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

[JEMC]

DemoniOtaku said:

JEMC said:

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.

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

Crossfire isn't very good, and sometimes takes months before AMD launches a game profile supporting it. And when GameWorks is involved, those months may turn into never. Sadly.

I've only found two RX 480 Xfire reviews, at GamersNexus and TechPowerUp, and the picture isn't very bright. That's why many recommend purchasing a single and more powerfuI card (and also more expensive), than two less powerful ones.

Oh, and funnily enough, the GTX 1060 could be used in "SLI" if the game supports explicit multi-GPU.

 

About the monitor, it looks good, but I'd look for info regarding which frequencies it can actually achieve. Some Freesync monitors can't go much lower than the regular 60Hz, which kind of neglects the point of the whole thing.

I prefer IPS or VA monitors, but those are usually capped at 60Hz.

*Edit* I've looked a little bit and that monitor actually supports quite a wide range of frequencies, it goes from 30 to 160Hz!