What are AMD Teasing?
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Yep... Really hope thats not it. Given how poorly the 980 performs comparatively to last gen I was hoping AMD would take the performance crown.
To be honest the 980 performs really well compared to the 780 or 780ti, considering how much less power it uses.
AMD really need something to compete against the 980 and it needs to run cooler and use less power than the 290x.
If you knew you were going for the commercial workstation market you'd put in a # tag to make it clear this wasn't to make your gamer market get excited.
The fact they let millions of gamers get excited about an imminent potential release, just days after an amazing release and price drop bang/£ from Nvidia... when in actual fact it's a release for Indian market workstation users with £££ to burn, then it's quite depressing.
I'm not even an AMD/ATI fan but I feel gutted for those who are if this is how they keep you hanging on the hype chain.
Fingers crossed this is just all a big distraction and there is something else exciting coming for the market they've clearly hyped up in all this... the gamer market.
If there isn't, I hope their gamer card market sinks because it's what it deserves if they treat their customers like retards!
Dave
The fact they let millions of gamers get excited about an imminent potential release, just days after an amazing release and price drop bang/£ from Nvidia... when in actual fact it's a release for Indian market workstation users with £££ to burn, then it's quite depressing.
I'm not even an AMD/ATI fan but I feel gutted for those who are if this is how they keep you hanging on the hype chain.
Fingers crossed this is just all a big distraction and there is something else exciting coming for the market they've clearly hyped up in all this... the gamer market.
If there isn't, I hope their gamer card market sinks because it's what it deserves if they treat their customers like retards!
Dave
I wouldn't say its that good. Given the amount of power they use yes, the performance is very impressive. But the performance at high resolutions is pretty much within the margin of error of the 780Ti. And when overclocked they use A LOT more juice than advertised. In the anandtech and some other benchmarks I saw their 980 only used like 75w less than their 780Ti.
Not to mention, that I would say most people don't really care about the power consumption, its just a nice added side-thing.
The 290X really doesn't use THAT much power and run THAT hot. Most benchmarks show it using between 30-80w more than a 780Ti depending on overclocks etc. Check a review for 290X vs 780Ti with the same cooler, they will be within a few degrees of each other.
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stampedeadam
New member
AMD need to watch out with this type of marketing. It reminds me of the old tale of the 'boy who cried wolf'. One day they (hopefully) will have something to shout about but if they carry on like this no-one will believe them.
d1974
New member
So far all the hype in India has been about Mantle, Ares, Oculus rift, Firepro 8100 & 9100 and the big story of the day........
India's launch of the 'New' .........drum roll.......Radeon....285.
WHAT!!
Yes, so far it is about a card that is already out here.
I have now stopped looking for feeds but might check back later. >disappointed<
India's launch of the 'New' .........drum roll.......Radeon....285.
WHAT!!
Yes, so far it is about a card that is already out here.
I have now stopped looking for feeds but might check back later. >disappointed<
SieB
New member
If anything gets announced it will be on the official AMD twitter or FB.
I don't think we will see anything announced today, an AMD rep has already said the 25th announcement was just the India stuff. There are always rumors before something happens and there aren't any for AMD at the moment, so I don't think we will be seeing anything for at least a couple weeks
I don't think we will see anything announced today, an AMD rep has already said the 25th announcement was just the India stuff. There are always rumors before something happens and there aren't any for AMD at the moment, so I don't think we will be seeing anything for at least a couple weeks
Huh? Did I miss something here. Im seeing reports that the 980 is overclocking like a dream on just air. Not to mention the power draw being so low.
barnsley
born in a.....
He means there is no point 'upgrading' to one from a 780/780ti.
stampedeadam
New member
Looking at the architecture of the GPU fitted to the 970/980 it's pretty clear that Nvidia don't see any competitive pressure to produce big performance gains and are making the card cheaper to produce instead. They've gimped the memory interface for a start.
Reading through the articles elsewhere on the web, I can't escape the feeling that they could have done loads better if AMD were giving them any serious headaches at the top end. They've probably got options to beef up the performance of the card ready to go should they need to pull them out the bag.
Reading through the articles elsewhere on the web, I can't escape the feeling that they could have done loads better if AMD were giving them any serious headaches at the top end. They've probably got options to beef up the performance of the card ready to go should they need to pull them out the bag.
I think if they were that relaxed they'd have just skipped this generation altogether and focussed on the smaller process stuff for the 9xx release.
Their 7xx are still competitive vs the competition after all.
Nvidia clearly couldn't get the tech right this time for smaller process chips so they've done the next best thing and dropped the cost of higher performance instead, and refined the current tech significantly too.
Win win I think. I'm very happy with the Nvidia releases as I can now save about £100 for the same kinda GPU power vs 6 months ago! Never mind a lower spec PSU requirement, cooler running, probably quieter running etc too.
Dave
barnsley
born in a.....
Because the 290 was in no way faster than the 780 for alot less? The 290 especially sold very well. The 290x can even keep up with the 780Ti as well.
shambles1980
New member
well whoop dee doo..
why am i not surprised.
guess i need to start saving my pennies for a 970 now.
why am i not surprised.
guess i need to start saving my pennies for a 970 now.
To be honest, I dont actually quite mind that they didnt release anything, the hype was annoying though. I just want to see a new arch on 16nm (FinFET), as I believe AMD and Nvidia Intend to skip 20nm or something. I can understand the disappointment from those that are on pre 7000 series though.
Quite disappointing AMD haven't announced anything yet, what was the point of that tweet then ?
Anyway what do you guys suggest to an owner of Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC ? Is it worth switching or wait till more powerful GPUs are announced by both AMD & Nvidia.
I just bought this card like 2 months ago and was quite happy with it but after Maxwell I am not so sure, my main concern is to get ready for TW3.
Anyway what do you guys suggest to an owner of Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC ? Is it worth switching or wait till more powerful GPUs are announced by both AMD & Nvidia.
I just bought this card like 2 months ago and was quite happy with it but after Maxwell I am not so sure, my main concern is to get ready for TW3.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
No need to upgrade. TW3 isnt even out. No point in upgrading 5 months before release. By that time prices will drop and AMD will probably have something released. Your 290 is extremely fast anyway.
Thank you for the suggestion, I play on 1080p so I hope it will keep up with TW3 and that Nvidia and AMD announce something cool so prices will drop.
