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The next generation of AMD GPU's have launched, and it begins with the AMD RX 480. Benchmarks are now out there along with plenty of info.
I don't have the card myself as I have no contacts at AMD, but luckily Phoronix managed to bag a card and he's done plenty of testing as you can imagine. I will be referencing the green site due to other sites obviously focusing on Windows.
See the Phoronix article here for the full benchmarks. The Vulkan benchmarks are especially impressive where it performed better than an Nvidia 980 in Dota 2!
According to Phoronix, the UI "Radeon Software" may be open-sourced:
Phoronix did an extra set of benchmarks, but that article is sadly locked behind a paywall. Apparently in there he benchmarked Tomb Raider, Shadow of Mordor and Company of Heroes 2 all of which aren't even supported on AMD drivers.
Looks like the AMD RX 480 might actually be a pretty good card. It looks close to the level of an Nvidia 970, but will cost less. That's pretty damn interesting and will firmly put AMD on the table for a lot of people now I imagine. Not only that, but the performance of the card on Mesa is quite impressive too.
Considering the drivers for it are brand new, I expect the performance to improve a bit over time.
While the Nvidia 970 does outperform it in a fair few tests, it's not by much looking at the scores so considering the price if you were thinking about getting one, I would seriously think again and look at the AMD RX 480. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
I don't have the card myself as I have no contacts at AMD, but luckily Phoronix managed to bag a card and he's done plenty of testing as you can imagine. I will be referencing the green site due to other sites obviously focusing on Windows.
See the Phoronix article here for the full benchmarks. The Vulkan benchmarks are especially impressive where it performed better than an Nvidia 980 in Dota 2!
According to Phoronix, the UI "Radeon Software" may be open-sourced:
QuoteWhile my hopes for WattMan quickly diminished, on the call when inquiring about this lack of Linux support it was brought up that they are looking to potentially open-source Radeon Software! There is nothing set in stone yet and they are still investigating, but the hope would be to open-source Radeon Software and provide potential basic Linux support so the community can drive it further.
Phoronix did an extra set of benchmarks, but that article is sadly locked behind a paywall. Apparently in there he benchmarked Tomb Raider, Shadow of Mordor and Company of Heroes 2 all of which aren't even supported on AMD drivers.
Looks like the AMD RX 480 might actually be a pretty good card. It looks close to the level of an Nvidia 970, but will cost less. That's pretty damn interesting and will firmly put AMD on the table for a lot of people now I imagine. Not only that, but the performance of the card on Mesa is quite impressive too.
Considering the drivers for it are brand new, I expect the performance to improve a bit over time.
While the Nvidia 970 does outperform it in a fair few tests, it's not by much looking at the scores so considering the price if you were thinking about getting one, I would seriously think again and look at the AMD RX 480. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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leillo1975 Jun 29, 2016
I've always been green, but if this graphics card goes well could be red
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acrazyplayer Jun 29, 2016
I'm thinking of selling my gtx 960 to buy one of these. Time will tell though.
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natewardawg Jun 29, 2016
Wow, I really hope that AMD keeps it up. When I do decide to buy a new GPU I would love to support them instead of NVidia.
I also wish there were some Talos Principal benchmarks in there too. Maybe he didn't do it since you need to manually edit the Talos.ini file to get Vulkan working.
I also wish there were some Talos Principal benchmarks in there too. Maybe he didn't do it since you need to manually edit the Talos.ini file to get Vulkan working.
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Quoting: natewardawgWow, I really hope that AMD keeps it up. When I do decide to buy a new GPU I would love to support them instead of NVidia.I imagine Talos is in the extra benchmark article he put behind a paywall.
I also wish there were some Talos Principal benchmarks in there too. Maybe he didn't do it since you need to manually edit the Talos.ini file to get Vulkan working.
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I'm really starting to think about upgrading my GTX 760 to the RX 480 now. I always said that I'll get an AMD graphics card when their open source drivers improve and are actually competitive with the Nvidia blob. Well, it's time to put the money where my mout is and get one. If only they were actually available in my city :(
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natewardawg Jun 29, 2016
Quoting: liamdaweI imagine Talos is in the extra benchmark article he put behind a paywall.
You're probably right, that would make sense.
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leillo1975 Jun 29, 2016
Quoting: acrazyplayerI'm thinking of selling my gtx 960 to buy one of these. Time will tell though.
With your actual graphic card I don't change to a RX480. I think that this could be a good choice If you own a Nvidia 670, 760...
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Inspector_Gidget Jun 29, 2016
I'm considering switching to AMD, Depending of the price/performance of this card.. I don't know, It's a tough decision.
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Quoting: liamdaweI imagine Talos is in the extra benchmark article he put behind a paywall.Sadly that's not the case here.
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Quoting: WienerWuerstelWow really, so he didn't even benchmark Talos on it?Quoting: liamdaweI imagine Talos is in the extra benchmark article he put behind a paywall.Sadly that's not the case here.
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Quoting: liamdaweIt wasn't included in the extra benchmarks but I hope that he will benchmark it in the near future. The tested games are, Tomb Raider, Shadow of Mordor and Company of Heroes 2 btw.Quoting: WienerWuerstelWow really, so he didn't even benchmark Talos on it?Quoting: liamdaweI imagine Talos is in the extra benchmark article he put behind a paywall.Sadly that's not the case here.
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Quoting: WienerWuerstelWell, I hope he notes that they aren't supported on AMD due to AMD's drivers. He didn't note it about F1 in the main article he did. It's great that he does them, but not telling people they are unsupported doesn't help credibility.Quoting: liamdaweIt wasn't included in the extra benchmarks but I hope that he will benchmark it in the near future. The tested games are, Tomb Raider, Shadow of Mordor and Company of Heroes 2 btw.Quoting: WienerWuerstelWow really, so he didn't even benchmark Talos on it?Quoting: liamdaweI imagine Talos is in the extra benchmark article he put behind a paywall.Sadly that's not the case here.
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donbastiano Jun 29, 2016
What do you think about power usage and temperature? I'm a little disappointed, I was expecting much better results.
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GustyGhost Jun 29, 2016
So is powerplay enabled by default in kernel 4.6 AMDGPU? There should be preliminary support for Polaris in 4.6 and this determines how soon I can get a Polaris based card.
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PublicNuisance Jun 29, 2016
I am liking what I see about the RX 480. I am going to be selling my GTX 960 for one. I am waiting for the aftermarket cards to come out though. I don't buy those crappy reference blower cards for Nvidia or AMD. Waiting for an XFX DD version, an Asus Strix version, an MSI Twin Frozr or an MSI Lightning version. Hopefully I don't have to wait long.
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Any one else have issues with phoronix, it's worse than when we was using 14400 kpbs modem for me, timed out a good few times now.
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Wow that looks pretty interesting indeed. We need to have some more feedback on compatibility/stability though. But as of now, it's the most interesting option for my next upgrade.
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PublicNuisance Jun 29, 2016
Quoting: pete910Any one else have issues with phoronix, it's worse than when we was using 14400 kpbs modem for me, timed out a good few times now.
Yeah it happened to me earlier as well. My guess is a lot of people trying to read that review.
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I have a 7850 and the performance with a gallium nine patched wine are in most cases it nails every dx9 games that you throw at it!
with some mesa improvements it can definitely be on par with nvidia on Linux for the native games, and i also think that a lot of penguins would likely prefer open than closed source..
I'm also looking for VCE implementation on Linux, nvidia's NVENC is a godsend when recording gameplay
go AMD
with some mesa improvements it can definitely be on par with nvidia on Linux for the native games, and i also think that a lot of penguins would likely prefer open than closed source..
I'm also looking for VCE implementation on Linux, nvidia's NVENC is a godsend when recording gameplay
go AMD
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