Have XFX managed to deliver the RX480 that was promised by AMD?

[docsonic]

I don't get how aftermarket cards are noisy when I have never heard the fan on my day one reference 480.

Not saying people are lying, I just don't get it.

My XFX GTR 1338mhz was stupidly noisy whereas my MSI gaming x I almost never hear above the case fans.

 

[genericjim101]

My XFX GTR 1338mhz was stupidly noisy whereas my MSI gaming x I almost never hear above the case fans.

Yeah, I'm returning this XFX, I should have gone for the MSI since this clocks like ass anyway. I've also has some weird artifacting when simply browsing online 0_o.

 

[Dave2150]

I don't get how aftermarket cards are noisy when I have never heard the fan on my day one reference 480.

Not saying people are lying, I just don't get it.

Age related hearing loss, different ambient noise levels (some live in noisy areas, some live in rural areas), case on desk or below desk, noise dampened cases, sensitivity to noise.

The list goes on..

 

[genericjim101]

Age related hearing loss, different ambient noise levels (some live in noisy areas, some live in rural areas), case on desk or below desk, noise dampened cases, sensitivity to noise.

The list goes on..

I think he's got an open air case in the Shetlands along with a bit of deafness to not hear a reference cooler.

 

[monster_munch]

Good to hear.

Out of curiosity, which case do you have it in?

NZXT 340

Again, benched the hell out of it for hours and never goes about 60c. Only using stock fans in the case.

 

[Tute]

Age related hearing loss, different ambient noise levels (some live in noisy areas, some live in rural areas), case on desk or below desk, noise dampened cases, sensitivity to noise.

The list goes on..

SFF case, on desk, no dampening, even at night with no other noise in the room, I still can't hear it.

I probably should try overclocking.

 

[Dave2150]

AMD reference coolers sure aint been known for being quiet lol. 290 series ring a bell?

To be fair, several NVIDIA reference coolers such as the Titan's cooler have also been very loud.

The 10 series cards from NVIDIA are definitely better though, much quieter than previously.

 

[leemk]

Returned my XFX Radeon RX 480 RS , was just about to pull the trigger on a MSI
Radeon RX 480 Gaming X 8gb but luckily a mate of mine was using one and even though it was a lot quieter it was not quiet enough.
It didnt help that my Fractal R5 case is at head height less than 12 inches from my right ear.
Bought the NVIDIA GTX 1060 Gaming X 6gb , 100% gpu usage max 980 fan rpm pretty much silent .
It was a shame as the RX 480 was at the £200 pricepoint i wanted to spend and the GTX was £100 more , virtually the same performance as well.

 

[TheMorningStar]

My MSI Gaming X is almost completely silent and runs so cool

Never seen it go above like 60c even after hours of gaming and I have never heard the fans.

I have two of them in Crossfire with an empty PCI slot between them, they spit out so much heat from the backplate the top card can almost touch 90c.

I think one card is a bit iffy mind, I had to put that card in the secondary slot to get it stable and quieter, turn the vcore down about 60 or 70mhz, still playing around with that but even in this configuration the top card is hitting 85c at times, still.

I may still have some time with DSL but I feel a bit funny sending a card back that would probably work fine on it's own.

How hot does your backplate get man? I think mines about 60-70c, even now, in 2D media playback/multimonitor it's in that range, too hot to touch for more than 5 or 10 seconds. this is with my intake fans supplying a light breeze. 2x140mm 800ish RPM 2x140mm

 

[Nasher]

If you think it's to noisy, 2 120mm fans fit over the stock heatsink almost perfectly. You just need to remove the stock cover

 

[Bonjour]

For Crossfire I'd certainly recommend either reference design (which blows the hot air out the back) or some kind of liquid cooling. It's a shame there's not an AIO adapter for the RX480 yet.

 

[africanos23]

I tested 4x GTR XXXs last night.

One of the them produces slighlty more heat than others and also wattage, around 10w more than the rest even though its asic is in the high 80s vs high 60s for the others.

The stock fan profile isn't aggressive at all and keeps temps sub ~67c most of the time, only one of the cards hit 70c and fell back afterwards after initial burn in.

Here is the rig with 25c ambient mining Ethereum for around an hour

Spoiler

Anything over ~52% fan profile is noisy. At 100% it sounds like a jet engine

 

[Davedree]

For Crossfire I'd certainly recommend either reference design (which blows the hot air out the back) or some kind of liquid cooling. It's a shame there's not an AIO adapter for the RX480 yet.

Reference 470/480 if adding an aio cooler and you keep the vrm plate on then you still need a fan cooler over the vrm area. The heatsoak from the vrms is insane, even when the cards idle they put out crazy heat, like the ref 6950 4870 did back in the day.
There's a reason amd never made an itx version of the 470/480.
I tried to run my 470 on a modifed air cooler to fit in my elite 110, in the end I had to make my own itx 470 using a aio cooler. I wasn't happy with the heat still on the card and how much heat it put through into the case. So I bought a 1060 dual and it is far better at running in my elite 110 than the 470.

 

[Bonjour]

Yeah, I'm on a pair of 390s with Corsair HG10 AIOs on, as they cool the VRMs as well. Made sure I got the XFX 390s, as they have the same PCB as a 290/X, so work with the HG10.

 

[TheMorningStar]

If you think it's to noisy, 2 120mm fans fit over the stock heatsink almost perfectly. You just need to remove the stock cover

Ha, nah, looks too pretty like it is