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    Who bought/is buying a Radeon RX 470 or RX 460?

    But, it is kinda pathetic to have only one consumer GPU on Polaris 11, the 460, and have it a cut down part. RX 460 has 896 SP, so it's 14 CU. 2 CUs cut from the supposedly full Polaris 11 which has 16.
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    Help with making sense of VERY high ASIC quality - RX480

    That was what we thought, but the Stilt says it's the opposite for AMD GPUs. Higher ASIC = worse overclocking on air, but better on water/LN. Either way, I wouldn't OC beyond 1350mhz anyway on the reference blower. Anything above 1300mhz and it starts to get loud. My samples are decent, I...
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    Nvidia Maxwell-based 900 series cards now going into legacy support

    There's a difference from "Up to 2.8x with AMD technologies" and a footnote which goes to the RX 470 vs 270X (misleading marketing)... Than outright lies. PR does this all the time. But we don't expect them to actually be so blatant and lie about specs or feature support. Moving on, I do...
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    Nvidia Maxwell-based 900 series cards now going into legacy support

    Wow what, Wow I am 100% correct? The perf/w slide had *, look at it, oh wow.. it's the RX 470. Does truth surprise you that much?
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    Who bought/is buying a Radeon RX 470 or RX 460?

    Eh, 460 needs to be as cheap as possible because it's such low performance. :/ I mean it's really only playable in E-sport games. Modern gaming 1080p will wreck it and especially the 2GB vram.
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    Nvidia Maxwell-based 900 series cards now going into legacy support

    If AMD actually released media statements that Polaris supports DX13 or whatever the next API is, and they did not. I would hold them accountable and to me, that would be a lie. Fermi is DX11 capable. When DX12 was announced, NV said all their DX11 GPUs will be compatible with DX12. When Vulkan...
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    Who bought/is buying a Radeon RX 470 or RX 460?

    Well if the 470 is $149.. and the 460 is $99, the performance gap between them is huge, as well as the 2 vs 4GB vram. Unless somebody desperate needs no PCIE plug GPU, the 460 is rather pointless. Saying that, the 750Ti was very popular, despite being pretty weak.. at the very low end, I...
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    Nvidia Maxwell-based 900 series cards now going into legacy support

    @OatisCampbell Did you know, awhile after Maxwell's launch, NV actually released a presentation which said, their own users, 70% are still on old architectures, Kepler & Fermi or older. Not everyone buys the latest tech. But that isn't even the point. The point is they said Fermi will support...
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    Geforce GTX 1060 Thread: faster than RX 480, 120W, $249

    Then you obviously have a selective bias at what you pick up. A few people tried to say the same thing since [H] recommended the 480 but not the 1060, no awards for it. I said it didn't change anything since they only use 4-5 games. They happen to pick a few that favors the 480, that is all...
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    Geforce GTX 1060 Thread: faster than RX 480, 120W, $249

    It's fine for Pascal.
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    Geforce GTX 1060 Thread: faster than RX 480, 120W, $249

    It's the preemption ability (which Maxwell claimed to have, but did not), Pascal can actually do fast context switching so games that were GCN console optimized, with more compute effects, do not suffer slow context switching like Kepler/Maxwell did. This means no performance penalty for games...
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    Nvidia Maxwell-based 900 series cards now going into legacy support

    The reason is because NV were saying Fermi, Kepler & Maxwell are "Game Ready" for DX12. http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/geforce-gtx-is-game-ready-for-windows-10-and-directx-12 So lots of gamers thought that was true... so they are trying to run DX12 games on their Fermi GPUs and...
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    GURU 3D latency tests between GTX1060 and RX480

    Hitman's benchmark changes scene often, thus the spike. It is not in-game stutter. I play the game myself, it's all smooth.
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    Next-gen API benches for RX 480 & 1060.

    It depends on whether it's faster than DX11. If both vendors are still slower in DX12, then you can't seriously claim that's a good implementation.
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    Geforce GTX 1060 Thread: faster than RX 480, 120W, $249

    If that's what you took from that, then it's your prerogative. I meant it as a confirmed shill & troll doing benches is unreliable, un-respected. For Sweepr to suggest ABT is better than Golem.de, a respected German site, means he has no comprehension of validity of the results. As such, he may...
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    Nvidia Maxwell-based 900 series cards now going into legacy support

    You've been around long enough to at least know, at your core, that what NV says or promise, and what they do, aren't always the same. Knowing the points I raised are truth, you have no proper way to retort, except for ad hominem. :/ Congratulations.
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    Nvidia Maxwell-based 900 series cards now going into legacy support

    That's PR speak for: "Don't worry guys, Maxwell will keep on getting driver optimizations! TRUST US!!" Fermi users who trusted NV to keep their promise of DX12 & Vulkan support... :( Maxwell users who trusted NV to keep their promise of Async Compute support via new drivers... :( But it's...
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    Geforce GTX 1060 Thread: faster than RX 480, 120W, $249

    Yes, it deserves a thread. So we can remind everybody about the owner of that site, getting banned from here years ago for being an NV shill & troll. His data is about as reliable as coming from yourself.
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    Geforce GTX 1060 Thread: faster than RX 480, 120W, $249

    Yep, RotTR was the only game where the 480 wasn't matching or beating the 1060. Driver update, brings extra perf for 480 already, not bad! NV should get sponsoring more DX12 titles...
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    Should you be compensated for the GTX 970 issues and spec changes?

    They did the same thing prior but nobody noticed or talked about. Some of NV's earlier GameWorks titles blocked out cards with 2GB from maxing textures even at 1080p. Classic example, the first Watch Dogs, Kepler 660Ti, 670 and 680 2GB could not run Ultra textures. My 7950 3GB could and runs it...
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    Geforce GTX 1060 Thread: faster than RX 480, 120W, $249

    ~25%, spot on. But if it makes you happier, the 15% overall can be 12%.
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    Geforce GTX 1060 Thread: faster than RX 480, 120W, $249

    Nah, I leave it to the professionals: http://www.golem.de/news/geforce-gtx-1060-vs-radeon-rx-480-das-bringen-direct3d-12-und-vulkan-1607-122214.html Even the NV biased youtubers are saying the 480 has a big lead in DX12/Vulkan...
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    Nintendo Switch is powered by NVIDIA

    The reason it's great is because of the libraries of games on it and it's comfy and long battery life for real mobile gaming. I think it's their best console and the gamers agree, DS have always been a good seller for Nintendo. Tegra in a new DS refresh, would be awesome.
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    Should you be compensated for the GTX 970 issues and spec changes?

    Yes it did. At the time, for SLI users because they could push texture mods and higher resolution. Over time came games that push past the 3.5GB limit even at 1080p. 970 are notorious for stuttering with Rise of the Tomb Raider, a game that NV sponsored. NV recommends to lower texture...
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    Geforce GTX 1060 Thread: faster than RX 480, 120W, $249

    With the latest driver, AMD's weak performance in Rise of the Tomb Raider is gone. They've reached parity. https://youtu.be/ECTGKqWpszk?t=2m25s ^ Some sites find close performance, this guy is a pretty big youtuber, he found the RX 480 was actually faster than the 1060 in Rise now. O_o Ashes...
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    Official AMD Polaris Review Thread: Radeon RX 480, RX 470, and RX 460

    The new drivers boosted Rise of the Tomb Raider by a lot for RX 480. Really close to MSI Gaming 1060 now. O_o http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/94969-sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-4gb-8gb-oc/?page=10
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    Nintendo Switch is powered by NVIDIA

    The "actively cooled" thing kinda gave it away.
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    Nintendo Switch is powered by NVIDIA

    You mean the fact that MS gimped the Xbone so badly in comparison the PS4 wasn't the major reason gamers avoided it? lol I guess as a bonus to lure gamers, MS is now doing "play anywhere" feature for Xbone games. Buy it once, play on your console or PC! That means their titles will be Win 10...
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    Nintendo Switch is powered by NVIDIA

    http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-07-27-nintendo-posts-biggest-q1-loss-in-five-years "Nintendo posts biggest Q1 loss in five years" "Last year's profit turns to $232 million loss in the face of collapsing Wii U sales and the absence of new revenue streams" Looks like they haven't...
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    Official AMD Polaris Review Thread: Radeon RX 480, RX 470, and RX 460

    It's not hard to figure where the 470 will land in performance. It's only a small cut from the 480. Like the 7950 vs 7970, 290 vs 290X. The gap will be very small. Probably 10%. A good price will be $169. I don't think they can price it $149, it would instantly neuter 480 sales.
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    Older OC'd CPU still running strong: GPU upgrade worth it?

    i7 SB OC is no slouch. It'll handle all the newer games great. PSU is solid too, so upgrade away man and enjoy the 4K gaming experience!
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    Official AMD Polaris Review Thread: Radeon RX 480, RX 470, and RX 460

    Looks like Powercolor's custom 480 is the winner. http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/powercolor_radeon_rx_480_red_devil_review,5.html Same power usage as reference 480, higher performance, the quietest card Guru3D tested while running at a great temperature.
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    guru3dDoom Vulkan Benchmarks

    Well, when Tom Peterson was asked about Maxwell's Async Compute driver update (PCPER interview on youtube), his response was "no comment". NV is ignoring Maxwell, or trying to sweep it under the rug, hope everybody forgets about it and upgrade to Pascal asap.
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    NVIDIA settles graphics card False advertising class action

    This is what NV advertised by the way, back then: http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/geforce-gtx-is-game-ready-for-windows-10-and-directx-12 It's even funnier because they listed Fermi was DX12 compatible and that never eventuated because it doesn't affect their bottom line...
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    Official AMD Polaris Review Thread: Radeon RX 480, RX 470, and RX 460

    How much more do you want us to bag [H]? I mean we only do it when they release an article full of crap. They have stopped so you want people to continue bashing a dead horse? Really, your expectations are odd. He's never sung AMD's praise lately btw. Don't know where you got that from...
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    gtx970 vs. rx480 Doom.. peculiar image quality discrepency

    Proper review sites need to start doing image quality tests, like they used to in the past. They all stopped and it allows shenanigans to happen.
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    Official AMD Polaris Review Thread: Radeon RX 480, RX 470, and RX 460

    99% of games on the PC don't even need a fancy GPU. You only need it for the major titles, we've been through this before. You only play a handful yourself per year! Some sites only test 4-8 games. There's 8 big games coming soon that are DX12, on top of the current 6. -_- You think it's not...
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    Should you be compensated for the GTX 970 issues and spec changes?

    Yeah it's quite sad to see the amount of apologists and defenders, why do you guys defend false advertisement? You are a consumer. You don't work for NV.
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    NVIDIA settles graphics card False advertising class action

    They promised it for Maxwell. As a whole generation. So every owner of a Maxwell card, down the road, you're gonna get a payout. They also promised functional preemption for VR on Maxwell and that was a lie too. False advertisement is bad practice, should never be defended. Now... how...
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    Official AMD Polaris Review Thread: Radeon RX 480, RX 470, and RX 460

    Well it's a big step for them, Hawaii vs Maxwell was much much worse. As for performance: Power usage for Asus 480 is onpar with custom 1060. Performance is single digit % different. Pretty close and these guys didn't include the other DX12 titles. ;) Guess what happens when they throw in...