With cut-down Fiji GPU
AMD has now lifted the NDA and officially launched its newest Radeon R9 Fury US $549 priced graphics card that will use a cut-down version of the Fiji GPU with 3584 Stream Processors but still pack 4GB of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM).
Aimed to run any game at 2560x1440 and even at 4K/UHD 3840x2160 resolution, but with reasonable graphics settings, the new AMD Radeon R9 Fury is based on a cut-down version of the Fiji GPU. AMD decided to enable 56 out of 64 Compute Units (CUs) on the R9 Fury which left it with 3584 Stream Processors, 64 ROPs and 224 TMUs, but still retained the 500MHz clocked 4GB of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) with 4096-bit memory interface, same as the Fury X. The reference GPU clock on the Radeon R9 Fury is set at 1000MHz.
What makes the Radeon R9 Fury quite different from the earlier released Radeon R9 Fury X is the fact that most, if not all, R9 Fury graphics cards on the market will be based on a custom design, since AMD gave its AIB partners the green light from day one.
While its direct competitor is clearly the Nvidia Geforce GTX 980, the announced US $549 price tag currently makes the Radeon R9 Fury a bit more expensive than some GTX 980 graphics cards on the market. Also, since most Radeon R9 Fury graphics cards will be based on a custom design, we expect that price to be even higher, which is not a big selling point considering that some custom, factory-overclocked GTX 980 graphics cards sell for as low as US $479.99.
Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 Fury is faster than the GTX 980 in most scenarios, both at 1440p and at 4K/UHD 2160p resolutions, but it is still a more expensive graphics card. The overclocking potential of the GPU is as limited as on the Radeon R9 Fury X but at least it does come with some of the best custom cooling solutions on the market, including ASUS' DirectCU III and Sapphire's Tri-X coolers, making it quiet even under high load.
On the other hand, Radeon R9 Fury is less power efficient compared to the GTX 980 which makes the Nvidia a clear winner in this case and shows that its recent GTX 980 price-cut certainly paid off.
You can check out some of the reviews from usual suspects like Anandtech.com, Hexus.net, Tweaktown.com and Hothardware.com and we will hopefully have our own review soon.
Source: AMD.com.
Aimed to run any game at 2560x1440 and even at 4K/UHD 3840x2160 resolution, but with reasonable graphics settings, the new AMD Radeon R9 Fury is based on a cut-down version of the Fiji GPU. AMD decided to enable 56 out of 64 Compute Units (CUs) on the R9 Fury which left it with 3584 Stream Processors, 64 ROPs and 224 TMUs, but still retained the 500MHz clocked 4GB of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) with 4096-bit memory interface, same as the Fury X. The reference GPU clock on the Radeon R9 Fury is set at 1000MHz.
What makes the Radeon R9 Fury quite different from the earlier released Radeon R9 Fury X is the fact that most, if not all, R9 Fury graphics cards on the market will be based on a custom design, since AMD gave its AIB partners the green light from day one.
While its direct competitor is clearly the Nvidia Geforce GTX 980, the announced US $549 price tag currently makes the Radeon R9 Fury a bit more expensive than some GTX 980 graphics cards on the market. Also, since most Radeon R9 Fury graphics cards will be based on a custom design, we expect that price to be even higher, which is not a big selling point considering that some custom, factory-overclocked GTX 980 graphics cards sell for as low as US $479.99.
Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 Fury is faster than the GTX 980 in most scenarios, both at 1440p and at 4K/UHD 2160p resolutions, but it is still a more expensive graphics card. The overclocking potential of the GPU is as limited as on the Radeon R9 Fury X but at least it does come with some of the best custom cooling solutions on the market, including ASUS' DirectCU III and Sapphire's Tri-X coolers, making it quiet even under high load.
On the other hand, Radeon R9 Fury is less power efficient compared to the GTX 980 which makes the Nvidia a clear winner in this case and shows that its recent GTX 980 price-cut certainly paid off.
You can check out some of the reviews from usual suspects like Anandtech.com, Hexus.net, Tweaktown.com and Hothardware.com and we will hopefully have our own review soon.
Source: AMD.com.
News by Luca Rocchi and Marc Büchel - German Translation by Paul Görnhardt - Italian Translation by Francesco Daghini
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