The Polaris RX 480 Owners Thread.

Kaapstad · 4 Aug 2016 at 15:11

bayo000 said:
Nitro+ OC 8gb

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Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, Overlag, Link
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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
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Blackjack Davy · 5 Aug 2016 at 12:25

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

I'm getting better results in FO4 at 3440x1440 with the 480 than with the Fury X! :eek:

xb8browney said:
Well this just happened while on BF4, GPU fan went to 100% and wouldn't go back down till I rebooted system.

What driver are you using? 16.7.3? Look at the fan profile, notice its stuck at one speed then instantly jumps to a much higher speed.

I've had exactly the same thing with my 480. Seems to be a driver issue with 16.7.1 being the last correctly working driver with the subsequent 2 increasingly worse at failing to update the fan speed in relation to gpu temperature.

If you notice there are 2 jumps in the fan speed on that graph both very large with it flatlining in between. If you left it long enough the fan would likely drop down to something lower when the gpu temp drops... eventually. It does with me anyway. Rolled back to 16.7.1 and all has been fine since there are still visible steps when it ramps up and down but they're micro steps rather than macro jumps. There is still no Afterburner available for these cards so the default fan profile is all thats currently available.

xb8browney · 5 Aug 2016 at 12:29

Yeah I'm using 16.7.3

Ducky UK · 5 Aug 2016 at 14:31

Got Mine today, less noise, power and heat when i pull out my R295x2.
http://imgur.com/a/XmkhR

LtMatt · 5 Aug 2016 at 14:34

Ducky UK said:
Got Mine today, less noise, power and heat when i pull out my R295x2.
http://imgur.com/a/XmkhR

Blackjack Davy said:
I'm getting better results in FO4 at 3440x1440 with the 480 than with the Fury X!

That's because the RX series have a hardware feature that the R9 series does not.

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

Kaapstad · 5 Aug 2016 at 22:19

This is a great card and a lot of fun to use.

Yrkoon · 6 Aug 2016 at 01:38

uninstalled my drivers and ran a driver cleaner a while back, getting a lot less spikes on the vddc sensor and less random 100% load sensor readings while idle

seems to off done the trick it takes ages now before it hits a voltage higher than i set (probably sensor glitch) and when it does it is a lot lower than before

reference rx 480 1080 core and 950 memory undervolted for the past week or 2 and been stable

just came out from playing starcraft 2 all night and got this slightly exceeding what i set

2 nights ago i came out same game and it never exceeded the voltage, guess its the sensor

is there an issue with the sensors on the reference sapphire 8 gig cards?

really happy with this reference card though and im glad i never bought a 390, might go for a second one when the prices go back to sane land

amd matt : is there a difference between undervolting the card or choosing compatability mode?

z10m · 6 Aug 2016 at 07:24

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.

So yesterday I realised that 4K 60hz works in games but not desktop weird.
Must be drivers or Windows problem.
Oh and it works on a cheap 99p cable no problem.

LtMatt · 6 Aug 2016 at 07:28

Yrkoon said:
amd matt : is there a difference between undervolting the card or choosing compatability mode?

Yes, compatibility mode ensures that less voltage is taken from the PCI-E slot and more from the 6PIN. You don't really need it unless you are using a Motherboard from the early 90s, but the option is there for people who are concerned about that.

Undervolting just provides less voltage overall, reducing temperatures and fan noise.

If you want the ultimate efficiency, enable compatibility mode, power efficiency and undervolt at stock clocks. You'll save a fair bit of power, if you are that way inclined. Memory should do at least 900v at stock clocks.

LtMatt · 6 Aug 2016 at 07:30

z10m said:
So yesterday I realised that 4K 60hz works in games but not desktop weird.
Must be drivers or Windows problem.
Oh and it works on a cheap 99p cable no problem.

Can't reproduce this behaviour on my 480 4k @60Hz.

Have you set 60hz via Windows Display Properties?

montymint · 6 Aug 2016 at 08:03

I'm gutted that the stock fiasco of the 480 Nitro force my hand to get a fury as my own card (gf still has and loved her 480).

I'll be back on polaris myself sometime next year on vega

z10m · 6 Aug 2016 at 08:04

AMDMatt said:
Can't reproduce this behaviour on my 480 4k @60Hz.

Have you set 60hz via Windows Display Properties?

That's exactly where I was setting it.

fuzzylogic · 6 Aug 2016 at 11:03

So, next best custom card after the Nitro?

Alexrose1uk · 6 Aug 2016 at 11:13

Powercolor Red Devil IMO
Slightly lower clocks than the Nitro, and I think marginally hotter but uses less power from info I've seen, and also due to the subtantially larger cooler it runs quieter under load.

Once Trixx/Afterburner are updated properly, I suspect due to the stock VBIOS being tweaked for noise, if you upped the dB/fan speed and volts then that substantial cooler will come into its own providing you get a decent chip in the core lottery.

Vortez were able to push thier sample to 1430 Mhz even with the basics provided by Wattman.

fuzzylogic · 6 Aug 2016 at 11:16

Alexrose1uk said:
Powercolor Red Devil IMO
Slightly lower clocks than the Nitro, and I think marginally hotter but uses less power from info I've seen, and also due to the subtantially larger cooler it runs quieter under load.

Once Trixx/Afterburner are updated properly, I suspect due to the VBIOS being tweaked for noise, if you upped the dB/fan speed and volts then that substantial cooler will come into its own.

The only issue I'd have with it is it's enormous. I'm not sure it would fit my Aerocool QS202.

los · 6 Aug 2016 at 22:30

Here's the pic of my card, you can just about make out my usernae

los · 6 Aug 2016 at 22:31

Maybe you cant actually

Blackjack Davy · 7 Aug 2016 at 00:26

Kaapstad said:
This is a great card and a lot of fun to use.

It is actually, at least the Nitro is. Ok its not going to beat my EVGA 1080 at 1440p but with Freesync its still very playable and its a cracking card at 1080p.

bigSadFace · 7 Aug 2016 at 01:28

Here's me!

Kaapstad · 7 Aug 2016 at 01:44

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Date 07/08/2016, Make Sapphire Nitro+ OC 8gb, bigSadFace, Link
Date 06/08/2016, Make PowerColor Reference 8gb, los, Link
Date 04/08/2016, Make Sapphire Nitro+ OC 8gb, bayo000, Link
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

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