Itwas a bigflopintermsofmaking a splashinthemarkettheydidn't disruptinvideowhatsoever.
Itwashot.
Itwasoverpriced.
ItwasOnleycompetingwith, likethe 10 70 10 80 whereinvideoalreadyhad a 10 80 t I and a tightnext.
Allthatoutanditwas 600 plusdollars.
Itjustwas a terrible, terriblesituation.
WhichmeanstheonlymainstreamdesktopprocessorsorgraphicscardthatwehadratherforgamerswastheRxfor 80 whichthiswasactually a bitof a splashtothemarketbecauseitcameinandaround 200 bucksforthefourgigversion.
Andtheeightgigversionwasaround 200 49 or 2 59 GreatComputeCard, whichlaunchedtheentireGPUshortagebecauseofCryptocurrencyminingthiscard.
Thiswastheonethe 4 80 thatlaunchedallofthat.
Yeah, thatguyrightthere, thenwehad a littlebitof a nodeupgradetoitwhereitwasthesamenode, um, diesize.
Butwehad a littlebitimprovementstocoreclockandpowerdistributionandallthatstuffwhichledtotheRx 5 80 a veryminimaljumpthatstartedthewholeaim.
Theserebranding, rebrandingstuff.
Well, guyswerekindofatitagainnowwiththeRx 5 90 Okay, so, I mean, whenthe 5 90 wasannounced, I think a lotofpeoplewerereallyexcited.
And, yes, I'm awareofthem.
Unboxingthe 4 80 We'regonnabetaking a lookspecificallyatthenitroplus r x 5 90 fromSapphire.
The 5 90 is a 12 nanometerprocess, butbothhaveeightgigabytesofGDR 5 256 bigbus, thebasespecksofboththesecardsforreferencemodels.
Anyway, having a gigabitpersecondmemoryspeed.
Um, not a wholelotdifferentbetweenthesecards, whichunfortunatelyiskindoffeelingthewholeaudiencedistasteforthewholerebrandingthingWehaveseentherebrandingclaimsfromthe 200 Siri's andup.
And, umyeah.
Sowherewereyoutoday?
We'regonnathrowthiscardintothesystemrighthere.
We'regonnaloadupsomeBattlefieldfive.
I actuallyhadalreadystartedbenchmarkingthiscardwasgoingthroughandcomparingitinlikefirestrike.
Andinthree d MarkwillfirestrikethreemarktimeSpyMetroLastlight.
Theusualgambit.
Andguesswhatwefoundout.
It's thatmuchfasterastobeexpected, though, consideringit's a 12 nanometerprocessis a 14 nanameter.
It's a littlebithighercoreclock.
That's onemajordifferenceissmallerprocessfasterclockhigherTVPaswell 225 wattonthe 5 90 versus a 185 wattonthe 5 80 Thatdoesn't meanthatyoucouldnecessarilyoverclockyourfivemaybethough, tomatchthespeedsorevenexceedthatofthe 5 90 ifyouget a goodoverclockingcard.
Theproblemwiththesecardsissomeofthemjustwith a nditissuperhitandmissonwhetherornotyou'reactuallygonnaget a goodoverclockingcardspoileralert.
Wewereabletoactuallyoveroverclockthis 1 to 16 50 upfrom 15 65 or 15 60 15 60 butdidn't reallymakemuchof a differenceintermsofourscores.
SoweshouldhaveAh, hopefully a prettygoodgameexperienceweregonnastarthereinthecampaignbecause, like I showedyouguysinmylastvideo, thecampaignisactuallyhardertorun.
Allright, forgoodthistimethatlastonewasjust a fluke.
I guessso.
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Getdeviceremoved.
ReasonfailedwithDX G I AirdevicehungGPUdriver 18 12.1.
Ok, how?
Tryreinstallingthedriverrealquick.
Sonowwe'redealingwithanissuewhereitkeepsminimizingitselfsomethingtodowiththelatestdriversandbattlefield I don't knowwhatifyouwere a newbuyerandyoubuiltthesystembecauseyouwanttoplayBattlefieldfiveandthisistheGPUgot?
Arewesomehowgettingbetterperformancein D X 11 withthe A m D.
ThatyouworkwithDX 12?
Whoa.
Oh, hegothunguponthepolethere, soyeah, apparentlyyoucan't runthe X 12 withthelatestAMGdriverandanRx 5 90 Learnsomething, butironically, we'regettingbetterperformancein t X 11 anyway, so I thinkwe'reclearlygettingsome d x 12 optimizationproblemshere.
Wouldyousaythatthisisplayable, Philip e getrevived.
WhathappensifyouOh, didyouseeme, Duck?
I knewthatshot.
I sawthatHeeheewaskilledby a differentguyentirely.
Okay, Soalthoughwehadsomeweirdissueswiththedriverand D X trailspecificallywithBattlefieldfive, I couldtellyoutheothertestthatwehaverun.
We'recompletelystable.
WetestedwithtimesbyfireStrikeMetroLastLight.
Thisis a brandnewtitlewith a fairlynewcard.
I'm prettysurethere's gonnaneedtobesomedriveroptimizationfor D X 12 decks 11 sawanimprovementinperformance, whichtellsusthatweclearlyhadanissuewithDX 12.
Now, Battlefieldfiveisn't invideotitle, so I don't knowifthatjustmeansoptimizationzehrbeingprioritized, whichcouldbeverywellthecase.
Butifyouaresearchingfor a cardthatisunder $300 thisonecomesinat $279.
10.
80 p.
Withallsettingsmaxedon a freesinkpanel, youcouldseewehadanextremelysmoothgameplay.
Experienceclearlyhadwaymore f psinmultiplayerthatweareinsingleplayer.
Philand I discussedit.
Wethinkthatthathassomethingtodowiththefactthatinsingleplayertheycankindofcontrolwhat's happeningwiththeenvironment, whereinmultiplayeryoucan't sobecomesmoreof a CPbottleneckandmultiplayer.
Wethinkinsingleplayerthey'rejustadding a crapTonMaurbeautification, ifyouwill, totheworldwhichiscausingthe f p s todropsignificantly.
We'regettingalmostdoublethe F PSinmultiplayersinceit's whereyouspendmostyourtime, that's perfectlyfine.
Nowifyougetpastthebluecolor, I reallywishSapphirehadmadethisonegunmetallikethe 5 80 becausethatwas, inmyopinion, thebestlookingdownthebestlookinggraphicscardtheyhadmadeThisblueis I mean, I talkabouthowreadthatreallyclasheswithmanysystems, youcanseetheblueisclearlyonlygoingtoappealtothosewhowantblueandOrrinAmazingcardanddon't carewhatitlookslike.
I didn't do a fullreviewofthiscardbytestingitthrough a wholesuitebecause, likeeveryoneelsehaskindofdiscovered, itisslightlybetterthan a 5 80 slightlyish.
Better.
So I didn't do a fullgamutoftestingwiththiscardspecificallybecausethat's a gambit.
Gambitis a gambit, damnit.
So I didn't runthefullgamutoftestingwiththiscardbecausespoileralertWell, it's inreallyspoilertakingvideo.
NowItisaffairgoodamountbetterthan a 4 80 betterishthan a 5 80 butattheexpenseofbeingmorepowerdrawand, um, 10 10% orsofastersodidn't read, needtorun a wholebunchofbenchmarkstotellyouguysthatattheendofthedaydoesn't reallymatterbecauseyoucan't reallybuyforeightiesanymore.
Andifyou'regettingbetterperformanceforthesameprice, that's not a badthing.
Whetherit's rebrandedornot, I'd lovetoseesomethingbigcomefrom a m d toreallyshakethetreewhenitcomestoGPmarketbecause I thinkyouguyshaveseenwithinvideoandit's inflatedpricingandcompletelyoutofcontrolmindsetintermsofwhatcosts, whatforeignvideographicscards.