Leaked benchmarks for AMD Radeon RX 480 hits minimum VR spec for $199

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aLkaLiNE said:

JEMC said:

Rumors suggest that the RX480 won't be a big improve over the 970. I don't think the upgrade will be worth it, it will be more like a side-grade.

Ok well I paid like $350 so it still hurts ._.

That's what rumors say. Let's wait until we have official game benchmarks to see how the RX 480 ends performing.

Scisca said:
Can't wait to see benchmarks of this card and of the inevitable RX 480X. I'm so excited about these cards Finally AMD has done everything right and is in prime position to make a big splash on the market. Not only is their card affordable, but the fact that the chip is smaller than the one in 1070/1080 means they won't struggle as much with supply as nVidia will. They'll be able to keep the market more saturated with their GPUs, which should do wonders for their marketshare.

I've read that there won't a 480X.

Apparently, AMD found out that people got confused with the X and non-X versions of their cards, as well as their R9, R7 and R5 steppings. Because of that, they'll simplify their lineup and change the naming. From now on, if rumors are true, the R5, R7 & R9 classes will be replaced by R & RX cards, and there won't be X named cards.

We'll go from: R5 330 - R5 340 - R7 350 - R7 360 - R7 370 - R9 370X - R9 380 - R9 380X - R9 390 - R9 390X

to: R 430 - R 440 - R450 - R460 - RX 470 - RX 480 - RX 490

But of couse, that's just rumors.