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Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199
- Thread starter Kaapstad
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Soldato
Compared to an £400 1070?
I'll save the £200 and take the peasant cooler and 1070 performance.
Whats "cheap and nasty" about it exactly? If that's all the card needs then why go over the top strapping vapour chambers to it?
Soldato
Right.
It would be funny if it turns out 1.8Ghz is doable.
Yes, it will be interesting to see how well it clocks, it could mean that a larger part will be a monster of a thing.
Am i the only one who doesn't care what a GPU looks like or what materials it's constructed of providing the performance is good?
I've never understood why people don't like or won't buy some cards if it's "ugly"
I see my graphics cards three times.... When i'm installing it... When i'm cleaning my PC for dust... When i'm uninstalling it... Even if you've got a windowed case, it's only the side of it that gets shown... Seriously, it could have a picture of a **** on it and be made out of bamboo, providing when it's reviewed by respected sites they tell me it's fast, durable and they recommend it as a buy then that's it.
I've never understood why people don't like or won't buy some cards if it's "ugly"
I see my graphics cards three times.... When i'm installing it... When i'm cleaning my PC for dust... When i'm uninstalling it... Even if you've got a windowed case, it's only the side of it that gets shown... Seriously, it could have a picture of a **** on it and be made out of bamboo, providing when it's reviewed by respected sites they tell me it's fast, durable and they recommend it as a buy then that's it.
Looks like a standard blower-style cooler to me. Lifting the skirt of the clown 1080 wouldn't reveal anything more impressive.
Caporegime
I happen to like the dark chrome reference cooler, its more tasteful than that angular thing Nvidia charge a huge premium for.
Soldato
Iv never been bothered either. If the price is right Ill bite.
You are in a minority - I like a GPU to look reasonably good - even though I won't be looking at it much - though I do usually use windowed cases with the case beside my desk in plain view.
But even then it's the side of the GPU that's on view - which typically all look the same?
Maybe it's because i grew up buying my first Voodoo card and it just being a plain PCB - but the design really has zero baring on whether i buy or not.
As it happens both the GPUs I have in there at the moment look fairly interesting from the side - using the slightly more "special" version of the windforce coolers.
Soldato
This is the 1080's heatsink for those saying the Rx480 heatsink looks cheap and nasty. The nvidia one looks no better. Jsut a bog standard heatsink, if anything the nvidia one looks smaller.
Caporegime
No wonder they are gona be (a rumoured) £200.
Soldato
This is the 1080's heatsink for those saying the Rx480 heatsink looks cheap and nasty. The nvidia one looks no better. Jsut a bog standard heatsink, if anything the nvidia one looks smaller.
It's a vapour chamber though.
I doubt it, seriously who gives a £$%! what a card looks like as long as it performs well aside from people who go for case art.
Soldato
Yes, cos obviously that heatsink makes all the difference, that's why Nvidia charge ££££££ more.
Thanks for pointing this out
Caporegime
Surprised they didn't just stick these in with em.
It needs it, the 480 doesn't, so really who cares?
Only on the 1080. The 1070 uses a standard heatsink.
Soldato
Loadsamoney cares.