Digital Foundry on AMD Polaris: Can 'R9 480'/'R9 480X' Dominate Mainstream PC Graphics?

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AnthonyW86 said:

Slimebeast said:
It sucks so bad that a Polaris 10/Radeon 490 won't even beat a Geforce 1070, let alone a 1080.

So stupid of AMD to once again ignore the high-end. Always making the same mistake.

And I'm outraged since I have to wait until 2017 before I can upgrade from my R9 290.

Radeon 490 is high end in my opinion, anything from $400 or higher is enthusiast level.

Sorry but "enthusiast level" is not above high end. If anything it IS high end. High end is always the best thing possible with current tech. Which means not even the 1080 is high end but its stronger brother Big Pascal. The only thing above high end is multiple high end cards.