Radeon RX 480 Linux Testing Is Happening Right Now

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Radeon RX 480 Linux Testing Is Happening Right Now

Not that I can share any early benchmark figures or anything of the Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" graphics card, but the testing commenced today... But I am can at least share a couple images...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Radeon-RX-480-Is-Going

[raonlinux]

Well now we must wait for a week to see the result, good to know Amd sent you a card. By the way please put the noise lvl or describe how perform according to the noise of the card in you benchmark, I know will be hard with the servers running 24/7.
Greetings.

[dungeon]

For sure a picture isn't worth a thousand words

[juno]

Do you have to return the sample or can you keep it for subsequent tests?

I mean, it gets more interesting than ever when the transition to the fully open stack is done, Vulkan, OpenCL 2 capabilities and of course Mesa/radeonsi progression. Not to mention the ROC stack

[Michael]

Do you have to return the sample or can you keep it for subsequent tests?

Will be used for subsequent testing for years to come.

[Mr. Octus]

I agree with raonlinux about the noise level and would love some temperature readings as well. I currently have an R9 290 and it's insanely loud on full load plus changes the temperature in my room ~3 degrees (Fahrenheit). I'm considering switch to an RX 480 if it can really provide more or equal performance, less heat, less noise, and less power usage all at ~$200.

Looking forward to the 29th

[juno]

Will be used for subsequent testing for years to come.

\o/

OpenCL tests would be nice to see, btw, like ethminer (quite popular right now, esp. w/ AMD and Linux; has CLI benchmark mode) or blender cycles renderer.

[bibaheu]

I'm surprised about AMD giving out a 480 to Michael... this means they are confident in its performance and drivers. Also that they have plenty of stock, I have seen a lot of pictures of 480s already. Good job Radeon people!

[ruthan]

What about R470 and R460? For me is R470 most interesting card of R4xx line up.

[GreatEmerald]

Yeap, that sure is nice. As a bonus, it will keep the rhethoric against AMD for not sending samples down
Also, only one extra power connector for that card, that's real nice too.