PS4 Neo GPU Is Point-For-Point A Match For RX 480

[Scisca]

Pemalite said:

Scisca said:

The only bad thing about it is - I was planning to buy this GPU and be happy for years to come, but if in a matter of months it's going to be the go-to console GPU, it means PC will soon need something beefier... RX 480X minimum. At least I hope AMD GPUs will be perfectly optimized for games from now on.

Polaris isn't really a game changer in the PC landscape, that was never it's intention, not from a performance perspective anyway.

Vega is where AMD really offers a high-end chip.
Navi with it's next-gen memory and likely an explosion in die-size, should be where things really start to get interesting as far as performance goes.

As for AMD GPU optimizations in the PC landscape, won't happen.
nVidia and Intel control larger market shares in the PC landscape, nVidia works closely with game developers to implement nVidia-specific technology's and optimizations and advertises the fact.
AMD's drivers can also be hit or miss... And PC's have a different software ecosystem. (OS, API's, etc'.)

Polaris is the biggest gamechanger in years. A $400 GPU for $200. That's massive. How much is a used 970 now going to cost? $100-120? This single card made the best selling card on the market obsolete. You are too focusem on high-end enthusiast market, which not many people care about - I couldn't care less about these cards and most gamers won't even see a Titan. It's the $100-350 market that matters most, AMD is set to dominate the important $200 level. And should this GPU really get into NX, PS4 Neo and Xbone Scorpio, then it will possibly be one of the most important GPUs ever.

The sad thing for is that I won't be able to buy a cheap $200 card and be happy enjoying great graphics for the whole console generation. Now I'll have to get something more powerful, since devs will be utilizing the GPU better on consoles and push PC even further. Sheesh.

Also, AMD should use its dominant position in the market to make devs make games work better on their graphics cards. It's absurd that 85-90% of gamers play on AMD hardware, yet they don't work on PC as good as they could. I hope that the incoming success of RX 480 will change this for the better, though it's clear that it's the $350 card that will matter and sell most. That is where the real winner comes from, it will be interesting to see what both companies have in store for us in this part of the market