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

Bantu · 1 Sep 2016 at 09:16

nutsnut said:
Sounds high to me, have you checked if you experiencing the 100% load bug?

knock on wood i haven't experienced the 100% usage bug. that temp is with purely desktop usage and monitoring usage and temps via gpu-z over a period of about an hour

Souness · 1 Sep 2016 at 14:07

Is one of these sufficient for gaming at 1440p?

kaiserc · 1 Sep 2016 at 14:21

Looks like the HIS card (RX 480 IceQ X2 Roaring Turbo) overclocks pretty well, good tmps but a little noisey in Videocardz review. It does get their best ever score of any of their GPU reviews
http://videocardz.com/review/his-radeon-rx-480-iceq-x2-roaring-turbo-8gb-review
Also some tips on how to overclock with trixx 3.0

im gonna try ocing the rx 480 nitro+ OC tonight - any tips in using trixx 3 for this card?

Gibbo · 1 Sep 2016 at 15:05

kaiserc said:
Looks like the HIS card (RX 480 IceQ X2 Roaring Turbo) overclocks pretty well, good tmps but a little noisey in Videocardz review. It does get their best ever score of any of their GPU reviews
http://videocardz.com/review/his-radeon-rx-480-iceq-x2-roaring-turbo-8gb-review
Also some tips on how to overclock with trixx 3.0

im gonna try ocing the rx 480 nitro+ OC tonight - any tips in using trixx 3 for this card?

The HIS 480's are in the way to OcUK as we speak, should arrive next week.

old gamer · 1 Sep 2016 at 15:45

the his cards have always been good for performance and cooling but sadly ugly, still when its in your case who cares

old gamer · 1 Sep 2016 at 15:46

Gibbo said:
The HIS 480's are in the way to OcUK as we speak, should arrive next week.

gibbo any idea of a price, in the past you have done pretty good with his

Boot_Loop · 1 Sep 2016 at 21:51

old gamer said:
the his cards have always been good for performance and cooling but sadly ugly, still when its in your case who cares

They seem to be bloody good overclockers though. Sorry to quote Videocardz but it looked hot in their benches, at 1400Mhz faster than a max overclock 1060 on average:

http://videocardz.com/review/his-radeon-rx-480-iceq-x2-roaring-turbo-8gb-review

southernorth · 1 Sep 2016 at 22:47

Boot_Loop said:
They seem to be bloody good overclockers though. Sorry to quote Videocardz but it looked hot in their benches, at 1400Mhz faster than a max overclock 1060 on average:

http://videocardz.com/review/his-radeon-rx-480-iceq-x2-roaring-turbo-8gb-review

Looks pretty nice.

Have any of you read much about this card?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xfx-...s-graphics-card-with-backplate-gx-23a-xf.html

Boot_Loop · 1 Sep 2016 at 23:04

southernorth said:
Looks pretty nice.

Have any of you read much about this card?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xfx-...s-graphics-card-with-backplate-gx-23a-xf.html

I was trying to find some reviews of this online but there don't seem to be any. There's a few YT vids on it but nothing really in depth. Would love to know the temps, overclockability and noise of that XFX.

southernorth · 1 Sep 2016 at 23:13

Boot_Loop said:
I was trying to find some reviews of this online but there don't seem to be any. There's a few YT vids on it but nothing really in depth. Would love to know the temps, overclockability and noise of that XFX.

Just found a review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvwBEfD4NzY#t=7m7s

Seems quite positive. Runs cooler than the Red Devil whilst having a higher clock speed and lower voltage. Tests were done with fan @ 100% though, so not exactly a real-world test.

motiv · 1 Sep 2016 at 23:29

I've been doing a bit of OCing in Trix and it seems if I hit the power to 50% and add in an additional 75mV to the GPU I can stick at 1370Mhz. If I lower it to 50mV, it's steady as a rock.

Temps are all stable @72 under load (100% Fan speed).

I've I got some sort of MB issue where it can't supply the card with enough Juice?

Lal-Khaand-Bapu · 1 Sep 2016 at 23:50

Hello fellow RX 480'S. I recently got my Nitro+ OC 8GB card this Tuesday. I'm absolutely overjoyed with the performance. I however have run into what seems to be a problem where when I play games like The Witcher 3 and Deus Ex on high settings there seems to be a pitched noise coming from the card. Is there a way of getting rid of this? Or could there be a issue with the card? Grateful for any help/advice. I did post earlier, but I received only one reply.

Thanks

southernorth · 1 Sep 2016 at 23:54

Lal-Khaand-Bapu said:
Hello fellow RX 480'S. I recently got my Nitro+ OC 8GB card this Tuesday. I'm absolutely overjoyed with the performance. I however have run into what seems to be a problem where when I play games like The Witcher 3 and Deus Ex on high settings there seems to be a pitched noise coming from the card. Is there a way of getting rid of this? Or could there be a issue with the card? Grateful for any help/advice. I did post earlier, but I received only one reply.

Thanks

Sounds like coil whine, sometimes it can go away and other time it doesn't. I think some retailers let you RMA it. I'm not too knowledgeable on the topic, but I am sure others in this thread will help.

Lal-Khaand-Bapu · 1 Sep 2016 at 23:55

Many thanks southernorth.

HRL · 2 Sep 2016 at 07:33

motiv said:
I've been doing a bit of OCing in Trix and it seems if I hit the power to 50% and add in an additional 75mV to the GPU I can stick at 1370Mhz. If I lower it to 50mV, it's steady as a rock.

Temps are all stable @72 under load (100% Fan speed).

I've I got some sort of MB issue where it can't supply the card with enough Juice?

I had a go last night and managed a 1400/2200 with +100mV. Not benched it but I played a couple of games for 2-3 hours without issue.

Temp was maxing out at 71 degrees but the fan was only at 60%. Idle remained at 28 degrees with the fan at 33%. Not too bad I thought. No idea what the safe max +mV is though which has stopped me pushing it any harder for now.

HRL · 2 Sep 2016 at 07:35

Lal-Khaand-Bapu said:
Hello fellow RX 480'S. I recently got my Nitro+ OC 8GB card this Tuesday. I'm absolutely overjoyed with the performance. I however have run into what seems to be a problem where when I play games like The Witcher 3 and Deus Ex on high settings there seems to be a pitched noise coming from the card. Is there a way of getting rid of this? Or could there be a issue with the card? Grateful for any help/advice. I did post earlier, but I received only one reply.

Thanks

Are you using Vsync? I'm currently gaming on a 1080p TV @ 60Hz so I've been using it and not had the problem. Without Vsync I found the card considerably noisier though.

motiv · 2 Sep 2016 at 08:01

HRL said:
I had a go last night and managed a 1400/2200 with +100mV. Not benched it but I played a couple of games for 2-3 hours without issue.

Temp was maxing out at 71 degrees but the fan was only at 60%. Idle remained at 28 degrees with the fan at 33%. Not too bad I thought. No idea what the safe max +mV is though which has stopped me pushing it any harder for now.

Yes, I can reach that myself but the score in firestrike is lower than if I set it to 1370/2200 with no volt increase. If I increase the voltage to 100 while @ 1370/2200 then my score is lower.

In the graphs, the GPU is not rock solid at the stated speed. It's like it can only boost to it.

Zhuni · 2 Sep 2016 at 08:36

Lal-Khaand-Bapu said:
Hello fellow RX 480'S. I recently got my Nitro+ OC 8GB card this Tuesday. I'm absolutely overjoyed with the performance. I however have run into what seems to be a problem where when I play games like The Witcher 3 and Deus Ex on high settings there seems to be a pitched noise coming from the card. Is there a way of getting rid of this? Or could there be a issue with the card? Grateful for any help/advice. I did post earlier, but I received only one reply.

Thanks

Yeah my first one had coil while. If it bothers you it can be returned but it can also go away with time.

HRL · 2 Sep 2016 at 09:06

motiv said:
Yes, I can reach that myself but the score in firestrike is lower than if I set it to 1370/2200 with no volt increase. If I increase the voltage to 100 while @ 1370/2200 then my score is lower.

In the graphs, the GPU is not rock solid at the stated speed. It's like it can only boost to it.

Interesting. Clock rate was stable as a rock for me at 1400Mhz.

Not sure it needs +100mV for 1370Mhz, default is 1362Mhz on my card with default voltages.

Lal-Khaand-Bapu · 2 Sep 2016 at 09:51

Zhuni said:
Yeah my first one had coil while. If it bothers you it can be returned but it can also go away with time.

Thanks,

It eases my mind that I'm not the the only one getting this from the card. I guess I'll try and long it out for now and see if it goes away. Just annoying when playing the AAA games with high settings.