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

Chipper500 · 14 Aug 2016 at 18:22

Now that this card has been out for a while, is it a decent upgrade for a 290x owner?

LoadsaMoney · 14 Aug 2016 at 18:43

Its not an upgrade for 290X owners, its for those on cards lower than the 290s, the 290 and up owners upgrade, is either Vega, which is sometime next year, or Nvidias 1070/80 and up now.

~>Dg<~ · 14 Aug 2016 at 19:01

basically no point upgrading if you have a 290/290x/390x/970gtx/980gtx

Dave2150 · 14 Aug 2016 at 19:09

Chipper500 said:
Now that this card has been out for a while, is it a decent upgrade for a 290x owner?

Nope, the 290X is a much better card than the RX480.

The RX480 should be seen as a low/mid range card.

benjii · 14 Aug 2016 at 19:36

Dave2150 said:
Nope, the 290X is a much better card than the RX480.

The RX480 should be seen as a low/mid range card.

On DX11 there's hardly anything in it and in DX12 the 480 gets a few more frames. The 480 of course has the benefit of driver improvments, so will continue to improve. It's certainly not worth upgrading to from a 290x though, however, if the 290x dies and you have to buy a card now, it wouldn't be a downgrade.

Doogles · 14 Aug 2016 at 20:08

Dave2150 said:
Nope, the 290X is a much better card than the RX480.

The RX480 should be seen as a low/mid range card.

Yeah AMD are just a joke now I've owned only AMD cards since I started PC gaming in 2012 but have ordered a GTX 1070. I was waiting for Vega but as that is in 2017 what is the point?

MattyD242 · 14 Aug 2016 at 22:31

talkandplay said:
Not sure if it makes sense to spend more on a lower clocked card, unless the stated clock speeds on the OCUK listing are wrong.At least it is another option for some people.

There's two versions of the XFX card and the more expensive Black Edition is 1338Mhz to the Sapphire OC Nitro's 1342mhz, which is like 0.3% slower and easily fixed.

redfang87 · 15 Aug 2016 at 10:11

Any update/eta on the new batch coming in ?

Gibbo · 15 Aug 2016 at 10:25

redfang87 said:
Any update/eta on the new batch coming in ?

Could be today/tomorrow.

Judgeneo · 15 Aug 2016 at 11:11

Gibbo said:
Could be today/tomorrow.

Oh you tease..

hanzi13 · 15 Aug 2016 at 12:21

I hope this time you will receive nonOC editions as well, I was really sad on Friday...

Howitzer · 15 Aug 2016 at 12:29

Huzzah! Got my card

Can't wait to install this eve!

Gowingnator · 15 Aug 2016 at 12:34

Mines been delivered!

Just waiting till 5 when I get home to install it!

iakona · 15 Aug 2016 at 13:16

Card should hopefully be with me within the hour. Delivery time is 13:39 - 14:39.. DPD are usually pretty good at delivering just after the 1hr window opens.

hardjack79 · 15 Aug 2016 at 13:26

My NITRO 4 GB is happily glowing in my rig (from the LEDs, not an extreme OC).

Despite the AMD clean, DDU, 16.8.2 driver install process I'm getting the dreaded 100% load bug, but will go through that process again and maybe install 16.7.2 instead and hope for the best.

hardjack79 · 15 Aug 2016 at 13:28

GPU Temp works, but no temps or fan speed data in GPU-Z or Trixx, which is a PITA...

Am I missing an update or something? What is everyone else using?

HRL · 15 Aug 2016 at 13:54

Trixx? Have they released 3.0 then?

Don't think the older version supports the 480.

Yutang13 · 15 Aug 2016 at 14:00

HRL said:
Trixx? Have they released 3.0 then?

Don't think the older version supports the 480.

Nope, if you try and use the current version it just shows you blank dials and greyed out sliders. The only on that isn't greyed out is power.
Temp, clock speed etc. Just show as being blank.

Hurlbag · 15 Aug 2016 at 14:03

Is this next batch only going to be enough to fulfil preorders? or will there actually be stock to buy as normal?

iakona · 15 Aug 2016 at 14:09

It has arrived!