Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

[Nexus18]

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I was saying people banged on about power savings in the 970 era how great it was now those same people overlook this with AMD now they have done the same but try to paint it in a bad picture by making out that actually Amd cards are not that efficient and use more power than officailly stated to take away any positivity to try and make things look negative. Like I was saying those who thought powersavings was great are now silent about how great it was and is.

Indeed, it is always the same in here though

If I CBA I would go back and be digging up all those posts where the power efficiency and consumption of the 970 was the best thing since sliced bread

In fact, there was even a thread on "if power efficiency was the new must have":

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18637321



I couldn't really care less about PE or whatever tbh. Like 95% of the people on this forum, I have a good high end 700+W PSU and I won't be losing sleep over an extra £10-20 on the elecy bill spread over 2 years lol.... The only real advantage of better power efficiency is less heat and that is only really an issue for about 2-3 months of the year, if that... which is when I won't be doing much gaming anyway. If I was going SLI/crossfire then PE would come into play a bit more but still be near the bottom of my "wants/needs" list.

 

[Gregster]

I know what you were saying, my post was in reaction to Gregs power backtracking as he slaughtered AMD for theirs more so when 970 arrived.

No I didn't, in fact, I have always said that I don't care how much power a card uses. Don't tell lies!

 

[bru]

Back when 970/980 released power consumption was the next best thing. Ohh look this card uses hardly any power compared to similar performing cards. Because Nvidia... Now Amd no on cares and overlooks this feat lol.

When NVidia are ahead, the AMD crew will tell us that power doesn't matter and when AMD are ahead the NVidia crew will tell you it doesn't matter.

It's the way the world works.

 

[Mauller]

either way, the power saving and subsequent lower Heat output should mean the parts can overclock better than previous parts.

 

[Destination]

I am very much looking forward to the end of the month so see some physical comparisons between actual models of the new cards.
Should be rather interesting.

Hope AMD have made something very nice for their price point, as it would energise the market.

 

[CREATIVE!11]

I am very much looking forward to the end of the month so see some physical comparisons between actual models of the new cards.
Should be rather interesting.

Hope AMD have made something very nice for their price point, as it would energise the market.

Yeah same. I wanted a 1070 initially but at current prices no thanks.

I'm itching to see some benchmarks of AMD's cards.....

 

[tommybhoy]

No I didn't, in fact, I have always said that I don't care how much power a card uses. Don't tell lies!

In fact, there was even a thread on "if power efficiency was the new must have":

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18637321

Who upped that?

 

[Jono8]

Yeah same. I wanted a 1070 initially but at current prices no thanks.

I'm itching to see some benchmarks of AMD's cards.....

Same as well. Although soon I will just not bother as I am going to be on holiday for the whole of August anyway. Will probably end up just buying something when I get back now!

 

[Gregster]

Who upped that?

I think most of us are the same who water cool (or more) and couldn't give a **** how much power it uses in truth. The problem for most people is the heat that is generated and when looking at a small form factor case, there will be some serious throttling going on if the cards cooler isn't up to the job.

From that thread. Now again, stop telling lies. Carry on and I will report you!

 

[hyperseven]

either way, the power saving and subsequent lower Heat output should mean the parts can overclock better than previous parts.

So you could say, it's almost like, an overclockers dream.

 

[humbug]

Its okay humbug. Back when 970/980 released power consumption was the next best thing. Ohh look this card uses hardly any power compared to similar performing cards. Because Nvidia... Now Amd no on cares and overlooks this feat lol.

Fury-Nano, same power as a GTX 980, higher performance.

 

[Dave2150]

So we are looking at a card that is faster than a 970 and uses 90W less power to do that. That would save me a tenner a year on the leccy bill. Awesomes.....

As others have mentioned, it's more to do with less heat and noise than saving a few £ per year on the electricity bill.

 

[tommybhoy]

I will report you!

Plenty other things you said in that thread to back up my comment there's a mountain more said at the time, but it's boring, it is what it is...

My bad for sharing the same opinion as others.

When NVidia are ahead, the AMD crew will tell us that power doesn't matter and when AMD are ahead the NVidia crew will tell you it doesn't matter.

It's the way the world works.

Nailed it.

 

[Boomstick777]

So we are looking at a card that is faster than a 970 and uses 90W less power to do that. That would save me a tenner a year on the leccy bill. Awesomes.....

Why go into an AMD GPU thread just to poo poo the GPU.

You should be to busy with new GTX 1080 and CPU to care about AMD bashing.

 

[Gregster]

That also works the other way round. Some staunch AMD supporters were claiming that nobody cares about power useage when the Fury X was released but now it is important. Not a dig at you but a comical observation.

Why go into an AMD GPU thread just to poo poo the GPU.

You should be to busy with new GTX 1080 and CPU to care about AMD bashing.

Where did I poo poo it? Over 5 years, that would be £50 and a nice saving and it is supposedly faster than a 970

Edit:

When I get one, that would be the sort of thing I would mention, as well as the heat output etc on pro's and con's.

 

[humbug]

i hope so and i hope its more than more ashes figures, need to see some other games and real performance info and if they have a $300 card they need to show it with proper figures. less waffle about vr and more about real world performance.

I believe the June 29th NDA is for info about the RX 490 only not the 480

So there is a 490?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4ni3jj/tweaktown_rx_480_we_cant_tell_you_when_our_review/

 

[GAC]

no one knows as of yet they referenced the whole $300 price at computex so unless the 8 gig 480 is $300 there has to be something.

 

[Boomstick777]

Where did I poo poo it? Over 5 years, that would be £50 and a nice saving and it is supposedly faster than a 970

Edit:

When I get one, that would be the sort of thing I would mention, as well as the heat output etc on pro's and con's.

Ha, I can't tell if serious. Yeah it read as really sarcastic. Like your saying big deal, 'GTX 970' performance but less power.

Anyways, no one knows how this performs yet, we need legit benchmarks / reviews.

I hope it's a good one at a good price, god knows the market needs it after Nvidia decided to take milking the consumer to a whole new level.

 

[tommybhoy]

I hope it's a good one at a good price, god knows the market needs it after Nvidia decided to take milking the consumer to a whole new level.

Exactly, between Nv milking and Denuvo, it's not looking good if 480 is a lemon.

 

[Lokken86]

How much must you guys be gaming for 50w to make a difference. My tortoise Arnold has a 100w light bulb on 10 hours a day and I don't even notice it on the bill. In other words I just want maximum performance.