AMD Radeon R9 NANO review
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schmidtbag
I don't think AMD expects to be selling a ton of these. They've had a really hard time just keeping up with the stock for the Fury X. Considering how many people moan about price, the Fury was a much better value, but the Fury X still managed to be out of stock. Considering the Nano is basically the same chip, I don't expect them to have a lot of these in stock either. Once they catch up with the demand I'm sure the price will drop. If Nvidia ever sells something that competes with the Nano then I'm sure the price will drop even more.
NAMEk
It performed better than I expected. But for such a price...nah
Ryu5uzaku
moab600
xIcarus
I really don't get this. Instead of cutting it down from Fiji XT, they made it a full XT chip. Thus they are reducing the available stock for Fury X which is low to begin with.
Then some guy said 'I know! Let's price it at 650$!'. I'm not even sorry for laughing anymore. They are just digging their own grave. AMD wake up!
Can confirm. Average salary in Romania = ~400EUR. 980Ti should reflect our economy but it's not even 650$, it's around 850EUR (950$). Ridiculous.
eclap
rl66
Truder
I want one! This is a great little card! Good performance and power usage, just that price tag :'(
TheDeeGee
The name says it all when it comes to the price.
Nah-no
alanm
Great review! Pricing makes a bit more sense now seeing its above 980 in performance. Typo on last page Hilbert: Again, this product is intended for the living room. You dropped the word not.
isidore
great little card, but let me get this straight:
Radeon Nano full unlocked fiji core can overclock to 1070mhz on the core while air cooled and 280w power consumption.
Fury X can barely reach 1170 water cooled and 380W power consumption.
!!?!?!
Am i missing something?
BLEH!
Good card, too pricey. Cannae wait to get my Fury installed.
Ryu5uzaku
Truder
Welp, these prices :/
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morbias
It's an amazing card, but I don't see the point. The power usage is excellent, performance is very good and due to the price it actually makes the Fury X look like a better deal, but there are already supply problems with the Fury X and this card is going to exacerbate that.
It has severely limited market appeal and seems to rely on the 'build it and they will come' ethos, but this isn't the card people need or want, supply is going to face the same problems as the Fury X and it certainly isn't going to help AMD regain market share.
While it might look like I'm ragging on you AMD, my comments are borne out of frustration that you as a company don't seem to know what you're trying to achieve. Why go to the effort of producing something this frivolous when the company is in such difficulty? It's like the ship is sinking but the band is still playing.
Stop over charging for your products and you'll sell more. That's what people want, stop trying to mimic Nvidia, that's why people loved AMD in the first place. Charging a premium price does not automatically make your product the market leader. Being the perceived underdog is a strength, not a weakness. I'm well out of the loop when it comes to buying all the new hardware and such but I do still have to read the graphics card reviews and what people are saying on the forums, why can't you see the same thing everyone else is seeing?
Rant over, going for a lie down; hopefully I'll be dreaming of the good old days when people would buy multiple x800xt's purely on the off-chance they might be unlockable.
Deathchild
Don't like the price either.. I mean wtf.
rockenren
This one will be great for Steam Machines I think.
PNeV
Well this is a let down 🙁 I was hoping it would have been much cheaper. £500 is totally out of my price bracket, and if I was dumping that much on a GPU you bet its going to be a 980 Ti.
Looks like I am skipping a gen (again).
Denial
mjorgenson
I think AMD's biggest mistake was not having HDMI 2.0 or at least the included long awaited dongle.