Amd finally revealed the 300 series of GPUs. They are extremely cheap.
http://www.pcgamer.com/amd-launching-new-r9-fury-graphics-cards-in-july-for-550-and-650/
The R9 390 and 390X are both outfitted with 8GB of GDDR5 RAM at $329 and $429. CRAZY cheap!
390 and 390x and 290 and 290x rebrands, although there are some improvements (lower TDP, possibly higher performance), which could be due to some arch improvements as well as being fabbed at GloFo instead of TSMC (I recall that being a rumor anyway).
So I wouldn't really say they're crazy cheap.
You can get an 8GB 290X for $350....
The real interesting cards, that are in fact very cheap, are the Radeon Fury series. $500-650 for blazingly fast cards is a good deal. Then there is the R9 Nano which is amazing.
Hopefully in the future AMD will have a real answer to PhysX by Nvidia and then I will be interested in buying a card of their's for me. Until then the only time I will buy one is for a build for my daughter who I named after AMD. GL to AMD though in the future with these 300 series cards and more.
lol there doesnt need to be an answer to physx. no one's gona use it after directx12
gets bib for that dribble
There's no need for it cause many developers have gotten to the point where the in-game physics are good enough that PhysX isn't required anymore. the only games that have PhysX are Nvidia based titles. other than that no one really cares for PhysX anymore.
For the very few games that use physx. Normally when it is used it just adds something random flapping in the wind. 2008 has come and gone, everyone forgot about it
just add this bad boy to your system.
Or it adds really ugly and out of place fluids.
there's no need for that anymore. Today's cpu's are as strong or stronger than that.
even with 2 gpu chips, it looks shorter than a single GM200. and where's the dual GM200, the titan x-z
So the 380(x) is launching at a starting price of $200?
Yis, very good
So should I go for the R9 290x or the R390?
lets wait for the benchmarks.
the line up is a bit strange. i don't think there will be a 380x. or a 370x
the announcement was a bit weird.
they announced these cards exactly
the only things that have X variants are the Fury and the 390. i think they are going to get rid of the X variants next gen. so that we have 5 GPUS per line-up like Nvidia.
As long as I can get a FC copper water block for it, I don't care what it's called
The Nano looks like a case modder's dream card
Not to mention that the few titles that do use PhysX render it on the CPU so it doesn't matter.