Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

[Zeed]

EEE its more disappointing than I expected it to be!!!!

If i had 230 pounds for a card i would buy used 980....

 

[Exsurgo]

Only really seems to be competitive with Nvidia's previous generation. Disappointing. Really needs to be £155/£180 imo.

Worried about AMDs current architecture.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRSL8jq1wzw

So the 4gb cards at 175 actually have 8gb u just need to grab a leaked video bios to enable 8gb, stability not guaranteed tho apparently. Hmm..

Wait the 4GB cards have 8GB of RAM??

 

[harney]

mfw reading these reviews

 

[meldarthx]

I asked him which drivers he used, he replied this :

"+Tech of Tomorrow I can't watch the video with audio at the moment (at work) did you mention which drivers are used ? The cd ones or 16.6.2 ?" (I meant to write 16.6.1)

"Tech of Tomorrow

Neither AMD release drivers"

hehe that was you? Yep he wouldn't say what drivers - so again suspect - then saying well looks like a driver issue we'll look at when drivers are out.......

 

[elmuzzy66.]

Its defo A GPU for the future, it will easy out last its competition.

How's that tactic worked out over the years? People want the performance now. Besides when the performance arrives there's new shinny cards around. A good card but as usual I feel amd are going to mess it around in other areas.

 

[CK61938]

I guess I will be keeping my 295x2 for the forseeable future. Or until it dies to stop working altogether.

 

[DragonQ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRSL8jq1wzw

So the 4gb cards at 175 actually have 8gb u just need to grab a leaked video bios to enable 8gb, stability not guaranteed tho apparently. Hmm..

Hmm. Not sure the extra 4 GB really helps anyway, except maybe for longevity purposes.

 

[Toss3]

If the AIB cards manage to get 1500-1600Mhz on the core they might be a much better buy. Depends on what Nvidia has in store with their GTX 1060. Prices should fall quickly.

 

[Jono8]

AMD need to stop releasing cards with ~290x performance.

You could have bought an Asus custom cooled 290x for £210 from here over a year ago....

 

[adam98150]

The 4gb is very good value. It's more or less on the same level as a 970, but has more vram, better price, newer tech.

 

[Sargatanas2511]

I said I would be disappointed if it wasn't at least on par with the 390X and I am disappointed indeed.

 

[Sacrifice]

People saying 'buy other X card'. Go on then, for £176 buy another card.

 

[Mr Latte]

Long one from TTL detailed breakdown...

 

[RavenXXX2]

If the AIB cards manage to get 1500-1600Mhz on the core they might be a much better buy.

Good one.

 

[meldarthx]

I was about to spend £150 on an Asus 380 DirectCU II Strix OC 4096MB but if this 480 is priced at £175 which should I go for? My gpu died the other day and I need a replacement quickly. System is a PhenomIIx4 955 oc'd at 3.6 8gb ram only game at 1080p Cheers

480 without a doubt; it will be a lot faster and its only 25 more

 

[sirleeofroy]

So errr, who wants to buy my 970 then?!

 

[Mayh3M]

Where's humbug at? Can't wait to see his response.

A week ago the poor guy thought this was a 980 Ti.

Lmfao

 

[Kurgen]

aside from everyones disappointment, is this a good card to replace a GTX660 @ 1080p and possibly some 1440p gaming infuture

 

[JoeF1]

It's quite a hilarious thread for me as my last card was an 8800GT so for £175.00 it is going to be like being reborn and a new world opening up.

This £300 deal with the free sync monitor sounds interesting.

This £300 deal still sounds good to me, since i need both a GPU and Monitor. Pls Gibbo