Far Cry 3 next, and more similar performance issues seen with Crysis 3.
A very odd set of drops during game play, not a nice experience each time the FPS dropped.
Finally Watch_Dogs and this 4K experience a little better than the other 4K results. Still not a very playable situation, and lagging behind the 980 Ti once again.
Conclusion
We are convinced there is an issue with this sample. The damaged radiator, the odd and missing bundled accessories coupled with a vibrating top panel and a resonance in the AIO fan, lead us to believe our sample was not properly quality controlled. This is a real pity, because this is one of the most exciting evolution’s in graphics cards in a very long time, and probably a glimpse into the future. It is a pity the door was shut on us before we could really get going with this.
All of this clouded our view of this card, it still performed really well and only slightly behind the Zotac GTX 980 Ti in most tests other than the 4K benchmarks at the end of this review. Synthetically, it’s a very good performer, and the High-Bandwidth Memory is showing some relativity exciting snapshots of things to come.
XFX AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
At around £550 in the UK we expected a whole lot more though. Maybe we are easily disappointed or expected too much, and the fact that our sample may have been from the B grade of stock doesn’t help, but it also worries us. That’s a lot of money, and if you received it in a similar condition as we did, you would send it back.
If you get a quality sample, we think you would be very happy, let’s hope for driver optimisations to fully unlock the potential of this card, but for now, it is a little fresh out of the box to truly challenge the GTX 980 Ti. We will come back to the Fury X and test against future driver releases, we hope for some improvement, for now, we are marking it “Worth Consideration”.
XFX AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Graphics Card Review
Package and Bundle - 8.5
Performance - 8.5
Price - 8
Consumer Experience - 8.5
8.4
At around £550 in the UK we expected a whole lot more though. Maybe we are easily disappointed or expected too much, and the fact that our sample may have been from the B grade of stock doesn't help, but it also worries us. That's a lot of money, and if you received it in a similar condition as we did, you would send it back.