AMD R9 Fury X2 launching in December

[MrKambo]

Insta-dropped below £1k though, seemed to stabilize around £900 before being epic at £550. I think this will have a very similar cycle at every point being more competitive than nVidia despite being hated on.

Incoming 980 mini and 990Ti are imminent though, i'm sure it will be interesting but ultimately, multiple dench single cards FTW.

JR

LOL!!! More time you spend at work i feel you're becoming as ethic as me :lol:

 

[AlienALX]

TBH if Nvidia's effort costs anything like their last one then they really shouldn't bother.

What a forking stupid card the Titan Z was... All sense lost.

As I have said, within a few months this AMD card will cost much less. I won't say £550, because I know how costly Fury cores are for them but yeah, certainly not no silly grand.

These companies need to realise that they sell their own solutions to these cards already. IE - two Furys for £800 or so.

 

[MrKambo]

As long as this card is 500w ill be content!

Money is always relative i can imagine its not easy getting 2 cores on a single pcb and sorting power delivery then on top of that a PLX chip for communication purposes, so it will be more expensive than 2 Fury X's

 

[BigDaddyKong]

I would not be surprised to see two of the Nano's on this card. If that's the case, it will be way cheaper to SLI 980Ti's or even CF AMD's top cards and they will be faster for less money. You will have the exceptions that buy them, but I can't see a reason to buy these unless they are stupid cheap.

 

[MrKambo]

I would not be surprised to see two of the Nano's on this card. If that's the case, it will be way cheaper to SLI 980Ti's or even CF AMD's top cards and they will be faster for less money. You will have the exceptions that buy them, but I can't see a reason to buy these unless they are stupid cheap.

if they put 2 Nano's on here, it will be a huge huge huge fail!

2x Fury X = £999.98
2x 980Ti = £1019.98

Even if this comes in at £1100-£1200 it will be competitively priced what you have to take into account as ive said the before the work put into the card, the fact the cooling solution, may even come out with a 240mm rad instead a 120mm, i mean the 295X2 was hard to keep cool with 120mm rad, all these things add to the cost, and as anything its a niche product, i dont expect them to selling millions like the 970 or 290/390, but people like AMDMatt, Kaapstad few of the other 'ballers' will get these.
Everyone is going on about price like its a mainstream product, its not, don't expect it to be priced like a mainstream product.

 

[The_Governour]

if they put 2 Nano's on here, it will be a huge huge huge fail!

2x Fury X = £999.98
2x 980Ti = £1019.98

Even if this comes in at £1100-£1200 it will be competitively priced what you have to take into account as ive said the before the work put into the card, the fact the cooling solution, may even come out with a 240mm rad instead a 120mm, i mean the 295X2 was hard to keep cool with 120mm rad, all these things add to the cost, and as anything its a niche product, i dont expect them to selling millions like the 970 or 290/390, but people like AMDMatt, Kaapstad few of the other 'ballers' will get these.
Everyone is going on about price like its a mainstream product, its not, don't expect it to be priced like a mainstream product.

I would only expect it to reasonable in price, Not like the Titan Z. If it was like 2 fury x then great.

 

[barnsley]

I'm more worried about temperatures than anything else. If they can get everything cooled perfectly and not so you need server grade fans to keep the radiator cool then it'll be great.

I very much doubt nVidia want to be caught with their pants down again when it comes to dual gpu cards. Waiting for AMD to release first is a wise decision if they've got a good idea of what to release.

 

[The_Governour]

I'm more worried about temperatures than anything else. If they can get everything cooled perfectly and not so you need server grade fans to keep the radiator cool then it'll be great.

I very much doubt nVidia want to be caught with their pants down again when it comes to dual gpu cards. Waiting for AMD to release first is a wise decision if they've got a good idea of what to release.

I personaly dont worry about temps as I would be waiting for a waterblock any ways - I would say ANY stock cooler would not make the cut in my book for dual gpu´s.

 

[Davva2004]

I'm guessing this might be the first card ever produced with a 240mm AIO cooler attached...

 

[BigDaddyKong]

I think they would be better served by going thick rad like an H80 over a 240. A lot of people want these cards for mATX builds, and a 240 may kill that option.

 

[Kushiro]

Considering the 295x2 cooling solution, it seems likely that they will be sticking with a 120.

 

[The_Governour]

I would highly doubt that they would slap a 240 rad on this card. ALl I ask is for them to be smart and play the money game vs Nvidia as they will lose out in pure performace as we have seen with 980ti sli vs fury x2 crossfire.

 

[realneil]

But then hey, this is AMD. The same AMD that could have released the Fury X for £450 and the Fury non X for £380 or so and smashed Nvidia's tits off. But instead decided to charge Nvidia prices and are still firmly in the doodoo. It's only really been the 390/x and their cheaper models that have kept them alive.

^^THIS^^ Why do they keep shooting themselves in the foot with those outlandish prices?
They could have owned the market if they were not so hell bent on gouging the masses.

This is a leadership fail. Someone needs to wrestle the bean counters to the floor and set prices lower. We will buy if it isn't a gouge.

 

[jimma47]

^^THIS^^ Why do they keep shooting themselves in the foot with those outlandish prices?
They could have owned the market if they were not so hell bent on gouging the masses.

This is a leadership fail. Someone needs to wrestle the bean counters to the floor and set prices lower. We will buy if it isn't a gouge.

There can be a limit to how low they can go - if they sell at just above break even then Nvidia can use their market share and better bottom line to cut their prices to match. Zero benefit long term really as AMD would run out of cashflow before Nvidia and then bankruptcy would mean that they either get bought out cheap or fold completely leaving Nvidia to price their stock at whatever they want because there's no alternative.

Competition is good. I do think this is a niche market though so I'd agree with Mr Kambo here and be expecting higher prices. Mid-range mainstream is where AMD need to be focussed at being competitive pricewise. I think they're doing a pretty good job atm.

It's not a bad strategy - have a top end premium product for bragging rights (or at least be a viable and attractive alternative to the other guys) and then use that exposure to offload a heap of good value performance per $ cards at the mid range. Most people don't rock dual titans.

 

[realneil]

I see your point, but I have a gut feeling the they don't pay anywhere ~~near~~ as much for their high-end GPU's manufacturing as the prices to the end user would suggest. They have some wiggle room I'm sure.
Instead of trying to make a killing on each and every one of their flagship cards, they could accept high volumes sales at more reasonable prices. (and earn more cash in the long run)

Yes NVIDIA would follow suit, (and can afford to) but the consumer winning the occasional round isn't so bad as I see it. The positive PR would go a long way toward regaining some old customers who have cleaved to the dark side.

Here's a Pic of an FX-9590 System with 16GB RAM, a pair of SSDs, two GTX-760 4GB GPUs on a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 mainboard.



For what this cost, I could have built a second i7-4790K system instead of it. I already know that the 4790K is faster and that it's cooler running. But, I want to see more CPU and GPU competition in the marketplace. The only way to see this happen is to support the underdog. (just give a little bit)
I often ask myself, "Where would prices be if AMD wasn't competing in the CPU/GPU markets?" It wouldn't be pretty to exist in the world without anyone to compete, regardless of how AMD's performance has been playing out for the past 4 years.

Gaming performance is really good with this setup. Benches are slower than my Intel rigs, so what?

Food for thought.

 

[jimma47]

Yeah if it performs well then that's the real test. Benchmarks separated by a few hundred points mean zero in the real world when there are so many other variables. Well - Zero apart from some bragging points.

I'm with you on the supporting the competition as long as it doesn't adversely affect you. My next build will be run by AMD GPU's as NVidia in surround have been frustrating. Sync Polarity timings are a PITA to work out unless your manufacturer actually publishes it (Thanks Samsung)

I'll take a couple of degrees or a few FPS as long as they perform. Unless of course they are no where near competitive for the price. Sorry but there's being altruistic but then there's also being sensible.