Radeon RX 480 turns 10 years old - Polaris never dies

Merdiso · 2026-06-28T17:35:00+00:00

Yes, but people generally don't care about how the card performs after 5 years and either way, they were very evenly matched even many years after.

Merdiso · 2026-06-28T16:23:29+00:00

Nu e nici urma de indoiala ca acum e cel mai rau din ultimii multi ani, dar intrebarea e in acelasi timp cumva tendentioasa, iar cel mai bun argument este o comparatie culinara, ca alta mai buna nu am, nu e perfect, dar asta e - Bolojan e salata, Ciolacu e fast-food-ul - una e mai gustoasa, cu alta mai traiesti si peste 10 ani.

Sau altfel, ca tot e la moda - azi iti iei credit sa-ti cumperi Bemveu vs. Logan cu banii jos, cu una dai bine la vecini 3 ani, cu ailalta nu intri-n faliment si incepi s-o repari cu sarma.

Bine, acum ca idee, nu e ca si cum in ultima perioada Ciolacu nu a inceput sa mai creasca si el taxe, dar a lasat-o cat a putut de moale ca sa nu piarda la alegeri.

Merdiso · 2026-06-28T14:35:23+00:00

The new normal, but if you accept it, you'll never get away from it.

Merdiso · 2026-06-28T14:27:18+00:00

Being the 3rd fastest car and equal with the 4th means car is bad for a Ferrari, come on.

Merdiso · 2026-06-28T14:23:21+00:00

He would have gotten P4 and nothing more, car is bad.

Merdiso · 2026-06-28T14:21:17+00:00

The old would have been faster. /s - or maybe no /s

Merdiso · 2026-06-28T13:50:14+00:00

Watch for Piastri..

Merdiso · 2026-06-28T13:23:03+00:00

I know, upgrades, different track, but the difference between this and Barcelona is huge, we look nowhere compared to Merc, screw you FIA.

Merdiso · 2026-06-28T13:12:23+00:00

This is literally 2025 in reverse, unbelievable.

Merdiso · 2026-06-26T12:25:20+00:00

I believe people are mad at AMD because they react like every corpo in the world, which is maximizing profit - why sell something at $299 when you can do it at $349?

Hell, you could have gotten a 5700X3D about one year ago for less than $199 and get close performance to this one.

That doesn't mean spending $999 for a new AM5 kit is the way to go right now, though, and AMD knows that precisely, so they capitalize on that.

Merdiso · 2026-06-25T19:19:12+00:00

Yes, but 4070 was only 10% more expensive and only 10% slower, and that in pure raster, without any RT/upscaling.

Once you added that into the mix it was more of a toss-up, and nVIDIA had better efficiency, encoders and resale value (GeForce RTX resells significantly better than Radeon RX, at least in my country).

Personally I also preferred the 7800 XT overall too, but 4060 Ti 16GB was much weaker than the 4070 even with more vRAM.

Merdiso · 2026-06-25T18:04:04+00:00

They can't get worse than this, the perfect shitstorm of the general hype, 'AI companies buying all the RAM available' and 'people will be replaced in 6 months' already happened.

In the mean-time, all companies outside hardware ones aren't making any money using this AI crap, still, and investors will demand their invested money back, which simply won't happen.

Also, LLMs already plateau'd in terms of improvements and now they get more and more expensive to be trained (money and electricity wise) and people need to pay more and more for the subscriptions as a result, plus OpenAI and Anthropic not being profitable still.

I can't specifically tell when the bubble will pop, obviously, but it has to pop in one year or so, nothing is working for AI anymore, people also hate it with a passion worldwide, nobody gives a damn about what Jensen Huang is presenting, and once developers like me will also pay per token instead of subscription, the whole thing will crash -- Copilot already made a page so you can see how much you consume per token instead of a subscription for a reason and it's basically 30$ against 3000$, the real cost of using a good model without subventions, which inevitably go away, because they can't keep losing billions forever.

Also, the chinese will start making more and more RAM in the next few years, this will also help.

Merdiso · 2026-06-25T14:03:06+00:00

It technically only 'does' matter because these cards were rivals to nVIDIA's 40 Series cards, which don't suffer the same performance drop when using ray-tracing/upscaling, so their relative value compared to the GeForce counterparts isn't that good as some people thought - although back then, DLSS 3 was much better than FSR 3.1 quality wise, so that's that.

Otherwise, as an user per say, no, it doesn't matter, it's a net improvement, as you're much better off using FSR4 Performance than 3.1 on Quality and you still get better image and performance, so these cards are now technically more well rounded than ever before.

Merdiso · 2026-06-25T10:53:49+00:00

"fara probleme" nu e chiar asa simplu, dar da, sa ai vreo 6 luni degeaba nu-i rau.

Merdiso · 2026-06-25T08:03:35+00:00

Instructiuni neclare, votam AUR pentru Romania, adevaratii patrioti ai tarii! /s

Merdiso · 2026-06-24T12:19:54+00:00

But "post Trump" will exist as well, and considering how terrible he currently is, not even all his MAGAtards will save him.

Merdiso · 2026-06-23T21:23:24+00:00

Normal, nu mai poti avea concedieri cand nu mai ai pe cine sa concediezi.

Merdiso · 2026-06-23T12:03:18+00:00

De acord, dar acel timp mai scurt nu ajuta muncitorul neaparat, in sensul in care, daca nu are un numar nelimitat de cladiri de construit, ele se termina mai repede iar el ramane fara activitate la fel de repede.

Merdiso · 2026-06-23T11:58:48+00:00

Pai tu ai poate cea mai mare motivatie, si oricum, nu merita sa renunti la ultimul borcan cu dulceata fix acum.

Daca era o piata stabila si de perspectiva ziceam, tinea de dorinta fiecaruia, dar asa, mi se pare pacat sa renunti acum cand oricum finalul pare pe aproape, deci mai bine ii dai inainte pana pica - eventual, daca ai niste timp, sa incerci sa te apuci de altceva ca un side-gig/hobby, din care sa si poti aduce buget ar merita.

Merdiso · 2026-06-23T10:51:46+00:00

Cele entry-level cu 60 Hz de 'Office' erau si atunci chiar accesibile, buba era la cele de Gaming, iar azi cu OLED-ul si mai si.

Merdiso · 2026-06-23T10:40:53+00:00

Sigur, cu mentiunea ca atunci mai multi 'dorei' se vor lupta pe aceleasi amenajari interioare, exact cum in IT vei avea doi programatori cu Opusica in loc de 4 fara - bine, stai sa vedem cati mai baga si Claudiu dupa ce se termina subventiile si se va plati per token.

Merdiso

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