{"id":77870,"date":"2015-06-29T11:30:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T09:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=77870"},"modified":"2015-06-29T11:35:52","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T09:35:52","slug":"amds-radeon-r9-fury-x-and-r9-390x-performance-vs-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/77870-amds-radeon-r9-fury-x-and-r9-390x-performance-vs-price","title":{"rendered":"AMD’s Radeon R9 Fury X and R9 390X: performance vs. price"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMD recently unveiled its R9 Fury X and R9 390X graphics cards, which it hopes will compete against high-end Nvidia GPUs like the GeForce GTX 980.<\/p>\n

The Fury X features AMD\u2019s High Bandwidth Memory, which gives the card a 4,096-bit memory interface.<\/p>\n

The R9 390X will feature a \u201cregular\u201d 512-bit memory interface, but comes packed with 8GB of VRAM.<\/p>\n

The cards have been\u00a0inspected and tested by international hardware reviewers and have both subsequently received local pricing.<\/p>\n

This lets us conduct a price versus performance comparison, which is detailed below.<\/p>\n

AMD R9 Fury X<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"MSI's<\/a>

MSI’s AMD Radeon R9 Fury X<\/p><\/div>\n

Specifications<\/strong><\/h3>\n

First off, the card\u2019s specifications.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Stream Processors<\/strong><\/td>\n4,096<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Core Clock<\/strong><\/td>\n1,050MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Compute Peformance<\/strong><\/td>\n8.6 TFLOPS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VRAM<\/strong><\/td>\n4GB HBM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Interface<\/strong><\/td>\n4,096-bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Power<\/strong><\/td>\n275W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
API Support<\/strong><\/td>\nDirect X 12, Vulkan, Mantle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Pricing<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Next up, we take a look at how much it is selling for in South Africa.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Retailer<\/strong><\/td>\nCard<\/strong><\/td>\nPrice<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wootware<\/td>\nPowerColor AX R9 Fury\u00a0X 4GB<\/td>\nR9,999<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evetech<\/td>\nMSI Radeon R9 Fury\u00a0X 4GB<\/td>\nR11,999<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rebel Tech<\/td>\nMSI Radeon R9 Fury\u00a0X 4GB<\/td>\nR11,999<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rebel Tech<\/td>\nAsus Radeon R9 Fury\u00a0X 4GB<\/td>\nR11,999<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rebel Tech<\/td>\nGigabyte Radeon R9 Fury\u00a0X 4GB<\/td>\nR11,999<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Performance<\/h3>\n

Gaming\u00a0specialists IGN<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0gave the R9 Fury X a gaming \u201cframes per second\u201d test \u2013 the results of which are detailed in the table below.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Game<\/strong><\/td>\nSettings<\/strong><\/td>\nFPS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Batman: Arkham Origins<\/td>\n2560 x 1440 Ultra Settings<\/td>\n90<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor<\/td>\n2560 x 1440 Ultra settings<\/td>\n68<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Metro: Last Light<\/td>\n2560 x 1440 Ultra settings<\/td>\n27<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hitman: Absolution<\/td>\n3840 x 2160 Ultra Settings (No AA)<\/td>\n60<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tomb Raider<\/td>\n3840 x 2160 Ultra Settings (No AA)<\/td>\n42<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heaven 4.0<\/td>\n3840 x 2160 Ultra Settings (No AA)<\/td>\n27<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Test rig used:<\/p>\n