Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

[southernorth]

Have any of you installed after-market GPU coolers to reference cards, such as the ARCTIC Accelero L2 Plus VGA Cooler.

Does it void the warranty? Seems like a great way to reduce temps by 20c or so and massively reduce noise.

 

[Jono8]

This bright spark decided to try a custom cooling solution and used thermal adhesive instead of thermal paste:

https://imgur.com/a/ad01x

Lol. Oh dear.

 

[Scougar]

That is a crap load of paste he used though, even it is was adhesive.

Nice picture of the die inside though!

 

[AlamoX]

This bright spark decided to try a custom cooling solution and used thermal adhesive instead of thermal paste:

https://imgur.com/a/ad01x

hahahaha epic

 

[Mario2k]

It looks like glue and they fuc.. top layer of gpu

 

[Yrkoon]

Lol. Oh dear.

holy crap i thought i was stupid, but just wow!!!!!!

my artic silver 5 seems nice and safe now even though its conductive lol

also why the hell did he put a mountain of it on lol

 

[Panos]

Does anyone has a link of the PowerColor RX480 Devil from the official website?
I tried but only had the pentagram and nothing else.

(need it to make an enquiry to EK if they are going to make waterblock for it).

 

[mahius]

Here's the big questions...

-Will any of these ever release in 4GB versions? Or will temporary 4GB forever be AMD's sneaky PR move to boast about how they can make a $200 GPU...

-Will Asus and MSI continue with their nonsense over-pricing and shadiness they shown recently with the Pascal cards? I remember seeing an MSI Gaming 380 (or was it a 960?) as the cheapest option for that card not long ago. Those guys were much better last gen.

 

[AllBodies]

Here's the big questions...

-Will any of these ever release in 4GB versions? Or will temporary 4GB forever be AMD's sneaky PR move to boast about how they can make a $200 GPU...

-Will Asus and MSI continue with their nonsense over-pricing and shadiness they shown recently with the Pascal cards? I remember seeing an MSI Gaming 380 (or was it a 960?) as the cheapest option for that card not long ago. Those guys were much better last gen.

Gibbo said earlier there will be a 4GB Nitro card from sapphire. Same cooler, but 7000 MHz RAM and 1306 MHz core I think it was. Though it'll be £209, not more like £180.

 

[Gregster]

Still no custom cooled 480s yet?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Still no custom cooled 480s yet?

 

[kmetek]

why is not gfx $ 199 converted to pounds/€ and then 20% tax?

actually it's a lot more.

 

[Jono8]

why is not gfx $ 199 converted to pounds/€ and then 20% tax?

actually it's a lot more.

Im guessing you havent seen the current GBP to USD rate

 

[Bantu]

Lookie what i found:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...2mb-water-cooled-graphics-card-wc-130-tl.html

 

[Gibbo]

Asus Radeon RX 480 Strix Gaming OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £289.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/



STRIX-RX480-O8G-GAMING, Core Clock: TBAMHz, Boost Clock: TBAMHz, Memory: 8192MB 8000MHz GDDR5, Stream Processors: 2304, Crossfire Ready, VR Ready, FreeSync Ready, 3 Years Warranty.



Only £289.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[jimferno]

£290 for a RX480? LOL

I'll hold on to my 7950 until these ridiculous prices settle.

 

[RavenXXX2]

What happened to premium vr for the masses...

 

[humbug]

Asus Radeon RX 480 Strix Gaming OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £289.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/



STRIX-RX480-O8G-GAMING, Core Clock: TBAMHz, Boost Clock: TBAMHz, Memory: 8192MB 8000MHz GDDR5, Stream Processors: 2304, Crossfire Ready, VR Ready, FreeSync Ready, 3 Years Warranty.



Only £289.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

That is a really nice card and the price is not too bad, Asus nearly always put a premium on their cards.

And.... "Core Clock: TBAMHz, Boost Clock: TBAMHz" what is with that? lol

 

[fastboy]

exactly..buy this card but we cant tell you how fast it is..seriously?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

£290!!!