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

Orangey · 22 Jul 2016 at 16:58

Needing all those volts to "break through" the 6% OC "barrier"... :rolleyes:

RavenXXX2 · 22 Jul 2016 at 17:03

Orangey said:
Needing all those volts to "break through" the 6% OC "barrier"...

Exactly, it's already maxed out.

fs123 · 22 Jul 2016 at 17:15

Orangey said:
Needing all those volts to "break through" the 6% OC "barrier"...

What volts?

dr104 · 22 Jul 2016 at 17:50

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Some more previews and reviews:

https://www.computerbase.de/2016-07/sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-erfahrungen/

http://www.eteknix.com/sapphire-nitro-rx-480-oc-8gb-graphics-card-review/

Some very positive reviews starting to trickle through, I am regretting cancelling my pre order (wanted to see how well the 1060 reviewed), oh well to the back of the queue I go :rolleyes:

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Supernova · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:09

So in the eteknix review, the fans were spinning really, really fast and under load it was 75 degrees. So with the fans down to sensible levels, it's going to be how warm I wonder? It peaks at 300W under load so it sounds like it's going to either run hot, or it's going to be loud.

Do not want.

humbug · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:26

MSTRBKR said:
So in the eteknix review, the fans were spinning really, really fast and under load it was 75 degrees. So with the fans down to sensible levels, it's going to be how warm I wonder? It peaks at 300W under load so it sounds like it's going to either run hot, or it's going to be loud.

Do not want.

Your reading the total system power consumption, that's 300 watts for the whole computer.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:30

During idle states, the graphics card’s 0dB fan mode comes into operation and allows for silent running providing other components emit very little noise. This an excellent addition and ensures the system noise remains as low as possible when viewing online content, and other basic tasks. Annoyingly, a driver bug prevented me from accurately assessing the load noise output which is the reason why there’s no data being displayed below. AMD’s latest driver automatically overrides Sapphire’s tuned fan profile which results in ridiculously fast fan speeds above 2300RPM. Apparently, it’s because AMD targeted a 65C delta instead of 75C which the Sapphire model’s cooling apparatus is based upon.

My GTX960 hits the 70s in my SFF case and its fine.

dfects · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:33

Just dropped in a pre order for this card

Hoping this isn't too off topic but I currently have an i5 3570k (running at 4.3ghz from 3.4ghz stock) with 24gb of ddr3 at 1600mhz. I'm guessing this cpu won't be causing any major bottlenecks for a 480?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:35

dfects said:
Just dropped in a pre order for this card Hoping this isn't too off topic but I currently have an i5 3570k (running at 4.3ghz from 3.4ghz stock) with 24gb of ddr3 at 1600mhz. I'm guessing this cpu won't be causing any major bottlenecks for a 480?

I suspect not!!

Supernova · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:36

humbug said:
Your reading the total system power consumption, that's 300 watts for the whole computer.

Ah, I was confused by this "When stressed, the graphics card consumes just over 300 watts". But I see the graph is titled "Total System Power". Still, I want to see some proper noise and thermal tests of this card. Gamers Nexus do good thermal testing, giving the value as a delta away from ambient temperature. I'm simply not buying another AMD card that hits 90+ degrees. I want to buy an AMD card again, but I can't put up with the thermal throttling.

humbug · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:37

dfects said:
Just dropped in a pre order for this card Hoping this isn't too off topic but I currently have an i5 3570k (running at 4.3ghz from 3.4ghz stock) with 24gb of ddr3 at 1600mhz. I'm guessing this cpu won't be causing any major bottlenecks for a 480?

Thats a good match for the 480.

humbug · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:44

MSTRBKR said:
Ah, I was confused by this "When stressed, the graphics card consumes just over 300 watts". But I see the graph is titled "Total System Power". Still, I want to see some proper noise and thermal tests of this card. Gamers Nexus do good thermal testing, giving the value as a delta away from ambient temperature. I'm simply not buying another AMD card that hits 90+ degrees. I want to buy an AMD card again, but I can't put up with the thermal throttling.

Its probably around 180 Watts full tilt for the RX 480.

290X's and 780TI's pulled 300 watts when overclocked, the only cards that had heat and throttling issues were the reference blower cards.

My 145 Watt 970 is pulling closer to 250 Watts with the overclocks i run, it still doesn't get past 70c if it even gets that far, i have never seen it get past 68.

With proper cooling, which almost all AIB cards have 250 Watt is not much to deal with, well under 200 watts is easy.

dfects · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:45

humbug said:
Thats a good match for the 480.

thanks

Supernova · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:46

humbug said:
Its probably around 180 Watts full tilt for the RX 480.

290X's and 780TI's pulled 300 watts when overclocked, the only cards that had heat and throttling issues were the reference blower cards.

My 145 Watt 970 is pulling closer to 250 Watts with the overclocks i run, it still doesn't get past 70c if it even gets that far, i have never seen it get past 68.

With proper cooling, which almost all AIB cards have 250 Watt is not much to deal with, well under 200 watts is easy.

Not my XFX. The marketing claims it's cool and quiet, but it's just the opposite! Changing the TIM on it this weekend to see if it helps.

humbug · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:48

MSTRBKR said:
Not my XFX. The marketing claims it's cool and quiet, but it's just the opposite! Changing the TIM on it this weekend to see if it helps.

Mmm yeah, ask around here what people think of XFX cards.

Its kinda like... pull the pin, lob and run like hell.

fs123 · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:49

MSTRBKR said:
Ah, I was confused by this "When stressed, the graphics card consumes just over 300 watts". But I see the graph is titled "Total System Power". Still, I want to see some proper noise and thermal tests of this card. Gamers Nexus do good thermal testing, giving the value as a delta away from ambient temperature. I'm simply not buying another AMD card that hits 90+ degrees. I want to buy an AMD card again, but I can't put up with the thermal throttling.

The 480 should only use about 160-190W depending on overclock. The temps are around 76C for the Nitro from the reviews I've seen. Since most custom AMD cards have always been around 80C-86C this Nitro is pretty good.

z10m · 22 Jul 2016 at 19:02

fs123 said:
The 480 should only use about 160-190W depending on overclock.

So are you saying that the 1060 gaming x uses only 60-90w.? Because on their graph its pulling exactly 100w less than the RX 480 nitro+

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 22 Jul 2016 at 19:12

z10m said:
So are you saying that the 1060 gaming x uses only 60-90w.? Because on their graph its pulling exactly 100w less than the RX 480 nitro+

Its not a gaming load - its the synthetic Heaven benchmark.

TPU measures card power consumption and the reference RX480 was 47W more than the FE GTX1060 and the Asus Strix RX480 was 61W more.

Jono8 · 22 Jul 2016 at 19:18

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Some more previews and reviews:

https://www.computerbase.de/2016-07/sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-erfahrungen/

http://www.eteknix.com/sapphire-nitro-rx-480-oc-8gb-graphics-card-review/

AMD really haven't made as big a leap in perf per watt as i thought they would. 100watts more at full load compared to the 1060 gaming x!

10 degrees hotter as well but then the gaming x is a very very good cooler.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 22 Jul 2016 at 19:25

Jono8 said:
AMD really haven't made as big a leap in perf per watt as i thought they would. 100watts more at full load compared to the 1060 gaming x!

10 degrees hotter as well but then the gaming x is a very very good cooler.

Well according to TPU gaming measurements from the card more like 47W to 61W more and last time I checked nobody plays Heaven!

But ultimately from experience I have had mostly SFF systems and I have powered overclocked 8800GTS 512MB and HD5850 1GB cards off compact group regulated Shuttle 400W and 450W units fine.

I think my current Corsair SF 450W could power a GTX980TI perfectly fine!!