Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

docsonic · 30 Jun 2016 at 11:49

Still a bargain if the full 8GB they have can be unlocked.

fs123 · 30 Jun 2016 at 11:50

jimjiminy said:
Will the 390X do everything the 480 can do in terms of DX12 and Vulkan? What exactly does the 480 have over the 390X? My max price for a new graphics card is £250...so I either stay with 480, swap for a 390X or wait until the AIB 480's or 1060 comes out...Hmmm

The non-reference 480's should arrive soon and are rumoured to be decent overclockers (1400MHz - 1550MHz?). I'm waiting for them before making any decision since a high clocked 480 should match or beat a 390X/nano and therefore a better choice overall. Some guy replaced the blower cooler on a stock 480 and could overclock the card to 1425MHz quite easily.

http://oc.jagatreview.com/2016/06/teaser-overclocking-amd-radeon-rx480-ke-1-4ghz-dengan-cooler-3rd-party/2/

The AIB cards should all have 8pin or more power connectors too which would remove any power limitations.

AMD should really have got the non-reference cards out at the same time to avoid any negativity from the bashers imo.

Gerard · 30 Jun 2016 at 11:52

docsonic said:
Still a bargain if the full 8GB they have can be unlocked.

No guarantee it will be stable apparently.

eddyr · 30 Jun 2016 at 11:54

docsonic said:
Still a bargain if the full 8GB they have can be unlocked.

I keep seeing this posted but seem v optimistic speculation unless buyers have confirmed that it does ship with 8GB.

My understanding is review samples had 2 bioses, so that if reviewers wanted to assess the performance implications of 4GB they could use it to disable access to half the VRAM and lower clocks to mimic the 4GB model.

d_brennen · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:00

Highly unlikely they'd ship units with unlockable ram. Shaders, yeah, as those are on the die fused off or not but RAM ICs are a unit cost item.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:02

It might be PCPER getting a bit mixed up about things - it would be interesting if people with the 4GB model could confirm if is the same PCB and RAM chips as the 8GB model or not.

Armageus · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:02

teenwolf said:
ocuk price is way off on the 4gb

Gerard said:
The 480 4 gig was 175 then 185, now 189. 0_o

Diagro said:
yup. OCUK nom nom monies

Not sure what the issue is really - I have had a quick look and I can only find one other supplier who actually list the 4GB version. They have an attractive lower price, but funnily enough have no stock.

Gerard · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:04

Armageus said:
Not sure what the issue is really - I have had a quick look and I can only find one other supplier who actually list the 4GB version. They have an attractive lower price, but funnily enough have no stock.

The price increasing for no reason would be the issue in question i think..Its went up almost £15 in the space of a few hours with stock already in hand.

TNA · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:05

Gerard said:

Nice watch. Very interesting information. Seems like Polaris was mainly designed for laptops and oem in the form of Polaris 11. Vega will be designed primarily for desktop users like us and therefore achieve better performance per watt. To be honest, I am not overly bothered about performance per watt, but a lot more about sheer performance and performance per dollar

Kaaps will be glad to see AMD will continue on supporting more than 2 gpu's

Really like what I have seen of WattMan. Looking forward to testing that when I get a Vega.

I still think Vega will be better than most people here think

montymint · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:05

Armageus said:
Not sure what the issue is really - I have had a quick look and I can only find one other supplier who actually list the 4GB version. They have an attractive lower price, but funnily enough have no stock.

A lot of people seem to have an issue with how business works. You'd think they could do it themselves, now where are their stores....oh wait.

Gerard · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:07

montymint said:
A lot of people seem to have an issue with how business works. You'd think they could do it themselves, now where are their stores....oh wait.

So its ok that some people could pay £175 for it and a few hours later others having to pay £188 for the same card from the same warehouse from the same pile? Its not like it was on some time sensitive special offer.

fs123 · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:10

From 4Chan:

A guy on 4Chan overclocked his 480 to 1487 MHZ using a H100 AIO with temps around 65C. Only the 6-pin is limiting it. :eek:

http://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/55333091/tfw-you-use-one-of-those-cpu-waterblock-mounts-on#p55333742

The overclock puts it around Fury level

Can't wait for the non-reference cards. Stock 480 is being held back for sure.

SiDeards73 · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:10

Gerard said:
The price increasing for no reason would be the issue in question i think..Its went up almost £15 in the space of a few hours with stock already in hand.

Did Gibbo not state they had 1000 pre paid units and stock after this would probably be more expensive? and then this morning state they have already sold over 1000 units? this could account for the price increase perhaps?

Toss3 · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:11

fs123 said:
From 4Chan:

A guy on 4Chan overclocked his 480 to 1487 MHZ using a H100 AIO with temps around 65C. Only the 6-pin is limiting it.

http://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/55333091/tfw-you-use-one-of-those-cpu-waterblock-mounts-on#p55333742

The overclock puts it around Fury level Can't wait for the non-reference cards. Stock 480 is being held back for sure.

Now this is good news! Looking forward to seeing how well the AIB card perform! :cool:

Gerard · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:12

SiDeards73 said:
Did Gibbo not state they had 1000 pre paid units and stock after this would probably be more expensive? and then this morning state they have already sold over 1000 units? this could account for the price increase perhaps?

I very seriously doubt the 4 gig version is the one doing most of the selling. With all the hoopla of 4 gig "not being enough" in recent times its a no brainer to say the 8 gig would be shifting more units.

Gerard · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:15

SiDeards73 · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:16

fs123 said:
From 4Chan:

A guy on 4Chan overclocked his 480 to 1487 MHZ using a H100 AIO with temps around 65C. Only the 6-pin is limiting it.

http://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/55333091/tfw-you-use-one-of-those-cpu-waterblock-mounts-on#p55333742

The overclock puts it around Fury level Can't wait for the non-reference cards. Stock 480 is being held back for sure.

Anyone got a list of cards run under that benchmarks and their score so we know where it sits?

eddyr · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:16

fs123 said:
From 4Chan:

A guy on 4Chan overclocked his 480 to 1487 MHZ using a H100 AIO with temps around 65C. Only the 6-pin is limiting it.

http://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/55333091/tfw-you-use-one-of-those-cpu-waterblock-mounts-on#p55333742

The overclock puts it around Fury level Can't wait for the non-reference cards. Stock 480 is being held back for sure.

Toss3 said:
Now this is good news! Looking forward to seeing how well the AIB card perform!

Don't forget Fury's strengths are at higher resolutions.

Not trying to downplay the overclock perf increase but it does need to be taken into consideration!

finalcloud · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:17

OCUK having a giggle upping the price almost 10% on day 1 tbh

Cane316 · 30 Jun 2016 at 12:17

eddyr said:
I keep seeing this posted but seem v optimistic speculation unless buyers have confirmed that it does ship with 8GB.

My understanding is review samples had 2 bioses, so that if reviewers wanted to assess the performance implications of 4GB they could use it to disable access to half the VRAM and lower clocks to mimic the 4GB model.

This ^^

Why send out 2 cards to a reviewer when you can just send one card and 2 bios'?

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