Free Hitman 2016 also included, thanks to voicon for pointing this out.
AMD Radeon R9 Fury and above are VR Ready, virtual reality headsets such as Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are game changers in the way we play games. Valves SteamVR benchmark is the best way to test if your current PC is VR ready, ideally you need a score of 7+ and Fury/Fury X tend to score 9-10 which means they give great fidelity for virtual reality. VR will change how we play games as titles such as Elite Dangerous are out of this world when experienced in VR and with upcoming titles such as Portal 3, Half Life 3, Doom the future looks very exciting for PC gaming and AMD is ready with Liquid VR.
The new AMD Fury X graphics card ships with 4GB HBM. HBM is a new high-performance memory standard with vertically stacked DRAM dies and fast microscopic interconnects called through-silicon vias (TSVs). AMD Fury X graphics card features a wide-interface 4096-bit HBM memory architecture enabling higher bandwidth performance and over 3X the performance per watt of GDDR5. To fully harness the power of the GPU technology,
AMD LiquidVR™ Technology enables liquid-smooth visuals and high frame rates, which will provide broad compatibility, plug-and-play ease of use, and stable platform support for tomorrow's VR vendors and technologies. Get quality that rivals 4K, even on a 1080p display while playing your favorite online games thanks to AMD's VSR. Microsoft® DirectX® 12 brings new levels of visual realism to gaming on the PC and gets top-notch performance. Moreover, the card uses PCI Express 3.0 as the standard interface, doubling the data bandwidth of PCI Express 2.0.
Features:
- Watercooled
- Vulcan Support
- Mantle API
- DirectX 12
- Open GL 4.4
- Open CL 1.2
- AMD Virtual Super Resolution
- AMD Free-Sync Technology
- AMD XMDA Crossfire Technology
- AMD Liquid VR Support
- Frame Rate target control
- Dual BIOS
- HDMI 1.4a / 4k Video Support
Considering I spent £650 on a hybrid 980 ti in July, this seems an amazing deal.
rev6
6 Mar 164#13
Not exactly. The release cycle isn't weekly. The 14/16nm die shrink from 28nm doesn't happen every year. It is a very good idea to wait for the next lot of GPU's if not to buy them but to get a good deal on current GPU's.
rev6 to malachi
6 Mar 164#11
We have proper DX12 GPU's now, or do you mean full tier and optional features? No guarantee the new ones will have everything either.
Doogeh
7 Mar 163#39
Power colour, bad RMA. At least you get the excellent service from Overclockers, who are significantly better than any other store for aiding the RMA process:
Fury X is great though. Quiet (now pump whine is reportedly fixed) and very cool. With driver improvements, beats the 980ti regularly for a lot less cash. No HMDI 2.0 yes, but has DisplayPort, which is the superior technology (higher data rates, freesync, etc).
As for new cards incoming, June/July at the earliest and these are reported to be the smaller mid-range GPUs. Monsters to come in the back end of the year. Pls correct me if I'm wrong.
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ameerhm
6 Mar 1610#1
Considering I spent £650 on a hybrid 980 ti in July, this seems an amazing deal.
voicon
6 Mar 162#2
Great deal, you get a free copy of Hitman as well.
New2Deals to voicon
6 Mar 16#6
Thanks, I updated the post.
jonnhooper
6 Mar 16#3
nano pretty much the same, spec similar performance but uses less power and can be had for £100 less
New2Deals to jonnhooper
6 Mar 161#5
FPS at 4K tested on R9 Nano, R9 Fury, R9 Fury X, 980 and 980TI. Fury X beats the Nano:
Abit silly to spend this much on a GFX card now when proper dx12 cards are due out in a few months. But still paying extra saving adding watercooling yourself is worth it to many.
New2Deals to malachi
6 Mar 16#7
Isn't it fair to say this already supports DX12? Here it's beating 980 Ti:
So it's not a straightforward comparison in the traditional "more is better" sense. See this thread.
malachi
6 Mar 16#9
As I said PROPER dx12 cards, my 290 supports dx12 but not all the bells and whistles which it has to offer. Same for with all gfx cards out the market on the moment. Best to wait before spending over £400 on one.
New2Deals
6 Mar 16#10
Vulkan FTW!
Fleabum
6 Mar 163#12
There's always some new and wonderful technology just around the corner, with this mentality you will never upgrade. If you are unhappy with what you have, and can afford to buy better, then do it.
Personally, I wouldn't touch PowerColor with a bargepole. Had them in the past, when (if) you get a problem your in for a world of pain trying to sort out their none UK manufacturers warranty, and if its after 12 months, you can kiss the 2year warranty goodbye. If your spending this sort of money, put a little more to it and get a 980Ti, they get 11 on the SteamVR benchmark, not to mention [email protected] over HDMI and generally smoother FPS in 4k.
I always get tempted by AMD cards, end up buying one, then end up regretting it. Its always the small little issues with their drivers that annoy you, the last one for me was from overscan/underscan fidelity issues.
If you are going to buy a Fury-X, please don't buy Powercolor.... ask anyone that's needed to get warranty repairs done, especially in months 13-24 (sure loads of people will say, I never had any issues with Powercolor, but those people never had to test out the support).
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Opening post
Free Hitman 2016 also included, thanks to voicon for pointing this out.
AMD Radeon R9 Fury and above are VR Ready, virtual reality headsets such as Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are game changers in the way we play games. Valves SteamVR benchmark is the best way to test if your current PC is VR ready, ideally you need a score of 7+ and Fury/Fury X tend to score 9-10 which means they give great fidelity for virtual reality. VR will change how we play games as titles such as Elite Dangerous are out of this world when experienced in VR and with upcoming titles such as Portal 3, Half Life 3, Doom the future looks very exciting for PC gaming and AMD is ready with Liquid VR.
The new AMD Fury X graphics card ships with 4GB HBM. HBM is a new high-performance memory standard with vertically stacked DRAM dies and fast microscopic interconnects called through-silicon vias (TSVs). AMD Fury X graphics card features a wide-interface 4096-bit HBM memory architecture enabling higher bandwidth performance and over 3X the performance per watt of GDDR5. To fully harness the power of the GPU technology,
AMD LiquidVR™ Technology enables liquid-smooth visuals and high frame rates, which will provide broad compatibility, plug-and-play ease of use, and stable platform support for tomorrow's VR vendors and technologies. Get quality that rivals 4K, even on a 1080p display while playing your favorite online games thanks to AMD's VSR. Microsoft® DirectX® 12 brings new levels of visual realism to gaming on the PC and gets top-notch performance. Moreover, the card uses PCI Express 3.0 as the standard interface, doubling the data bandwidth of PCI Express 2.0.
Features:
- Watercooled
- Vulcan Support
- Mantle API
- DirectX 12
- Open GL 4.4
- Open CL 1.2
- AMD Virtual Super Resolution
- AMD Free-Sync Technology
- AMD XMDA Crossfire Technology
- AMD Liquid VR Support
- Frame Rate target control
- Dual BIOS
- HDMI 1.4a / 4k Video Support
Specification:-
- GPU: Fiji XT
- Stream Processors: 4096
- Core Speed: 1050MHz
- Memory Speed: 500Mhz (1000MHz Effective)
- Memory interface: 4096-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB HBM
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 500W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 2x 8-pin required
- Display Outputs: 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
- Dimensions: 195(L) x 110(W) x 40(H)mm
- Warranty: 2yr
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Fury X is great though. Quiet (now pump whine is reportedly fixed) and very cool. With driver improvements, beats the 980ti regularly for a lot less cash. No HMDI 2.0 yes, but has DisplayPort, which is the superior technology (higher data rates, freesync, etc).
As for new cards incoming, June/July at the earliest and these are reported to be the smaller mid-range GPUs. Monsters to come in the back end of the year. Pls correct me if I'm wrong.
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https://youtu.be/ojFMO0EsRF4
http://imgur.com/a/tWRej
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Bandwidth_Memory
So it's not a straightforward comparison in the traditional "more is better" sense. See this thread.
Personally, I wouldn't touch PowerColor with a bargepole. Had them in the past, when (if) you get a problem your in for a world of pain trying to sort out their none UK manufacturers warranty, and if its after 12 months, you can kiss the 2year warranty goodbye. If your spending this sort of money, put a little more to it and get a 980Ti, they get 11 on the SteamVR benchmark, not to mention [email protected] over HDMI and generally smoother FPS in 4k.
I always get tempted by AMD cards, end up buying one, then end up regretting it. Its always the small little issues with their drivers that annoy you, the last one for me was from overscan/underscan fidelity issues.
If you are going to buy a Fury-X, please don't buy Powercolor.... ask anyone that's needed to get warranty repairs done, especially in months 13-24 (sure loads of people will say, I never had any issues with Powercolor, but those people never had to test out the support).
Regards
Flea