discussion The AMD R9 Fury X Review; Fiji Arrives. Comment Thread

[zoob]

Thanks! Yes, the Fury X had noticeable coil noise, and even the 780Ti was so chirpy that I had to place the mic such that it picked up more fan noise than coil noise to give a more accurate representation of what I heard. Unigine Valley exit splash screen is the worst for whine which is why I chose to include that clip.

 

[Dzzope]

Just thought I'd put this here..

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_Fury_X_Overvoltage/

 

[SKYMTL]

If there was any proof that the Fury series was bottlenecked somewhere within the core architecture, it's in that article.

 

[magictorch]

Well I guess its the 980 ti all the way. Hard to justify this card at current prices.

 

[sf101]

Just thought I'd put this here..

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_Fury_X_Overvoltage/

Well there you have it (sort of).
The VRM's heating up so much is a sign that the little copper pipe isn't enough to OC on this card heavily anyhow , A full water-block would likely fair better however.

But the Power Increase vs performance increase is a true letdown.

Its obvious the core architecture is now at its limits we started to see this with the 290's actually as they didn't OC so great either.

While the FPS increase shown is nothing to sneeze at either esp when doing 4K (could be the dif between not playable and playable for some) I just wonder if its worth it running a card under those types of stressing demands for such a small "relatively" gain.

 

[zoob]

It's on sale for $699 again but @ Amazon this time.

http://www.amazon.ca/VisionTek-Rade...d=1438176401&sr=8-1&keywords=fury+x+visiontek

OOS will ship when available. The masochist in me ordered it again.

 

[sf101]

I should add now that they have unlocked voltage i will be looking for what these cards can do with a true full cover block on them.

Likely we will be waiting for those to even hit market however.

for instance at fairly high OC's and a good amount of MV my 290's never get hot on my Full water loop & Under load when i was benching i think they hit max 50*C core and under 50 on the VRMs (likely 35-40*C).

Realistically that All in one Water cooler is like puting a H80 on your GPU and calling it watercooled.

I never expected that solution to do much for anything other than Stock and a little overclocking anyhow.

What shocks me is the Power consumption changes 150 Extra Watt's power draw is quite alot really.

 

[zoob]

Yeah someone on H reported about a 20W lower power draw with the EK FC block installed, presumably because of the much cooler VRMs. EK Radeon R9 Fury X Water Blocks Now Available - Page 2 - [H]ard|Forum

Hoping the better VRM cooling from the FC block will help cut that +150W down to something more reasonable.

NCIX has the EK blocks ETA 2-4 weeks. I wonder if Daz plans on carrying them too.

 

[sf101]

Quite likely Daz will have them.

But you will have to really watch for them like i did with my 290 blocks off Daz.

when his copper EK full cover blocks come in I had literally like 5 hrs to buy or it was out of stock.

 

[Dzzope]

I should add now that they have unlocked voltage i will be looking for what these cards can do with a true full cover block on them.

Likely we will be waiting for those to even hit market however.

for instance at fairly high OC's and a good amount of MV my 290's never get hot on my Full water loop & Under load when i was benching i think they hit max 50*C core and under 50 on the VRMs (likely 35-40*C).

Realistically that All in one Water cooler is like puting a H80 on your GPU and calling it watercooled.

I never expected that solution to do much for anything other than Stock and a little overclocking anyhow.

What shocks me is the Power consumption changes 150 Extra Watt's power draw is quite alot really.

Not just that but even with the voltage bumped really high they weren't getting particularly good results..

Personally I'd avoid fury and first gen HBM like the plague..