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

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shikamaru317 said:

JEMC said:

The listing of the card is one thing, the rumor about it being a dual GPU card is another.

The RX 490 will come, we all know it, so it's understandable that not only AMD but also its partners prepare its sites and marketing plans for their launch. But that doesn't give the dual GPU rumor any more credibility.

Now, what can the 490 be? I have no idea, but I hope it's not a dual GPU solution.

Same here. 490 needs to be able to compete against the 1070 in the $350-$400 range, and while a dual 480 card would be able to match the 1070 based on 480 Crossfire benchmarks, it would also likely cost more than the 1070 and use nearly double the power, not to mention the micro-stuttering issues you get in some games with Crossfire, and the fact that some games (such as Rise of the Tomb Raider) currently don't support Crossfire at all.

Power consumption and games that don't work with Xfire are the biggest problems.

For those interested, TechPowerUp did a RX 480 Crossfire review https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480_CrossFire/