A much less expensive ticket to VR gaming.
NVIDIA has stolen most of the headlines with the new graphics duo GeForce GTX 1070 and 1080, but AMD also has some goodies in store.
AMD RX 480
Under the company’s Computex 16 show they showed up the the Polaris-based graphics card RX 480. the GPU is designed to offer VR gaming to hvermansen and the price starts at $ 199, some 1,600 million. In March the company announced the world’s most powerful graphics cards.
RX 480 comes in two editions: one at 4 and one at 8 GB, the latter being probably a bit more expensive. However, it is uncertain how much.
While NVIDIA seems to focus on the middle layer and top models, AMD has chosen a different route with the RX 480. It may be smart because there are many players who want to play VR without having to pay the exorbitant.
VR gaming
one should nevertheless not let price determine how powerful a graphics card is. RX 480 can provide 5 teraflops, by comparison provide GTX 1070 6 teraflops. In return costs AMD’s card half of the competitor.
In addition, the company showed off how two RX 480 cards in Crossfire actually perform better than the flagship GTX 1080. According to AMD’s numbers could RX 480 duo maintaining a frame rate of 62.5 frames per second while 1080 was at 58 fps, the game Ashes of the Singularity.
RX 480 launched on June 29 in the US.
Source:
Neowin
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