Now knowing the performance of Fury X, what would you choose?

[FreedomEclipse]

Voted 980Ti - Im hoping the price drops and i can leave the world of SLi for a short stint.

 

[qubit]

So, back on subject.

Has anyone tried coin farming with any of these cards? It seems like that little fad burnt itself out, and now AMD and Nvidia have given up on their cards being monsters of hash calculation.

It burnt itself out due to the nature of Bitcoin farming. As more coins are found, it takes longer and longer to find the next one ie the problem gets harder.

To address this, custom processors on little tiny cards have been designed which are much faster at this one single task than any graphics card. These are then ganged together to make a Bitcoin supercomputer.

This is what I know off the top of my head. If you have a quick google on it, you'll be fascinated by all the latest developments in Bitcoin farming.

Heck, I played GTA:V for weeks before I realized I wasn't using the updated driver that was released for GTA:V. SLI was still working in the game and I was still getting 100FPS.

I'm curious if the performance or any glitches changed when you installed the latest driver?

 

[HammerON]

I have been using dual cards (CFX and SLI) for nearly 10 years and agree that at times it can be a pain. I have not had that many issues over the last 5 years with SLI and have enjoyed my current GTX 780's for the last couple years. I have been waiting for a single-card solution for playing games at 2560x1600 resolution and was waiting to see how Fury would stack up against the GTX 980 Ti. Now after seeing today's review of the Fury, I am leaning more towards the 980 Ti...

 

[mroofie]

I still want 2xGTX970's because why not. I'm not going to play 4k nor triple 1440p.

Overkill Why not

I have been using dual cards (CFX and SLI) for nearly 10 years and agree that at times it can be a pain. I have not had that many issues over the last 5 years with SLI and have enjoyed my current GTX 780's for the last couple years. I have been waiting for a single-card solution for playing games at 2560x1600 resolution and was waiting to see how Fury would stack up against the GTX 980 Ti. Now after seeing today's review of the Fury, I am leaning more towards the 980 Ti...

For 1440P it's the gtx 980 ti

 

[Steevo]

980Ti

 

[lilhasselhoffer]

It burnt itself out due to the nature of Bitcoin farming. As more coins are found, it takes longer and longer to find the next one ie the problem gets harder.

To address this, custom processors on little tiny cards have been designed which are much faster at this one single task than any graphics card. These are then ganged together to make a Bitcoin supercomputer.

This is what I know off the top of my head. If you have a quick google on it, you'll be fascinated by all the latest developments in Bitcoin farming.


I'm curious if the performance or any glitches changed when you installed the latest driver?

I'm aware of ASIC miners. My question was whether or not GPUs still incorporated the components. If they gave up all that calculation ability we've gone from a die shrink, to coin farmers, to a long in the tooth process that has to eject computational prowess to make slight graphical improvements. If that were the case, we've gotten nothing new since the 7xxx and 6xx generations. We've been losing features, in order to cover for a profound lack of development. It's food for thought.

 

[Delta6326]

Just wondering, but when is the next gen expected Pascal? I truly want to build a new computer end of year with a 980ti, but want to do 3x1440 or 4k. I know next gen will address this more.

If it's not too far out I could just re-use this gpu with all the new components till next gen come out.

 

[MrGenius]

If you're using today's review for comparison(Fury X vs. GTX 980 Ti), you're not taking into account many things. Things that could possibly sway the debate strongly in favor of the Fury X over the 980Ti.

1. The Fury X is a 4GB card, and the 980 Ti is a 6GB card. Apples and oranges. You're not even being fair to compare them against each other. Put 2 more GB on the Fury X, then we'll talk.
2. No overvoltage applied to the core, so we don't now how much beyond 1400MHz it will go. Odds are it'll be QUITE A BIT! Odds the 980 Ti core will reach comparatively higher frequencies with any amount of overvoltage are MINIMAL...IMO.
3. No memory overclocking available yet for the Fury X, so we don't know how much improvement that's going to make. Could be HUGE! Could also leave the 980 Ti IN THE DUST...bandwidth wise(even with 2 less GB). Nobody knows yet just exactly what HBM will do. So don't presume you do.

But I'm just speculating...go ahead and ban me.

PS, I HATE Nvidia. You guessed that right!

 

[Deleted member 50521]

I am still so torn between the two. On one hand I do want to give team Green a try since I really do not want to deal with AIO cooling. Besides 980Ti really shines over AMD Fury.

On the other hand I have always sticked with AMD cards(never bought ANY team green card before, except a Riva128).

 

[qubit]

I'm aware of ASIC miners. My question was whether or not GPUs still incorporated the components. If they gave up all that calculation ability we've gone from a die shrink, to coin farmers, to a long in the tooth process that has to eject computational prowess to make slight graphical improvements. If that were the case, we've gotten nothing new since the 7xxx and 6xx generations. We've been losing features, in order to cover for a profound lack of development. It's food for thought.

Well, we know that NVIDIA sacrificed compute capability for Maxwell, likely to improve gaming performance, but I don't know about AMD.

@W1zzard, do you have any idea about the compute performance of the Fury X card?

 

[AsRock]

Potato , although if i was still on my 6970 i would wait a little.

1. to see if drivers improve
2. see if the prices change.

I was actually interested in the NANO but not now but again if i was on my 6970 i would wait.

a few reasons i was not going upgrade this year

1. No need 290X owns every thing i run
2. still on 28nm

 

[KainXS]

I'd go for the GTX970 myself

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Im hoping the price drops and i can leave the world of SLi for a short stint.

Not likely to happen anytime soon, esp now that Fury X is being shown to not be able to beat it. It's no doubt why Nvidia chose to release their top shelf Ti version sooner than usual.

Anyone know when 980 Ti aftermarket cooled cards will be out btw? Still seeing just the reference ones.

Anyway, I envy the guys getting sent free samples of them, reference or not. I was just musing over the fact that two 980 Tis would cost more than I paid for both my dental crowns!

 

[Nordic]

I'm aware of ASIC miners. My question was whether or not GPUs still incorporated the components. If they gave up all that calculation ability we've gone from a die shrink, to coin farmers, to a long in the tooth process that has to eject computational prowess to make slight graphical improvements. If that were the case, we've gotten nothing new since the 7xxx and 6xx generations. We've been losing features, in order to cover for a profound lack of development. It's food for thought.

Nothing has changed in this regard. It is inherent in modern gpu design. Even nvidias maxwell is great at it now, at least compared to other gpu's. I used to mine on 750ti's just because they maximized performance per watt. I can't even find fury x's mhashes so I guess no one has tried yet. If they did it would be pointless; gpu mining is dead.

For gpu mining, it is a matter of open cl performance. Other programs and workloads use it too. If gpu mining was still a thing, the fury X would be king.

 

[Ikaruga]

I am still so torn between the two. On one hand I do want to give team Green a try since I really do not want to deal with AIO cooling. Besides 980Ti really shines over AMD Fury.

On the other hand I have always sticked with AMD cards(never bought ANY team green card before, except a Riva128).

I don't think going with Nvidia will be a smooth ride if you spent your life with AMD until now, you should expect inconveniences. People are reporting driver problems lately for example, but I did not meet any of those, I was and I'm still very happy with my Geforces.

 

[Solaris17]

Ill go 980TI but I voted 390x because i dont really know if I want to spend what I spent on my 290x on release on a GPU right now. the 390x is the same but atleast ill have more vram and a none vanilla card. I'll probably hop back to nvidia asap though.

 

[v12dock]

Fury X is on its way overnight from Newegg warehouse in CA I will have pictures tomorrow

 

[Bansaku]

Nothing until I see how well Windows 10 and DX 12 work with my existing HD7950 3GB Boost in CFX (OC'd to 1100/1400MHz).

 

[Deleted member 50521]

After some thinking I just placed order for the R9 Fury X. I will update once the card arrives.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Funny seeing several pics of the exact same card with different brand names on Newegg. So stupid they had to go putting an AIO system on every one. Probably could have sold them at least $50 or more cheaper with a two fan HS on them.

 

[RCoon]

I choose Pascal.

Not paying another cent for 28nm.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

AMD venting their frustrations from trash talk after improving drivers to barely nudge out the 980 Ti.

Fist of Fury X

 

[mastrdrver]

I hate nVidia for the crap they pulled back in the 3Dfx days. Same manipulative idiot is still CEO. It will be a cold day in hell before I give them my money. They do put out some good cards, but it's the lack of character in the management is why I hate them and refuse to give them my money.

I'd still take Fury since I play in Eyefinity. 4k results are close enough and they'll only get better with newer drivers.

As it is I'm waiting for the next die shrink and HBM2. Depending on how Zen turns out, it may be a whole new rebuild.

Well it obviously depends on peoples budget, but if I was in the market for a high-end card then clearly the 980 Ti, especially in it's countless custom forms is a no brainer... 50% more VRAM, great efficiency, great OC potential [even better under water], HDMI2, more flexible connectivity, DX12_1... blah blah blah.

As it stands I'm loving my 970, bless it

DX12_1 is not include features that DX12_0 does not. Stop spreading that fud.

 

[mroofie]

I hate nVidia for the crap they pulled back in the 3Dfx days. Same manipulative idiot is still CEO. It will be a cold day in hell before I give them my money. They do put out some good cards, but it's the lack of character in the management is why I hate them and refuse to give them my money.

I'd still take Fury since I play in Eyefinity. 4k results are close enough and they'll only get better with newer drivers.

As it is I'm waiting for the next die shrink and HBM2. Depending on how Zen turns out, it may be a whole new rebuild.



DX12_1 is not include features that DX12_0 does not. Stop spreading that fud.

12_1 Conservative Rasterization Tier 1, Rasterizer Ordered Views.

Nvidia GeForce 900 series (Maxwell, 2nd gen);[17][18][19][20][21]
Nvidia GeForce 1000 series (Pascal)

You're the one spreading fud

I choose Pascal.

Not paying another cent for 28nm.

Can't wait to see what nvidia brings

 

[Vayra86]

If you're using today's review for comparison(Fury X vs. GTX 980 Ti), you're not taking into account many things. Things that could possibly sway the debate strongly in favor of the Fury X over the 980Ti.

1. The Fury X is a 4GB card, and the 980 Ti is a 6GB card. Apples and oranges. You're not even being fair to compare them against each other. Put 2 more GB on the Fury X, then we'll talk.
2. No overvoltage applied to the core, so we don't now how much beyond 1400MHz it will go. Odds are it'll be QUITE A BIT! Odds the 980 Ti core will reach comparatively higher frequencies with any amount of overvoltage are MINIMAL...IMO.
3. No memory overclocking available yet for the Fury X, so we don't know how much improvement that's going to make. Could be HUGE! Could also leave the 980 Ti IN THE DUST...bandwidth wise(even with 2 less GB). Nobody knows yet just exactly what HBM will do. So don't presume you do.

But I'm just speculating...go ahead and ban me.

PS, I HATE Nvidia. You guessed that right!

1. HBM1 is limited to 4GB. Fury X can't carry 6GB and the whole cause for this is AMD's choice of HBM.
2. Overvoltage applied to the core? Do your thing, but since it is not enabled in the driver, your warranty will be void if you brick your card. Regular overclocking on a 980ti already gives it a 10% lead without voiding warranty.
3. You think memory overclocking makes sense when you already have a bandwidth that is way out of line? It is not going to net you any gains at all.

Speculate ahead, but this is borderline stupidity and ignorance. Sorry.