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

[DemoniOtaku]

JEMC said:

DemoniOtaku said:

Nah only the Mini 1060 are at that price, not that I overclock that much, but I like to have the option...  compared to the reference Rx480 even the personalized models lose... and I just found a 24" monitor at 144hz with FreeSync that i want... So, as FreeSync only works with AMD cards.. when I change monitor (Monitor with Nvidia G-sync are about 100$ expensiver) I will change to a AMD GPU arround the end of the year... the prices should be stable and cheaper.

Only the mini? The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE is $249.99 at Newegg (obviously, it's out of stock now).

But I agree with you about FreeSync and G-Sync.  Freesync monitors may have a lower range of frequencies, but every month there are more and more of them and offer better value than G-Sync ones.

DemoniOtaku said:

For next year the difference in performance on DX12 and Vulkan will be more notable, because more and more games will use, this same year, a big mainstream game like Deus Ex will use DX12 a LOT.

 

And the 1060 doesn't support SLI, but 480 does support Crossfire.. some mid level snthusiast would like that.

That's something that we'll have to pay attention, because the lack of SLI could have a real effect. There are many mid-level gamers that are used to get two x60 cards and SLI them to get close to x80 performance, but for less. Will they get a 1070? Will they go AMD? Will they shop for a used 980/980Ti card?

The performance on the 480 on SLI as arround a 1080 on Synthetic tests. Close to that, and with the improvement on multi GPU options with DX12 and Vulkan, a couple of Rx480 could become the more bang for money option outhere. Specially when AMDs card gain a lot on those APIs.

 

BTW, this is the monitor I have on my sights:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BV1XBEI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER