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Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

stuartdn said:
still very tempted given i want to try freesync. Looks to be a fair bit better than my 960 anyway
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Nail on head!

I have a load of FREESYNC deals going live today. ;)

RX-480 plus a sub £200 FREESYNC monitor is truly an incredible way to get silky smooth tear free gaming at sub £400, even £300 is nearly possible (RX-480 plus 22" FREESYNC), this is vastly less then say buying a 970/980 with a G-Sync monitor.

This is where AMD easily wins due to how much better value Freesync monitors are compared to G-sync. :)
 
Gibbo said:
OcUK have nailed every launch! No gouging.

We were going to hit £199.99, that is now impossible, not due to OcUK, not due to AMD, not due to partners, not due to gouging, but due to weakening pound.
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Gibbo your difference in price between the 4gb and 8gb models has nothing to do with exchange rates!

You have a £50 difference between them????

The $ price difference is $30. Even if the pound was 1:1 with the $, you could only have a £30 difference between 4gb and 8gb models.

So what is going on?

I suspect you know the 8gb model is the one everyone wants... and gouging is accurate in this case.
 
I'm still stuck between a 480 and 1070. Will the custom 480's really be £225-250? If so then it's around £100 cheaper than the closest 1070, but obviously with £100 less performance.
 
Gibbo said:
Nail on head!

I have a load of FREESYNC deals going live today. ;)

RX-480 plus a sub £200 FREESYNC monitor is truly an incredible way to get silky smooth tear free gaming at sub £400, even £300 is nearly possible (RX-480 plus 22" FREESYNC), this is vastly less then say buying a 970/980 with a G-Sync monitor.

This is where AMD easily wins due to how much better value Freesync monitors are compared to G-sync. :)
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Ooooooooh. I don't normally let myself get tricked into buying something I didn't intend to buy through clever offers. But a Freesync monitor with a 480 is a nice combination... Hmmmm.
 
Gibbo said:
Nail on head!

I have a load of FREESYNC deals going live today. ;)

RX-480 plus a sub £200 FREESYNC monitor is truly an incredible way to get silky smooth tear free gaming at sub £400, even £300 is nearly possible (RX-480 plus 22" FREESYNC), this is vastly less then say buying a 970/980 with a G-Sync monitor.

This is where AMD easily wins due to how much better value Freesync monitors are compared to G-sync. :)
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So re freesync vs gsync and without going into too much depth

Which is the better one in terms of performance
 
So.... given i'm running on internal Intel HD graphics... should I go for an RX480 wait for the 980 prices to drop as a result :D
 
fs123 said:
So AMD has brought the 390 down to the 380 segment. Will wait for the 490 now unless the reviews state otherwise or the non-reference cards are better.
Did you use the latest drivers or just the ones in the box Gibbo?
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a 390 is twice as fast as your current card.
 
harney said:
So re freesync vs gsync and without going into too much depth

Which is the better one in terms of performance
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Freesync range tends to vary quite a bit depending on monitor.

Gsync has a generally larger range on average and seems to have a few advantages in terms of compatibility with certain output modes.

I'd say Gsync is functionally superior at the moment, but that can change. And its extra cost is debatable.

Big problem either way is that you're locked into buying a certain GPU brand to make full use of whatever monitor you buy.
 
FoxEye said:
Gibbo your difference in price between the 4gb and 8gb models has nothing to do with exchange rates!

You have a £50 difference between them????

The $ price difference is $30. Even if the pound was 1:1 with the $, you could only have a £30 difference between 4gb and 8gb models.

So what is going on?

I suspect you know the 8gb model is the one everyone wants... and gouging is accurate in this case.
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This is the only place where people complain about prices and Gibbo actually cares enough to answer -
I don't even understand the concept of gouging when regardless of the product is still a company trying to make money.

They aren't even the only shop in the UK and tend to price match whenever you call them...
 
I have read through the thread (mostly!) and apologies if it has already been asked, and answered, a million times already but I take it there is little to no point getting a 480 if I have a 970 ATM?

I don't have a Freesynch monitor, just a BenQ 140htz 1080 one.
 
harney said:
So re freesync vs gsync and without going into too much depth

Which is the better one in terms of performance
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I think in a theoretical sense, Gsync has a tiny edge, but in practical terms: none.

Plus Freesync is open and, imo, almost certainly the future. Nvidia are going to have to start supporting Freesync in the next few years or it's going to hurt their sales. And once they start supporting Freesync there is very little reason to keep trying to get the market to make Gsync this pervasive thing that everyone has to pay them for.
 
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