well people only complain about whine if they have it, not if they don't. So you could say 1000 people don't?
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SAPPHIRE RX 480 NITRO NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT OVERCLOCKERS UK (WORLD FIRST) !!!
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well people only complain about whine if they have it, not if they don't. So you could say 1000 people don't?
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Was this guy one of them if so it's one.
The gtx970 was a lottery and plenty of people played.
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
Edit: looks like no one really suffers from it.
You can get wine on a 1080, more expensive lottery of you ask me
Oh, where you counting me in that too? I worded mine badly. Under normal operation I don't get coil whine, only at like 4600+ fps and then any whine I do get is less annoying than my 760 was.
Coil whine is always a lottery really. Whilst certain cards have been particularly notorious for it (such as the Nano and 970), it can happen to any model of any card. Heck, the same specific card might even whine on one setup and not on another. Some combinations of card, motherboard and PSU just don't get along for whatever reason.
After few test:
Cant go higher than 1370 and 2050. Skype turned on while doing physics test.
Conclusion if TRIXX will be working better than wattman i'll probably match or overscore AIB 1060 in 3dmark firestrke.
D'love to test it in crossfire...
Cant go higher than 1370 and 2050. Skype turned on while doing physics test.
Conclusion if TRIXX will be working better than wattman i'll probably match or overscore AIB 1060 in 3dmark firestrke.
D'love to test it in crossfire...
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Well I'm having a blast with my nitro Rx 480!
Upgraded from gigabyte 7970 1ghz wind force, would have held off upgrading a little longer if it wasn't for VR, got my oculus just over a month ago and my poor 7970 was struggling and did'nt give me the best experience, now every VR demo is just so much smoother and so much better, the card is so much quieter than my 7970, really pleased with the performance jump. So you got a happy customer here.
Upgraded from gigabyte 7970 1ghz wind force, would have held off upgrading a little longer if it wasn't for VR, got my oculus just over a month ago and my poor 7970 was struggling and did'nt give me the best experience, now every VR demo is just so much smoother and so much better, the card is so much quieter than my 7970, really pleased with the performance jump. So you got a happy customer here.
I don't know why Powercolor told Gibbo they haven't shipped any cards to retailers yet, but they're not telling him everything it seems. Even more people on reddit that have received their cards from USA competitors. 
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4v7l9n/great_news_everyone_the_devils_are_arriving/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4v2kz8/running_with_the_devil/
Also another Red Devil review. Another one showing a massive improvement in the Witcher 3 over the reference card, just like ComputerBase.de.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4v7l9n/great_news_everyone_the_devils_are_arriving/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4v2kz8/running_with_the_devil/
Also another Red Devil review. Another one showing a massive improvement in the Witcher 3 over the reference card, just like ComputerBase.de.
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The devil looks like a nice card, very quiet.
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The devil is now interesing me greatly. but theres no way I'd fit the 3 fans in my case. Im planning on using the Nitro, when I get it, as an excuse to re-cable my setup. I've never been one for cable management, but I've never bought a good card on release before 
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I hear reference can do 27 with core underclock memory overclocked.
I can't comment on quieter but I'm sure if you just look up the specs you'll find that out.
In regards to "better" I've been doing a lot of research online and while you should take everything you read on the internet with a mighty-big-grain-of-salt, Sapphire are generally considered a superior maker of AMD cards to Gigabyte if for no other reason then they're the makers of AMD reference cards (now & in the past). My understanding is AMD built the chips & Sapphire help build the cards before anyone else gets in on the action, so they should have a bit of an edge. I could be wrong about this, the internet has told me lies before (I know! Crazy...)
If space is an issue though the Gigabyte is 2cm smaller, I was going to get it for just that reason. I'd probably say performance wise they'll be within 2% of each other, and likely noise they'll be within 5-10% so it's probably a non-issue really.
Pick which one looks best in your case!
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The Nitro has a smaller heatsink compared to seemingly every other custom RX480. It's a wide pcb, large shroud and they've put a significantly smaller heatsink than they should have underneath it. It's getting higher temps than the Devil despite having the fans running 10dba higher.
Compared to the longer RX480 cards, the Nitro is going to lose out on heat/noise full stop, if it had used every available cm of spare space under the shroud it might not have, they made it extra wide but refused to use that width for better cooling... no idea why.
The Gigabyte G1 is actually a little smaller in each dimension than the Nitro, it to has a fan/heatsink overlap problem but it looks like it's really only one side of the fan that has the issue rather than both sides like the Sapphire. At a guess the Gigabyte has a slightly bigger heatsink and slightly less wasted airflow over the edge of the heatsink so I wouldn't be surprised if the Gigabyte was a little ahead of the Nitro on cooling and noise.
With the bigger cards, the Asus has a decently designed heatsink, wide heatsink with the dead spot for heatpipes in the middle of the card in a narrow gap that would have been under the deadzone of the middle fan anyway so gotten little airflow. More fins under the edges of fans where the airflow is... but Asus pricing can do one. XFX is fairly long but also looks to use as much space as possible for the heatsink, MSI looks to be a half decent heatsink and is about midway between all the others in length. It's ~270mm while the shorties(nitro/G1) are ~240mm while the longies(Strix, Devil, XFX) are in the 300mm area.
Absolute shortest card, Gigabyte, best cooling but can't fit a 300mm card, MSI, best 300mm card, Devil or XFX, Strix loses on pricing.
Nitro is first and in largest available volume because it's Sapphire and AMDs biggest partner, they sell more and get first dibs, but unless you love the shroud and hate all the others I can't see a good reason to buy it myself. It has less heatsink than other custom cards so frankly think it's only good competition if £15 cheaper than the longer/better cooled/quieter cards. While 44dba isn't ear splittingly loud for the Sapphire, that is at stock, it's both 3 times louder than the Devil and as such has a lot less headroom for overclocking with higher voltages when voltage tools work with the custom cards, add extra heat and ramp fans further and where will temps/noise sit compared to a Devil with the same overclock, it will still be much quieter.
Compared to the longer RX480 cards, the Nitro is going to lose out on heat/noise full stop, if it had used every available cm of spare space under the shroud it might not have, they made it extra wide but refused to use that width for better cooling... no idea why.
The Gigabyte G1 is actually a little smaller in each dimension than the Nitro, it to has a fan/heatsink overlap problem but it looks like it's really only one side of the fan that has the issue rather than both sides like the Sapphire. At a guess the Gigabyte has a slightly bigger heatsink and slightly less wasted airflow over the edge of the heatsink so I wouldn't be surprised if the Gigabyte was a little ahead of the Nitro on cooling and noise.
With the bigger cards, the Asus has a decently designed heatsink, wide heatsink with the dead spot for heatpipes in the middle of the card in a narrow gap that would have been under the deadzone of the middle fan anyway so gotten little airflow. More fins under the edges of fans where the airflow is... but Asus pricing can do one. XFX is fairly long but also looks to use as much space as possible for the heatsink, MSI looks to be a half decent heatsink and is about midway between all the others in length. It's ~270mm while the shorties(nitro/G1) are ~240mm while the longies(Strix, Devil, XFX) are in the 300mm area.
Absolute shortest card, Gigabyte, best cooling but can't fit a 300mm card, MSI, best 300mm card, Devil or XFX, Strix loses on pricing.
Nitro is first and in largest available volume because it's Sapphire and AMDs biggest partner, they sell more and get first dibs, but unless you love the shroud and hate all the others I can't see a good reason to buy it myself. It has less heatsink than other custom cards so frankly think it's only good competition if £15 cheaper than the longer/better cooled/quieter cards. While 44dba isn't ear splittingly loud for the Sapphire, that is at stock, it's both 3 times louder than the Devil and as such has a lot less headroom for overclocking with higher voltages when voltage tools work with the custom cards, add extra heat and ramp fans further and where will temps/noise sit compared to a Devil with the same overclock, it will still be much quieter.
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Anyone thinking of buying the Powercolor, think again.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18038352
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18038352
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Do you have a Nitro drunkmaster?
Question for those also with Nitros:
Before your computer goes into sleep mode do your fans spin very fast for a couple seconds and stop before the computer goes to sleep a few seconds later?
Has happened to me twice, the first time I panicked and stopped it from going to sleep as I moved the mouse to check temps.
Before your computer goes into sleep mode do your fans spin very fast for a couple seconds and stop before the computer goes to sleep a few seconds later?
Has happened to me twice, the first time I panicked and stopped it from going to sleep as I moved the mouse to check temps.
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I've just ordered one, am I going to be waiting years for it?
Also I have this case, is the cooler going to ok or should I have gone for the blower-style reference cards?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aerocool-qs-202-midi-tower-case-black-ca-029-ae.html
Also I have this case, is the cooler going to ok or should I have gone for the blower-style reference cards?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aerocool-qs-202-midi-tower-case-black-ca-029-ae.html
The devil is now interesing me greatly. but theres no way I'd fit the 3 fans in my case. Im planning on using the Nitro, when I get it, as an excuse to re-cable my setup. I've never been one for cable management, but I've never bought a good card on release before
I think there will be a lot of people who don't realise how much larger the Powercolor card is. It's 310mm long, and would be even longer if they hadn't moved the power socket from the end to the front of the card. It will fit in my Antec 302 (the longer, wider version of the 300 case) with all of 8mm to spare.
OCUK doesn't seem to list the dimensions, I went to the Powercolour site, but OCUK should really note how long this card is if they don't want to be getting a load back because they just won't fit. The Nitro is fully 70mm shorter, which is likely going to make a massive difference in how many cases it will fit into.