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

Asus cards are just complete failures hardware-wise and overpriced to all hell due their brand, at least AMD-side. It's too bad most people don't know about it and still buy them.
 
In Techpowerup review Asus got very good results not as good as in previous one and the leaked nitro ones but still very impressive. Overall 1060 is just 5% quicker.
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Computerbase.de said the Asus card had 4 modes:
1.)Quiet
2.)Standard
3.)OC
4.)Max OC

They tested the third mode and TPU the second mode.
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TPU review gone wrong somewhere.
The GTX 1060 in its own review 7.5% faster than the ref 480.
In the Strix 480 test it is 11% faster than the Strix, with the same games, same drivers, same FPS numbers.
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Only two of the five heatpipes on the Asus card actually have contact with the GPU:

http://i.imgur.com/JsgarHI.jpg

JsgarHI.jpg

Two have very little contact at all.
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RavenXXX2 said:
Four make contact, he is technically right.
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Read my comment again and look at the pictures.

Most of the heat is being transferred to one part of the heatsink if you look where the pipes are going.

Edit!!

Makes it daft when you look at how big the card is.

They could have had a smaller and cheaper heatsink then!!
 
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CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Only two of the five heatpipes on the Asus card actually have contact with the GPU:

http://i.imgur.com/JsgarHI.jpg

JsgarHI.jpg

Two have very little contact at all.
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I can't believe Asus have done this, so they have used the exact same cooler for all their cards, 1080, 1070, 1060 and RX480 and they all have varying degrees of cooling depending how much of the GPU touches the heatpipes?

Absolutely no point having a monster 300mm long card with 3 fans if they aren't even cooling it properly.

Asus should have done 3 fans on the 1080 and 1070 but for the 1060 and RX480 they should have ditched the 3 fan design. I wonder if their 2 fan white card has any more luck with the cooling?
 
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