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

kieran_read said:
He's talking about payment methods not the store itself. Not sure if that makes a difference or not.

I have seen people talk about paying that way before and not warned.
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It would be odd if OcUK offered Amazon Payments as a payment option (they do), but you weren't allowed to talk about Amazon Payments on the forums. First rule of Payment Club, maybe..
 
bainbridge said:
Quick question, what makes this card so much more desirable than other 480s on sale in the shop?
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For me it fits my case better than the triple fan variations, It's pre-overclocked and has a cooler that hopefully can keep it cool without being as loud as the stock cooler.
 
I saw Gibbos comments today and pulled the trigger on a 480 nitro. Am slightly regretting not getting a 1060 and may still upgrade!
 
Dabait said:
For me it fits my case better than the triple fan variations, It's pre-overclocked and has a cooler that hopefully can keep it cool without being as loud as the stock cooler.
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Good point, space is an issue for me too.

Might hold out until these have bedded in OK and then take the plunge.
 
Palladan said:
Keep holding out for the Nitro+ OC. I got mine yesterday and it's a good solid card. I already have plans for a second and a custom loop to get those temps down. (Running near 80 arm)
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Why not just buy a 1070, save some money (~£100), and guarantee yourself the performance of a single card? Reviews I've seen of these in crossfire, in the best case scenario, place them just below 1070 performance. In many games they are not scaling to "best case".
 
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Some Powercolor Devils just went up and sold out again on a US retailer's site. I don't see how this keeps happening if they are all supposedly being stockpiled in Hong Kong. I guess in 2-3 days the pictures will show up on r/AMD and we can see if they were really being held to turn the logos around...
 
Palladan said:
Keep holding out for the Nitro+ OC. I got mine yesterday and it's a good solid card. I already have plans for a second and a custom loop to get those temps down. (Running near 80 arm)
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Crossfire is so poor I honestly wouldn't both (coming from someone who has just dumped crossfire - it's great to have moved back to a single card).
 
Had mine installed for a little over a week now.

At 1080p I've yet to play anything that dipped below 60fps except weirdly during loading screens. At 100% utilisation the clocks haven't moved from 1342Mhz and the temp hasn't gone over 78 degrees in a full size ATX, even with pretty poor airflow. Fan has been pretty quiet too.

Mightily impressed so far and I've not even had a need to play around with the the clocks yet. If you're after a 480 I think you could do a whole lot worse than wait for one of these. :)
 
Tyranids said:
Some Powercolor Devils just went up and sold out again on a US retailer's site. I don't see how this keeps happening if they are all supposedly being stockpiled in Hong Kong. I guess in 2-3 days the pictures will show up on r/AMD and we can see if they were really being held to turn the logos around...
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Well the 470 Devils have the logo the same way & the same design on the backplate & they had plenty of time between 480 launch & 470 launch so I'm guessing not!
 
HRL said:
Had mine installed for a little over a week now.

At 1080p I've yet to play anything that dipped below 60fps except weirdly during loading screens. At 100% utilisation the clocks haven't moved from 1342Mhz and the temp hasn't gone over 78 degrees in a full size ATX, even with pretty poor airflow. Fan has been pretty quiet too.

Mightily impressed so far and I've not even had a need to play around with the the clocks yet. If you're after a 480 I think you could do a whole lot worse than wait for one of these. :)
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My FPS drops during load screens as well on a different card, I think that might be normal.
 
Have ordered the 4GB version after reading some reviews that show very little difference when gaming @ 1080 and @1444. Here's hoping for next week as per Gibbo's post.....
 
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