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SAPPHIRE RX 480 NITRO NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT OVERCLOCKERS UK (WORLD FIRST) !!!

st8ck3rs said:
Context... Only joined the preorder queue for Sapphire RX480 Nitro+ OC 10 days ago so a relative newbie, I'm sure. I knew it was a pre-order, I've been monitoring the Graphics Card supply chain for 18 months waiting for the right product, so I have no problem with waiting, like many others.

What I understand... OC advertised product on July 2nd to grab as many of the floating optimists like myself as they could from other online retailers who have a similar supply chain. I respect their gamble in 'going large' and ordered for the first time, from them, on that basis.

What I don't understand... Why OC did not stop at the total quantity of orders for which they had a firm delivery date from their supplier and why they have not got a developed pre-order system in place.

What I'd like... My position in the queue and the anticipated delivery date and quantity of OC's next incoming order. Is that possible, please?

As always, apologies if information I seek or topics I've raised have been covered, solved, flogged to death before. Best wishes to all waiting for product. The bleeding edge is where leaders are found!
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Go onto the store page and raise a webnote in your account :) You won't get Queue info on the forums.
 
St8ck3rs is right though, they probably should have called it "World First with a batch of 200 then go in to preorder to get it the same time as any other vendor".

Changed mine to an XFX Black, thank you for that OCUK much appreciated for the change. Should have it by weeks end :-)
 
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I see the price of the R9 Fury's for Gigabyte and Sapphire have increased £20 recently. Seems that they were really popular this weekend after people here cancelled their 480 pre-orders. The Nanos at £299 are also all gone now.

The XFX Fury is still at £299 if anyone here is looking to upgrade their order from the 480 wait being too long.
 
Many Thanks, montymint. I won't get queue information but I will get wise words from people such as yourself, which is the point of a forum. Having said that, the advert for the product is what started this thread and the only real information from OC comes via it. 'My Account' shows nothing. The Order confirmation shows 'Your order has been paid and you will receive your goods soon'. I got a reply to my first Webnote saying it went to Pre-Sales and to do it again from the right part of the website, not 'let me get the right department on it for you'. I would like this to be the gentle nudge that improves the system for all. Like I said, an opportunity for OC to step up and take market share.
 
CoolioMcCool said:
If you tinker with settings the performance difference will be minimal, but out of the box the reference cooler throttles itself to around 1200Mhz, which is a pretty big step down from the 1300/1340 you will get constantly with the Nitros. The other aftermarket versions will be very close to the Nitro, but as has been pointed out, the MSI version is £300 and not in stock yet.
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I had enough of waiting so ordered a reference RX480 instead saving £30, received it yesterday, good news is I don't regret it at all, I wish I ordered from day 1, quick and easy 5% (1330Mhz) gpu overclock using wattman, memory overclocked to 2030Mhz, power draw increase to 25%, fan speed set to a max of 75%(3000rpm), temp target 80 degrees, performance inline with AIB cards, noise levels were fine not louder than the rest of system fans (this might vary from system to another), temperature peeks at 87 degrees very briefly then drops to the target 80 degrees once the fans hit the target speed, no throttling the clock speeds stayed at 1330Mhz under load, time spy benchmark graphics score of 4176 (with the 5% oc) & 3939 at stock, battlefield 4 1440p ultra with mantle about 80fps average.
 
akroushy said:
I had enough of waiting so ordered a reference RX480 instead saving £30, received it yesterday, good news is I don't regret it at all, I wish I ordered from day 1, quick and easy 5% (1330Mhz) gpu overclock using wattman, memory overclocked to 2030Mhz, power draw increase to 25%, fan speed set to a max of 75%(3000rpm), temp target 80 degrees, performance inline with AIB cards, noise levels were fine not louder than the rest of system fans (this might vary from system to another), temperature peeks at 87 degrees very briefly then drops to the target 80 degrees once the fans hit the target speed, no throttling the clock speeds stayed at 1330Mhz under load, time spy benchmark graphics score of 4176 (with the 5% oc) & 3939 at stock, battlefield 4 1440p ultra with mantle about 80fps average.
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Set the target temperature to 75c and maximum to 90c. You'll see temps peak and hold around 80c.
 
I'd have straight switched to the Fury this weekend, but the card is just too big; my current 7950 only _just_ fits, and as mentioned all the nano's have gone.
 
akroushy said:
I had enough of waiting so ordered a reference RX480 instead saving £30, received it yesterday, good news is I don't regret it at all, I wish I ordered from day 1, quick and easy 5% (1330Mhz) gpu overclock using wattman, memory overclocked to 2030Mhz, power draw increase to 25%, fan speed set to a max of 75%(3000rpm), temp target 80 degrees, performance inline with AIB cards, noise levels were fine not louder than the rest of system fans (this might vary from system to another), temperature peeks at 87 degrees very briefly then drops to the target 80 degrees once the fans hit the target speed, no throttling the clock speeds stayed at 1330Mhz under load, time spy benchmark graphics score of 4176 (with the 5% oc) & 3939 at stock, battlefield 4 1440p ultra with mantle about 80fps average.
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Yeah, with a little tinkering the difference is very little between reference and AIB versions, but if you don't want to touch Wattman then the reference is reasonably significantly worse.
 
ahhhh the temptation to cancel and order a reference card is getting stronger the closer I get to No Mans Sky. I've waited this long, so I gotta try hold out. I really hope cards start arriving to people by like, the 17th-ish. I dont want half my holidays to be wasted not playing video games :D
 
Tracy E said:
And now they have the Sapphire RX 460 Nitro in stock :confused:

And still no RX 480 Nitros are Sapphire having a joke?
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No Sapphire are not joking or taking the pee, they want to build more RX 480, but as can be seen on a whole RX 480 is in shortage and just like all other partners Sapphire are waiting for GPU shipments from AMD. The good news is Sapphire now have taken delivery of RX 480 GPU shipments from AMD this weekend, so we will hopefully see Sapphire shipping some good volume this week on RX 480 Nitro's. :)
 
SwarfegHead said:
ahhhh the temptation to cancel and order a reference card is getting stronger the closer I get to No Mans Sky. I've waited this long, so I gotta try hold out. I really hope cards start arriving to people by like, the 17th-ish. I dont want half my holidays to be wasted not playing video games :D
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Likewise. I finally have the money to get a card in time for my birthday & really want to order something! Backplates & weird pricing aside - is there actually any difference between the various reference cards?
 
As far as I can tell it's just the sticker on the fan :p I had originally ordered a Sapphire reference card on release, but my order was delayed due to one of my items (an hdmi - dvi adapter) not being in stock. So I cancelled my order and held out for the Nitro. I didn't really expect to be waiting quite this long, but hopefully it'll pay off!
 
docsonic said:
Likewise. I finally have the money to get a card in time for my birthday & really want to order something! Backplates & weird pricing aside - is there actually any difference between the various reference cards?
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Think they're actually built by AMD, shipped to manufacturers who then add a sticker or a backplate at the most and then put them in their own boxes.

That's about it.

Some are clocked higher, IIRC, but not worth spending any extra money on.
 
I caved in and switched as I found a Sapphire R9 Fury Tri-X for £290 (with minor damage to the box) so another RX480 order lost to the Fury. I'm only planning on gaming at 1080p for the foreseeable future so 4GB of HBM should do me plenty.

I do hope stock arrives this week for those of you that have stuck it out! At least there is one less in front of you in the queue (89th).
 
Booie2k1 said:
I caved in and switched as I found a Sapphire R9 Fury Tri-X for £290 (with minor damage to the box) so another RX480 order lost to the Fury. I'm only planning on gaming at 1080p for the foreseeable future so 4GB of HBM should do me plenty.

I do hope stock arrives this week for those of you that have stuck it out! At least there is one less in front of you in the queue (89th).
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My girlfriend and I are both waiting patiently (or should that be impatiently:p) for our RX 480 nitros that she ordered about the 26th July.
If you don't mind me asking, when did you order yours Booie2k1?
 
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