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Initech

(99,915 posts)
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 10:37 PM Jul 2016

CEO Fails: AMD Edition

Corner #1:

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. increased CEO Lisa Su’s base salary by $75,000 to $950,000 and approved an equity award target worth $7 million.

The California semiconductor maker with major operations in Austin disclosed Friday the target value of the award will be converted into performance-based restricted stock units, time-based restricted stock units and options. The compensation and leadership resources committee for AMD (Nasdaq: AMD) approved the changes effective July 1 in tandem with $2 million equity awards to four company executives, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2016/07/01/amd-gives-ceo-pay-raise-amid-rising-stock-price.html?ana=yahoo


Corner #2:

AMD's Radeon RX 480 offers compelling performance for its price, but some reviewers have discovered a potentially troubling behavior from the card's power-delivery subsystem. Controversy arose when Tom's Hardware and PC Perspective discovered that the reference RX 480 is drawing more power than might be considered reasonable from the PCI Express slot's 12V rail.

The fine folks over at PC Perspective are especially insightful on this point. The site notes that the PCI Express specification limits connected boards to drawing no more than 5.5 amps over the 12V connection from the slot itself. The reference version of that card pulls 7A of current from the slot on average, while overclocking increases that current draw to 8.3A.

PC Perspective contacted some internal sources at motherboard manufacturers to determine whether this behavior—especially that of the overclocked card—would be an issue. The site learned that while the traces on the board likely wouldn't be affected, the pins and connectors on lower-cost motherboards might be harmed over time by sustained operation under the highest loads from the overclocked card.

http://techreport.com/news/30345/amd-responds-to-radeon-rx-480-power-draw-controversy


These cards were released last week.



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Amishman

(5,541 posts)
1. not sure how i feel about the increased pay, but the fuss over overclocking the 480s is BS
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 11:03 PM
Jul 2016

You don't heavily overclock a high end graphics card with a bargain basement MOBO. Besides, overclocking by nature is voiding your warranty by going outside manufacturer supported specs. You reap what you sow.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
2. The RX 480 isn't exactly what one would call a "high end graphics card".
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 11:43 PM
Jul 2016

It retails for $230. The NVIDIA GTX 1080 retails for$700 and does not have these problems. I guess this is the end result of what happens when you rush a product to market and don't care about the full testing that product requires.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
3. They put out a statement that
Sun Jul 3, 2016, 02:52 AM
Jul 2016

they are going to fix the issue with a driver update. Likely it will take more power from the 6 pin connector.

I'm considering one, but I want to wait for the AIB parts with 8 pin + connections. Also, the GTX1060 is releasing on July the 7th, makes sense to wait and see it's performance and price.

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