Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

[Futures]

So, at first it was all a good laugh leaving the EU, who would have thought it would have actually effect real life and death situations.
Is there any chance we can go back and have a revote. Just putting that out there.

 

[Erik13]

http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=5296340&postcount=967

Alessio1989 on the OC results in the Polish review:

"- They received an unlucky sample (artefacts).
- We received a luck sample (over-volt is needed).


We will post all after NDA."

So it appears there is still hope!

One extra duck for lucky sample then

 

[Bantu]

I think what people mean by custom coolers is when the manufacturers like ASUS, MSi, Gigabyte etc release the card with their own coolers on.

Ah yes.. I meant these types: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/air-cooling/coolers/gpu

I answered my question too. Seems like it's better value to get a manufacturer card.. at least you get some warranty.

 

[Lokken86]

So what's the current rumours? 970 performance?

 

[spikerules]

So what's the current rumours? 970 performance?

Heavily overclocked 970. So 980 basically.

 

[Orangey]

Shot in the paddock.

 

[meldarthx]

So what's the current rumours? 970 performance?

pretty much where I said it would be 390X/980 DX 11 speeds......now DX12 more of a guess around nano or between nano and fury speeds....

how much they improve with OC and drivers is the real question....

 

[N19h7m4r3]

Just curious, why do you insist on putting the cost of delivery into the price of the card? Delivery to Ireland is going to cost the same whether you buy a 970, 390x or 480.

For the 480 you seem to be adding the delivery costs then complaining about how much it costs and then saying it's terrible price/performance.

I never once said it's terrible price to performance. I only stated once after the card's base price creeps to £230+ it's going to start losing it's price to performance edge.

Also I include the price, because, you know, I have to actually pay it.

If you lot in the UK were forced to also include the price of shipping you would.
Or should we only look at the price excluding VAT like they do in the USA?

My main complaint is that with OcUK upping their prices it makes it more expensive for me, to the point I might need to look to the mainland to buy the GPU.

I prefer not to do that due to issues with RMAs, and delays in shipping.

 

[fastboy]

current rumours say between a voodoo fx and mx400 but I'm not getting my hopes up

 

[nashathedog]

A reason I never buy ASUS cards, they cost more for the same, or often less; as was the case they once reused Geforce coolers on AMD cards which caused temp issues.

Plus their RMA service is a joke; yet they always charge an extra premium due to their brand power.

Once?

 

[Lokken86]

Heavily overclocked 970. So 980 basically.

What was the clocks of the 970?

 

[Raikiri]

Pointless speculating really, 24 hours and we'll know.

 

[WYNIR0]

According to Japanese site TotalSuperPCGamingFuntime.com The Rx480 fails to beat a Rx470 in Horrace goes skiing.

 

[Mortized]

According to Japanese site TotalSuperPCGamingFuntime.com The Rx480 fails to beat a Rx470 in Horrace goes skiing.

How does it do on Frogger?

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Supposedly OcUK had some RX480 prices up for a short period - the MSI one was £229.99 it seems.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Thanks

So the earliest I could get one delivered, would be Thursday unless I pop into the shop?

Yup

 

[WYNIR0]

How does it do on Frogger?

Not yet posted. They are currently waiting for lunar Jetman to benchmark. Then they'll rewind the tape and try frogger.

 

[Lokken86]

Pointless speculating really, 24 hours and we'll know.

Its funny all this speculation will come down to 20 seconds of skimming through the performance section of the reviews followed by a meh and onto the Vega thread for 6 months.

 

[SimBy]

yup AMD Raptr
optimise games, auto record game videos and upload to plays.tv etc..

Anyone else have the urge to rub Roberts shiny head

 

[N19h7m4r3]

Once?

Has it happened more? I stopped even paying attention to their cards after that.

I remember the Asus 290X DC2OC having the exact same cooler as used on GTX 780Ti which resulted in poor performance on the card as it wasn't designed for it.