NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Don't know how that's an issue when no one has one yet...
AMD R9 Fury X Review
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Don't know how that's an issue when no one has one yet...
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
OCUK sold around 20 before it sold out, The OCUK forums only has 3 people on the owners list though, Kaapstad being one of them.
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Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
Summon Kaapstad to answer all teh questions :stickpoke:
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
Does the summoning require a sacrifice of a cpu/gpu under LN2? 
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Does the summoning require a sacrifice of a cpu/gpu under LN2?
No, After we have done the chanting we need to wave 4 really expensive cards around shouting -
"These are faster than what you have".
Then and only then when we have done both things will he appear !
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AlienALX
Well-known member
Yup.
Most of their Fury X (Newegg) now say "Coming soon" and don't have a price on..
My pal has been weighing up either a Fury or 980ti for 4k and he's going to wait, probably the sensible thing to do.
I've been hearing that AMD are rewriting the drivers, and some are hinting at massive performance gains. It could well beat the 980ti after all. Now before I get jumped on - remember this - AMD Fury X runs on a brand new driver. The 980ti runs on a mature driver that was also used for Titan X and, well, IMO Nvidia are better at drivers.
But we could be talking Titan X performance, if AMD get it right.
Exciting times for sure.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Remember that we haven't had a "Wonder" driver from Nvidia yet, We got one for the GK110 series of cards i.e 780/780 Ti/Titan/Titan Black and we will get one for the GM200 series of cards.
I think that's why Nvidia haven't released it yet, They are waiting to see what AMD can squeeze out of the Fury X with better drivers.
But seeing as the Fury X gets 17k GPU score in 3DMark Firestrike 1.1 and a well overclocked 980 Ti can get 22K I'm not holding my breath to be honest.
That being said I still plan on getting one when they are back in stock.
Silver Sparrow
New member
If they do pull off that miracle then I'll be eagerly awaiting their 14/16nm offerings, as they should by then have a lead on nvidia with HBM based drivers. Sadly in my case waited long enough (typically bat for AMD if perf is on par) so will be team green till q2 2016. Anyone need some 290's ?! =00=
Still the Nano has great appeal and wouldn't mind picking up first gen HBM based cards (its a bit of history to be!).
AlienALX
Well-known member
It could take AMD absolutely ages tbh. I mean what we have right now is basically an alpha driver.
I'm hopeful though
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
The way I see it, unless they unlock the voltages—if they are able to safely—the 980ti will always come out on top due to its headroom and availability as an air cooled as well as an AIO/water cooled card. Also, nVidia and game developers really need to allow AMD to optimise their drivers for new titles that clearly prefer nVidia GPU's.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Unlocking voltages though might bring into play some problems for the HBM seeing as it's on the same die as the GPU, You already can't overclock the HBM so it will probably be very tricky to just unlock voltages for the GPU without borking the HBM.
Hopefully they find a way around it though.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
Yes, that's what I mean by "safely". 
But yeah, I hope they find a way eventually.
But yeah, I hope they find a way eventually.
AlienALX
Well-known member
Without exaggerating. The Fury X, technically, is in a different league to the 980ti. It's spanking new tech.
AMD suck at writing drivers. I'm not going to butter it up, I love AMD, but their drivers suck.
So that leaves me with hope. A lot of hope. It doesn't really bother me any 'cause I run 4k and the AMD will always be cheaper so I'm sold.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
It would be awesome if they were able to squeeze 5-15 FPS out of it with nothing more than driver optimizations.
I've been put off by the Fury X more for its water cooler, to be honest. I don't see how I'm going to fit it into my case without completely ruining the looks of my system, which I have been trying to get right for months and months. I'd rather go AMD for the cheaper Freesync, to give my middle finger to nVidia for screwing up the 970 experience for me and to support newer technology that has a lot of potential. But nothing about the Fury X fits my build visually.
I've been put off by the Fury X more for its water cooler, to be honest. I don't see how I'm going to fit it into my case without completely ruining the looks of my system, which I have been trying to get right for months and months. I'd rather go AMD for the cheaper Freesync, to give my middle finger to nVidia for screwing up the 970 experience for me and to support newer technology that has a lot of potential. But nothing about the Fury X fits my build visually.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
Will the air-cooled Fury Pro be the same specifications as the water cooled Fury X? Didn't TTL post a news article that showed the Fury (Pro) being a slightly chopped up Fiji chip like the 980ti is to the Titan X?
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
It's only really new in the HBM department, I watched a video from a tech pod cast with some industry boffins that went into detail about Fiji just being a rehash of Hawaii, A good rehash but a rehash never the less, core for core weaker than MaxwellV2, I'm paraphrasing somewhat but that was the basics of it.
AlienALX
Well-known member
No one knows yet tbh. I would hope they could easily cool Fury X with a Strix or something but it all remains to be seen atm.
