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AMD RX Vega ha sido comparada contra la NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti en una prueba a ciegas

  A medida que el lanzamiento de RX Vega de AMD se va acercando, la comunidad de jugadores de PC, ha estado observando y esperando a ver qué tan bien se desenvuelve la nueva GPU de AMD. Lamentablemente, la información sobre el RX Vega de AMD ha sido bastante escasa en los últimos meses, dejando a muchos a pensar que el RX Vega podría ser un fracaso o que es incapaz de competir con las ofertas de…

So despite my rather bearish tone on the reference RX 480, there remains some optimism on the AIB RX480s. Just as the Sapphire Q&A hinted at the reference boards being a side-grade, Kyle of [H]ardOCP revealed (just an hr before the NDA lift yesterday) that custom AIB RX480s were seeing 1480-1600Mhz clocks. This is quite a bump from the 1350Mhz average we are seeing on the reference boards.

I find it curious timing, since nVidia’s mid-range answer, the further cut-down 1060, is going to be paper-launching then (availability the week after). However with what we’ve seen of Pascal the past month, I wouldn’t bet on good availability of those cards either.

So far, three major hardware review sites have been denied the R9 Nano for review.

1) HardOCP 2) TechReport 3) TechPowerUp

I initially thought the refusal to allow KitGuru a review sample was justified, b/c of the rather ridiculous pre-launch rant handled by one of their non-GPU reviewers on staff. (For me, I had never heard of this UK-based review site until the story broke of how AMD refused KG a FuryX for review.)

However this time the story is different. The review sites we’re talking about are top-tier and tend to dominate viewer traffic. [H]ardOCP, TR, and TPU have been the premiere destinations for launch reviews and AMD’s refusal to give *any* of these websites a sample to review is building a dangerously negative narrative for AMD.

The timing is terrible too, considering the locomotive of positive groundswell created by the AoTS benchmark, and subsequent stream of information by Oxide representative, Kollock, who is posting on the OCN forum. Mahigan, a former OCN user, has also been active in sustaining this disruptive conversation on nVidia and its *anticipated* performance in DX12.

This is also resting purely on the numbers and “async” narrative that has been running the past two weeks.

I think AMD is playing a dangerous game, winning on one front (AoTS narrative) while losing terribly on the publicity front of the R9 Nano.

Not a good start AMD and poorly executed on all counts.

Much has been made on AMD’s decision to go with only 4GB for their signature card, Fury X and Fury. Looking at [H]ardOCP’s tested games, already two games are at or above 4GB of VRAM usage. Dying Light uses a rather absurd 5GB on the Titan X (12GB card).

Fast-forward to the 4K res, and just two games are under 4GB, but I would hardly be relieved (3.3GB/3.7GB respectively).

If I were buying a card now? I wouldn’t accept anything less than 6GB for your frame buffer. So yes, I would need to be greatly impressed by Fury/FuryX to make it in my consideration.

One disclaimer of course - if you are choosing to play at a low resolution (1080P or lower), sure, this frame buffer discussion has far less significance.

MSI X99A MPower LGA 2011-v3 Motherboard Review @ HardOCP

MSI’s X99A MPower promises to deliver a ton of features at a reasonable price. SATA Express, full speed M.2 support, and USB 3.1 compatibility are all examples of what this motherboard has to offer. The MSI MPower series has never disappointed us before, so we have high hopes for this motherboard.

MSI X99A MPower LGA 2011-v3 Motherboard Review @ HardOCP

Antec P70 Mid-Tower Chassis Review @ HardOCP

Antec lists its P70 computer case as a chassis in its “Performance” series of enclosures. The first bullet point we see however points toward Quiet Operation with a optional snap-in sound deadening panel. Beyond that, Optimum Cooling and Expansion are important to Antec as well. Let’s see how Performance, Cooling, and Quiet all go together.

Antec P70 Mid-Tower Chassis Review @ HardOCP