Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Radeon R9 390X PowerColor Devil 8GB Edition | Radeon R9 FURY 4GB |
| Hitman 3 | 43% | 31% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10% | 1% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 0% | 8% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 10% | 1% |
| FIFA 21 | 45% | 49% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 54% | 42% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 3% | 11% |
| Genshin Impact | 10% | 1% |
| Far Cry 6 | 59% | 46% |
| The Medium | 37% | 26% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon R9 FURY 4GB are very slightly better than the AMD Radeon R9 390X PowerColor Devil 8GB Edition.
The R9 390X has a 100 MHz higher core clock speed than the R9 FURY, but the R9 FURY has 48 more Texture Mapping Units than the R9 390X. As a result, the R9 FURY exhibits a 30.4 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the R9 390X. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The R9 390X has a 100 MHz higher core clock speed than the R9 FURY and the same number of Render Output Units. This results in the R9 390X providing 6.4 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The R9 390X was released less than a year after the R9 FURY, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The R9 390X has 4096 MB more video memory than the R9 FURY, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the R9 390X also has superior memory performance overall.
The R9 FURY has 121.6 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the R9 390X, which means that the memory performance of the R9 FURY is massively better than the R9 390X.
The Radeon R9 390X PowerColor Devil 8GB Edition has 2816 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon R9 FURY 4GB has 3584. However, the actual shader performance of the R9 390X is 2633 and the actual shader performance of the R9 FURY is 3046. The R9 FURY having 413 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the R9 FURY delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the R9 390X.
The Radeon R9 390X PowerColor Devil 8GB Edition requires 275 Watts to run and the Radeon R9 FURY 4GB requires 275 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 750 Watts for the R9 390X and a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the R9 FURY. The two GPUs require the same amount of wattage to run. As such, there is no need to worry about which will more significantly affect your yearly electricity bills.
| Core Speed | 1100 MHz |  | vs | 1000 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 Grenada XT | GCN 1.2 Fiji PRO | |||
| OC Potential | Poor |
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| Driver Support | Great | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 13 Aug 2015 | | vs | 10 Jul 2015 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 7.8
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8.1
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| 3840x2160 | 6
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6.3
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| Memory | 8192 MB | | vs | 4096 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1525 MHz | | vs | 500 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 512 Bit | vs | | 4096 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | | HBM-1 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 390.4GB/sec | vs | | 512GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | vs | |
2048 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | yes | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
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| Shader Processing Units | 2816 | vs | | 3584 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 176 | vs | | 224 | |
| Texture Rate | 193.6 GTexel/s | vs | | 224 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | | 64 |
| Pixel Rate | 70.4 GPixel/s | | vs | 64 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 2 | | vs | | 2 |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
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| Max Power | 275 Watts | | vs | | 275 Watts |
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| Recommended PSU | 750 Watts & 50 Amps | vs | | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | | 12.0 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.4 | vs | | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i7-4790K 4-Core 4.0GHz | vs | Intel Core i7-4790K 4-Core 4.0GHz | ||
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | 16 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 2560x1600 | | vs | | 2560x1600 |
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| Mini Review | Overview Radeon R9 390X PowerColor Devil 8GB Edition is a Special Edition of AMD's High-End Radeon R9 390X, created by PowerColor. Overclock: Central Unit The Central Unit is now of 1100MHz, instead of 1050MHz. Overclock: Memory Clock The Operating Memory Clock is now of 1525MHz, instead of 1500MHz. Frame Buffer Untouched. Cooling Solution Hybrid Cooling: Combine both air-cooling and watercooling to one perfect hybrid system to maintain higher over clock performance with lower temperature. Performance Benchmarks Indicate a 2% Performance Boost over the Reference Radeon R9 390X 8GB. | Overview Radeon R9 FURY 4GB is an Enthusiast Graphics Card based on the Second Revision of the Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture. Architecture The GCN 1.2 revision of the Graphics Core Next Architecture improves memory bandwidth performance which allows AMD to produce Graphics Cards with smaller data transfer rates without causing too much impact on the overall performance. This is done by using lossless delta color compression. GCN 1.2 also adds improved Tesselation and video encoding/decoding performance as well as DirectX 12.0 Support. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed Fiji PRO which has 56 Compute Units activated and thus offers 3584 Shader Processing Units, 224 TMUs and 64 ROPs. The Central Unit is clocked at 1000MHz. Memory The GPU accesses a 4GB frame buffer of stacked HBM-1 memory, through a 4096-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The Memory Clock Operates at 500MHz. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 275W, it requires at least a 600W PSU with two available 8-pin connectors. Performance Radeon R9 FURY 4GB competes with GeForce GTX 980 4GB. Compared to the latter, while it offers more or less the same performance at 1920x1080, it proves to be over 5% faster at 2560x1600 and more than the 10% faster at 4K. Even so, Radeon R9 FURY 4GB is still best suited for 2560x1600. GeForce GTX 980 4GB is however much more energy efficient, consuming no more than 165W Under Load, while Radeon R9 FURY 4GB surpasses the 200W tier. Because Radeon R9 FURY 4GB was released for $549 and GeForce GTX 980 4GB is available for $479, it doesn't shine as much as it could, making it only a better choice for those who game over 1920x1080. System Suggestions Radeon R9 FURY 4GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 2560x1600. We recommend a Very Strong Processor (Intel Core i7 Quad Core/AMD FX Eight Core) and 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||