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Although the Radeon R9 390X will offer significantly higher performance than existing graphics cards from Advanced Micro Devices, it will also cost considerably more than current graphics adapters from the company. In fact, the new flagship graphics solutions from AMD will be more expensive than all single-chip Radeon graphics boards ever introduced.
Heise.de reports citing sources with knowledge of AMD’s plans that the AMD Radeon R9 390 graphics adapter will cost around $700, whereas more advanced AMD Radeon R9 390X will be priced at over $700. The price of the AMD Radeon R9 390X WCE [water-cooled edition] is unknown, but it will naturally be very high. The Radeon R9 380X will carry $400 price-tag, whereas the Radeon R9 380 will be available for around $330.
Previously the most expensive single-chip Radeon graphics cards cost no more than $649, but, apparently, the company wants to increase pricing of its flagship products going forward.
The Radeon R9 390-series graphics cards will be the first add-in-boards to use high-bandwidth memory (HBM) from SK Hynix in the world. Extreme performance in ultra-high-definition resolutions that the new cards will provide will justify their high prices.
AMD did not comment on the news-story.
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KitGuru Says: It is noteworthy that AMD wants to position its upcoming Radeon R9 390X above the GeForce GTX 980, but clearly below the GeForce GTX Titan X, which is expected to cost between $999 and $1349. For some reason AMD does not want to compete against Nvidia’s graphics cards at the same price-points.
Not surprised, AMD need to make an acceptable profit this time around and as long as the performance, heat and acoustics are justifiable. Then people will buy.
I still expect the 8GB R9 390X WCE to be cheaper than the Titan X. It’s the only way it will sell
Yeah for 749 USD I am interested in the 390X WCE.
By the time they finally launch them, they will be they’re going to be cheaper, cuz the market will move forward… and new technology will be available.
By the time they finally launch them, they’re going to be cheaper, cuz the market will move forward… and new technology will be available.
Don’t care about price, give me performance and good temperature.
Just too much for even a normal enthusiast gamer. Looks like this round goes to team green and the 970-980 cards.
That’s the point. This card isn’t meant for “normal enthusiast gamers”, but for the “hardcore”. They will not see the price tag, just performance, temperature, and OC capabilities…
An issue AMD has is market share. Releasing such a niche product is a waste of time unless they can trickle this technology into cheaper GPU’s.
performance, yes. temps? doubt it.
funny. when nvidia busted out 980, you were probably like: OOH THIS STOMPS ON R9 290x! IT’S SOOO HIGH END, IT CAN DO ANYTHING BLAAARGHHH. or something similar. now that AMD is gonna take the lead, you’re going for the “performance per $” blablabla.
this is gonna stomp the nvidia’s price/performance and performance/watt GPUs.
lower than 290x. it has the same TDP, and probably will go with the same watercooling 295×2 came with.
not only that, but nvidia is gonna HAVE to lower the price of titan x, and then the battle will continue, by dropping prices like the 9590 or 295×2 had.
So the R9 380 is priced similarly to the GTX 970. I wonder how it compares in performance. It’s clear that the R390 will need to offer something really special if AMD wants to draw costumers away from Nvidia. For 150-200 dollars more, you have to do something spectacular.
Wow, that’s the most retarded, fanboy fuelled shit I’ve read in a long time. If you’re a fucking idiot, stick to console gaming please.
No they won’t drop the price due to double floating point accuracy. Clearly you know nothing if you think the titan X is for gamers.
AMD fooling people lel. R9 380 for GTX 970 price point as it is R9 290 rebranded. xD
So idiots stick to console gaming? In that case, I’m guessing you own every console from 1995 and so on.
+being that butthurt, doesn’t help you that much.
i never said that. but it’s a GPU meant to be bought by an average consumer that has a few $ to spare.
it’s gonna be a war for the crown of the best single GPU out.
Keep trolling you failed opportunity for abortion.
No one even close to being an average consumer will drop $700 on a GPU.
None of the 300 series cards will be rebranded. They will all be running the new architecture. http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/amd-to-introduce-its-radeon-r9-300-series-lineup-at-computex/
personally i think its the third party that makes the difference.Take the asus ares line for example,the tweaking far exceeds reference design.until the specs/price for these come out i wouldnt consider a new card.AMD has good high end pcb but the rest is s@~#.@kitguru i wonder just how much share reference cards get(amd paticually)
Lol.. True.
And consumers care about market share as well. O_0 as a consumer I care about this GPU for 4k gaming and not spending $1000 on a single GPU..
say that about your 980 on release,500-600$.
390x is gonna destroy it with ease. you’d need 2×980 to beat it AT LEAST.
but that means higher price, higher power usage, etc.
the only troll here is your mother with your birth certificate. an apology from the condom factory.
(but seriously, that just proves that you’re so butthurt, it’s not even funny anymore).
Most people don’t even care about 4k gaming considering the cost of a 4k monitor.
Who cares about the 980? The real competition is from the 970 in SLI as it has low power consumption, great thermals and scales well. It’s all nice and well being powerful, but if you sound like a leaf blower, and are hotter than an oven, as well as costing $700+, no one will bother.
You use the word butthurt. Kid, go back to your basement, you’re dumb as fuck.
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At least I don’t make typos.
Don’t make me go full grammar nazi on you.
also, i use the word “butthurt” because it perfectly describes you.
It has the same TDP- 970 SLI and 390x.
one powerful GPU is always better than 2 medicore GPUs.
it doesn’t sound like a leaf blower-it has water cooling.
it isn’t hot at all, it has watercooling.
and has over 4GB of VRAM.
you know, only an idiot will spend over 600$ on GPU(s) and play in 1080p.
you use that kind of money for 4k gaming. not something 3.5GB could ever do.
970 is mediocre? Wow, you’re fucking vermin. PC gaming doesn’t have fanboys, yet clearly you’re some AMD nutjob. How does the water cool itself? Magic? Come back when you’re not a moron.
“meh. turning down a girl that looks good is absurd.
i once did that, but for realistic reasons (i was 14, she was 10 or 11 when she confessed XD).”
LOL you little basement freak. Piss off back to your world of cartoon women, it’ll be the closest you’ll ever get to women without being slapped down with a restraining order.
You use the word “butthurt” because you’re a sad little kid who watches animie.
so now you’re into stalking? pretty low, even for a 12 year old.
atm i’m 17, and have a girlfriend. not something you’re gonna be having for next, let’s say, one life?
how does PC gaming NOT have fanboys? you’re forgetting yourself. oh wait, or do you not count retards?
strap on 2 fans on the 120mm rad, and you’re good to go.
+295×2 stomps 970 SLi in 4K (http://tpucdn.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_Titan_X/images/som_3840_2160.gif)
so please. come back with evidence, proper arguments, and sanity.
and IQ that’s higher than your shoe size.
If they can afford a 4k monitor, then they can afford a higher priced card.
Taking 5 seconds to check your hilariously pathetic post history is hardly stalking. But when you’re an anime watching basement dwelling virgin, I guess you’ll try anything to deny that truth! You’re 17, thick as shit and I bet your gf is a wretched beast I wouldn’t want to stand within 20 ft of 🙂
How am I a fanboy? I’m running an AMD card as we speak you half-witted cretin. The 295×2 is also loud, hot and very, very power hungry hence the reason it’s price has dropped so much over the last few months.
Come back when you’re not a total fuckwit i.e. don’t bother replying
Nothing to see here folks, move along, just a Nvidia fanboy failing at life.
Aaah, why do I even bother talking to idiots?
SO! First of all, I live in an apartment. With my GF. I’m 1.85m tall, and I have around 70kg. My GF looks better than you think. The reason you wouldn’t like standing 20 ft away from her is probably because she might notice that you stink like shit. ATM I’m running GTX650. For the last half a year (bought it in early april 2014), it hasn’t been functioning properly. Absolutely horrible GPU.
The reason they’ve dropped the price isn’t because the card is bad. On the contrary, they dropped it because it’s good, and it increased their sales. Not something nVidia would bother doing, heck they wouldn’t even bother calling some random guy to tell him that the GPU they’re releasing isn’t even 4GB.
I “took 5 seconds to check YOUR hilariously retarded post history”, and found out that you’re just a lame troll. As apparently, your IQ isn’t nearly high enough to do something more productive.
Come back when your IQ is at least half of your shoe size. I find it really hard to lower my IQ over 15 times to be able to communicate with a fucktard.
Oh look at you, having to prove yourself to a stranger. Because that doesn’t wreak of insecurity! You watch animie, and are a fanboy. Let me guess, you also into my little ponies and working dead end jobs?
Better than I think? Nah I’m sure she looks like crap. A GTX 650? Lol you poor bro, you poor.
Take your stupidity and piss off. I’m a troll? Yeah k, proof bro? Oh right, none.
Nah, I’m not insecure. I just like denying your facts. Animie? Learn to type man. I’m not into ponies, I go to high school.
I have a GTX650 because I had no need for anything else. I only use it to render stuff. That’s it. I could have went with GTX690 or whatever, but I have no need for such GPU horsepower.
And the fact that you’re a troll…. like, 90% of your prev. messages? Yeah, seems about right.
Oh sorry, I spelt the name of your pathetic nerdy cartoons incorrectly. You’re 17 and go to high school? Either you’re thick and have been held back a year, or are American (same difference).
You don’t render on your GPU you total fuckwit. Unless of course you are using cuda-cores, in which case, you’re still a total fuckwit for using such a meager card.
I’m a troll and yet you’re the fanboy ranting away about how awesome a yet to be released card is. Take a look in the mirror bro, that is if your gf hasn’t cracked them all *****oooohh yeeeaaaaaaaaaah*****
I don’t think you understand what “enthusiast” means.
-There is nothing “normal” related to that word. $1000.00 is chump change to real “enthusiast” pc gamers.
niche product ? are you kidding me ? do you even know what this word means ? there’s nothing “niche” about anything AMD produces. Now if one of their cards was L2N cooled… that would be niche. -I don’t think you have a clear understanding of the pc tech industry.
Seems odd that the 390x would be twice the price of the 380x. I could see at Max 600. Mabye 650 for watercooled
R9 390x is not aim to compete with GTX 980 but with GTX Titan X…Nvidia $999 card vs AMD $700 card..R9 380 and 380x is going to compete with GTX 970 and GTX 980 with same price possible same performance.
Again why people complaining about a 700 dollar card where it’s meant to compete with a $999 card. Remember that GTX 780ti released price was $700 and it sold millions.
they are not rebranded r9 380 and 380x are new cards with enhanced efficiency maybe not as efficient as GTX 970 and 980 but atleast amd offered something.
Hey kid, there is NO fp64 on Titan X, Titan X is for gamers and gamers only.
he probably considers himself an enthusiast with his air cooled i5 and 970 on his $300 motherboard. And because it’s called “maximus or sabertooth” he’s an enthusiast lol.
r9 390x should provide at least a 40% increase in performance as compared to the 980 so as a launch price paying for this price is reasonable, of course u will have to wait till early 2016 when the price drop to get even better value, but at least this is much better value as compared to nvidia titan or whatever shit it is called, ripping loyal nvidia customers off with its ridiculous launch price tag
You’re talking crap. The tiny volumes in which both green and red produce their top tier cards prove they are niche products.
In what world does a gamer think $1k is chump change? That’s just wrong – even a full x99, full water cooled PC builder would sweat at dropping $1k on a card that currently is out performed by a 295×2…
umm. I’m 17, and I go to high school because everyone my age in Europe does the same. Go to a high school, or similar.
I do use cuda cores, and this was better than going on AMD equivalent, because yeah, cuda cores.
Also, at least I have a gf to do that.
Also, let me put your stupidity on a scale:
->human, a mountain, Earth, the Sun, Milky way, your mom, observable universe, the entire universe, your stupidity.
Btw. just how sad can you be, praising your own bad jokes? I guess your mother couldn’t talk to a child she never wanted.
WCE, pal. Titan X will run hot in comparison.
I admit I am a huge fan of nvidia, and this card does seem like a good match for the Titan x, but as the card is not released yet, and all we are getting are these rumored specs or “leaked” images, the card could also be nowhere near to what we are hearing. But if this card is all that it is promising to be, you will see me with a 390x instead of a titan x when I build a new 4k rig at the end of this year.
Considering how the 295×2 outperforms the titan X, I cant see why someone would buy one unless they wanted SLI. But as reviews are saying, cards at this price point are niche products – team red needs to make sure they don’t rest their rep on a card few people will buy.
Using cuda cores and the GTX650 shows you’re a broke ass kid who watches anime no less. And about having a gf, it’s quality over quantity son 😉
You can claim I’m stupid but look at this conversation. You started it all with an incredibly immature, stupid comment. Go you. Dumbass.
It’s only locked off via drivers. Considering it’s performance, I wouldn’t be surprised if Nvidia unlocks it.
No, again not true at all. There are no fp64 cores at all, whatsoever. We are talking on a hardware level. not software (i.e. drivers). There are only fp32 cores (single precision floating point) in the Titan X. Go read Anandtech’s extensive article on the Titan X.
You used a lower case I when referring to yourself – “also, i use the word “butthurt” because it perfectly describes you.”
Typo? 😛
In my country, they say that first one to stop the fight is the more intelligent one. And, as you could have guessed, if you have any brains in that head, I’m gonna be the one to do it. Just don’t respond anymore. Never talk to me again. I don’t wanna waste a ms of my time on people I (hopefully) shall never meet.
ye, 1st sentence, got that right XD
In my country they say the one who started the fight is the twat. That’s you son. Also I’m quite sure your academic progress shows just what a staggering fuckwit you truly are. Peace out 🙂
Well it’s probably in part because of more HBM on the 390x. Seeing the R9 290x/295x’s temps I honestly can’t see a 390x functioning properly without WC unless all these leaks on specs/etc are wrong.
People are gonna jump on the bandwagon if HBM is all it’s cracked up to be and AMD implements it well.
AMD will never win in perf/watt cause I swear they just don’t care lol. If you care about your power bill go team green (see what I did there?). If you just want perf sounds like AMD.
I promise you people buy nvidia over AMD because of #1 temps and #2 power consumption oh and #3 the drivers.
Depending on how much your electricity costs a 1k nVidia card can become much cheaper than the AMD card over the course of a year. Though I don’t generally care about that reason when I buy high end cards.
nVidia.. Lower prices??? I’m sorry you’re wrong. That’d be like Intel actually releasing products when they’re completed.
I call bullshit on that one. No way a 390 non X would cost 700$. I predict $649 for the flagship and $449 to $499 for the cut down variant.
Cheap games are at G2A.
https://www.g2a.com/r/6010
Yeah Titan X is a joke. Titan X is throttling out of boost, down to 1ghz within 15 minutes when using the stock thermal ceiling of 85C. Are they serious? 😀 😀 😀 Come on, that’s pathetic. 😀
This world.
Most people that have JOBs $1000.00 for GPU’s is nothing. In fact , Go to EVGA.com /mods rigs section and count the gaming pc’s that have the watercooled version of the titan x in SLI. (Over a $1200.00 PER gpu . My 15 yr old’s rig has 3 – gtx 980 super clocked cards that he bought with his own money. I’ll preach it again. For most enthusiast pc gamers , $1000.00 spent on a gpu is CHUMP CHANGE. I’m not saying I’d pay this amount for THIS gpu , I’m just saying that’s well below my wallets budget. I personally am getting 2- 390x’s with EK waterblocks/fittings which will probably be close to $2000.00.
Larger die and same TDP should allow it to dissipate the heat more easily, plus the WCE will make that even better.
That’s utter horse shit: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x-gm200-maxwell,review-33151-8.html
Look at the closing paragraph:
“By all measures this is a niche product”
A handful of people don’t represent the majority of gamers. I’ll say it again: you’re talking at your ass. Just because your 15 yr old was willing to spend that amount of money doesn’t mean other’s will. I personally have a OC 970 because there’s a million other things I’d do with $2000 rather than number hunt in benchmarks.
hate to see your taxes…
Matzy are you stupid enough or can you do better? 4k monitor is more affordable than ever, also EVERYONE does care about 4K gaming. If you find yourself in another situation you must be doing something wrong. You also talk shit in each post and you have a f#$$@shit attitude. I can tell you i will gladly teach you some lessons you desperate shit
What about gamers that do not care about power and temps ? Then that argument is out the window. Just like someone that buys a 200.000 car, you think they care about Gas ? 🙂 High end is high end. So really anyone buying a card for over $600 , Power and temps is not even on there MINDS, Thats why we have 1000-1500 Watt POE units. I agree if your into saving or looking at engery costs then buy a console or a $500 PC.
If this 28nm 390x card is hot and power hungry like the 290x, I may hang on to my 660ti, and wait for 16nm or 20nm hopefully next year.
Yeah but it’s still an nvidia so it’s worth a bit more. (PhysX etc)
No, don’t be stupid. You can grab a good 4K monitor for £420 nowadays – that’s less than a GTX 980.
You’ll also lose overclocking headroom, the smaller the die size, the harder it is to drive the cores to their full potential. Performance suffers as die size decreases.
Who cares about HBM? If that’s the thing which is driving the price up, then they should release a normal GDDR5 version – HBM is overhyped.
That’s more than I’d spend on a monitor.
Then that should also be more than you’d spend on a graphics card.
Thank you for supporting my point.
You’re a fuckwit. 4k gaming is prohibitively expensive. You need an expensive, and large, monitor, and then a high end GPU or two. Most gamers do not have the setup – check the Steam surveys to realise the shit you’re talking when you claim EVERYONE cares about 4k gaming. Dumbass.
fuckwit is your family you noddy head. 400 euro for a 4k monitor is not affordable? you most be living in trees. High end GPU? Do you even hear yourself? 2 x R9 280x can do VERY WELL in any game at 4K resolution. Most games HAVE THE SETUP, GOD YOU ARE SO STUPID. Are you still playing Super Mario?
I would stick a 970 in your large ass to show you how mediocre is
Why would a bother to get a 27″ monitor so that I have to sit 5 meters from my desk? The only people who do that are virgins and nerds, the kind of people whose daily diet consists of animie and social isolation. No, 280X crossfire will not do 4k well unless you’re some pleb that doesn’t care about dipping into the 20fps region. Go be thick elsewhere kid.
Fag. Or, look at benchmarks and realise it’s a bit of a beast.
It all depends on performance. There’s no way they will sell a 390 at $700 if the performance is equal to a GTX 970. It would have to outperform a GTX 980 for that price to be viable since the GTX 970 is around $320-350 and the GTX 980 is $560-650, otherwise only an idiot or a hardcore AMD fanboy is going to buy it. I have been buying ATI gpu since the AGP 7000 series and my last Nvidia gpu was a TNT but if their price doesn’t match their performance then I will reluctantly switch to the green team.
ya…except no. How is 2x the bandwidth “over hyped”?
Not worth a massive price hike just for increased buffer transfer speeds.
Ya it’s cool to hate. You’re a winner buddy. Boooo 45% faster than the R9 290x, who cares.
“power bill”? you’d need months to average out a expensive measuring in single digit dollars vs a lower tdp alternative.
This is such hyperbole, just stop.
Uh, no, I just don’t want to be paying huge sums of money which will only benefit me at 16K resolutions. GDDR5 is perfectly fine with a 512-bit memory bus for both 4K and 8K.
hahahaha. Niche my arse.
$600-$700 flag ship cards are not niche. 295×2, Titan etc…that is niche.
Yet the steam survey proves you are wrong.
HAHAHAHAHA
Steam survey!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!
Next you’re going to suggest Metacritic means more than diddly squat too.
Lots of people on really really really bad hardware out there. Athlon2 x2’s, 9800gt’s…ya I see these idiots on the forums all the time. That doesn’t make me wrong. There is a large group of PC gamers out there and if you think they’re mostly on >$200 you’re an idiot.
I’ll just refer you to my above comment rather than repeat my self.
Exactly.
That would be VERY dependant on how much your electricity costs. In the end it’s not a difference that really matters. At all.
So, the Titan X has fp64? Damn and I thought the trolls on WCCFtech were stupid.
Good joke, Wacko Jacko.
“Leaked” benchmarks. I certainly hope the 390X lives up to its hype. But if it’s cheaper to XFire two 380Xs, I will, especially seeing as the 390X may be a dual GPU card.
I don’t expect its performance to beat the Titan X, and certainly not the Titan Z. AMD will never beat Nvidia, not in a billion years.
No matter how hard they try, their gaming performance will lag far behind NVIDIA.
WTF are you carrying on about? 390X is a single GPU cards
Being that my 5960x only has 40 PCIe lanes to work with I will stick to the 16x/8x/8x/8x that four 390x’s will offer
Dafuq are you talking about. The 390x is not a dual gpu card.
hahahahahaha. Almost spat my coffee out.
In their given price performance brackets, both AMD and Nvidia perform roughly equally. PhysX is NOT a valid reason to spend money. What is the “etc” btw? There is no “etc”
Only an idiot buys a 1500 wat psu just because their gpu is AMD and /or higher TDP.
1500 wats is enough for like three Titans.
#1 many people have no understanding of how much power thier system actually draws and overshoot their PSU needs.
#2 thte money you save avoiding a higher TDP part or two can be meaured in single diget dollars which would take a few months to even reflect.
17 is still just a kid. Did you think pointing out that you’re 17 is something to boast about?? Hell I have socks older than you, just saying.
Who cares if you have a girlfriend and how much you weigh etc?? yeesh. Bash his posts and keep on topic.
Anyone that says “peace out” isn’t worth arguing with btw ( him)
I was just proving one of the points i stated earlier.
Why the hell should I care about you having some ancient socks? That’s offtopic as well but to hell with it.
True enough, I’ve had enough of his fanboyism.
(btw ye I know that I’m pretty damn young, but! who the hell cares)
20nm is dead. Both AMD and Nvidia are going straight to 16nm.
Looks like I’ll be holding onto my 7870xt for a while longer. sigh.
Apparently not, many people are speculating on whether AMD has decided to change it’s naming format, so that the 390X is to be a dual “380X” card. Predicted to cost over $700, I very much think it will be.
That’s assuming the 390X is a single GPU card. You’ll also be bottlenecked at 4 way CF due to diminishing returns. 16x won’t make a difference as they’ll all be capped at 8x. Which is exactly why I suggest people save cash by going with the 5820K, for 8x/8x/8x instead, and buy a better GPU. 3 way SLI / CF seems to be the upper limit for scaling performance at this time, benchmarks show this exceptional trend.
Not to mention that the 5820K will overtake the 5960x with DX 12, which focuses on 6 cores maximum scaling. Single core performance with the 5930x will always be lower than a lower core count CPU due to the effect of CPU core heat generation.
Rumours say otherwise – obviously at this point, no one knows for sure, but the 390X is predicted to cost around $700.
“rumours say other wise? Stay out of the comments section if you’re a fking idiot. All the “rumours” are saying its a single not a dual gpu card.
Learn to spell properly before insulting others. The reason why some believe it will be a dual GPU card is because of the price point. To compete with the GTX 980, or even their own R9 295×2, it would have to be a similar price, or only 10% more expensive.
$700 is much more expensive than $569.99 (Gigabyte G1 980). If the 390X is released at $630 or less, then it would be competition, otherwise it isn’t at $700. Please remember, that although nVidia are a evil company, their drivers are usually more optimised than AMD’s, they also have greater SLI support, so AMD will have to price their flagship 390X at similar price to the GTX 980ti (I’m predicting the 980ti will be around $700, AMD must be cheaper for people to buy it).
Misstype =/= inability to spell correctly jackass. Pretty sad you use a misstype as ammo. I mean…desperate much? Bla bla bla bla you’re an idiot. The R9 390X is not a dual gpu card. End of story.
And he’s STILL babbling about it being or not being a dual gpu! Jesus.
Where in the hell do you get it’s a dual gpu card???????
Ad hominem. Stop swearing or you’re going to get blocked. I never said for certain it’s going to be a dual GPU card, I just said it’s likely and a possibility. I don’t know what AMD choose to do – that’s their decision. All we know is that the 390X will be their flagship GPU.
First off, there was no swearing. Second, get bent wanna be mod. Third it’s NOT a possibility. It is NOT a dual gpu card. What part of that don’t you get?
You called me a “jackass” – that is swearing. Also I’m not interested in being a mod, I haven’t got time for that IRL. Also no one knows what the 390X will be. Will it be a single or a dual card? NO ONE KNOWS. AMD haven’t confirmed the specs yet. It’s all rumours at this point. If it’s cheap and works well, it won’t really matter.
You don’t like being called a jack ass, then don’t act like one. I misstyped a word and you go all grammar nazi. Get a grip.
And everyone…except you, accepts it’s not a dual gpu card. Every single source on the internet says it’s a single gpu card.
I pointed out your mistake cause it was ironic – trying to badmouth me because of my opinion. Pointing out a grammatical error is not the same as issuing profanity. Now if you don’t mind, let’s leave it there.
Some one needs a snickers
Your “opinion” is borderline retarded though. It’s not a dual gpu card. And are you some kind of buthurt granny? can’t handle the word jack ass because it’s “profanity? hahaha. Welcome to the internet, where you say stupid things and get called out.
Jumping on a misplaced letter in a word just makes you look opportunistic and desperate. There was no “irony” there.
They already beat the nvidia it’s called the r9 295×2. And they were ahead until the titanX came out. Titan Z… please… all the titan Z had was ram.
If you want to rant some more, add me on Steam and feel free to chat about GFX cards all you want – I’m out this disqus convo, 😛
its not going to be a dual gpu card. They’re going to release a 395×2 as their dual gpu card.
Another nvdiot, keep sucking their c**ks and paying $1000 and $3000 for their gpu’s.
You are the biggest autist I have seen….
PhysX can be ran off of any CPU….It’s obsolete.
I’d just like to point out something about the CPUs, as long as you have sufficient cooling, and clock the 5820k/5930k/5960x CPUs to the same clock speeds as the 4790k, you’ll have approx. the same single-core performance.
Also, about the “Dual-GPU” ´-thingy, if the leaked benchmarks are legit, then there is nothing that supports that it would have two GPUs, since it wouldn’t be much better than a 295×2.
I’m not the one babbling about the possibility( there isn’t one) that the R9390 is dual gpu….
Yeah I guess so, but there were rumours about AMD changing its naming convention – oh well, we’ll know in a few months.
Maybe one day….
“one day”? when that happens, it will be an entirely new card…say the 395×2 or some such. The 390/x is not a dual gpu card. Period. It just isn’t.
“one day”? when that happens, it will be an entirely new card…say the 395×2 or some such. The 390/x is not a dual gpu card. Period. It just isn’t.
Your claims are random. No prove. Titan x? getting hot? really?:D a making up amd fan boy. IF its true then 290x has a far bigger problem. You do realise that lower drawing power card cant be hotter than card that draws more power(TitanX vs 290x)
2x? its way faster than 2x
First off im not a “fanboy” iv’e owned 5870’s, 6970’s, 7970’s, 780’s, and currently using 780ti’s, as to my angry comment i just can’t stand blind nvidia fans that keeps singing praises.
If its overhyped then I guess Nvidia and Amd are fools for investing in R&D to put in in there gpu’s.
If it has a reasonable cost, then it’s OK, otherwise why spend potentially double on a GPU just because it has HBM. The Samsung 850 series of SSDs have HBM, but they only cost around 10% more than their performance equivalents.
I see HBM being completely overkill if someone were to stay at 1080p or maybe even 1440p gaming. Its clearly targeted at 4k and up. Personally, I’m fine with 1080p. If say the r9 380x can run 1440p on ultra everything at 60fps for new titles like witcher 3 and maybe crysis 3 on very high settings then that’s gonna be the card that replaces my 7870xt. I’m impressed with the r9 390x but its just absolute overkill for what I intend to do with it. So I guess my point would be, is HBM a unreasonable extra cost? Probably for most of us. If you had the money to throw at it, you’d buy it. I drive a Saturn to work, but If i had the cash I’d rather drive a corvette c7 to work.
Nothing justifies such insane prices, Its purely greed. They see the PC market decreasing and the last ditch effort is to whap up prices to finally kill the market off completely. They see everyone harping on about a PC being better than consoles for the same money, and thought ooo, we can’t have that, we’re losing revenue here, we should treble the margins quick to ‘reposition’ the PC market accordingly.
They DO make profit, tell me what was there P&L 2014 ? You ‘kiddies’ don’t even know what profit is or means or the many avenues profit takes. Christ, these stupidly high prices are atrocious, a joke.
It gotten so bad they have to make each component look shiny shiny like a pissing iComponent. And no wonder peole like you condone them. Your PC market will die death very soon, but before then, you will no doubt be amongst the first tranche priced out of the market.