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

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shikamaru317 said:

JEMC said:

There's something about those results that look fishy, although that may be because of the lack of proper drivers.

For example, looking at Guru3D's review of the GTX 1070, testing at 1080p and MAX settings, the 7950 nets 49 fps, and the 7970 GHz (that became the 280X) 64 fps. Can the RX 480 be slower than those two cards? And I say slower, because one is running GTA V at high and the other two at max. settings.

I don't think so.

I could also mention The Witcher 3, but given that he's using a custom setup, it's almost impossible to compare... but I can use TechSpot's review of Overwatch that also uses Ultra settings:  A result of 90-105 would make the 480 slower than the 7970 GHz/280X.

And again, I don't believe

Yeah, it smells fishy to me too. For starters his methodology is poor, using mixed settings instead of presets. Secondly, his benchmarks are showing results in line with the 280x, a 2 generations old 80 level card, which is way too low. The 5+ teraflops rating and 3D Mark results suggest it should at least match the 390x, not a 280x. Witcher 3 should be 60 fps or more at Ultra, not 50 fps at high/ultra mixed. Overwatch should be about 110fps at ultra. Maybe it's just the lack of updated drivers causing the lackluster performance, but I wouldn't think drivers would make that big of a difference. He must be using a weaker card and passing it off as as an RX 480. He does have 8GB of VRAM in GTA V though, is there a weaker card with 8GB of VRAM?

Where did you see the 8GB in GTA V? I see about 4GB in The Witcher 3 and about 5GB in Doom.

And I only remember the 290X having 8GB versions, but not any other.