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

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shikamaru317 said:

JEMC said:

AMD's problem is that the 470 may put the 480 in a bad position. The 480 can't play games at 1440 at max settings... heck, as Pemalite said, it can't even play some games at 1080p at max. Why should anyone buy the 480 when the 470 isn't that far behind at 1080p but costs $50/100 less?

I suspect we'll see a price cut on 480 before long. Between 470 and Nvidia's 1060, 480 isn't a very good deal at the current price. Knock $20-30 off the price though, and it becomes a much better deal.

If AMD does that, they'll have a PR nightmare on their hands. And that won't solve the problem, it will only make the 470 irrelevant.

Another option could be discontinuing the 4GB variant of the 480. They could use the extra performance and extra (and faster) memory, to justify the extra cost...and bundle a game or two would help too. Do a "Never Settle" promotion again.

shikamaru317 said:

m0ney said:

What games are those? Even my 960 can play most games at max but 480 is 60% more powerful than 960, it will be my next card.

As far as I know 480 can play every released game at max settings, 1080p, 30 fps. It does struggle hitting 60 fps in certain games though, namely Ashes of Singularity, The Division, Crysis 3, and Quantum Break. 

That's what I meant, thanks. The 480 can play most if not all games at max and mantain 30fps, but there are games where it can't hit an average of 60fps like those you mentioned plus The Witcher 3 or Crysis 3.