Is it worth buying just one ?

Do you like Lays potato chips

are you retarded?

>>55070474
I AM. SO YES OR NO?

I was In a gpu thread last night. Had about 6 people all say that for 200 bucks it was going to be powerful enough to run the latest shit. If this is so, I wpuld say yes.... however... it is AMD you gotta get your head around that.

>>55070465
Do you not?

>>55070447
If you're happy with 1080p, sure. Not really for current AAA games at 1440p+, though.

>>55070447
Buy 20 and scalp them

>>55070522
It's not worth buying two. Like, you fail to understand that buying two actually means that you're a retard.

I can't even answer the question, and no-one who is honest can. You know why? It's not fucking out yet, we don't know how well it performs. We have good estimates but the exact performance is unknown.

>>55070447
>Zen 8core
>32Gb ddr4
>Rx480x/rx490 when released
>4k display
Comfiest setup ever

1080 is 3 times faster in realistic workloads don't fall for the Poolaris meme.

1. wait for benchmarks
2. wait for AIB/aftermarket cards
3. wait for Nvidia to respond

if the rx 480 is still a solid choice then go for it

The simple fact is wait until it's released - only 15 days or so - wait for the benchmarks, and go from there.

Decide if it'll suit your needs and buy from there.

> hurr but GTX 1080
If you don't need it, why buy it?
> but it's XY% faste-
Doesn't matter unless you plan on actually using the extra power it provides.
> muh poorfag
Not an argument
> lel drivers
They've been improving slowly but consistently.
> muh power draw
You're not consistently drawing 100% power, 100% of the time. Relax. Not to mention the majority of people don't make or break their decisions based on power draw.

Can we please put this to rest yet?

>>55070600
Realistically it should be around 50% faster according to die size.

>>55070663
Yeah no need for benchmarks, just pull out your ruler and measure the chip. That's exactly how it works. I don't know why Jay, linus, Logan and the other guys still bother with actually running the cards to see the performance

>>55070600
And it costs 3 times as much.

Fancy that.

>>55071025
Because that is how it works, there's a limit how much hardware you can stuff inside a fixed die area.

>>55071025
But benchmarks say it's only 60% faster. Anon said it was 300% faster in realistic workloads.
So clearly benchmarks ARE useless.

>>55071053
Drivers, architecture, memory speed, clock etc.
AMD Chips have been very good hardware wise lately, (more expensive to produce too) but the final performance always was dogshit compared to their potential. It's not just the capability of the hardware, but the ability to use that in the real world. And in that area AMD sucks the most voluminous bags of dick

>>55071058
3x is 200% better fucker.

He was talking out his ass but I'm 199% sure he wasn't serious.

I have an R9 280x right now. Is it worth the trouble of selling it on eBay and getting an RX 480 at the end of the month? I feel like I could sell my 280x for $150 easily.

>>55071145
I'm trying to sell mine and I don't think it's exactly "easy"

But you'll definitely get something better so if you can afford this go for it.

>>55071145
Yes, the 480 is way faster.

>>55070447
I am sure ASUS or MSI will come up wit X2 version so hold your horses.

>multi-gpu outside of the highest end
>multi-gpu at all

If you're willing to pay the $500+ for 2 just wait for the 490 or whatever that $500 tier gpu will be.

>>55071145
>is it worth
Depends on how highly you value your time. If you have a real job then it's probably not worth it. If you're working hourly at the MICKEY D'S drive through then it's probably worth it.

>>55070522
It's generally not a good idea to buy two cards or more at once for SLi/crossfire. It would be smarter to just buy a better single card, wait some time for a price drop, and then buy a second card. When you start off with a multi card set up you are really hurting your future upgrade ability.

>>55071165
I haven't seen anyone on eBay selling a working 280x as low as $150 so far.

How are the amd Linux drivers. Recently made the switch to Linux, but have a nvidia card at the moment.
I would mostly be playing valve games, so there Is the option to use vulkan

>>55071200
I wasn't planning on getting a new card this generation to be honest, but after hearing about the supposed performance that 480 has for the price, it peaked my curiosity. This PC is only being used with a 1080p set up however.

>>55071280
AMD +Linux isn't a good idea currently.
If you want to play games use Windows

>>55071286
It's about the same boost in performance you'd get from Crossfire, but without the microstutter.

Performance gains aside, next generation will have a better value. That's just the way of the world. If you don't need a new card don't buy a new card.

the 8gb version is estimated to cost 260-290€ in euroland.

so much for the cheap price

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>>55070447

>>55071328
>euroland
So much for mattering at all.

Don't you have a race war to fight or something?

>>55071344
>race
Islam is not a race, silly.

>>55071341
Also that looks pretty good to put any kind of sticker on.

>>55071328
Besides, I'd pay 260 for the 8gb version. It's not like there's anything for that price that can touch it. An used 970 costs 250.

>>55070557
>ruffles master race

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>>55071341

>>55070447
If you haven't sold your current card to buy one, you're retarded
It's a perfect placeholder until GP100/GP102 and Vega launch

I'm currently playing games at 1440p on a 960

What's the next step

>>55071571
The next step is killing yourself.

>>55071571

Big Volta really.

>>55071571
Getting more then 17 FPS would be a great start.

>>55071542
This is honestly the best advice.

>>55071571
Are you me? I literally use 960 on 1440p, playing overwatch, dota 2, csgo and diablo 3 occasionally. Literally nothing wrong with 960.

>>55071657
>I literally play steam-engine tier garbage that would run on a integrated Intel

Okay.

>>55071677
Your point is? 960 is the only GPU that fully supports HEVC decoding. I enjoy my 4k hevc torrents with it.

>>55071693
That would be interesting if you actually had a 4k monitor you blithering idiot.

>>55071707
downscaling from supersample > native res

>>55071718
Cute.

The RX 480 is the fucking king of price/performance of fucking course it's worth it to buy just one

>>55071718
Well, it's nice to know you literally only buy into gimmicks
At least run madVR instead of relying on retardation

>>55071851
dolbaeb pidaras blyat, huesos sin sabaki yebanie)))

>>55071800
Wouldn't a 10 year old used gpu, that you got for $2 have even better price / performance? How can it be king then?

>>55071851

>madvr
>not a gimmick

>>55071328
>>55071395

It was just released. It'll normalise.

>>55071344

Kill yourself.

>>55071989
madVR has much better downscaling than what Nvidia uses with supersample
mpv has slightly better downscaling that madVR, unless you love gimmicks and convoluted things like SSIMDownscaling

>>55071969
Yes and if you get a 4850 for free from a friend that has best price performance possible
Stop being dumb

>>55071969
because the goal is to run games at 1080p 60fps or higher and if a GPU can't handle that with current games then it's irrelevant how cheap it is because it's effectively worthless.

>>55071995

I was specifically saying that madvr is a hacky piece of shit

>>55072000
The RX 480 doesn't get 60 FPS in Witcher 3. Does it mean it's irrelevant?

>>55072000
Can it though?

>>55072011
yes

>>55071969
Was $2 it's retail price?

>>55072011
Yes.
>Doesn't even get 60fps at 1080p in The Witcher 3 on max settings
Literally worthless GPU, who would even buy such a thing ?

>>55072046
>who would even buy such a thing ?
I don't play the latest AAA garbage

>>55070630
This, its interchangeable with any new GPU generation release.

>>55070447
>$199
For me, yes

Seems cheap, but does anyone have experience with GPUs at launch? Cause I usually buy an ASUS version or whatever.

>>55071341
>Waifus
I'm sold.

>>55071341
I'm going to japan in Jully. Do they actually sell the GPU with that kind of stuff on it ? Should I buy it there ?

Of course not. AMD is a shit company that produces only shit products and supporting them is antisemitic to boot.

>>55072051
T. Undertale cuck

>>55072261
no one ever buys gpus at launch. everyone always waits and buys used.

Brah the 480/490 will max out most of your shit on 1080. Relax. One is enough.

Will any of these newer cards i.e. 1080/1070 or 480/490 require Windows 10? Fuck man, I really do not want that shit on my system.

>>55073262
No. Only DX12 needs Win 10.

>>55071126
woah woah woah, slow the fuck down

so wait, you telling me that you are 199% sure.

That means you are 3x sure, that is a lot of performance. You should go to a GP and get benchmarked.

>>55070600
But the $$$, you could probably buy two for the cost of a 1080...

If you're just playing in 1080p (in other words, merely replacing a console) then yes, it is.

>>55073227
But how can there be used cards if nobody buys new? Is it because of aliens?

>>55073685
>just 1080p
Since when has 1080p not been absurdly overkill for PC monitors sized screens anyway? Oh that's right, since they ran out of 1080p monitors to sell and invented a higher resolution.

>>55070597
I'm hard

i will buy one probably 4gb to save money since 4gb should be enough for 1080p
currently i have 380 2gb

>>55073737
>1080p
>absurdly overkill
kek'd

>>55073737
>our eyes can't even see

one of those guys again.

>>55073274
Nah, but if you measure his surety. It has a profile of 300mm2. Meaning that at 199% certainty, with the full area of a GTX 1080 as 1x sure for each 100mm2.

199% * 3 = 597% sure.

Thats nearly 6x sure. Then if you take into account the memory compression algorithms, increasing the levels by a further 42%, that makes the score now 8.5x sure.

AMD fags on fucking suicide watch. Sell your stocks right now.

Invest in AMD stock. <3.00/pc.

>>55073858
>>55073869
>4K isn't a meme.
Some of those guys again.

>>55075363
I use 47" TV as my main display. No, it isn't.

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>>55073199
>insinuating there is no game in existence with graphical requirements between TW3 and Undertale

>>55073199
Undertale is better than Witcher 3 goy

>>55070465
no
mouth hurts after a 100g

Will the 480 be an upgrade from a 380 4gb?

>>55076076
unmodded w3 maybe

>>55076247
Are there mods to make the gameplay not trash?
Legitimate question

>>55076076
Undertale is garbage

i have an question. would a pcie 3.0 4x slot gimp a rx 480???

>>55070597
>ddr4
Are you even trying?

>>55076332
Nope. Literally nothing but a 1.0/1.1 x4 makes a meaningful difference, and even that isn't world-ending. (it's above 80% of 3.0 x16 performance)

>>55076284
You haven't played it. This discussion ends here. >>>/v/

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>>55076368
I have played it.

>>55076361
thanks for your input. what if you go xfire with two of them, one in a pcie 3.0 16x and the other pcie 3.0 4x. what would be the performance loss as compared to two cards in 16x?

>>55076397
I feel bad for you for not being able to enjoy the amazing experience that was playing Undertale then

>>55076474
Why is undertale good?

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There are many conflicting 3dmark scores
someplace 480 beloved gtx 980 some place it over 980 equal to nano and just below fury

>>55076456
this question is dumb as graphicscard need 16x slots

it serves no real purpose.

the logical answer is lowered bandwidth on the second card. you can google what gpu pci-e bandwidth is important for

>>55070447
If you don't currently own anything better yes,
The question is what is your objective for owning it.
If it's 1080p gaming, you're in the right zone.
If it's 4K, wait till next gen because this gens cards aren't going to offer you a 60fps experience without at least 2 cards.

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>>55076501
Thats fake. They took out the Titan X and put the RX 480 over it. They didn't even change the score.

>>55076489
ask the experts >>>/v/

>>55076474
>>55076489
I posted the screen shot. I liked the music and the novel mashup of turn based fighting with bullet hell.

The internet as a whole seemed to think the writing was god tier (They must've never watched a good movie or TV show or read a book). They thought the characters were likeable and hilarious (I found many of them to be extremely annoying).

The visuals are lackluster and the game relies far too much on nostalgia. I also hate 4th wall breaking nonsense and save file fuckery. You also need to "play the game 3 times through or you wont get all the endings. THIS IS THE TRUE EXPERIENCE" which is an exercise in tedium for someone like me who didn't enjoy it that much. Also to actually figure out those endings on your own is impossible unless you're autistic.

>>55076537
I didn't play Mother and I liked Undertale so nostalgia really isn't a factor here. I didn't like or hate the characters but the writing was still pretty funny. I only played once.

Figuring out the endings doesn't seem hard at all, you either don't kill anyone, kill everyone or kill a few, right? Isn't that why they're called Genocide, Pacifist and Neutral?

>>55070557
>If you're happy with 1080p, sure. Not really for current AAA games at 1440p+, though.

A 480 will be plenty for AAA at 1440p if it's the same power as a 390.

>>55076637
ya mayne. it'll be perfect for 1440p 20fps gaming

>>55072261
Sapphire or xfx or gtfo when it comes to amd gpus.

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I may as well hang on to my R9 290. I can get 2835 with a mild overclock. I could probably equal it with a little more tweaking. Of course my card uses a bit more power. I would buy 2 480's in CF but I keep reading horror stories about that.

>>55076622
Yes but how would you know there are multiple endings without looking it up or what they were called? How would you know to not kill the first bitch if it takes 5 times in a row until her dialogue starts to change?

>>55070535

So its far more future proof than anything Nvidia can offer, got it

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>>55073869
>how can 4k be real if our eyes ain't real

>>55076528
>4097 is the same as 4027
Looks like a typo in the shoop, or an attempt to make it just different enough to seem legit. But that first bench is almost a 20% underclock FYI.

>>55076789
>I would buy 2 480's in CF but I keep reading horror stories about that.
please do tell

where have you seen cf rx480s?

>>55076760
whats wrong with stock

the stock 480 looks pretty whereas the saphire one looks like an uggo cheese grater

>>55076863
well if it's based on the same technology as previous cards it will run into the same issue. I know DX12 fixes that but since most games are DX11 and DX12 is gonna be a long time coming for future games (let alone past games which is highly doubtful) it is a concern. The AMD forums have long threada bout it.

>>55077001
If it cools alright sure, but he was talking about getting asus. Leaked 480 nitro has the box design with 2 fans.

>>55070600
>3 times faster
>gets 3 more fps in reality

>>55077248
I'm still wondering how he came up with 3 times faster when its not even twice the 980.

>>55076809
Maybe you weren't supossed to know there were multiple endings before finishing your first playthrough. That's why they don't reveal to you what leveling up means and stuff until the end, so for the next playthrough you know that you can win without killing anyone. Pretty sure Toby knew the most likely outcome was Neutral into Pacifist into Genocide.

Maybe it was marketed that it had multiple endings so everyone went into it expecting a way to win without killing everybody, I don't know

>>55070597
>>Rx480x/rx490 when released
>>4k display

15fps

>>55076358
What are you trying to say?

>>55073737
>Invented
kekekekekekekekek

>unironically falling for the crossfire meme
Jesus fuck, has years of failure with cf and sli teached you nothing?

>>55076847
It says 4094 retard.

>>55070597
>>Rx480x/rx490

There will be no 490, or at least not on the Polaris architecture. Lisa revealed all of the Polaris lineup on stream yesterday, only the 480/70/60 were there

>>55077903
yea but not this is bs they do have full polaris
they are hiding most definitly no as much powerful than 480 to make it 490 but 480x for sure

every one knows it damn rops just dont make sense otherwise