Radeon R9 Fury X with a $649 price tag...

[WebMaximus 372]

...sounds like pretty much power per $...

 

Have been using Nvidia cards for as long as I can remember now but must admit a monster card with this kind of price tag is a bit interesting!

 

How are things with AMD cards and P3Dv2 these days, still not good friends?

[WotanUK 289]

I had a R295x2, P3D and it did not get on as well as the 980 i have now, usual stuttering through the clouds, jumpy performance, same can be said for DCS.  

The drivers didn't get on with my multi-monitor display either, they kept switching off and AMD didn't even acknowledge the issue let alone fix it.  

 

Caveat Emptor.

[WebMaximus 372]

That confirms what I heard. Too bad but guess my next card will be an Nvidia as well then.

[vgbaron 3,508]

Unfortunately AMD doesn't seem to want or care about the flight sim business. Wouldn't touch them with a ten foot pole.

 

 

Vic

[pmanhart 176]

You'd probably need to upgrade your power supply anyways...

 

AMD cards are such power hogs.

[WebMaximus 372]

Yeah, even with a nice price that doesn't help much if the card isn't suitable for P3D.

[rparson99 32]

The r295x2 is a beast, but is also a dual card. Since crossfire) thus far is not compatible with windowed apps, ie p3d, you really loose the benefit of the extra card :-(

 

However these new cards from a single card standpoint are promising allot of power at a reduced price.... Call me "curious" but they've got my attention if they can match a Titan!! I currently run a 290x and that fury looks like a really good update option.

[pmanhart 176]

AMD really needs to up it's game to get my attention.

 

Especially when it comes to driver updates! I read on HardOCP that it's been a 3-month wait between sets for just new beta drivers from AMD, where we are usually getting a fully certified set monthly from NVidia and a beta set in between.

[WebMaximus 372]

Guess it might come down to resources and what AMD can afford.

[rparson99 32]

... and what the buyer can afford...

[Cellinsky 15]

...Dont know...I run a 290 since a year now with no problems @ 5780x1200. Not fully to the right with the sliders for shure, but it looks cool enough to me. And its silky smooth. As for Drivers: yeah, slow pace but one hears equal funny things about nvidia drivers too.  All my other games run flawlessly as well. If prices turn out to be what is announced, I like to give that 8GB card a chance...No ###### here, but its not as bad with AMD cards as some think it is...

[JJJackson 22]

Hm... the tests say it uses 175W!!!!!!!! "Power hog"? Maybe we should wait until the card is on the market BEFORE we kill it! As I understand the prize has not been set yet.... or? But as usual "I know"!!!!!

 

We are probably in for a LOONG theread again abolut AMD vs NVIDIA and as usual nobody can convince a disciple. This is going to be really fun.     :rolleyes:

 

Jack

the Swede in spain

[WebMaximus 372]

The price was announced by AMD yesterday.

[pmanhart 176]

Jack,

 

Don't take any of my posts as NVidia-###### crap, I'm as hopeful as anyone that AMD puts out a kickass product that forced NVidia to actually compete.

 

The thing with AMD has been, for the last 5-10 years, every time they release a CPU or GPU it ends up being all hype. The 290X was awesome, except it doubles as an industrial space heater. Their Mantle-API that was supposed to revolutionize gaming, it's fizzling.

 

I'm a former AMD/ATi guy that was forced to go Intel/NVidia to keep the pace.

 

I'm no NVidia ######, just a perpetually disappointed in AMD consumer.

[Alec 370]

I think it~s great for AMD to release new powerful cards, because that forces Nvidia to lower their prices, and release more competitive products.

 

But for simming, Nvidia all the way!