A good deal considering Sapphire are the best AMD brand and the 390 is a fast DX11 card and even faster in DX12/Vulkan. 8GB memory gives the card longevity.
At stock clocks the 390 is around the same performance as a 8GB 480 which currently costs £230.
Total War: Warhammer free means you're saving at least another £25.
Ebuyer promo advert so you know it applies to this card: http://www.ebuyer.com/amd/warhammer
AMD promo page to redeem: http://www.amd.com/en-us/markets/game/featured/total-war-warhammer
Quidco = 2% CB on all other purchases ebuyer plus £10 bonus running until 31st July via opt in, resulting in potentially £14.16. £208 - £14.16 = £193.84.
- gupsterg
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Coulomb_Barrier
15 Jul 164#16
I would definitely not get the 970, and that's not being an AMD fanboy, that's just because Maxwell doesn't have the forward-looking hardware features of the other cards (like hardware async compute). This fact is sort of exposed in Futuremark's new DX12 benchmark Timespy released yesterday - doing tests with async compute on and off yields the same results for Maxwell cards like the 970, 980 etc. I.e, it doesn't have the capability.
As DX12 and Vulkan APIs are only going to become ever more important from here on out, the 390 and 480 are much better placed for this future. Oh and 8GB memory v the 3.5GB on the 970 helps too.
The 480 should have more life in it, with more VRAM and the progress over time with GCN drivers. I would not buy a reference 480.
I'll let you know once the custom 480 reviews start appearing! :smiley:
if you had a choice between this the RX 480 and the GTX 970 which would you opt for?
rev6
15 Jul 163#7
The 480 should have more life in it, with more VRAM and the progress over time with GCN drivers. I would not buy a reference 480.
I'll let you know once the custom 480 reviews start appearing! :smiley:
TheSpartan
15 Jul 16#8
Thanks rev6 you're the best
rvcshart
15 Jul 161#9
Been waiting patiently for the 480 custom cards, but since I wanted total warhammer anyway I finally buckled for this.
Why did you say more life/vram? They both have the same amount of memory.
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At stock clocks the 390 is around the same performance as a 8GB 480 which currently costs £230.
Total War: Warhammer free means you're saving at least another £25.
Ebuyer promo advert so you know it applies to this card: http://www.ebuyer.com/amd/warhammer
AMD promo page to redeem: http://www.amd.com/en-us/markets/game/featured/total-war-warhammer
Quidco = 2% CB on all other purchases ebuyer plus £10 bonus running until 31st July via opt in, resulting in potentially £14.16. £208 - £14.16 = £193.84.
- gupsterg
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As DX12 and Vulkan APIs are only going to become ever more important from here on out, the 390 and 480 are much better placed for this future. Oh and 8GB memory v the 3.5GB on the 970 helps too.
Quidco = 2% CB on all other purchases eBuyer plus £10 bonus running until 31st July via opt in, resulting in potentially £14.16, £208 - £14.16 = £193.84.
I'll let you know once the custom 480 reviews start appearing! :smiley:
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flubit bought.
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-RX-480-vs-AMD-R9-390/3634vs3481
Hot deal with game.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_radeon_r9_rx_480_8gb_review,15.html
I'll let you know once the custom 480 reviews start appearing! :smiley:
Why did you say more life/vram? They both have the same amount of memory.