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Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

harney said:
Yep i am holding on for dear life
this coaster is getting faster for sure
now lets go round again for the 100th time :p
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Another round? Queue latest leak with it being slower than a R9 290 again, and not able to get over 850Mhz like Mr.Sour grapes from Hardocp stated as fact. :D
 
fs123 said:
Some of these leaks should be treated as fakes. I doubt AMD would be keeping quite if the 480 could get to 1600MHz+ easily. Why even have a base clock of 1080 at all if the card can almost get to 1070 level?

Realistically we should expect around 390X performance and anything extra is a bonus.

The 1080 base clock is interesting though. Are AMD trolling the GTX 1080 with that setting? :p
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AMD have been keeping quiet for a few launches now, they only released info on the previous Fiji junk at Computex and E3 etc if i recall, i think they learnt lessons there as well with the "overclockers dream" comment and this time are probably just going to drop the mic so to say with this launch by keeping extremely quiet and just letting the reviewers and cards themselves do the talking.

This also reminds me of Rob Hallock a week or so back stating they couldnt show single gpu figures because they didnt want to take the limelight from review sites, this kinda adds up now as the hype is building without them actually saying anything, for all we know these could be well placed AMD leaks of just the right nature to keep the hype train rolling.

Or they could infact be rubbish cards and a massive let down ;)
 
fs123 said:
Some of these leaks should be treated as fakes. I doubt AMD would be keeping quite if the 480 could get to 1600MHz+ easily. Why even have a base clock of 1080 at all if the card can almost get to 1070 level?

Realistically we should expect around 390X performance and anything extra is a bonus.

The 1080 base clock is interesting though. Are AMD trolling the GTX 1080 with that setting? :p
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Maybe to keep power levels down. Chip could be capable of much higher frequency but keep it lower to keep it under the 150watt area.
 
fs123 said:
Some of these leaks should be treated as fakes. I doubt AMD would be keeping quite if the 480 could get to 1600MHz+ easily. Why even have a base clock of 1080 at all if the card can almost get to 1070 level?

Realistically we should expect around 390X performance and anything extra is a bonus.

The 1080 base clock is interesting though. Are AMD trolling the GTX 1080 with that setting? :p
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remember 7970 launch clocks were what 925? that chip could easily do 1200+ with lots hitting 1300+

could we be seeing the same thing?
 
SkeeterUK said:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1603257/jd-xfx-rx480-8gb-pictured-with-official-specifications

Incase you miss the source link. http://item.jd.com/3152734.html

Also http://videocardz.com/61147/xfx-radeon-rx-480-pictured-features-1288-mhz-clock

New info?

XFX branded 480 with specs etc and pics. Clocked at 1288 stock speed apparently, 1999 yuans which is about 212 in pounds.

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The Chinese price also includes 17% sales tax too.
 
Jono8 said:
http://videocardz.com/61154/amd-radeon-rx-480-crossfire-3dmark-performance
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Hmm as expected. If it overclocks well and once driver mature I can see these beating 980's and Nano's which is great for the money.

But maybe not good enough for me to upgrade.

I have two 290x watercooled so a single 480 would be a drop in performance when xfire works but a good gain when it doesnt.

I could go two 480s in xfire but add on two waterblocks and im getting close to a 1080 price with all the benefit of performance not dropping when xfire doesnt work.

Don't get me wrong, i think the 480 will be a great card esp at its price and will be where the bang for buck is. If i was only moving from a single 290x i'd be on it like a flash.
 
fs123 said:
Some of these leaks should be treated as fakes. I doubt AMD would be keeping quite if the 480 could get to 1600MHz+ easily. Why even have a base clock of 1080 at all if the card can almost get to 1070 level?
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It's exactly what they did with 7850, clocked at 860Mhz to keep the power draw down. But you could get 50% OC's on them to hit 1290Mhz with a few extra volts.

See the 2700+ reply thread HERE

So it's not unthinkable they've done the same again with the 480.
 
HeX said:
It's exactly what they did with 7850, clocked at 860Mhz to keep the power draw down. But you could get 50% OC's on them to hit 1290Mhz with a few extra volts.

See the 2700+ reply thread HERE

So it's not unthinkable they've done the same again with the 480.
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my 7870 happily runs at 1150mhz without touching the power or voltage control.
 
HeX said:
It's exactly what they did with 7850, clocked at 860Mhz to keep the power draw down. But you could get 50% OC's on them to hit 1290Mhz with a few extra volts.

See the 2700+ reply thread HERE

So it's not unthinkable they've done the same again with the 480.
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Wouldn't surprise me - I'd be unsurprised if a good number can't do around 1860MHz (completely coincidental to the 860MHz in your post heh) but I suspect there is a good deal of variation as well.
 
Rroff said:
Wouldn't surprise me - I'd be unsurprised if a good number can't do around 1860MHz (completely coincidental to the 860MHz in your post heh) but I suspect there is a good deal of variation as well.
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well the finfet process is supposed to help reduce variation between parts, so more parts should get decent clocks overall.
 
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