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

Bantu · 2 Sep 2016 at 10:27

Lal-Khaand-Bapu said:
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.

Test it out for a few days, but i would definitely consider a return if it doesn't go away. No one should have to put up with a whiny card

kmax86 · 2 Sep 2016 at 11:23

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

Whats your PSU? Mine had a loud terrible coil whine on the PC with an old PSU (PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750w) about 6 years old now. I moved it to the other pc downstairs with a superflower goldengreen 650w the coil whine significantly reduced. There is still coil whine but its not audible with case fans running.

Lal-Khaand-Bapu · 2 Sep 2016 at 12:27

kmax86 said:
Whats your PSU? Mine had a loud terrible coil whine on the PC with an old PSU (PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750w) about 6 years old now. I moved it to the other pc downstairs with a superflower goldengreen 650w the coil whine significantly reduced. There is still coil whine but its not audible with case fans running.

Hi The PSU I have is a Corsair HX 750i.

I just tested the card out on my brother's computer (PSU: Corsair HX 650) and the whine was significantly less. It's seems the PSU is the issue! Strange as I only just got the PSU a week or so ago!

Yutang13 · 4 Sep 2016 at 11:59

Well, undervolting is very effective...

Was running 1342MHz at 11150mV. This resulted in 80+°C temps with fan speeds over 2000RPM

Now trying out 1342 at 1100mV with 77°C temps at 1721RPM. Sooo much quieter!

motiv · 4 Sep 2016 at 15:20

HRL said:
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.

I don't need any volts for 1370. I was just testing it to see if it was the overvolting that caused the issue, which it was.

For whatever reason, if I overvolt past 50, I can't reach a stable OC on the GPU speed.

So my 1370 score goes down when overvolting! Which is a pity

Sszaki · 5 Sep 2016 at 20:57

:/ My card is broken... Got artefacts.... First bunch seams to be very bad... will be asking for replacement soon.

http://imgur.com/FXUqppD

http://imgur.com/K4ga8A1

DHR · 5 Sep 2016 at 21:25

So, I'm not a huge fan of noise but I've got to say I genuinely don't think these units are that noisy? Don't get me wrong I'm still deaf from running deltec CPU fans from years ago but when you have headphones on or your speakers cranked up to a moderate level it's very early audible!

EGuitarStar · 5 Sep 2016 at 22:47

Sszaki said:
:/ My card is broken... Got artefacts.... First bunch seams to be very bad... will be asking for replacement soon.

http://imgur.com/FXUqppD

http://imgur.com/K4ga8A1

Have you tried a different game, are you sure it is not just the one you are playing?

You say "First Bunch" is "very bad" how many cards did you buy?

I have a 4GB version and have had no issues with it.

morguk · 5 Sep 2016 at 22:48

Well my first graphics upgrade since 2010..

Goodbye ATI 5830 1GB, you've served me well.

Just checking with you guys if there's a bios/firmware update to do for the 4GB card or it it's just install new drivers and go?

Also can someone elaborate on the 2 bios modes, what's the difference?

Sszaki · 5 Sep 2016 at 23:34

well i got one off first 100 cards from test run that was shipped. And some ppl already posted here some bad stuff about them.

mrplc · 6 Sep 2016 at 05:16

I have a 480 Nitro + OC 8Gb and I get gpu memory errors in HWINFO64, even at stock speeds. There is only one error every 2 hours or so, during ethereum mining. Temps are kept in check, 1266 [email protected] V, at 65 C, VRM at 70 C. This is the second 480 Nitro I got with memory errors, the first was worse, some 100 errors a day, also at stock speeds. No artifacts, crashes or compute processing errors whatsoever. Is this normal with these cards? Is it due to tight timings in a very fast (8 GT/s) gddr5 bus, or is this out of the ordinary? Sorry, English is not my native language. Cheers!

Sencha · 6 Sep 2016 at 08:28

Sszaki said:
well i got one off first 100 cards from test run that was shipped. And some ppl already posted here some bad stuff about them.

My first was from first batch. Had coil whine and high temps . Second card nearly 10c cooler. Silent and fans barely spin.

Sszaki · 6 Sep 2016 at 10:08

Did you ask for replacement or bought sec? How long you waited?

Bantu · 6 Sep 2016 at 11:10

morguk said:
Well my first graphics upgrade since 2010..

Goodbye ATI 5830 1GB, you've served me well.

Just checking with you guys if there's a bios/firmware update to do for the 4GB card or it it's just install new drivers and go?

Also can someone elaborate on the 2 bios modes, what's the difference?

Just install the drivers and go.

The 2 bios modes switch between normal mode and quiet mode (which has slightly lower performance with the benefit of a less aggressive fan curve)

Sencha · 6 Sep 2016 at 11:34

Sszaki said:
Did you ask for replacement or bought sec? How long you waited?

I just bought a second. If you rma and they send you a used one it gets complicated. Keep the transactions separate gives you more control

morguk · 6 Sep 2016 at 13:19

Bantu said:
Just install the drivers and go.

The 2 bios modes switch between normal mode and quiet mode (which has slightly lower performance with the benefit of a less aggressive fan curve)

Cool, cheers.

Darujhistan · 6 Sep 2016 at 15:20

morguk said:
Well my first graphics upgrade since 2010..

Goodbye ATI 5830 1GB, you've served me well.

Just checking with you guys if there's a bios/firmware update to do for the 4GB card or it it's just install new drivers and go?

Also can someone elaborate on the 2 bios modes, what's the difference?

Blimey, hang on to your hat!

Blackjack Davy · 6 Sep 2016 at 16:59

Sszaki said:
:/ My card is broken... Got artefacts.... First bunch seams to be very bad... will be asking for replacement soon.

http://imgur.com/FXUqppD

http://imgur.com/K4ga8A1

I've seen those types of artifacting before and I got them when I overclocked a card and didn't give it enough juice.

Are you/have you ever, overclocked/undervolted? Have you checked the voltage rails on the PSU?

Psilo · 6 Sep 2016 at 17:13

I seem to get stutter with videos when I use duplicate screen,is it a driver fault ? (I use the latest one)
Its really strange because I have no problems with extend screen.

Gibbo · 8 Sep 2016 at 12:36