AMD R9 Fury X Review

Not even the "Display Driver Has Stopped Working" issue you mentioned you had in one of your Nvidia driver threads recently?;)

That is the chrome crash bug, Well also happened with firefox but it's to do with hardware acceleration.

Turn off goggle chromes hardware acceleration and it fixes it.
 
That is the chrome crash bug, Well also happened with firefox but it's to do with hardware acceleration.

Turn off goggle chromes hardware acceleration and it fixes it.

Can have it on with AMD cards and it won't crash;)
Lol

In the US the prices between the 980ti and the Fury X are damn near equal.. Makes for an interesting market battle between them. Hopefully more people choose Fury. Can't have them losing more market share
 
Can have it on with AMD cards and it won't crash;)
Lol

In the US the prices between the 980ti and the Fury X are damn near equal.. Makes for an interesting market battle between them. Hopefully more people choose Fury. Can't have them losing more market share

Whoopdeedoo 1 thing works on AMD drivers that doesn't on Nvidia drivers, Shame the rest of AMD's drivers are kack ^_^

I wouldn't purchase a card based on who has the least market share but what features and performance it has and the 980 Ti beats the Fury X hence I'd go with that if they are the same price.
 
Whoopdeedoo 1 thing works on AMD drivers that doesn't on Nvidia drivers, Shame the rest of AMD's drivers are kack ^_^

I wouldn't purchase a card based on who has the least market share but what features and performance it has and the 980 Ti beats the Fury X hence I'd go with that if they are the same price.

Still has no issues from what I have seen for about a year now:)

I wouldn't purchase a card from a crap company like Nvidia. They don't exactly make me want to spend money on them with the amount of shadyness they've done recently. I won't be buying Nvidia until they sort their crap out. I'd still get a Fury X over a 980ti, they are basically neck and neck and game dependent. 980ti for benchmarking though is the clear winner, which Nvidia has been for the longest of time when pitted against it's equal AMD part.

Before anyone starts to lash out at the last comment.. don't. It's my opinion, no point in arguing over opinions:)
 
Still has no issues from what I have seen for about a year now:)

I wouldn't purchase a card from a crap company like Nvidia. They don't exactly make me want to spend money on them with the amount of shadyness they've done recently. I won't be buying Nvidia until they sort their crap out. I'd still get a Fury X over a 980ti, they are basically neck and neck and game dependent. 980ti for benchmarking though is the clear winner, which Nvidia has been for the longest of time when pitted against it's equal AMD part.

Before anyone starts to lash out at the last comment.. don't. It's my opinion, no point in arguing over opinions:)

To each their own but seeing as more and more games are using Gameworks I'd rather go Nvidia as they are ahead in games plus the GW effects are lush ^_^
 
7970 came out. Many months later GTX 680 comes out and was faster. AMD go back to the drawing board, 7970 beats 680 conclusively with nothing more than a driver.

Remember - this is day one. 980ti runs on the same driver the TX uses and that's been around for ages.

£509 AIO cooled means £420 or so with a blower. I know what I'm getting...

£509 won't lasting. Again, it's day one and £509 is launch price. £400 less than Titan X launch price.

TBH? Fookin go AMD! I can't wait to get two of them.

Kaap, did you get four mate?

Also... you can't overclock them yet. You can seriously overclock a ti though!

Edit again. How are you so sure it won't improve much? This has been the most rushed release I've ever seen.
Why would you buy an AMD blower-style card? If you are adding your own waterblock then I would do the same, but I would not touch an AMD blower-style cooling system, not unless they've completely revamped it. I'd still rather an AIB company like MSI or Sapphire produce a really sweet triple-fan cooling solution. But you're back up to £500 then.

Considering the limited overclocking headroom—that clearly isn't being throttled by temperatures like it was in past generations—I see no reason for an AIO cooler. PCPer mentioned the AIO keeping fan noise levels down—which it does whilst adding inevitable pump noise—but also reducing power consumption. The cooler the GPU and HBM the less power the card will consume. But considering I won't be able to Crossfire these cards I see no issue with an increase in power consumption. If it matches a 390X, so what? I can't Crossfire Fury X anyway so it doesn't bother me.

If the Fury with a good AIB air cooler from ASUS or Powercolor matches a Fury X with the AIO, I think that would be more of an interesting option for me, especially if they come in at €650. This means I wouldn't have to find a place to fit a reservoir and radiator and the price won't be as high.

This is all theoretical of course.
 
To each their own but seeing as more and more games are using Gameworks I'd rather go Nvidia as they are ahead in games plus the GW effects are lush ^_^

That is if the game actually works.. *cough* Batman Release*cough* :)
Only reason they are using Gameworks is because Devs would rather use something that's already done and takes less time to make on their own. So they use Gameworks. I read a study yesterday done by a Security Research Firm that noted 90% of all software programs in the industry were reused/copy pasted code from others(It was in the US, don't know about EU), to help speed up development and get more money because they get it to market sooner, at the expense of actually securing whatever it is they are trying to protect, since nothing is being created to solve the newer upcoming problems, but rather letting current virus's/hacks continue to work on nearly everything). I'd say it carries over to Game Devs too. Getting it to market faster by saving time and money but at the expense of actually benefiting all consumers and just screwing over AMD users.
 
That is if the game actually works.. *cough* Batman Release*cough* :)
Only reason they are using Gameworks is because Devs would rather use something that's already done and takes less time to make on their own. So they use Gameworks. I read a study yesterday done by a Security Research Firm that noted 90% of all software programs in the industry were reused/copy pasted code from others(It was in the US, don't know about EU), to help speed up development and get more money because they get it to market sooner, at the expense of actually securing whatever it is they are trying to protect, since nothing is being created to solve the newer upcoming problems, but rather letting current virus's/hacks continue to work on nearly everything). I'd say it carries over to Game Devs too. Getting it to market faster by saving time and money but at the expense of actually benefiting all consumers and just screwing over AMD users.

The only thing that is mildly annoying about Arkham Knight is the frame cap *Which is easily remedied* and lack of indepth graphical options i.e different types of AA etc..., I've been playing it maxed out at 4K 60FPS on a single Titan X for a total of 3+ hours, Works perfectly, There are a lot of people severely over exaggerating or expecting their older hardware to do too much.
 
For all the times Tom gets called a Nvidia fanboy I think he has proven those accusations wrong by delivering a balanced review of the Fury X if only some of the other so called "professionals" had the same journalistic integrity as Tom.

I feel the same way mate, Tom was pretty much spot on. Maxed out settings throughout, no changes or alternate drivers through product stacks/games. Still really want to see OC results before dropping a lot of the Queens finest down on some cards.

The buzz about OC'n I got from E3 certainly has died down for now :mellow:
 
The only thing that is mildly annoying about Arkham Knight is the frame cap *Which is easily remedied* and lack of indepth graphical options i.e different types of AA etc..., I've been playing it maxed out at 4K 60FPS on a single Titan X for a total of 3+ hours, Works perfectly, There are a lot of people severely over exaggerating or expecting their older hardware to do too much.

It's still the fact it is limited in the first place and not every gamer will know how to fix it as not every gamer is tech savvy, you're only getting high frame rates at 4k because of the lack of settings, more settings could mean higher ones, meaning less framerates;)
It's over exaggerated sure but it's still am issue of needing to go out of your way to fix it.
I don't think older hardware is a good argument though, other companies account for that as well, but this is off topic so let's focus on Fury x:)
 
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It's still the fact it is limited in the first place and not every gamer will know how to fix it as not every gamer is tech savvy, you're only getting high frame rates at 4k because of the lack of settings, more settings could mean higher ones, meaning less framerates;)
It's over exaggerated sure but it's still am issue of needing to go out of your way to fix it.
I don't think older hardware is a good argument though, other companies account for that as well, but this is off topic so let's focus on Fury x:)

Always got to try and get the last word in, Staying true to your username as usual XD

But the older hardware thing is valid, I've seen many people moaning they are getting bad FPS when infact they are just running older hardware and expecting a miracle, I wouldn't run Crysis 3 at 4K with 8xMSAA and expect to get 60FPS solid but there are many people out there that idiotic and then moan and give the game a hard time simply because they expect too much.
 

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Always got to try and get the last word in, Staying true to your username as usual XD

But the older hardware thing is valid, I've seen many people moaning they are getting bad FPS when infact they are just running older hardware and expecting a miracle, I wouldn't run Crysis 3 at 4K with 8xMSAA and expect to get 60FPS solid but there are many people out there that idiotic and then moan and give the game a hard time simply because they expect too much.
Have you read the reviews on reddit, Steam, etc? People with 970's and 980's hitting unplayable frame rate drops, textures not working, sound skipping. This is at 1080p. The frame rates are fine when they're fine. They're not fine when they're not, which is a regular occurrence for hundreds of gamers.
 


This right here is pure sex !

Have you read the reviews on reddit, Steam, etc? People with 970's and 980's hitting unplayable frame rate drops, textures not working, sound skipping. This is at 1080p. The frame rates are fine when they're fine. They're not fine when they're not, which is a regular occurrence for hundreds of gamers.

Graphically the game is ahead of Origins even though it's a tad anaemic in the options department and just like Origins it will get patched, Personally I haven't had any performance problems so I have nothing to moan about :)
 
Always got to try and get the last word in, Staying true to your username as usual XD

But the older hardware thing is valid, I've seen many people moaning they are getting bad FPS when infact they are just running older hardware and expecting a miracle, I wouldn't run Crysis 3 at 4K with 8xMSAA and expect to get 60FPS solid but there are many people out there that idiotic and then moan and give the game a hard time simply because they expect too much.

No I'm not trying too.. you're the one who just continued on trying to get the last word in;) I just said off topic and can move to a different thread if you wish to discuss it:)

That picture JR.. heaven!:)
 
It is easy to say anything on a forum but I have some Fury Xs that will arrive tomorrow. I am prepared to see if I am right in the long term by getting the cards.

What would you recommend, that I should use crappy NVidia cards.:eek:

Looks like you're simply trying to sell yourself the card. If it was powered by pixie dust and rainbows I still wouldn't care and neither should you - you're paying for framerates, nothing more, nothing less.

Look at the benchmarks. Those "crappy" Nvidia cards are performing better than the Fury X, so unless you are buying the cards for their badge, then why wouldn't you consider the 980Ti?? :confused:
 
Looks like you're simply trying to sell yourself the card. If it was powered by pixie dust and rainbows I still wouldn't care and neither should you - you're paying for framerates, nothing more, nothing less.

Look at the benchmarks. Those "crappy" Nvidia cards are performing better than the Fury X, so unless you are buying the cards for their badge, then why wouldn't you consider the 980Ti?? :confused:

Kaap buys 4 x of every card, 4 x 290X's, 4 x Titans, 4 x 980's, 4 x Titan X's and now 4 x Fury X's.

Kaap is a collector of sorts and the communities go to guy when it comes to non reviewer testing and info :)
 
Looks like you're simply trying to sell yourself the card. If it was powered by pixie dust and rainbows I still wouldn't care and neither should you - you're paying for framerates, nothing more, nothing less.

Look at the benchmarks. Those "crappy" Nvidia cards are performing better than the Fury X, so unless you are buying the cards for their badge, then why wouldn't you consider the 980Ti?? :confused:

Pretty sure he was joking and being sarcastic about them being crappy
 
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