AMD Fury X and Elite Dangerous performance

Olmis Aremja

Olmis Aremja
I've got one coming tomorrow. Not sure I've done the right thing though after seeing the initial reviews and benchmarks :/
Has anyone seen any reviewers test it with ED yet? Would love to see how it performs with ED before I open the box.

Cheers,
 

adoredtv

adoredtv
Toms had it beating Titan X at 4K - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-fury-x,4196.html but they still managed to say it was slower than a 980 Ti however (I guess because of weak 1440p and 1080p results), so that pretty much sums up the tech press.

It mostly ties the 980 Ti at 4K elsewhere except the obvious shill sites like [H] and TechReport. Even there it's only a few percent behind at 4K.

I guess I'd rather wait on the Pro though (I personally will likely be going for the Nano), or voltage unlocked versions. Not quite sure why I'd want a water cooled card without volt modding so AMD is definitely smoking something there. Even with volt modding the 980 Ti will be a better overclocker for sure but I firmly believe AMD is in much better shape for VR, which is presumably what you care about.

That leaves open another issue however - AMD is generally slow with non-AAA drivers and who knows what their plan is for Elite and VR. They appear to be putting a lot of resources into Crytek and CCP (Eve: Valkyrie), possibly Star Citizen as well. They are aware of the Elite situation however, I can assure you of that.
 
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xondk

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This is quite nice, will be interesting when nvidia uses high bandwidth memory, we will get even better cards and over time cheaper cards of both brands.
 
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Scrat

Scrat
I ordered one but had no luck to grab one in stock. So it will be send to me arround 10th of july. Would be great to here about your experience with it in ED. I guess the Fury X should get a slightly better performance than 980 TI with VR because of the 4K benchmarks.
 

AdioKIP

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If you can test the card as soon as you get it, please let us know how it performs. I returned my 970 and plan on either a 980ti or Fury X. I ordered a fury X this morning even though amazon shows it as out of stock. Hoping that is just a place holder since they just listed the cards today and that they will be in stock today or soon.
 

Olmis Aremja

Olmis Aremja
Well I tried to grab one on overclockers at 1pm launch time, and thought I'd been successful as had my order confirmed by email etc saying it would be delivered tomorrow before 12. I then rang them to check as I knew they had very limited stock, only to find out that even though my order was confirmed and payment processed, I didn't get a card and would be in the next batch in a week or so! Was a bit peeved, especially as they took the money.
However, I then phoned Novatech and managed to grab their last MSI version, which was dispatched this afternoon so will definitely be getting one tomorrow.
I am a bit more optimistic than I was earlier as over all it doesn't seem a bad card, and as I really only got it to play ED in VR, I think as others have pointed out, it does well in the higher resolutions, so with the ingame SS etc I think it will do well. I really hope so anyway as I felt sick after spending that much money :(
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I will hopefully prep my pc for the card tonight (got to remove the rear fan etc from my antec 900 for the rad) and hopefully sometime tomorrow I can put the thing through its paces, when I find the time as got an extremely busy day.
Did you just want FPS at different in game settings etc? or is there any software I can use to log fps as I play, and then I just need to post you guys the results? Anyway cheers all for the feedback. Will try and provide you some info tomorrow but probs won't be until the evening.
 

rkodey

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With AMD's LiquidVR and Nvidia's VR Direct, I'm wondering if 2 390's or 2 970's will still be the winning solution for VR. All the low-latency stuff should hopefully benefit even single cards, but one card per eye intuitively seems very compelling. Are there any rumors on how far off these technologies are? I haven't heard anything.
 

adoredtv

adoredtv
LiquidVR has been up and running for a few months now. Crytek are using it already.

[video=youtube;fLlzb9KEbDY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLlzb9KEbDY[/video]

I'll be gobsmacked if CCP aren't as well, though I haven't been able to confirm that yet.

Make no mistake about it, AMD has vastly superior VR technology - both hardware and software - but that's no guarantee of success given Nvidia's marketing prowess.

Edit - Confirmed Eve: Valkyrie on LiquidVR - https://twitter.com/AMDGaming/status/610989465352413184

That's gonna be the biggest launch VR title by most accounts.
 
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jabokai

jabokai
Hmm, how would the cooling solution work adding in a second card? Do you have to find space for another fan/radiator or do they plug into each other somehow - I've not been following the news on this card. That would kill it as a dual option for me, even though I have a big case.
 

adoredtv

adoredtv
Not sure but there will be a dual card setup (rumoured to be called "Fury VR") is coming within a month to 6 weeks I'd imagine. It's really small for a dual-GPU card because there are no memory chips on the PCB.

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The Fury Pro will be air cooled and the Nano too so you're not forced into using water. The Nano could be worth waiting for, I'd guess 980 performance+ at slightly lower power. These cards are tiny, like 6 inches long.

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Asp Explorer

Asp Explorer
jabokai said:
Hmm, how would the cooling solution work adding in a second card? Do you have to find space for another fan/radiator or do they plug into each other somehow - I've not been following the news on this card. That would kill it as a dual option for me, even though I have a big case.
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Apparently they use pre-assembled, sealed Coolermaster water loops. You'd just need to find case space for each radiator within sensible tube length.

I've used CM's water loops before, wasn't hugely impressed as there simply wasn't enough liquid volume or radiator area to keep everything near ambient. Still, times have changed since Athlon X2 4400+ days, maybe these will work better?
 

jabokai

jabokai
I have no issue with long cards - with my case, which has no hard drive caddies at the front - I could actually fit in something almost twice as long as the reference 980 that's in there already! ;) But I only have the one rear outlet spot that I could use for the Fury so couldn't have 2 cards, unless I was jury-rigging it somewhere and, there seems no point going to that extreme.

So basically, I should really wait and see what the dual Fury on a single card is like. And then get it, or double up my 980, or get 2 980Ti's.

Looking for best VR experience, but not necessarily tied to particular engines like Cryengine or whatever - do not want that, rather the best overall solution for everything.
 
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Asp Explorer

Asp Explorer
Hole saw into side of the case? and then drill screw holes? Would take about 10 minutes to do right and get looking good. Thing is, once it's mounted you'd need to be a bit creative about tube lengths and dropped radiators when opening the case again :D
 

jabokai

jabokai
Asp Explorer said:
Hole saw into side of the case? and then drill screw holes? Would take about 10 minutes to do right and get looking good. Thing is, once it's mounted you'd need to be a bit creative about tube lengths and dropped radiators when opening the case again :D
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:p Like I said, I don't want to go to that extreme - I've done it before, but not cutting up another case just to jam something in! ;)
 

adoredtv

adoredtv
You've got plenty of time to wait before it really matters so just wait it out Jabo. Nvidia is nowhere right now but I'm sure they have something up their sleeves. Gonna be an interesting 6 months for sure.

There's no point *switching* from Nvidia to AMD right now but if you're *buying* for VR right now then I'd recommend AMD cards by far. This is still 6 months - 1 year out technology, you won't see a difference until these games are out.

Any of you who are already on VR can easily afford to switch later on - so stick with what you have until LiquidVR is proven in games.
 
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Olmis Aremja

Olmis Aremja
Hi guys, the card came today, trouble is there is NO DVI socket and only 1 hdmi. My monitor does not have DisplayPort so have had to use the only hdmi for that. so will wait for my adaptor to arrive tomorrow before rigging up VR.
For those in the know, will this adaptor be ok for rigging up my DVI monitor to the DisplayPort on the fury? this will then freeup the hdmi for the rift.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004SUO1GM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
 

adoredtv

adoredtv
Should be fine, it's an active adapter which is what you want. I have one working fine for me (not that one but a different model).
 

Scrat

Scrat
Don't have much experience with adapters but I think you should be fine with this one. Seems I was lucky because I just got my shipping confirmation and won't have to wait until july.
 

Olmis Aremja

Olmis Aremja
Thanks both. Looking forward to tomorrow when it arrives. Should be with me before 12, I'll then hopefully grab time to do a bit of testing with ED. Currently downloading GTAV again to give the card it's first run
 
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