AMD to position the Radeon R7 370X against GeForce GTX 950

#5130296

Undying

2015-07-28 13:24

We'll probably see full Tonga GPU and 380X as well.

#5130313

Undying

2015-07-28 13:50

Well full tonga would be the 380x as the 380 is a tonga in disguise, so i think you´re mentioning the same gpu twice. That´d be an aweome card though.

Thats what i meant. First 370X then Tonga XT 380X as well. 😉

#5130328

icedman

2015-07-28 14:21

Should be able to beat the 950 in everything but power use but some people are really picky on power use for some reason.

#5130350

Ryu5uzaku

2015-07-28 14:50

Should be able to beat the 950 in everything but power use but some people are really picky on power use for some reason.

It costs money. I don't see any other reason to be.

#5130378

worldwin

2015-07-28 15:35

Ah, the long life of Pitcairn.

#5130454

rl66

2015-07-28 16:47

Should be able to beat the 950 in everything but power use but some people are really picky on power use for some reason.

electric power price have increased about +60% last year... that's make you think twice about the power use.

#5130499

Mica

2015-07-28 17:44

Should be able to beat the 950 in everything but power use but some people are really picky on power use for some reason.

In Portugal, electricity VAT raised from 6% to 23%. And that makes you think about the power use.

#5130507

Embra

2015-07-28 17:54

At the price range of these GPU's I think the the price of a new power supply, as well as some folk being comfortable installing one are an issue as well. These would easily be used as upgrades in pre-built computers.

#5130825

PinguX

2015-07-29 00:13

I think his point is that most gaming rigs have a 500W or higher PSU so buying a slower card makes no sense when you have the power to run a faster card of a similar price.

#5130860

pharma

2015-07-29 01:19

R7 370X = GCN1.0, Direct 11.2a; DX12 in software only. GTX 950 = Maxwell 2, DirectX 12.1.

#5130999

Ryu5uzaku

2015-07-29 08:03

To you maybe, not to people who have to pay for power. It does matter. For example, even assuming that the desktop rig idles 100% for the whole year, the cost difference between a 980 and a 290x is $30 USD a year, times the two or three years that an average person would keep such a high-end card and you get nearly ~$90 of ownership cost for a 290x on IDLE. Let's say you use it one hour a day to game, then the 290x will cost $29 more on idle and another $5 dollars for the load, which makes it $34 more expensive to own a year. This is completely discounting the much better performance per watt you get to begin with from the GTX 980. So yes, electric costs matter in the final decision. And I'm being EXTREMELY conservative with my numbers, and the situation gets much worse if you game more or use the "uber" mode (add another third to the cost). (All wattage stats were taken from Anandtech and times by a 0.23 per kwh used by Hilbert).

System idle difference for 290x and 980 is 2-4 watts depending on source from what I gather. Now in games that changes a lot for sure there we can see that 30$ difference a year gaming around 4 hours a day 5 days a week if the card reaches peak on both 980 and 290x which it rarely does when gaming @ 1200p and 60fps limit. My card then again does not even have something called "uber" mode since it is pretty much reference card thing only. Now comparing 980 and 290x is funny anyway 780 ti would be proper comparison to 290x where the difference is small enough as to not matter. When Nano comes out we got reference point from amd vs the 980 I guess.

#5131192

Mica

2015-07-29 13:07

Yeah ppl with 2k euro setups or me with my 6,7 k euro setup suddenly became worried about the power bill?? give me a break, the power consumption thing means nothing in the ultra high end

We are talking about budget or mid-range GPUs, not high-end...high end buyers off course cares a little about power usage.

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