The Polaris RX 480 Owners Thread.

MichaelM · 30 Jul 2016 at 09:59

Not a great picture but i'm too busy getting rid of those dirty dirty nvidia drivers and crewing on Haribo's to try again

8GB Nitro+ OC

Kaapstad · 30 Jul 2016 at 10:03

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 30/07/2016, Make Sapphire Nitro+OC 8gb, MichaelM, Link
Date 29/07/2016, Make Sapphire Nitro+OC 8gb, JustEner, Link
Date 28/07/2016, Make Sapphire Nitro+OC 8gb, zophiel, Link
Date 28/07/2016, Make Sapphire Nitro+OC 8gb, merlah, Link
Date 27/07/2016, Make PowerColor Reference 8gb, Pete @r..., Link
Date 12/07/2016, Make Gigabyte Reference 8gb, xb8browney, Link
Date 12/07/2016, Make Gigabyte Reference 8gb, eNe, Link
Date 11/07/2016, Make XFX Reference 8gb, orbitalwalsh, Link
Date 09/07/2016, Make Asus Reference 8gb, Gripen90, Link
Date 05/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 4gb, Boomstick777, Link
Date 02/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, FredFlint, Link
Date 02/07/2016, Make XFX Reference 8gb, swanseajack, Link
Date 01/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, SouthEastBlue, Link
Date 01/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, KonfuciousK, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 4gb, Tute, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, Overlag, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Gigabyte Reference 8gb, MDPlatts, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make XFX Reference 4gb, Bantu, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make XFX Reference 4gb, TheLegendOfMart, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, montymint, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, roy23, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, stulid, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, Kaapstad, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, whyscotty, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, AMDMatt, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your RX 480.

LtMatt · 30 Jul 2016 at 11:18

miteax said:
Seems to be the case with the new settings version. You will also notice that the clock slider only goes in 5% increments now rather than 0.5%

You can however revert to the old drivers to get the original WattMan then update the drivers but exclude the settings component. Then you can still clock GPU and RAM in the same way.

See my post here.

schneeb · 30 Jul 2016 at 18:44

Got my waterblock in today (XSPC blade), works great! Had a quick play with der8auer unlocked bios but windows started acting strange so removed it; got this pretty nice score at 1480/2250mhz though: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/9570827

Currently chilling at 1395/2250 which will hopefully be stable 24/7!

YB2ndBEST · 31 Jul 2016 at 00:24

Noice!

Blackjack Davy · 31 Jul 2016 at 12:20

Thats odd, Imgur won't display for some reason.

http://imgur.com/a/sXuKI

edit: Tinypic works though:

melmac · 31 Jul 2016 at 12:46

ninjah said:
Greeting all... I have had my R290p unlock to R290x since late 2013. I fancy an upgrade do you guy think it's wise to upgrade to RX480 or wait for the RX490? And what is the performance difference in crossfire?

Cheers.

Buy it. It will offer a small upgrade over the 290, use less power and have some new features. Besides it's always nice to get something new.

And, it won't cost you that much if you sell the 290.

Further down the line you can sell it on and upgrade to something else.

z10m · 31 Jul 2016 at 12:52

z10m said:
Did anyone tried connecting it to 4K tv.? Every time I set it to 60Hz PC just reboots as if the reset button was pressed.
I know I should use hdmi 2.0 cable which I don't have but I thought it won't hurt to try.
In worst case it shouldn't let me choose 60hz or display anything but definitely not just reboot.

anyone.?

xb8browney · 31 Jul 2016 at 14:17

Would the OcUK Tech Labs
120mm Kraken Extreme VGA Cooling Upgrade Bundle - Standard - Black Shroud Stock Code: BU-083-TL be any good with the RX480?

Kaapstad · 31 Jul 2016 at 14:21

Blackjack Davy said:
Thats odd, Imgur won't display for some reason.

http://imgur.com/a/sXuKI

edit: Tinypic works though:

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 31/07/2016, Make Sapphire Nitro+OC 4gb, Blackjack Davy, Link
Date 30/07/2016, Make Sapphire Nitro+OC 8gb, MichaelM, Link
Date 29/07/2016, Make Sapphire Nitro+OC 8gb, JustEner, Link
Date 28/07/2016, Make Sapphire Nitro+OC 8gb, zophiel, Link
Date 28/07/2016, Make Sapphire Nitro+OC 8gb, merlah, Link
Date 27/07/2016, Make PowerColor Reference 8gb, Pete @r..., Link
Date 12/07/2016, Make Gigabyte Reference 8gb, xb8browney, Link
Date 12/07/2016, Make Gigabyte Reference 8gb, eNe, Link
Date 11/07/2016, Make XFX Reference 8gb, orbitalwalsh, Link
Date 09/07/2016, Make Asus Reference 8gb, Gripen90, Link
Date 05/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 4gb, Boomstick777, Link
Date 02/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, FredFlint, Link
Date 02/07/2016, Make XFX Reference 8gb, swanseajack, Link
Date 01/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, SouthEastBlue, Link
Date 01/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, KonfuciousK, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 4gb, Tute, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, Overlag, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Gigabyte Reference 8gb, MDPlatts, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make XFX Reference 4gb, Bantu, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make XFX Reference 4gb, TheLegendOfMart, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, montymint, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, roy23, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, stulid, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, Kaapstad, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, whyscotty, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, AMDMatt, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your RX 480.

xb8browney · 31 Jul 2016 at 16:33

Well this just happened while on BF4, GPU fan went to 100% and wouldn't go back down till I rebooted system.

zophiel · 31 Jul 2016 at 16:45

that sometimes happened on my old 290x

didnt matter what drivers were used. Wasnt a big deal quick reboot and sorted.

xb8browney · 31 Jul 2016 at 19:47

zophiel said:
that sometimes happened on my old 290x

didnt matter what drivers were used. Wasnt a big deal quick reboot and sorted.

Hmm, Never had it happen with I had a 270x or the 280x.

LoadsaMoney · 31 Jul 2016 at 20:13

Kaapstad · 31 Jul 2016 at 21:42

LoadsaMoney said:

Thanks and added to the OP.

YB2ndBEST · 1 Aug 2016 at 05:54

LoadsaMoney said:

Everything was pretty much as expected... except witcher 3 holy hell. Was his reference 480 a 4gb card? that's a very very nice jump.

ninjah · 1 Aug 2016 at 08:48

melmac said:
Buy it. It will offer a small upgrade over the 290, use less power and have some new features. Besides it's always nice to get something new.

And, it won't cost you that much if you sell the 290.

Further down the line you can sell it on and upgrade to something else.

Once I sell one of my R290 I will look into this.

N19h7m4r3 · 1 Aug 2016 at 09:26

YB2ndBEST said:
Everything was pretty much as expected... except witcher 3 holy hell. Was his reference 480 a 4gb card? that's a very very nice jump.

I noticed in the original 480 review on Guru3D that Polaris does much better with Gameworks effects as well. It's up there with the Fury X in Fallout 4 until you push passed 1440p

LtMatt · 1 Aug 2016 at 10:09

N19h7m4r3 said:
I noticed in the original 480 review on Guru3D that Polaris does much better with Gameworks effects as well. It's up there with the Fury X in Fallout 4 until you push passed 1440p

Primitive discard accelerator, helps when certain games use excessive levels of tessellation by discarding triangles that do not influence the rendered scene.

N19h7m4r3 · 1 Aug 2016 at 10:16

AMDMatt said:
Primitive discard accelerator, helps when certain games use excessive levels of tessellation by discarding triangles that do not influence the rendered scene.

For everything else you can still lower excessive tessellation in the driver control panel.