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

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Mafioso said:

Anyone thinking a 1060 OC'd can reach a 980Ti /1070 is being overly optimistic. It will probably have a 10-15% ceiling ...TOPS in perf scaling from reference.

Its clear Nvidia won this round yet again. A true 120w TDP card packing that punch, and hitting those clock speeds is impressive.

The 8GB variants of whatever AMD puts out in this power range or below doesn't impress me whatsoever because the GPU's just aren't fast enough to do all that much with it, let alone at the target resolutions these cards are made for.

The 1060 will need to be overclocked by 50% on the core to match the 1070, that would mean a clock of 2259Mhz, that assumes it doesn't become bandwidth bound.

People are managing to get the 1070 to 2ghz- 2.1ghz under water and with over volting, you should actually be able to push a 1060 past the 1070's speed, but at that point you are probably better off just getting a 1070.

The 1060 though is built on a smaller die, it's not a die-harvested 1080 part, so it should be interesting to see what happens on that front in regards to clock scaling and boosting the volts.


As for the 8Gb cards, I agree, AMD's offerings are uninspired and get beaten soundly by the competition. But it does win on Price and to allot of people, that is far more important, so don't discount them out of the game just yet.

DemoniOtaku said:

Pemalite said:

The Radeon RX 470 has a 12.5% reduction in shaders. If everything else stayed equal hardware wise and you were shader bound you should see a 12.5% performance reduction.
At most I would expect 20% less performance depending on clocks/Texture Mapping Units/Render Output pipelines and the load, in ideal situations the performance should be insignificant.

It should be decent in crossfire, good value for money after the initial launch and prices/inventory settle.

With that said, if it isn't $150, then you will be better off with a pair of 480 4Gb cards in crossfire.

I'm in for a good value/performance ratio, I would buy a rx480 or a couple of 470 on crossfire. my limit is arround 299$. If it is 150$ or less, and crossfire is effective, I could reeplace my current GTX960 with a couple of those cheaper 470... or Just a 480.. A single 470 could perform better than my current one, and a couple could give added performance on crosffire with high demanding games that are optimized for it. Is a Win-Win option if the price is as intended. 150$ or lower.

Wait for the Geforce 1060 to drop and for the Radeon 480's inventory levels to increase, you might be able to get a 4Gb 480 for under $200 if things go our way.
Always start with a single powerfull card first, then add a second one a year+ later or when you need the extra performance or when you have the cash.

I am a firm believer that there is no such thing as a "Bad' graphics card, just a bad price... And that's AMD main strength, price.