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deezy129

Jun 19, 2016

@piecraftpi so far the few tests we have seen from outside of AMD have put 2 480s directly on par with a gtx 1080.
http://videocardz.com/61154/amd-radeon-rx-480-crossfire-3dmark-performance
What I find the most interesting on the results is that 2 RX480s have a performance of 181% over a single RX480 meaning AMD has cooked in a "secret sauce" with how these cards handle crossfire and with the coming upgrades in DX12 that is only going to get better. While I am not sure on the possibilities of 3 RX480s I would be very interested to see how this setup would scale performance wise. If you assume card number 3 as adding roughly 70% on the base number then on their cheapest model AMD comes in around 35 - 40% higher than a GTX 1080 across the board for what is still a lower cost.
This mostly interests me because with the lower power consumption I can imagine dual chip cards such as the R9 X2 coming out using these chips putting a single AMD card perfectly on par with the GTX 1080 at a significantly lower price point. The drawbacks there would obviously be high power consumption and heat output but it makes things VERY interesting overall. If these were to come about then 4k @ 120hz would, with most games, be an absolute walk in the park for 2 of those cards (4 chips) and AMD will have effectively won a very important race to bringing the highest possible resolution standard to the customer at what would end up being below the $1000 price point. If the GTX 1080 really is Nvidias high end then they better get back to work before AMD starts chewing off some serious market share. What's really interesting tho is seeing how AMD has capitalized on the new markets created by VR.
The Nvidia Fanboys are on the defensive because AMD is just outright changing the game right now and these are not even their "high performance" chips. If the specs on "Zen" are even close to true AMD is primed to very easily grab the lead in most aspects of computing. Just take a look at their stock price, they are up 100% since April. I am just sad that I was greedy and pulled out my 50% gains when the stock started going flat.

Jun 19, 2016