Originally Posted by
Jimmy Thick
Its AMD's new technology signature, and it barely is comparable to Nvidia's old tech namely the 970. Its performance is on par with the 970, this is what people waited for. I understand this is a budget card, and for some horrid business decision AMD wants to corner the "average" gamer market, but it stupid decisions like this, and this card's performance is why AMD lost the plot.
I would not buy this card or support AMD for such an mediocre product. This card will get owned by the 1060 and if that card has a price point near or at the RX 480, AMD will look like clowns.
Iam not a AMD hater, I supported the company many o' times over the years and my last was a 270x which performed fantastic, but this takes the cake in terms of redundant business decisions. This new card, new technology sucks and Nvidia will close them down.
Its just a matter of time.