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Slimebeast on 13 June 2016
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JEMC said:

There are some new "leaks" and benches going on in the web, but there are some things to consider:

  • All this comes from Chiphell.
  • The Catalyst software names the 67DF:C7, or RX 480, as AMD Radeon RAGE. Is it a mistake or are they going back to use that brand?
  • Maybe in relation with the Rage brand, AMD's marketing campaign for Polaris is "The Uprising". Here's a Forbes interview about it.
  • Three different "sources" have the card running at three different speeds: 1080, 1227 and 1266 MHz. Some people on the net say that this is because of AMD, that has given different BIOS to manufacturers to catch possible leakers and/or confuse us before the actual launch. f course it can also be because they are fake.
  • Tomorrow there's the PC Gaming Show and AMD, that's one of the sponsors, wants us to watch it. Could we get a bit more info on Polaris?

  • It looks like there's a guy that has samples of both a 4 and 8GB RX 480, and I say that it's someone because I don't think there's a lot of people with access to unreleased cards, with a Samsung monitor and a pink smartphone...
  • The high temperature of the 8GB card is due to the leaker having replaced the stock cooler with the one from another card, doing a bad job in the process.
  • The 4GB card running at 1080MHz has a Firestrike ultra score of 3268. The 8GB version running at an unknown speed scores 3515.

These are the screenshots and videos that I've found:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_qg2PITCts

 

 

Lots of information but where's the comparison to existing cards? By how much will an RX 480 beat a GTX 980?

About the RX 480, I think it was a huge disappointment that AMD is only releasing a mid-range card and leaving the whole high-end market to Nvidia, but more importantly, not offering a choice for us who want the high-end even if it means $700 for a GPU.

It feels stupid because it also solidifies the common view that AMD is the poor man's budget choice.

It's also worrying for Vega. If they really had the tech, by all logic they should have made a big chip 490 Polaris right now, so it must mean they just don't have the performance. I don't understand with all the talk about "big" Polaris and "small" Polaris in the past year, how can the best they offer from a brand new generation be a $229 card?

I'm beginning to think that Vega will be a disappointment. It won't come out until December and only beats the 1080 by 5-10%, and right after, Nvidia counters with a GTX1080 Titanium that is over 20% faster than a GTX1080.

Damn it, because I want to replace my R9 290 as fast as possible, and as a fan, AMD is my only choice. It's already been 2.5 years and I still can't make an upgrade.

What GPU was it u had JEMC? A GTX970?