Sapphire RX 500 series GPUs have been listed online

[WYP]

Sapphire RX 500 series GPUs have been listed online, revealing several different models for AMD's RX 580, 570 and 550 GPUs.



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[Excalabur50]

Interesting indeed

 

[Tolemac]

I'd like to hear more about the Pulse variant. No doubt in time I will WYP

 

[NeverBackDown]

Just hope they clock higher. Gonna need it against the new 1060s with higher memory speed.

 

[WYP]

Just hope they clock higher. Gonna need it against the new 1060s with higher memory speed.

TBH the memory clock speed increases will likely have no real effect on game performance, at least not at 1080p.

 

[NeverBackDown]

TBH the memory clock speed increases will likely have no real effect on game performance, at least not at 1080p.

It should. Especially in synthetic tests where higher memory speeds get you farther than higher clock speeds. And Lord knows how hard reviewers and people look at synthetic benches...
I hope we can hit at least 1500 as a common clock and 2100 for memory. I can dream

 

[AngryGoldfish]

NBD, that would be awesome. And if the temperatures and power consumption don't shoot up in tandem, that would be even better.

 

[AlienALX]

So about a £50 premium over the 480. Let's hope it performs better

 

[BigDaddyKong]

opcorn:

 

[NeverBackDown]

NBD, that would be awesome. And if the temperatures and power consumption don't shoot up in tandem, that would be even better.

Well it shouldn't if we are using the new LPP+ design. But there's no knowing if we already aren't using it. So who knows

 

[AngryGoldfish]

I just saw that the RX 580 hit 1500Mhz. Not confirmed, but it's looking promising.

 

[AlienALX]

I just saw that the RX 580 hit 1500Mhz. Not confirmed, but it's looking promising.

I've seen benchmark results. Once again, apparently the 580 (like the 480 was supposed to) it's almost as fast as a Nano. So basically all these cards are is their 4 series counterparts with higher clocks.

Not very exciting, especially if the prices are as high as I have seen (300 euro for the 8gb 580 Nitro).

 

[NeverBackDown]

I've seen benchmark results. Once again, apparently the 580 (like the 480 was supposed to) it's almost as fast as a Nano. So basically all these cards are is their 4 series counterparts with higher clocks.

Not very exciting, especially if the prices are as high as I have seen (300 euro for the 8gb 580 Nitro).

What did you expect from a refresh? Of course it's a higher clocked 400 series. The 400 series is faster in many areas than a Fury X. In some games it's nearly identical and only loses out by just.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

I've seen benchmark results. Once again, apparently the 580 (like the 480 was supposed to) it's almost as fast as a Nano. So basically all these cards are is their 4 series counterparts with higher clocks.

Not very exciting, especially if the prices are as high as I have seen (300 euro for the 8gb 580 Nitro).

I've only seen Fire Strike scores and the Fury series was always quite ahead of the RX 480 in Fire Strike. With a 1500Mhz overclock the RX 580 is nipping at the heels of the Nano. That's quite an improvement in my opinion for a slight price increase. Considering the GTX 1060 has at the moment only received a memory overclock, and considering the RX 480 was already on par with the 1060, that's pretty damn decent. It's not amazing, but I don't think it's supposed to be. I think the RX 580 is what the RX 480 was always planned to be but could not be at the time. Polaris was likely rushed out and now AMD have the silicon they always wanted.

 

[AlienALX]

Yeah seriously man the 480 is nowhere near as fast as the Fury X. I really don't know who told you that.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Yeah seriously man the 480 is nowhere near as fast as the Fury X. I really don't know who told you that.

I've seen one or two recent games showing the RX 480 closing in on a Fury X, but they're outliers and I think it has to do more with driver optimisation or VRAM issues.

In Ghost Recon Wildlands at 1080p, a stock RX 480 matches a Fury Nano and is only marginally behind a Fury X. ROTTR is the same. Again, I think that could be due to drivers.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Yeah seriously man the 480 is nowhere near as fast as the Fury X. I really don't know who told you that.

In synthetic it is. In many of Marks game tests, the 480 is extremely competitive with a Fury X especially considering price and power consumption. It's getting better too as Fish said. Drivers are focused on Polaris. I used to own a FX, I would know. I also own a 480, and I'd take it any day over a FX. My fps barely changed at 1440 from switching

 

[AlienALX]

I've seen one or two recent games showing the RX 480 closing in on a Fury X, but they're outliers and I think it has to do more with driver optimisation or VRAM issues.

In Ghost Recon Wildlands at 1080p, a stock RX 480 matches a Fury Nano and is only marginally behind a Fury X. ROTTR is the same. Again, I think that could be due to drivers.

It's VRAM issues. I tested their recent drivers which "fixed" the VRAM issue and all they do is stop the card crashing by paging to the hard drive. Which absolutely tanks FPS.

ROTTR is the biggest culprit for VRAM issues. You need to dial back the textures and settings to stop it happening.

I posted a thread on here a few months back when they introduced the fix, as I noticed games that used to crash and reboot the PC were no longer doing that. But man, the FPS tank.

So yeah, it is possible to make the RX 480 close the gap somewhat but as long as you dial back the settings to prevent the VRAM over load then things remain as they are. The only reason you are seeing the RX 480 catch Fury X is in set benchmarks with firm settings that are not flexible.

In synthetic it is. In many of Marks game tests, the 480 is extremely competitive with a Fury X especially considering price and power consumption. It's getting better too as Fish said. Drivers are focused on Polaris. I used to own a FX, I would know. I also own a 480, and I'd take it any day over a FX. My fps barely changed at 1440 from switching

In the right game the Fury X is now ahead of the 1070. IE - one where the VRAM doesn't become a factor. And as I have mentioned above that is easily fixed by reducing the settings.

It will probably stop happening soon too. Once devs get a better grip on DX12 and lessen their dependence on huge textures to prop DX11 up then things should improve further. Otherwise I doubt AMD would have even bothered with 4gb versions of the upcoming 570 and 580.

 

[RobM]

I wonder if pulse is some kinda boost thing they have going on