Asus AMD R9 Fury X Rolling Review

The Joker

The Joker

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Hi guys

We received the 1st locally available AMD R9 Fury X yesterday and thought we would do a rolling review on the card over the next couple of weeks.

We'll update the thread on a weekly basis with our experience of the card and also do in depth benchmarking over time.

An introduction to AMD R9 Fury X.


High-Bandwidth Memory with more than 3x the bandwidth per watt over GDDR51 along with a 4096-bit memory interface - the highest AMD GPU memory bandwidth ever.

Sleek industrial styling including GPU Tach activity indicator and LED illumination all in a compact 7.5-inch card that’s all about raw graphics power.

Powerful performance, bleeding-edge technology, liquid-cooled, whisper-quiet and future-ready for extreme 4K and VR gaming.3

Feature set:

GCN Architecture

Primed to enable astonishing performance and breathtaking image quality, making it a top choice for gamers who expect the best.

High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM)

Ground-breaking performance requires big bandwidth. AMD’s latest innovation delivers more than 3x the bandwidth per watt over GDDR5 along with a 4096-bit memory interface for incredible new advances in power and efficiency.1

Extreme 4K Resolution Gaming

Leave HD in the dust and max-out game settings at 1440p, or jump directly to ultra-HD 4K for extreme gaming.3

Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)

Get quality that rivals 4K, even on a 1080p display while playing your favorite AAA or online games thanks to AMD’s VSR.4

AMD FreeSyncâ„¢ Technology

AMD FreeSyncâ„¢ technology puts an end to choppy gameplay and broken frames with fluid, artifact-free performance at virtually any framerate.5

DirectX® 12, Vulkan™ & OpenGL® 4.5 APIs

Battle-ready with optimized performance for next-gen APIs (DirectX® 12, Vulkan™, OpenGL® 4.5, Mantle) and is designed from the ground up to give you everything you need to enjoy the latest games today and tomorrow.6,7,8

AMD LiquidVRâ„¢ Technology

Escape into a lifelike realm of ultra-immersive VR presence and experience the liquid-smooth visual performance, high frame rates, and reduced latency and lag of AMD LiquidVRâ„¢ technology featuring Affinity Multi-GPU.

AMD Eyefinity Technology

Enjoy the ultimate immersive gaming experience with innovative “wrap around” multi-display capabilities.10

Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)

Fine-tune your graphics with real-time frame rate control limiting the target frame rate during gameplay, reducing GPU power consumption.11

AMD CrossFireâ„¢ Technology

With outstanding performance scaling, a system equipped with AMD CrossFireâ„¢ technology keeps you fragging while everyone else is reaching for an upgrade.12

Auto-Pilot Efficiency – Power Management Technologies

Armed with AMD PowerTune and AMD ZeroCore Power technologies for a performance boost when you need it, and power savings when you don’t.13

Microsoft® Windows® 10 Support

Designed to deliver all the benefits of Microsoft® Windows® 10 OS and bring new computing experiences to life. Get DirectX® 12 with a free upgrade to Windows 10 in its first year from Microsoft.14

AMD TrueAudio Technology

With the sonic brilliance of AMD TrueAudio technology, your games now sound as good as they look.15

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Welcome to the Asus R9 Fury X

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System Specs

Intel core i7 5930K @4.4Ghz
MSI X99A Gaming 9 ACK
Thermaltake 3.0 Ultimate 360mm + Coolermaster Jetflow 120mm x3
Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB DDR4 2400
ASUS R9 Fury X 4GB
Crucial MX200 250GB
Antec HCP 850W Platinum
Thermaltake Core X9

Acer S277HK 4K Ips 3840x2160
LG 24GM77-B HD 144Hz 1920x1080



More pics, specs and benchmarks to follow

If you guys have any specific questions or benchmark requests, please feel free to leave a comment in the thread or drop me pm.
 
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When you start it up and hear the pump whine, see if you can lower the pump rate and tell us if that fixes the whine at idle or not. Might be a good idea to note temps at that point as well. :)
 
Wesley said:
When you start it up and hear the pump whine, see if you can lower the pump rate and tell us if that fixes the whine at idle or not. Might be a good idea to note temps at that point as well. :)
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That was the very 1st thing I checked and it's dead silent :)
I see AMD have already addressed the issue with the new batch of cards as well.
 
The Joker said:
That was the very 1st thing I checked and it's dead silent :)
I see AMD have already addressed the issue with the new batch of cards as well.
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Cool. Looks like we get the fixed batch then. I feel really bad for the guys in the US and Europe that bought on day one and have not just pump whine, but varying levels of pump whine as well! xD

Why, why Cooler Master and not Asetek? Its not like there was anything wrong with the R9 295X2's cooler in the first place... :confused:
 
Wesley said:
Cool. Looks like we get the fixed batch then. I feel really bad for the guys in the US and Europe that bought on day one and have not just pump whine, but varying levels of pump whine as well! xD

Why, why Cooler Master and not Asetek? Its not like there was anything wrong with the R9 295X2's cooler in the first place... :confused:
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Yeah I remember them announcing a deal with Asetek and that's the last I heard about it.
I will say that coolermaster pumps are generally not great but the 1 being used in the revised card seems fairly good. In fact I think it's slightly overkill for this card. AMD did do a really good job with the cooler design though.

Will be adding more pics and specs a little bit later.
 
I've added more pics to the OP with the card installed and running.
Will update over the weekend with system specs and Fury specs and then testing will begin :)
 
So I've finally started playing with the card and the 1st thing I realized is how crazy it is to get performance like this from a card this size (Physical size) It's literally half the size of almost all high end gpu's :D

Witcher 3 was 1st to be tested and I was really impressed with the way the card handled it. Game was completely maxed apart from Nvidia Hairworks and it ran perfectly fine and smooth with no slow downs or hick ups. Baring in mind this was @ 3840x2160 that is really very impressive.

Also gave Battleifield 4 a run, completely maxed out @3840x2160 and it was smooth as silk and ran incredibly well. Even though Bf4 is an older title it's still 1 of the best looking multiplayer games out there, especially when playing large conquest maps with 60+ players and the card literally ate it all up nd wanted more :p
 
FarligOpptreden said:
What type of FPS are we talking about here?
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I will post some exact benchmarks, just did a quick test: Min fps 28, Avg36, Max45

Baring in mind this is at maxed out settings and the game is completely playable like this, in fact if I didn't have the fps counter up in the top left hand corner I would have probably guessed closer to 50fps as it is completely smooth (barring one fps spike).
I have also tested the game with a Titan X and the Titan X at stock clocks matches the Fury X almost exactly at the same settings and resolution.

So pretty impressive stuff ;)
 
_Caboose_ said:
What about downsampling?
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AMD calls it VSR. The biggest problem with VSR for me is the fact that it's kind of hit and and miss just like Nvidia's DSR, It works well on older titles but on newer titles not so much. I would honestly recommend something like and Asus R9 390 DCII for 1080P and an Asus R9 390 Strix for 1440P and above.

AlienTaker said:
Joker any chance of pittin one of the new 380's against a 280 i'm looking to upgrade again :p
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:)

I can tell you right off the bat that the 380 is slightly faster, personally I wouldn't upgrade unless you're looking at going to a R9 390, then I would say it's def worth it and this time around Asus has some pretty swesome AMD cards.
 
System specs have been updated. Rig was rebuilt last night and latest drivers loaded (Major performance improvement @ lower resolutions)
 
Benchmark time. :D

So I've decided on the following software and games to run benchmarks on.

I'll be running the games at max playable settings. Nvidia only options (Hairworks ect) will be disabled however. I will also include a set of overclocked results for each title and resolution. I won't be using in game benchmark tools because they generally don't compare to actual gameplay testing. So for each game I will be doing a section of gameplay, each benchmark run lasting a minimum of 3 minutes and a maximum of 5 minutes.

3DMark (Firestrike, Extreme, Ultra) I won't be doing tes modification.
The Witcher 3 (2560x1440, 3840x2160)
Hitman Absolution (2560x1440, 3840x2160)
Project Cars (2560x1440, 3840x2160)
Alien Isolation (2560x1440, 3840x2160)
Battlefield 4 Multiplayer 64 Player Map, full server (2560x1440, 3840x2160)
Crysis 3 (2560x1440, 3840x2160)
Dying Light (2560x1440, 3840x2160)
Tomb Raider (2560x1440, 3840x2160)
Grand Theft Auto 5 (2560x1440, 3840x2160)
 
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