I was simply referencing the earlier linked review
http://www.eteknix.com/sapphire-nitro-rx-480-oc-8gb-graphics-card-review/11/
The AIB pre overclocked one no doubt pull more juice than the reference ( as expected).
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SAPPHIRE RX 480 NITRO NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT OVERCLOCKERS UK (WORLD FIRST) !!!
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I was simply referencing the earlier linked review
http://www.eteknix.com/sapphire-nitro-rx-480-oc-8gb-graphics-card-review/11/
The AIB pre overclocked one no doubt pull more juice than the reference ( as expected).
Caporegime
Because even as a SFF PC owner you would need to be running a card at heavy load for like 40+ hours a week to start making much of any difference.
The issue,is that people rarely bother to look at things like the motherboard,CPU,PSU or monitor efficiency and as a result any savings made elsewhere are lost - usage patterns also affect costs. Monitors rarely get power consumption measured.
A lot of household appliances which are permanently on also can eat electricity without people realising it - things like standby modes or even not replacing lighting with things like LED lamps,etc.
Having said that my mate with an old Phenom II X6 1045T and an HD7850 with loads of RAM and storage used to have his PC on 24/7 running bioinformatics stuff. Suprisingly his bills did not go up as much I thought they would.
However,his flat was very well insulated and he never really need to plonk the heating on and during the summer he just opened the window!!
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But definitely the RX480 consumes more power than a GTX1060 - it does seem to be around 75% more efficient than the R9 285/R9 380 though.
The issue,is that people rarely bother to look at things like the motherboard,CPU,PSU or monitor efficiency and as a result any savings made elsewhere are lost - usage patterns also affect costs. Monitors rarely get power consumption measured.
A lot of household appliances which are permanently on also can eat electricity without people realising it - things like standby modes or even not replacing lighting with things like LED lamps,etc.
Having said that my mate with an old Phenom II X6 1045T and an HD7850 with loads of RAM and storage used to have his PC on 24/7 running bioinformatics stuff. Suprisingly his bills did not go up as much I thought they would.
However,his flat was very well insulated and he never really need to plonk the heating on and during the summer he just opened the window!!
Edit!!
But definitely the RX480 consumes more power than a GTX1060 - it does seem to be around 75% more efficient than the R9 285/R9 380 though.
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Caporegime
OK,I looked at the TPU efficiency charts - at 1080p,the reference RX480 is 81% more efficient than a R9 285 and the reference GTX1060 is 70% more efficient than a GTX960.
However,the AMD cards started off as less efficient in the first place. So AMD managed a greater efficiency improvement at the midrange(the GTX1060 is less efficient than the GTX1070 or GTX1080) but the much larger difference in starting points has swamped it.
However,the AMD cards started off as less efficient in the first place. So AMD managed a greater efficiency improvement at the midrange(the GTX1060 is less efficient than the GTX1070 or GTX1080) but the much larger difference in starting points has swamped it.
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Indeed. I thought with all their talk about perf per watt they would have caught up with Nvidia by a bigger margin.
I thought you weren't charged until the order is processed. At least, that's what my pre order email states.
I was charged as soon as i checked out.
yep same it was taken straight out , I was in two minds of which card. But decided on this one. I don't keep up with things but after reading some of these posts I wish I went for another card which was in stock tbh. Also I nice email to say they will be late wont go a miss.
From experience OCUK takes payment as soon as the order is made. I usually get 2 emails, one confirming the order is received and then a 2nd saying the order has been processed.
They've taken payment for both the Nitro+ OC 8GB and the Nitro+ 4GB
I have to admit after reading this 4gb review
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3098...iew-polaris-rethought-and-refined.html?page=3
I wish I went for the 4gb. It's looking an exceptional card.
Actually it is 1850 Mhz Memory after OC because the 4 GB RX480 has a stock 1750 Mhz memory speed.
As we can see that OCing the memory on a 8 GB version results in a big boost in performance we can assume that a Memory with 1850 Mhz holds back performance.
Like PCWorld said:
"That epic (for Polaris) bump in clock speed still didn’t result in massive performance increases, though there were slight improvements in the games and benchmarks we tested."
Caporegime
Oi,AMD managed to make a counterattack against the GTX1060 "only" two days after it was released. You can't expect miracles,LOL.
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Is that legal? I didn't think a retailer could take payment until an item is shipped.
Caporegime
I think the remaining pieces of the jigsaw will be in place with the RX470 and RX460 - it will be interesting to see how efficient these are.
Soldato
yup they do take the payment
I don't think it's illegal, easier when it isn't taken tho because chances of cancelling are high.
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The Eteknix review of th e480 Nitro is completely unusable. They managed to measure 100W more power consumption than any other reviever, and managed to get lower Firestrike score at 1360 than my friends ref 480 at 1300.