so hard LMAO

 

[the54thvoid]

It would be @W1zzard's greatest achievement if this had been an April fools!

Sadly it's not.

 

[RejZoR]

Well, full Fiji has a clock of 1050MHz and needs a big ass cooler in order to stay nicely cool. Nano is supposedly clocked at 1000MHz. Anyone who has ever overclocked a graphic card, do the math. There is no way just a 50MHz drop in clock will offset ENTIRE thermal output of a full Fiji core. It just doesn't compute on ANY level. Not with such tiny cooler that's not running at 20.000 RPM and 150 dB...

 

[Pill Monster]

It's faster. But memory bandwidth is not everything. You need a powerful GPU and perfectly optimized drivers to take advantage of the extra bandwidth.


I think Guru3D got that card because of Afterburner software. They probably have strong contacts in the industry that will guaranty them to have an advantage over other sites. That being said, most people post benchmarks from TPU and Anandtech, rather than Guru3D.

How does AB have anything to do with Hilbert getting an AMD review sample? AB is developed for MSI. What advantage would he have...overcloking?


Btw on a side note that reminds me...not badmouthing, but I found out H outsources some of his reviews. (not the right word)
A couple of motherboard tests which I read had dubious overclocking results.....when I asked who tested it he said the review was sent in.. lol I imagine he does the GPU tests tho.


I stopped visiting AT when Tom's bought the site.

 

[Basard]

Well, I made it to page five..... The new guy "Cloudfire" pretty much summed it up on page four.

There are a little over 650 good reasons they aren't giving this site a card. It will definitely be on the BOTTOM of the performance/dollar chart.

It's sad. I've been humping AMD's leg for almost 20 years now. I mean, honestly, SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS?

 

[john_]

How does AB have anything to do with Hilbert getting an AMD review sample? AB is developed for MSI. What advantage would he have...overcloking?

If I am making the software for a major company and also I have a top tech site which gets a lot of traffic daily, especially traffic from people who are definitely interested for the products that that company produces, I might get some love from that company, like a Nano in a box. But based on btarunr's reply, that should have been the case also with W1zzard.

I'm sure that's why we've all heard of them and why they're always referenced for reviews...

Because all the planet speaks German, at least as a second language? And yes, they do have an excellent reputation.

BTW, your post is wonderful. First you accuse the others of attacking and saying that you are tired of that. Then you make two comments full of irony in that same post.

 

[Pill Monster]

If I am making the software for a major company and also I have a top tech site whitch gets a lot of traffic daily, especially traffic from people who are definitely interested for the products that that company produces, I might get some love from that company, like a Nano in a box. But based on btarunr's reply, that should have been the case also with W1zzard.

Hilbert doesn't develop AB, a guy from Russia does. It's his own Source Code and is built from RivaTuner. Wizzard knows him, also helped him out at times.

 

[Basard]

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!!! I just figured it all out!

Start including a "performance/cm2" chart!

 

[Frick]

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!!! I just figured it all out!

Start including a "performance/cm2" chart!

That's actually not a bad idea, considering how small things are these days.

 

[remixedcat]

Thanks, I won't buy PS4.

why would you when most of us on this site are pcmasterrace

 

[Aquinus]

why would you when most of us on this site are pcmasterrace

You sir, have been successfully trolled. I think you missed the reference to our resident extremist AMD fanboy.

BTW, your post is wonderful. First you accuse the others of attacking and saying that you are tired of that. Then you make two comments full of irony in that same post.

I asked if all he knew was to personally insult people. Second sentence said I'm sick of the bullshit not the personal attacks. I'm tired of Sony running his f*****g mouth, that's all.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

@Sony Xperia S reason I choose Nvidia is not because I have the spending power, but it's the power efficiency that attracts me the most. Surely you can buy more AMD cards for less but in the long run you're at a loss by paying more for utility fees & making your room much warmer & your casing needs to have some sort of ram intake to keep things cool whether you're gaming or editing videos. With Nvidia in all my rigs, the biggest differences are:
a.) It runs much more cooler than most AMD chips & it's older brother; Fermi across ALL levels of loads
b.) Despite costing slightly more than a mid-range AMD card, it's a whole lot faster & doesn't hurt your utility bills on a yearly basis
c.) it's a real world performer than a vendor that relies heavily on paper benches where testing methods are irrelevant
d.) All Nvidia cards that has a Boost profile that hardly reach it's thermal ceiling of 82C & runs on stable, consistent boosted clocks well below the limit unlike AMD where it needs to throttle down a lot to prevent overheating.
e.) *not showing off* My main rig hardly eats 350W, 2nd one is barely 270W & NAS Box that can play MOBA games hardly eat 150W off the walls. On idle? all barely use 30W off the wall. Wattage is measured by whole system, not the card.

So tell me am I a blind supporter of the Green Camp since Day 1 OR you're just plain jelly that those who knows what's a good card & spend their money on them is pissing you off. Perhaps the whole Intel x NVIDIA setup rigs is making you cringe, whether it's single GPU or those high end SLI ones complete with custom watercooling kit from brands like EKWB built by renowned companies like Cyberpower PC, ORIGIN PC & Scan Computers?

 

[ZeppMan217]

That's actually not a bad idea, considering how small things are these days.

Reviewers on TPU put "not shiny enough" in Cons when reviewing drives, ram, cooling etc. I'd rather they focused on important technical aspects rather than all that pointless shite.