I think at this point AMD has no choice but to "game works" their titles. AMD has tried for how long to be a good corporate citizen and push open standards. Where did it get them?
Not really the same, Nvidia already had fundamental GPU tech AMD didn't. AMD gets a whole lot of crap for over paying for ATI, yes they did but long term it was a great acquisition. IIRC Intel paid more for McAfee than AMD did for ATI.
For reference I tested 3 new Sony CMOS batteries the average was 3.254 volts. As for load from the motherboard it is nearly zero that's why a CMOS battery can last 15 years.
That cooler already has all you need to connect the pump and fans to the ARGB port on your mobo
http://www.gamerstorm.com/download/pdf/CASTLE_360EX.pdf
For more ARGB ports get the splitter you linked to or get a simple ARGB splitter cable. The board you linked to will work all it does is feed...
From what I've read this board has a very high failure rate something like 1 out of 5. Other X570 GigaByte boards have been flaky as well or outright die including one I had the Aorus Wifi it was okay at first except had a cold boot problem. After a few days the board wouldn't post at all. RMA'd...
Of course it was sarcasm. Point being don't under estimate AMD, also I don't care about DX11 at all the best engines going forward are going to be DX12/Vulkan.
Believe nothing until proper reviews hit. Myself I find it very difficult to believe a $500 product is beating a $1500+ one, that almost never happens generational shifts or not.
So you're saying if a Polaris equipped card is reviewed in the proper context it could also get a Gold award. But by all means expect a tiny GPU to compete with the likes of the 1080 makes perfect sense because 14nm and 16nm.
How is it on a tech forum some of you don't know the difference between an architecture and a specific SKU? "Polaris can't beat Pascal" a tiny bit more granularity is needed for that to have any meaning.