Sapphire Radeon Fury Tri-X 4GB - $740.97 AUD Delivered @ Newegg w/ FREE Battlefront Digital

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  furythree on 20/11/2015 - 01:44

  can this card beat 780gtx SLI?

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    bentan77 on 20/11/2015 - 01:49

    Only if the game doesn't support SLI properly

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      furythree on 20/11/2015 - 01:49

      is it significantly different if the game does?

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        combatant on 20/11/2015 - 07:09

        What resolution and refresh rate? If you have gtx 780 SLI just keep it as the 2 x 780's will out perform a single fury in majority of situations. I've found majority of games support SLI just fine and those that don't still run perfectly well.

        FWIW I run SLI gtx 780's at 1440pp 60hz.

        Here's a comparison between single 780 and a fury.
        http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1521?vs=1493

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        furythree on 21/11/2015 - 04:33

        @combatant: looking to get 980ti tbh

        im running 2560*1600@60hz

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      Gnostikos on 20/11/2015 - 14:07

      Only if the game doesn't support SLI properly

      Which is every second game essentially and you have to wait weeks if not months after launch to get properly optimised SLI/CF profiles.
      Raw FPS figures are a bad indicator of performance for multi-GPU systems anyway as the micro-stuttering can make even a +60FPS experience feel retarded.

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        Letrico on 20/11/2015 - 15:02

        +1

        Very true. Recently moved from sli 670 to 980 ti because I got tired of dealing with sli. It is true that in terms of price I could get 2x 970 to get better performance but at the same time waiting for sli profiles for new games and dealing with the micro stutter kinda put me off a little.

        Never sli/crossfire as your first choice. At least not until they have a fully working cross brand dual gpu setup with dx12

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        Gnostikos on 20/11/2015 - 15:13

        @Letrico: Even in 2015 multi-GPU gaming is not really a consumer-ready technology.

        I gave up on multi-GPU gaming a long time ago. Last time I had SLI it was 2 x GTX 460s that stuttered more than a pimply-faced teen talking to a girl.

        The only reason people keep buying into the whole "two-midrange GPUs = one high-end GPU" myth is primarily due to price and the E-Peen fueled mentality of MOAR cards means moar FPS.

        The only place you see proof of this are 3DMark scores which again, have no relevance outside one-upping people on the OCAU forums. In games, two midrange GPUs never, ever give you 2:1 performance scaling even when the game engine utilises the second card quite heavily.

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  donkeydoc on 20/11/2015 - 03:07

  -1

  This is a great card but it is overkill unless you play higher resolutions, looking forward to seeing more dx12 benchmarks and updated drivers in future! :)

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    Letrico on 20/11/2015 - 12:39

    If only that is true but with 4GB vram? This is to cater for 1080p and at best 1440p.

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      cathole on 20/11/2015 - 14:23

      apparently the vastly increased bandwidth helps with the limited pool. Not sure how, or to what extent but that's what i've heard anyway.

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  AMLagonda on 20/11/2015 - 03:30

  Would this have been worth the $150 odd dollars more I just paid for a second hand 980? Mind you I havent had an Nvidia card in a long time.

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    donkeydoc on 20/11/2015 - 04:44

    You got a good deal as long as it runs well, how'd you find a 2nd hand 980? :P

    The r9 fury is better in most games, and looks much improved with DX12 so far, plus new drivers should see it edge further ahead.

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  Charity on 20/11/2015 - 05:20

  +3

  There is a review comment on the page which states the fan noise is so loud local religous groups thought it was signalling the apocolypse. lol

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    Letrico on 20/11/2015 - 09:10

    +2

    Lol. AMD card is always famous for their loud fan and heat issue.

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  smoke87 on 20/11/2015 - 12:04

  Be warned also that battlefront is performing poorly on ATI cards

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    Letrico on 20/11/2015 - 12:28

    -1

    You know I'm just very curious one thing.

    nvidia introduce Gameworks to game titles that add extra effect that is optional that will not impact other card performance like God Ray and stuff like that and pushing Game Ready drivers on/before launch date.

    AMD is being their usual self that no new drivers will be released until the game is out. Maybe as a hotfix or a new driver completely.

    People seems to think that nvidia is intentionally sabotaging AMD but AMD does not provide day one driver update for majority new titles since forever.

    Why are people blaming nvidia for gameworks?

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  Gnostikos on 20/11/2015 - 14:25

  Seems to smash absolutely everything at 1980x1080; though it does start to struggle at 2560x1440 with stuff like Witcher 3 or Crysis 3 (to be expected).

  This would be a perfect GPU for balls-to-the-wall, no compromise AA/AF and details at 1980x1080.

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  Gnostikos on 23/11/2015 - 17:10

  +1

  Price just came up as $737 AUD shipped in the checkout.