The Polaris RX 480 Owners Thread.

Bantu · 7 Oct 2016 at 17:33

Hi guys. just wanted to ask some questions on the TriXX software for Sapphire.
1. How is everyone finding the new version? I tried the previous one and found the UI and general responsiveness awful, so gave up. Is the revamped one any better?
2. When making changes, what should we do re: Wattman? Let's take fan curves.. if i have one setting for a fan curve on TriXX and set something else on Wattman, which one wins out? How about clocks/voltages?
3. Does the new TriXX accept application profiles?

Thanks!

mahius · 9 Oct 2016 at 09:05

I just saw this Youtube video on the XFX RX 480 (so many Xs, surprised there's no RX 480X lol), it's the one with the swappable fans and whatnot. What really surprised me was the power consumption, which hovered around 100W for the most part. It's rather shocking (in a good way), since the RX 480 is rated at 150W. Can others who have this particular card confirm that it's the XFX one only or is it like that on other 480 models too? Or is it just a one-off and this guy somehow messed up measuring power?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWASNajSdpg

I got curious and tested my current 970, it seems that you can find power consumption in Afterburner, it's one of the top options. Alas, for me it gave a percentage and not wattage, but the percentage is based on the max rated power. I got 87% on a 150W 970, which transalates to around 130W. I'm not sure how the guy in the video got actual watts to appear.

Overlag · 9 Oct 2016 at 09:17

Mine hovers around 100-120watts when it's watercooled at 35-40c, once it gets hot it seems to consume more which further increases heat output, Joys of 14nm I guess because Intel cpu's are the same. On air it was pegged at 90c, and running around 150-170watts.

Dave2150 · 9 Oct 2016 at 12:43

mahius said:
I just saw this Youtube video on the XFX RX 480 (so many Xs, surprised there's no RX 480X lol), it's the one with the swappable fans and whatnot. What really surprised me was the power consumption, which hovered around 100W for the most part. It's rather shocking (in a good way), since the RX 480 is rated at 150W. Can others who have this particular card confirm that it's the XFX one only or is it like that on other 480 models too? Or is it just a one-off and this guy somehow messed up measuring power?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWASNajSdpg

I got curious and tested my current 970, it seems that you can find power consumption in Afterburner, it's one of the top options. Alas, for me it gave a percentage and not wattage, but the percentage is based on the max rated power. I got 87% on a 150W 970, which transalates to around 130W. I'm not sure how the guy in the video got actual watts to appear.

Power consumption shown in MSI Afterburner is not accurate. You need to monitor it at a hardware level to be objective.

Also XFX sent Jay a super binned sample, not all cards will do 1475Mhz at 64°C.

genericjim101 · 9 Oct 2016 at 12:47

Dave2150 said:
Power consumption shown in MSI Afterburner is not accurate. You need to monitor it at a hardware level to be objective.

Also XFX sent Jay a super binned sample, not all cards will do 1475Mhz at 64°C.

Yeah, I seen that too, was way too suspicious.

TheMorningStar · 9 Oct 2016 at 13:31

Very interesting none the less. I'm wondering if AMD are refining the 14nm process, or if that really is just a one off. Could also be XFXs RX480 configuration or even driver progress. Would like to hear back from some XFX owners.

Dave2150 · 9 Oct 2016 at 13:37

TheMorningStar said:
Very interesting none the less. I'm wondering if AMD are refining the 14nm process, or if that really is just a one off. Could also be XFXs RX480 configuration or even driver progress. Would like to hear back from some XFX owners.

Yeh indeed, would love to hear feedback from retail purchased XFX GTR owners

Worth noting Jay is testing in an open air bench also, something that not many are doing!

genericjim101 · 9 Oct 2016 at 13:40

Dave2150 said:
Yeh indeed, would love to hear feedback from retail purchased XFX GTR owners

Worth noting Jay is testing in an open air bench also, something that not many are doing!

I think mine would get covered in cat hair if I did that. Or spiders.

TheMorningStar · 9 Oct 2016 at 13:57

Dave2150 said:
Yeh indeed, would love to hear feedback from retail purchased XFX GTR owners

Worth noting Jay is testing in an open air bench also, something that not many are doing!

I think I heard that the XFX actually has a copper base and has a rather nice cooler in general, although the looks don't really do it for me. I'm not sure if his other 480s were also tested on an open bench and with the same drivers.

genericjim101 · 9 Oct 2016 at 14:28

TheMorningStar said:
I think I heard that the XFX actually has a copper base and has a rather nice cooler in general, although the looks don't really do it for me. I'm not sure if his other 480s were also tested on an open bench and with the same drivers.

In the end it still doesn't perform much better than competing tech or AIB's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFn5DOUO9Rc

I'd hate to go through the hassle and not have one of these golden eggs.

How good is XFX's RMA support?

TheMorningStar · 9 Oct 2016 at 16:46

genericjim101 said:
In the end it still doesn't perform much better than competing tech or AIB's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFn5DOUO9Rc

I'd hate to go through the hassle and not have one of these golden eggs.

How good is XFX's RMA support?

You would have to compare it to the GTX1060, really. They only seem to have the 1070 and 1080 present in those benchmarks, those cards are 2 or 3 times the cost.

I'd say the chances of getting a card like that are slim but I am wondering if anyone else has had cards like that from recent stocks. Regardless, I'm unlikely to get a 480 myself, I need something with notably more power, crossfire is a consideration, however, but I may still need 2 cards regardless for the performance target I'm aiming for.

genericjim101 · 9 Oct 2016 at 22:59

TheMorningStar said:
You would have to compare it to the GTX1060, really. They only seem to have the 1070 and 1080 present in those benchmarks, those cards are 2 or 3 times the cost.

I'd say the chances of getting a card like that are slim but I am wondering if anyone else has had cards like that from recent stocks. Regardless, I'm unlikely to get a 480 myself, I need something with notably more power, crossfire is a consideration, however, but I may still need 2 cards regardless for the performance target I'm aiming for.

What is it you need to do? More than gaming I hope!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ePpsT9fhpQ

Well if it could oc to 1450 it could achieve near this.

GinG · 15 Oct 2016 at 14:08

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Kaapstad · 15 Oct 2016 at 15:24

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africanos23 · 16 Oct 2016 at 11:37

Anyone able to verify the temps JayTwoCents is getting on the XFX GTR model ?

old gamer · 16 Oct 2016 at 11:48

africanos23 said:
Anyone able to verify the temps JayTwoCents is getting on the XFX GTR model ?

It would be nice if gibbo would get one out of the box and let 8 pack give it a good work out then we will know what's what

africanos23 · 16 Oct 2016 at 11:51

old gamer said:
It would be nice if gibbo would get one out of the box and let 8 pack give it a good work out then we will know what's what

That would be fab. I'm willing to grab 4-6 of them if the temps are right, easy money for Gibbo

DONOHUE07 · 16 Oct 2016 at 14:00

What is the rest your PC? I'm tempted to get Forza: but I'm not sure how my fx8350 and 290 would hold up

GinG · 16 Oct 2016 at 16:51

Wondering if there is something up.

Did a cinebench test, old 7850 got 96fps, 480 only 98fps.

Bf4 ultra settings around 60-70fps, high around 80-90fps. 7850 wasn't far off the fps in high settings.

Not sure if i was expecting more, but maybe just showing how much cpu is a bottleneck??

Dave2150 · 16 Oct 2016 at 17:02

GinG said:
Wondering if there is something up.

Did a cinebench test, old 7850 got 96fps, 480 only 98fps.

Bf4 ultra settings around 60-70fps, high around 80-90fps. 7850 wasn't far off the fps in high settings.

Not sure if i was expecting more, but maybe just showing how much cpu is a bottleneck??

CPU bottleneck for sure, the FX CPU's are terrible compared to Broadwell-E/Skylake.

In fact you probably would have been better served upgrading your CPU/mobo to an Intel platform instead of buying a new GPU.