Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

old gamer · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:22

Typical amd, release a card with poor cooling and poor drivers, by the time it's sorted with the likes of sapphire and powercolor with decent cooling the 480 will have a bad rep.
Why bother with the reference in the first place

stulid · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:23

Took my reference card apart for some pics, the paste used look dried up and crusty to me, cleaned and replaced with some Grizzly stuff.

LoadsaMoney · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:24

HRL said:
Just added a 480 Nitro to my basket but how do I get free delivery?

Currently adds £9 for delivery.

I think you have to have so many posts, or to have been registered for so long, and you just tie your forum name (account) to your shop one.

Been a while since ive done it, so not 100%.

Looks a lot better in black tbh.

EDIT: Just read in the Nitro thread, that it takes the del off at the checkout.

RavenXXX2 · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:25

They needed to beat Nvidia to market so rush job it is. In an ideal world we would had AIB cards on release like with the 970.

akarypid · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:25

Yutang13 said:
Nitro spotted

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/detail/index/sArticle/61887

brawl3r said:
Did Gibbo mention when this would be coming in?

THIS is what I've been waiting for people! 8-pin connector and decent cooling!

Gibbo, I've put in my pre-order. In addition to an ETA as asked above, I assume that price is also locked in for me (with regard to £ rate fluctuation I mean)?

Also, you may want to edit the description here:

The RX-480 can even manage gaming comfortably at 1440P (2560x1440) which demonstrates truly how powerful this card is, yet it features such a low price point and is a great upgrade for pretty much any PC with a 350W or greater ATX power supply.

...but in the bullets below:

- 400W or greater PSU required

flopper · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:28

old gamer said:
Typical amd, release a card with poor cooling and poor drivers, by the time it's sorted with the likes of sapphire and powercolor with decent cooling the 480 will have a bad rep.
Why bother with the reference in the first place

drivers are top notch last I checked.
sure a new design with tweaks will have some time before they mature and the cooler is silent as reviews have said.
so how can you be so negative about something that dont exist?
is that a UK thing?

Mauller · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:28

stulid said:
Took my reference card apart for some pics, the paste used look dried up and crusty to me, cleaned and replaced with some Grizzly stuff.

Has it made temps any better? when i watched some tear down videos i thought the paste looked a bit of a crap job.

How about some undervolting tests if you are up for it?

Gibbo · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:30

akarypid said:
THIS is what I've been waiting for people! 8-pin connector and decent cooling!

Gibbo, I've put in my pre-order. In addition to an ETA as asked above, I assume that price is also locked in for me (with regard to £ rate fluctuation I mean)?

Also, you may want to edit the description here:

...but in the bullets below:

The Sapphire will run on 350W, but 400W is more ideal as the card has 8 pin power, reference cards are fine on 350W as are 6 pin power.

Jack Bauer · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:36

Just picked up XFX 390X as it seemed the best option for £250 with total war. Right decision? Stock was running low so I didn't want to wait.

I will consider it over the next few days and may swap them out if the Sapphire 480 looks good.

Gibbo · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:37

Jack Bauer said:
Just picked up XFX 390X as it seemed the best option for £250 with total war. Right decision? Stock was running low so I didn't want to wait.

I will consider it over the next few days and may swap them out if the Sapphire 480 looks good.

Yes, 390X is hugely powerful and also great for DX12, we are giving them away as clearing stock, they are traditionally a £350ish card!

akarypid · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:39

RavenXXX2 said:
They needed to beat Nvidia to market so rush job it is. In an ideal world we would had AIB cards on release like with the 970.

That's always the case... I mean it managed to go out-of-stock in US despite all this preparation. I can't imagine how many have been sold already. If you ask me, job well done!

With all the fuss about this power issue (which I still think is WAAAAY overblown in proportion) I'm still glad I waited for the Sapphire one. With the benches out it seems like even with the 8-pin and the extra cooling it'll have that little bit of OC needed to get to 390X level (which is what I've been after for myself)!

I have one word for this: SWEEEEET

Meanwhile people were talking about buying an overclocked 970 (or a 390 for that matter)... AT THIS AWESOME OCUK PRICE, I really don't see the logic behind that, unless you really can't dish out £250 (i.e. even £200-£230 is a stretch for you). I totally respect that. Grab the reference in that case, or a discounted 390.

akarypid · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:48

Gibbo said:
The Sapphire will run on 350W, but 400W is more ideal as the card has 8 pin power, reference cards are fine on 350W as are 6 pin power.

Gibbo, just out of curiosity, if you can answer this I'd really appreciate it: in the few days of this cards circulation, has anyone bothered you about it frying their motherboard so far?

I mean people are taking days off work for this and must've really stressed out their mobos by now and I'm guessing OCUK has a fairly high customer base. Any complaints for this so far?

akarypid · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:49

Nitro thread: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18738486

Gibbo · 2 Jul 2016 at 15:54

akarypid said:
Gibbo, just out of curiosity, if you can answer this I'd really appreciate it: in the few days of this cards circulation, has anyone bothered you about it frying their motherboard so far?

I mean people are taking days off work for this and must've really stressed out their mobos by now and I'm guessing OCUK has a fairly high customer base. Any complaints for this so far?

It is panic that has no doubt being created by parties to try and hurt AMD sales.

The facts are all modern PCI-E gaming cards can and do exceed PCI-E limits on the voltage, we have not seen any failures on motherboards from this at all for past several years. All the current NVIDIA and AMD cards can draw more than PCI-E limit and no damage has being caused.

It is nothing new, but for some reason some select individuals trying to make it sound like a bigger problem than it is and one which only effects RX 480 when in reality all cards are equally effected.

I would not worry, of course some people will still be frightened by such scare mongering and as always we pride our selves on customer service so anyone who does not want to chance it can simply return their card, but cards such as 960, 970, 380, 390 etc. can also draw more power than PCI-E specification and no one made so much noise about those cards.

Also AMD have already announced a fix for those who want to stay within PCI-E regulations and the driver that resolves this shall be released on July 5th, so there really is nothing to worry about.

Bailey · 2 Jul 2016 at 16:00

Gibbo has hit the nail on the head right there.

Its just scaremongering more than anything. I have used the RX 480 here and it is a fantastic card.

Bailey

akarypid · 2 Jul 2016 at 16:01

Gibbo said:
It is panic that has no doubt being created by parties to try and hurt AMD sales.

The facts are all modern PCI-E gaming cards can and do exceed PCI-E limits on the voltage, we have not seen any failures on motherboards from this at all for past several years. All the current NVIDIA and AMD cards can draw more than PCI-E limit and no damage has being caused.

It is nothing new, but for some reason some select individuals trying to make it sound like a bigger problem than it is and one which only effects RX 480 when in reality all cards are equally effected.

I would not worry, of course some people will still be frightened by such scare mongering and as always we pride our selves on customer service so anyone who does not want to chance it can simply return their card, but cards such as 960, 970, 380, 390 etc. can also draw more power than PCI-E specification and no one made so much noise about those cards.

Also AMD have already announced a fix for those who want to stay within PCI-E regulations and the driver that resolves this shall be released on July 5th, so there really is nothing to worry about.

I would take my chances with this answer over any random reddit poster or 'unbiased reviewer'.

Thanks!

harney · 2 Jul 2016 at 16:07

easyrider said:
The 480 is about as interesting as piles .

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fs123 · 2 Jul 2016 at 16:09

akarypid said:
I would take my chances with this answer over any random reddit poster or 'unbiased reviewer'.

Thanks!

The card has been certified by PCI-SIG just like any other gpu so I'm sure they would have failed it if they power limits were deemed an issue.
The 480 is a fantastic upgrade for most people on sub-390 level cards and if people are worried then simply wait for the AIB versions which should arrive in a couple of weeks. The AMD drivers will fix the issue anyway and I've seen people reduce power by simply reducing the core voltage a bit which actually improves performance too.

r7slayer · 2 Jul 2016 at 16:10

Fanboys fanboys, whatcha gona do watcha gona do when they troll on you?

As per usual a out of the ordinary thing is identified on AMD cards and get blown out of proportion. OMG it draws more than 75 watts, your MOBO guna go POP!

This has already been debunked many of times. 75 Watts is the minimum spec the PCIE is supposed to supply while in actual fact many of times gfx cards draw more than 75 watts. I bet lots of gfx cards do it but you wont know this because its a non problem which hasn't been looked into before. It's just nosed its way out because of the 480 being power throttled.

How many times i have been corrected when ive said something like ohh erm 1x8 and 1x6 then 75 from PCIE = 300 watts but people come jump me like no cards can draw way more power than that.

where are you ppl now? come tell me again.

So this is common is it? Now its become a problem because its AMD right?

old gamer · 2 Jul 2016 at 16:14

flopper said:
drivers are top notch last I checked.
sure a new design with tweaks will have some time before they mature and the cooler is silent as reviews have said.
so how can you be so negative about something that dont exist?
is that a UK thing?

I know exactly what to expect from amd I have used
3870 xfire
4870 xfire
5770 xfire
6850 xfire
7970 xfire
290 xfire
Fury tri x

So I would say I support amd as much as anyone and with my comments I meant for instance the 7970 was not given a warm reception but within 2 months drivers turned it into a great card and I feel the same will happen with the 480 also who can forget the 290 reference jokes about noise and heat and yet the Powercolor pcs+ and sapphire tri x were probably the best cards I have owned.

So negative I am not, I just believe do it right first time even if it takes longer