Fury X2 will be finally available (rolleyes)
http://videocardz.com/58374/amd-radeon-announces-capsaicin-live-webcast-at-gdc-on-march-14th
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AMD Radeon announces Capsaicin Live Webcast at GDC on March 14th
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Fury X2 will be finally available (rolleyes)
http://videocardz.com/58374/amd-radeon-announces-capsaicin-live-webcast-at-gdc-on-march-14th
I wouldn't expect any hardware announcements. From the PR I'd guess it's mostly about how they've optimised VR performance on the likes of the Fury line.
metalhead79
Neo Member
I sold my GTX 970 and now I'm waiting on AMD to launch Polaris.
Hurry up!
Hurry up!
nephilimdj
Member
I am hoping for a decent card around 970 price with the fury water block, hey I can dream right?
IchigoSharingan
Member
I'm pronouncing the event as "capsizin'" in lieu of my expectations
Actually there is a more straight forward way that immediately came to mind
"Capsaicin is implying literally that these will stink and be an irritant
peaceiscloser
Member
Spicy, I want to support AMD really bad.
They are saying "previews of new silicion", I would still keep my expectations low. We will probably get some fps per W or efficiency numbers.
Didn't notice that bit, but still, "preview" doesn't mean they're announcing anything. Maybe talk about VR-related hardware optimisation in Polaris/Vega?
GatticusFinch
Member
AMD: If you get any of it in your eyes, it will cause you extreme sadness.
DouglasteR
Member
I really hope/wish/beg that AMD effectively have something competitive, otherwise Nvidia next flagship (especially its VR edition) will surpass $1000 like a breeze 
Irobot82
Member
It could mean the Dual Fury for VR. It could mean Polaris.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
As someone who values efficiency, cooling, and silence this is not an inspiring codename coming from a company whose whole performance competitiveness over the last decade has been making things hotter and less efficient than their competitors.
ashecitism
Member
Well, if this is Fury X2, then I don't think we can expect Polaris here.
GatticusFinch
Member
I really hope/wish/beg that AMD effectively have something competitive, otherwise Nvidia next flagship (especially its VR edition) will surpass $1000 like a breeze
The 980 Ti came in at a crazy price for the performance just to turd all over the Fury launch, which is exactly what it did. I'm fine with AMD continuing to make outlandish claims of performance (Fury is an overclocker's dream!), Nvidia cutting prices on the off chance they might hit that performance, and then AMD failing to hit that performance, as per usual.
AMD basically destroyed all of the value from the purchase of ATI. Sad. I grew up building computers with AMD CPUs and ATI GPUs and now they just cannot compete.
NeOak
Member
NVIDIA has given us the 8000/9000 series solder fiasco, the FX 5800, and as pointed out above, Grill Fermi.
I wish NVIDIA stopped using false mock-ups at their investors conferences and what not.
icecold1983
Member
i wouldnt expect anything substantial on polaris if they even talk about it at all
Dual Fury is not new silicon.
DouglasteR
Member
I really hope this happen again. Because the GTX 1000 will be a beast, both in performance and price.
I'm expecting mostly Fury X2. If they have any sense the "new silicon talk" should focus on performance-per-watt of Polaris 10, which is what they have done before. This way they can brag that the Fury X2 is the fastest single slot card (when scaling, naturally) and then say ooo look at our Polaris 10 that makes even GM206 super jelly of the wattage (hopefully).
Irobot82
Member
Yeah we know.
The 980 ti is a great card, but your post is a bit extreme on the amd bashing. Cpus yes they pretty much suck, but on the gpu side the 390/390x are arguably the best perf/$ cards on the market, and a stock Fury x and 980 ti stock actually do trade blows depending on the game. The 380/380x completely out class a 960 as well. There's also nvidia being Shady about async compute and DX12, the 970 fiasco and they are still falsely advertising the smu and other specs of that card on their own website last time I checked, proprietary g-sync and game works, etc. etc. Blind Nvidia attitudes like yours are what will kill amd and result in a Nvidia monopoly in the discrete gpu market, which is good for absolutely no one.
LeeRoyBrown
Banned
Never ever heard my r9 290 sapphire tri x.
It never gets above 68C on air and I really don't care if the card cost me $3 extra a year in electricity when nvidias closest competitor at the time the 780 was $300 more. The nvidia fanboy ignorance on this forum is a poison.
To add to this. I'll never forget having a pm argument with some of the mods of the pc building thread on this forum, where they set out best value for money builds and every single rig had nvidia cards in it. I argued at the time my amd card for one of the builds was cheaper faster and cooler and websites with reviews backed it up everywhere in regards to a specific build but was told I was wrong simply because nvidia products are made by God and past down to earth by angels.
Reference blower cooler? The after market coolers are much better. Amd didn't do a good job with that Blower cooler. Put it under water.
Yeah I considered buying a better cooler but figured I may as well save the $100 for a new card down the line. It should start cooling down soon... I hope.
Not that much. Your best bet is to check ebay or the like and adjust expectations accordingly.
That might have been true for cards like the R9 290X (and the godawful cooler didn't help them on that one), but newer GCN 1.2 based cards (380 and Fury lines) have massively improved performance per Watt. Nvidia still manages slightly lower power draws on their comparable cards, but the difference is pretty small.
Unknown Soldier
Member
The good news is with Polaris and Pascal both companies are starting from scratch with a new (for them) process node. All bets are officially off as to who will be the efficiency leader this gen.
GatticusFinch
Member
Blind? Ha. I can pretty much guarantee I have supported AMD more than you. I literally used nothing but AMD and ATI parts for damn near two decades. I built my first computer with a K6-2. I had a 1 ghz Thunderbird when it was the fastest CPU available. I had TNT and Rage cards. I had 9800 SE pro flash cards. I even had a 7970 at launch.
I could go on. Suffice to say, I gave AMD more than a fair chance and I stopped paying for mediocrity. Whether that can compete on the budget end is immaterial to me. Every time they promise a new product will come out and beat Intel or Nvidia, it's a joke, including Fury X, which absolutely does not trade blows to my 980 Ti G1 because the "overclocker's dream" Fury X has no head room.
And your post is a bit extreme on the Nvidia bashing.
RenegadeXV8
Banned
AMD and Nvidia historically trade blows in terms of power usage, huge differences like the 300 series vs Maxwell are the exception rather than the rule. On top of that, like others have mentioned, Nvidia was on the other side of that fight 6 years ago with Fermi. The GTX 480 used up 100W+ more power than AMD's 5870.
OmegaDL50
Member
Capsaicin, as in like Peppers?
Where do they come up with these code names?
Well hopefully the card operating temperatures doesn't reflect the nomenclature.
I've been using an HD7950 for a long time now. I've been waiting for Pascal to replace it, so maybe Capsaicin will offer comparable performance relation to Pascal.
Where do they come up with these code names?
Well hopefully the card operating temperatures doesn't reflect the nomenclature.
I've been using an HD7950 for a long time now. I've been waiting for Pascal to replace it, so maybe Capsaicin will offer comparable performance relation to Pascal.
...Scatter...
Banned
Inner essence. So sensual.
Dictator93
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Unknown Soldier
Member
Both AMD and Nvidia are launching Polaris and Pascal so soon. We might actually have these things in our computers by the summer. I wonder how much I'll be able to get for my 980 Ti if I decide to jump in.
Dictator93
Member
As am I.
