This is the second Fury X unit to arrive in my lab and I’ll just go ahead and tell you that it performs no differently from the previous Fury X but there’s certainly more to talk of the PowerColor R9 Fury X.
So here it is, I’ll just skip the description of the pictures – basically it’s a short card and it’s based on AMD’s reference for Fury X and the only difference between this PowerColor model and other brands is the sticker.
Test Setup & Overclocking
Processor | Intel Core i5-4670K |
RAM | AVEXIR Blitz 2x4GB 1600Mhz |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-Z97X Gaming 3 |
Cooler | NZXT Kraken X31 |
Monitor | Dell UP3214Q Monitor |
Power Supply | FSP AURUM S 700W |
Casing | NZXT S340 |
Operating System | Windows 10 64bit |
Here’s the GPU-Z capture.
And this time around I managed to overclock it by an additional 5% but the performance gap was just too little to be worth the effort of benchmarking.
Unlike the Sapphire model that I reviewed that happens to be one of the earlier batch, this new batch of R9 Fury X happens to be one that does not have a noisy cooling system. Thumbs up to AMD for having this issue settled.
Benchmarks
Unigine Heaven 4.0
*NOTE : Details are set to maximum.
*NOTE : AA disabled in 4K test.
Card | 1080p (avg) | 4K (avg) |
PowerColor R9 Fury | 68.3 | 20.6 |
EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC | 90.7 | 24 |
Metro Last Light
Card | 1080p (avg) | 4K (avg) |
PowerColor R9 Fury | 90.0 | 38.5 |
EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC | 97.7 | 45.3 |
Bioshock Infinite
Settings are at
2 – UltraDX11_DDOF | 2 – Custom | 1 – 16:9 | 4 – 1920×1080
*NO 4K test on this one. Just figured out how to get it to work on 4K after the 980Ti left the lab. Will update when possible.
Card | 1080p (avg) | 4K (avg) |
PowerColor R9 Fury | 141.0 | 53.5 |
EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC | 151.4 | 59.9 |
Shadow of Mordor
Card | 1080p (avg) | 4K (avg) |
PowerColor R9 Fury | 109.4 | 48.9 |
EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC | 128.7 | 52.1 |
Grand Theft Auto V
Settings : Every option to the MAX setting available. 8xAA on Full HD. No AA on 4K.
Card | 1080p (avg) | 4K (avg) |
PowerColor R9 Fury | 44.9 | 37.4 |
EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC | 63.8 | 43.4 |
Temperature
Furmark Burn-in Test was used to stress the card. Fan settings are at Auto. Room set to ~25c.
Card | Idle(°C) | Load (°C) |
PowerColor Fury X | 31 | 61 |
PowerColor Fury X Full RPM | 31 | 45 |
Power Consumption
The stress was done with Furmark Burn-in Test. Power consumption reading was taken from the watt-meter, actual power draw by the entire system from the wall point. I’m using an FSP Aurum S 700W with 90% efficiency and the estimated system power draw (CPU, not including GPU) during Furmark test is 60w.
Card | PowerColor Fury X |
Furmark Burn-in | 336 |
Estimated Actual System Draw | 302 |
Estimated Card Power Draw | 242 |
The Verdict
The PowerColor R9 FURY X 4GB HBM Graphic Card retails at RM 2,799 while providing anywhere between 66% to 90% of the performance of Nvidia camp’s GTX 980 Ti that often costs a lot more, except for certain brands that retail at sub RM 3,000. So basically you’re paying around 80% the price of a GTX 980 Ti to get a card that’s silent and cool, and providing 66% to 90% its performance.
Not a bad trade-off actually, well we do know that the card is hot but it’s just that the cooling is so good that it exhausts all the heat via the radiator unit and keeping the casing cool and quiet.