The AMD Radeon R9 Fury Review, Feat. Sapphire & ASUS
by Ryan Smith on July 10, 2015 9:00 AM ESTCivilization: Beyond Earth
Shifting gears from action to strategy, we have Civilization: Beyond Earth, the latest in the Civilization series of strategy games. Civilization is not quite as GPU-demanding as some of our action games, but at Ultra quality it can still pose a challenge for even high-end video cards. Meanwhile as the first Mantle-enabled strategy title Civilization gives us an interesting look into low-level API performance on larger scale games, along with a look at developer Firaxis’s interesting use of split frame rendering with Mantle to reduce latency rather than improving framerates.
As one of the few games that can hit 60fps on the R9 Fury at 4K with everything turned up, it’s interesting to see how resolution impacts all of our cards with Civilization. At 4K the R9 Fury is well ahead of the GTX 980, surpassing it by 17%. Yet at 1440p that lead becomes a very slight loss, with the Sapphire Tri-X R9 Fury’s mild factory overclock giving it just enough of a boost to stay ahead of the GTX 980.
Meanwhile the Fury/Fury X gap widens ever so slightly here. The R9 Fury is now a full 10% behind the full-fledged Fury.
The minimum framerate situation for Civilization is very nearly a mirror of the averages. The R9 Fury does relatively well at 4K, but at 1440p it’s now neck-and-neck with the GTX 980 once again.
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FlushedBubblyJock - Thursday, July 16, 2015 - link
i'VE ALREADY SEEN A DOZEN REFUSE TO BUY FURY BECAUSE OF IT.They have a 4k TV, they say, that requires the hdmi 2.0...
SO ALL YOUR PATHETIC EXCUSES MEAN EXACTLY NOTHING. THOSE WITH 4K READY SCREENS ARE BAILING TO NVIDIA ONLY !
YOU DENYING REALITY WILL ONLY MAKE IT WORSE FOR AMD.
They can screw off longer with enough pinheads blabbering bs.
FlushedBubblyJock - Thursday, July 16, 2015 - link
It's such a massive failure, and so big a fat obtuse lie, it's embarrassing to even bring up, spoiling the party that is fun if you pretend and fantasize enough, and ignore just how evil amd is.hdmi 2.0 - nope ! way to go what a great 4k gaming card ! 4gb ram - suddenly that is more than enough and future proof !
ROFL - ONLY AMD FANBOYS
dave1231 - Saturday, July 11, 2015 - link
That's with HBM? Lol.medi03 - Saturday, July 11, 2015 - link
With all respect, 300 vs 360 watt at load and 72 vs 75 watt idle doesn't deserve "consumes MUCH more power", Ryan, and that even if it wasn't a faster card.Socius - Saturday, July 11, 2015 - link
For total system power draw? Yeah it does....because the power usage gap percentage is lessened by the addition of the system power usage (minus the cards) in the total figure. So if the numbers were 240W vs 300W, for example, that's 25% more power usage. And that's with a 20-30W reduction in power usage by using HBM. So it shows how inefficient the GPU design actually is, even when asking it with HBM power reduction and the addition of total system power draw instead of calculating it by card.mdriftmeyer - Sunday, July 12, 2015 - link
Personally, I have an RM 1000W Corsair Power Supply. Sorry, but if you're using < 850W supply units I suggest you buck up and upgrade.Socius - Sunday, July 12, 2015 - link
I think you replied to the wrong person here. I have 2 PSUs in my PC. A 6-rail 1600W unit and a single rail 1250W unit.Peichen - Saturday, July 11, 2015 - link
The fail that’s AMD’s Fury series makes my MSI Gaming 4G GTX980 looks even better. I only paid $430 for it and it gets to 1490/1504 boosted at stock voltage. Essentially it means I got a card as fast as Fury OC at $100+ cheaper, uses far less power and in my system for months earlier.I am very glad I went Nvidia after 5 year with AMD/ATI graphics and didn’t wait months for Fiji.
FlushedBubblyJock - Thursday, July 16, 2015 - link
There we have it, and it's still the better deal. It's STILL THE BETTER DEAL AND IT'S AVAILABLE.But we're supposed to believe amd is cheap and faster... and just as good in everything else...
I seriously can't think of a single thing amd isn't behind on.
MobiusPizza - Saturday, July 11, 2015 - link
"The R9 Fury will be launching with an MSRP of $549, $100 below the R9 Fury X. This price puts the R9 Fury up against much different completion* than its older sibling; "It's competition not completion