AMD Radeon RX 480 (Polaris) is coming: $199 for GTX 970-like performance

So the best they can do so far with their new chip is match 970s` performance. I mean if they had better by now then "boom"; I assume that`s how marketing goes: show your best hi-end, throw some biased benches and claim is going to be better or at least on par with your competitor. Who cares really for slightly cheaper prices on low to mid, because most people buy the best brand anyway. Before you argue, would you build your next PC with an AMD CPU?
 
Now I understand why nVidia launched GTX10xx series so hastily.It's about the worm and the early bird, because someone has to be insane to buy GTX 1080 at 479$(579 $FE) when you can get 2 RX 480 with 8 GB each at 2 x 229$ and have some change left. It's a known fact that AMD cards scale well in Crossfire so you'll have 11 TFLOPs of computing power and a massive array of over 4600 CGN cores and 16 GB of memory for the same price. So I'll bet 2x RX480 are better than GTX1080 even overclocked at max.Add in async compute capabilities and wait for some real DX12 games and the winner is obvious. Or better, do the math yourself and check if GTX1080 beats a crossfire setup of 2 R9 390. Also GTX 1070 is overkill for 1080 gamers so again the best available option is RX 480 at a lower price point(much lower).
 
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I don't find anything awkward at all. If anything AMD's event are more straight forward, even the audience members seems more matured, while Nvidia's one was full of nosy people, specially that one girl constantly grasping over anything Nvidia says.

Because a presentation and marketing popcorn party dictate the quality of a product. (y)
Puuuulease, seriously who gives a crap?

If your dumb enough to be brand loyal, pick a truck brand then walk into a bar and start running your mouth about Dodge Vs Chevy Vs Ford Trucks and video tape it. Make sure to sound real derp but throw in a few facts. When its over watch the video tape to observe how retarded you look sticking up for something solely because of the brand name. Pretty retarded huh?
Now times that by 10, because that's how bad it looks on a forum.
If your lucky enough you will look as dumb as I do when I gloat about Nvidia being the gold standard.
 
It's great to see a powerful Radeon priced this low.

Probably won't upgrade from my 290X just yet, but for many others who have been waiting around,
the 480 and 480x will be excellent choices.
 
The bla's took the place of what we already knew as well as the parts related to Polaris and Zen I didn't watch the event for. As you can see, I wrote quite a lot and wanted to hit on what we hadn't already heard. You can always watch the presentation in its entirety on your own time and make any comment you want afterward.

Just make sure you're wide awake beforehand.

I'm not debating that the AMD presentation wasn't boring, it kinda was.
 
Competition is always good. I'll be waiting for benchmarks, but I am in the market for a new GPU or two this year.
 
In a nutshell: "we made 25% cheaper GTX 970 / R9 390".

Will it be better bang for the buck than 1070? Maybe slightly, but ... so is intel iGPU (which comes "free" with new CPU).

Will be waiting for actual benchmarks and reviews.

New AMD cards seem to have what new Nvidia cards seriously lack... decent pricing.

if you don't count the "greedy edition" pricing, the MSRP for 1070 seems rather well priced for the single card performance IMO. 8GB RX 480 is ~58% of GTX 1070 price, whereas being also about the same amount of performance.

Looks like 1440p is now mainstream.

Yes, thanks to GTX 1070. Sadly no support from AMD by the looks of this news :-(
RX 480 is purely 1080p GPU.

I don't find anything awkward at all. If anything AMD's event are more straight forward, even the audience members seems more matured,

I don't cheer and frolic on wake either and at least try to act mature... just saying.

Anyone thinking the 1080/1070 will be sold for less than the founders edition price before pat Q3 or Q4 2016 is delusional. The supply of these cards won't keep up with demand for a long time. That's why Nvidia set the founders price to get people ready for what these things will cost for the foreseeable future. Remember the i7 6700k selling for over $400 for 6-9 months? Same thing will happen here. The founders price will be best case scenario throughout the summer. The GTX 1080 as of now will cost you $900 if you want to go buy one.
 
In a nutshell: "we made 25% cheaper GTX 970 / R9 390".

Will it be better bang for the buck than 1070? Maybe slightly, but ... so is intel iGPU (which comes "free" with new CPU).

Will be waiting for actual benchmarks and reviews.

New AMD cards seem to have what new Nvidia cards seriously lack... decent pricing.

if you don't count the "greedy edition" pricing, the MSRP for 1070 seems rather well priced for the single card performance IMO. 8GB RX 480 is ~58% of GTX 1070 price, whereas being also about the same amount of performance.

Looks like 1440p is now mainstream.

Yes, thanks to GTX 1070. Sadly no support from AMD by the looks of this news :-(
RX 480 is purely 1080p GPU.

I don't find anything awkward at all. If anything AMD's event are more straight forward, even the audience members seems more matured,

I don't cheer and frolic on wake either and at least try to act mature... just saying.

Anyone thinking the 1080/1070 will be sold for less than the founders edition price before pat Q3 or Q4 2016 is delusional. The supply of these cards won't keep up with demand for a long time. That's why Nvidia set the founders price to get people ready for what these things will cost for the foreseeable future. Remember the i7 6700k selling for over $400 for 6-9 months? Same thing will happen here. The founders price will be best case scenario throughout the summer. The GTX 1080 as of now will cost you $900 if you want to go buy one.
EVGA already has 1080's below the $700 MSRP. Blower model for $609, ACX model for $619. Sorry to burst your bubble.
 
The bla's took the place of what we already knew as well as the parts related to Polaris and Zen I didn't watch the event for. As you can see, I wrote quite a lot and wanted to hit on what we hadn't already heard. You can always watch the presentation in its entirety on your own time and make any comment you want afterward.

Just make sure you're wide awake beforehand.

I'm not debating that the AMD presentation wasn't boring, it kinda was.
It's a presentation from the biggest tech nerds on Earth. Why would it not be boring? lol
 
So excited to see the benchmarks. I may step down a tier but up 2 generations. 290 vs 480x.

This is only the 480 (480X should come a month later with Fury (Non-X) performance). And if I were you I wouldn't get either considering how small of an upgrade it would be.

I myself am hoping for a dual Vega card for $1000 or less...
 
It's a presentation from the biggest tech nerds on Earth. Why would it not be boring? lol

I'm not debating that either. AMD's events have always been like that. It's a stark contrast to Nvidia where they call up their strongest supporters and blow up the biggest numbers their marketing department can come up with.
 
MSRP means nothing I'd like to see a link to a GTX 1080 being sold for less than $800 (found 1 on eBay.) Most are $900+
If you are buying an EVGA graphics card, why in hell would you choose FleeBay or some other price gouging outlet like Amazon over EVGA's own online store. EVGA have already confirmed that their custom models will start arriving in stock in just over a week. If you are still adamant that no one will be able to buy a GTX 1080 at less than $699 by the end of the month I'll gladly take that wager. Easy money.
 
New AMD cards seem to have what new Nvidia cards seriously lack... decent pricing.

AMD has "decent" pricing because of nVIDIA. 2015 was a really rough year for the red team, losing 20% market share to a 3.5GB card....
 
If you are buying an EVGA graphics card, why in hell would you choose FleeBay or some other price gouging outlet like Amazon over EVGA's own online store. EVGA have already confirmed that their custom models will start arriving in stock in just over a week. If you are still adamant that no one will be able to buy a GTX 1080 at less than $699 by the end of the month I'll gladly take that wager. Easy money.
They day they have them in stock for more than 5 minutes you let me know.
 
They day they have them in stock for more than 5 minutes you let me know.
That's a completely different argument than you originally made, why are you changing the central point you were asserting?.
Anyone thinking the 1080/1070 will be sold for less than the founders edition price before pat Q3 or Q4 2016 is delusional.
People will get get the cards at less than $699 because they will pre-order or receive notification of stock availability. All I'd have to do is supply proof of a sale at less than $699 (or supply an "in stock" screencap) to negate your argument.
Constrained supply doesn't negate sales at MSRP/vendor list price.
 
Omg, with my little budget for new gpu and tasty offering from NVidia and amd, I seem to flip between NVidia and amd constantly. if this continues, I'd probably end up buying 'pi' computer rather than a new gpu.
 
They day they have them in stock for more than 5 minutes you let me know.
That's a completely different argument than you originally made, why are you changing the central point you were asserting?.
Anyone thinking the 1080/1070 will be sold for less than the founders edition price before pat Q3 or Q4 2016 is delusional.
People will get get the cards at less than $699 because they will pre-order or receive notification of stock availability. All I'd have to do is supply proof of a sale at less than $699 (or supply an "in stock" screencap) to negate your argument.
Constrained supply doesn't negate sales at MSRP/vendor list price.
a few cards being sold directly by the the makers means nothing since 99.9999% of the world won't be able to buy those cards. if you want to know the price of a card you absolutely have to look at normal stores that will have them in stock. (this includes amazon and other big websites and the smaller ones)
low stocks will always drive the prices up. this also includes the AMD products. we'll most likely see higher than normal prices early.
 
a few cards being sold directly by the the makers means nothing since 99.9999% of the world won't be able to buy those cards. if you want to know the price of a card you absolutely have to look at normal stores that will have them in stock. (this includes amazon and other big websites and the smaller ones)
low stocks will always drive the prices up. this also includes the AMD products. we'll most likely see higher than normal prices early.

Yep, that's pretty normal. I would say that AMD should be able to get ample supply of these cards just based on how small the die is and short of a huge issue at samsung.
 
Yep, that's pretty normal. I would say that AMD should be able to get ample supply of these cards just based on how small the die is and short of a huge issue at samsung.
it depends on how early they started production and how many they will have available at launch, but it's true that they will have the advantage because of the "simpler" design.
 
a few cards being sold directly by the the makers means nothing since 99.9999% of the world won't be able to buy those cards.
Again, I was referring to a definitive statement. 99.9999% =/= 100%
All I'd have to do is supply proof of a sale at less than $699 (or supply an "in stock" screencap) to negate your argument.
I'd also dispute the 99.9999 number. Firstly, there are a number of reputable sales outlets as well as direct vendor sales that offer the opportunity to buy at MSRP. What I would accept is if the customer is making an impulse buy, their options would be limited. For early adopters, vigilance, patience, and quick action are the keys to getting a fulfilled order, as well as signing up to the outlets forums to ascertain shipment arrival dates and times as well as the flexibility of not limiting themselves to a single SKU - for example OcUK has a few hundred cards arriving on both the 10th and 17th June, but they are spread across a number of SKUs (Before replying about prices after currency conversion please check out local pricing structures and the UK's VAT tax rate).
 
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