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

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Scisca said:

JEMC said:

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.

I think that would be a good move on their part. Their lineup was confusing and they probably had too many different chips priced too tightly, especially with different custom OCed versions made by 3rd party manufacturers. nVidia has a lineup that much simpler and easier to uderstand without so many in-between GPUs.

Still, I'm hoping for a full version of the RX 480 chip with 40 CUs and 2560 SPs (which normally would be the 480X), no matter how they call it. I have a feeling that this GPU with 8 GB RAM costing $279 would be the ultimate 1080p GPU and I'd buy it for that price.

Maybe that card with 40 CUs exists and is the 490, with Vega being the new Furys.

If that was the case and AMD had that card hiding until launch (something highly unlikely and illogical), even at $300 that card would be a steal.