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

|Thomas| · 29 Jul 2016 at 18:35

I just installed my RX 480, overall I'm very pleased! Does anyone else have really bad coil whine at high FPS though? Anything above 100fps is pretty loud...

Zhuni · 29 Jul 2016 at 18:39

Mine will go back for loud coil whine. Does my head in.

Demongate · 29 Jul 2016 at 18:55

Anyone has tested this graphic card for ethereum mining? how many mhs can they do?

bigSadFace · 29 Jul 2016 at 18:55

Seems the Devil's price has increased on OCUK now.

Yutang13 · 29 Jul 2016 at 19:26

Zhuni said:
Mine will go back for loud coil whine. Does my head in.

|Thomas| said:
I just installed my RX 480, overall I'm very pleased! Does anyone else have really bad coil whine at high FPS though? Anything above 100fps is pretty loud...

I don't know if I should feel lucky or what but even with 4600+ fps I get coil whine but it's tolerable and not that high pitch either. Cause I have a 144Hz monitor bad coil whine would have killed it for me. It's Ok, I have a noisy fan on mine :/ They promise their fan returns are easy though. I may just test that.

Boot_Loop · 29 Jul 2016 at 20:58

N19h7m4r3 said:
Hexus tested the new performance Drivers on the Nitro 4GB and 8GB cards for ROTTR. Nearly a full 20fps increase over the reference 480 at 1080p. Even beating the Fury X.

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/94969-sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-4gb-8gb-oc/?page=10

Wow that is huge. RotTR is one of the bigger factors why the 1060 has an aggregate performance lead over the 480.

Once you add in the new AMD drivers and test Doom under Vulkan, the gap is even smaller.

z10m said:
Half of that boost comes from new drivers.
Too bad that this game is still too much for RX 480 to stay above 60fps with decent settings.

Er..huh? Yeah, that's what drivers do, they improve performance. Good thing, no?

grudas · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:17

ran fire strike on my ref card, not sure if this is good or bad??

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/13713743

Graphics Score 12 692

Sszaki · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:20

Just got my haribo today!

Superb build card good performance but....

Much louder than my current R9 280x Vapour X Tri X

When i got my 280x it felt like super premium product, high quality packaging lots of stuff inside. RX480 feels cheap. But hardware itself is extra quality. Much lighter than i expected.

Here are some pics and 3dmark score:

http://imgur.com/a/INeP5

Didn't play with OC yet.

Aretak · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:32

The Vapor-X cards were really nice pieces of kit. Had both a 290 and 290X version at different points and they were the best-built cards I've ever handled. Pity that Sapphire seem to have mothballed the vapour chamber idea for now.

z10m · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:35

Boot_Loop said:
Er..huh? Yeah, that's what drivers do, they improve performance. Good thing, no?

He said that Nitro has 20fps lead over reference RX 480 but reference was tested running older drivers.

javierm5 · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:39

After you have seen the reviews, which is better, red devil or nitro 8gb?

N19h7m4r3 · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:39

z10m said:
He said that Nitro has 20fps lead over reference RX 480 but reference was tested running older drivers.

Yes, but 20FPS is far more than the 10% improvement the new drivers are claiming they can bring.

That's why I find it so odd.

motiv · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:40

Has anyone tried OCing with the new drivers? I am now unable to OC to 2250 in the memory. If you have your memory OCed I'd recommend not installing these new drivers.

danlightbulb · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:42

|Thomas| said:
I just installed my RX 480, overall I'm very pleased! Does anyone else have really bad coil whine at high FPS though? Anything above 100fps is pretty loud...

Dissappointing to hear this as this card was supposed to have a feature that minimises the whine. 3 reports of it on one page.

Sszaki · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:51

That wattman is terrible... Can't wait for tixx3.0

Anyone got good settings for wattman?

Zhuni · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:51

Sorry my post wasn't well written. I meant to say I will send mine back if it has bad coil whine. I don't have the card yet....or coil whine

motiv · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:53

danlightbulb said:
Dissappointing to hear this as this card was supposed to have a feature that minimises the whine. 3 reports of it on one page.

Just tried in CS:GO. 200+ FPS and no whine.

motiv · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:54

Sszaki said:
That wattman is terrible... Can't wait for tixx3.0

Anyone got good settings for wattman?

firestrike settings

GPU-Mem-Power-Fan-Firestrike Score
1360 2200 30% 3200 - 13852 (C)
1370 2200 30% 3200 - 13856 (C)
1370 2200 35% 3200 - 13900 (C)
1340 2000 35% 2300 - 13436 (C)
1340 2000 50% 2300 - 13421 (C)
1340 2000 50% 2300 - 13187 (O)
1360 2000 50% 2300 - 13306 (O)
1370 2000 50% 2300 - 13371 (O)
1380 2000 50% 2300 - 13379 (O)
1360 2000 50% 2300 - 13507 (C)
1360 2000 0% 2300 - 12958 (C)
1370 2000 0% 2300 - 12957 (C)
1380 2000 0% 2300 - 12896 (C)
1380 2000 0% 3200 - 12975 (C)
1390 2000 0% 3200 - 13019 (C)
1300 2000 0% 3200 - 12577 (O)
1300 2000 0% 3200 - 12813 (C)
1380 2000 0% 3200 - 13015 (C)
1300 2200 50% 3200 - 13404 (C)
1370 2200 50% 3200 - 13860 (C)
1370 2200 50% 3200 - 13908 (C)

danlightbulb · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:55

motiv said:
Just tried in CS:GO. 200+ FPS and no whine.

Ok so 2 who have it on last page though. Who wants a lottery when spending £250.

Sszaki · 29 Jul 2016 at 21:58

1342MHz its quiet mode? Edit. Nvm
..

I can't go over 2050 on memory.