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

ryhoper1 · 30 Jul 2016 at 18:22

Yutang13 said:
What refresh rate is your monitor and what connection are you using?

144hz DVI

After doing some further googling it seems like a common issue

Dropping down to 120hz seems to cure it

Hope they fix it or it makes the monitor I bought specifically for 144hz pointless.

Davedree · 30 Jul 2016 at 18:30

ryhoper1 said:
144hz DVI

After doing some further googling it seems like a common issue

Dropping down to 120hz seems to cure it

Hope they fix it or it makes the monitor I bought specifically for 144hz pointless.

What are your memory clocks when at 120hz and when at 144hz.

Yutang13 · 30 Jul 2016 at 18:36

ryhoper1 said:
144hz DVI

After doing some further googling it seems like a common issue

Dropping down to 120hz seems to cure it

Hope they fix it or it makes the monitor I bought specifically for 144hz pointless.

Ahh. Yes it would appear you have encountered the same problem I did and then found the same solution.

What driver version are you on? I'm on 16.7.3

Aretak · 30 Jul 2016 at 18:39

Jazz2k said:
Im only looking for a 4GB model as i cannot justify the extra 4GB for another £50. Currently have an MSI R9 270 2GB, its ok but looking forward to replace with a 4GB 480 of some sort. Case is an Akasaa Eclipse from a while back but its big so airflow iant an issue.

Wondering if just a ref card with blower style will be good enough or get a Nitro 4GB.

Will be on an MSI Gaming 3 z97 and 4790K.

Ideas guys?

Definetly go for the Nitro over the reference model. At under £200 it's a great deal. Can easily overclock both the memory and the core to bring it up to the performance of the 8GB model.

ryhoper1 · 30 Jul 2016 at 19:15

Davedree said:
What are your memory clocks when at 120hz and when at 144hz.

no idea, what ever they are as default

Yutang13 said:
Ahh. Yes it would appear you have encountered the same problem I did and then found the same solution.

What driver version are you on? I'm on 16.7.3

16.7.3 also

Demongate · 30 Jul 2016 at 21:19

anyone know how many they will receive next week? I really need those card to be shipped soon!

N19h7m4r3 · 30 Jul 2016 at 22:33

Demongate said:
anyone know how many they will receive next week? I really need those card to be shipped soon!

No idea sadly, your best bet is to send a webnote.

CoolioMcCool · 31 Jul 2016 at 04:09

Demongate said:
anyone know how many they will receive next week? I really need those card to be shipped soon!

10k by the 12th is the only solid number we have I think.

Sszaki · 31 Jul 2016 at 08:44

After couple days I'm happy with the card. I would disable passive cooling if it was possible.

I noticed something strange and very unsafe. When you changing fan speeds while card is on load it's acting strange. My card was 65 C and I lower target fan speed from 3000 to 2200. Fans gone as low as 500rpm and very slowly increase speed but temperature start growing much faster. If I didn't look at temperatures I would reach 100 I manually increase minimum fans to 3200 when temperature was 85C...
Very unsafe.

GizF1 · 31 Jul 2016 at 09:25

So once I had the voltage set correctly (1.117) I found that increasing the power target actually made no difference.

I have turned power efficiency off as clocks were dropping even at 100% usage with it on

Giz

fuzzylogic · 31 Jul 2016 at 10:55

So, I've asked OCUK to add this to my order to hopefully avert fiery death:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...0-plus-gold-power-supply-black-ca-003-sf.html

The only problem is I've just noticed it has no 8pin PCI-E cable, just 6. I do have a 6 to 8 pin adapter lying around, but I expect it's not that simple. Will it provide enough power just using an adapter cable? :confused:

bigSadFace · 31 Jul 2016 at 10:58

fuzzylogic said:
So, I've asked OCUK to add this to my order to hopefully avert fiery death:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...0-plus-gold-power-supply-black-ca-003-sf.html

The only problem is I've just noticed it has no 8pin PCI-E cable, just 6. I do have a 6 to 8 pin adapter lying around, but I expect it's not that simple. Will it provide enough power just using an adapter cable?

In specs says it has 2 x 6+2-Pin-PCIe

fuzzylogic · 31 Jul 2016 at 11:01

bigSadFace said:
In specs says it has 2 x 6+2-Pin-PCIe

Excellent. You can tell this is the first gaming PC I've built in 10 years.

SlowJ · 31 Jul 2016 at 11:02

The specs say 2 x (6+2) so you have 2 by 8 pin or 2 x 6 pin for say RX 480 founders.

bigSadFace · 31 Jul 2016 at 11:03

fuzzylogic said:
Excellent. You can tell this is the first gaming PC I've built in 10 years.

It's a great PSU. What's the rest of your build? I'm just putting a system together myself, same PSU, same graphics card as yours it seems.

fuzzylogic · 31 Jul 2016 at 11:12

bigSadFace said:
It's a great PSU. What's the rest of your build? I'm just putting a system together myself, same PSU, same graphics card as yours it seems.

It's gradually evolved via various parts I've been given, supplemented by nicer, new bits when I can afford them:

Aerocool QS202 case
MSI Z77A G45 mobo
i7 3770
Corsair DDR3 XMS3 2x4GB
Noctua NH-C14S

I'll look at doing a CPU/Mobo/RAM upgrade at some point, but not for a couple of years if I can get away with it. I'll throw another 2x4GB DDR3 in there in the next few months though, along with upgraded case fans. Not sure how good the included Aerocool fans are.

CoolioMcCool · 31 Jul 2016 at 11:26

fuzzylogic said:
It's gradually evolved via various parts I've been given, supplemented by nicer, new bits when I can afford them:

Aerocool QS202 case
MSI Z77A G45 mobo
i7 3770
Corsair DDR3 XMS3 2x4GB
Noctua NH-C14S

I'll look at doing a CPU/Mobo/RAM upgrade at some point, but not for a couple of years if I can get away with it. I'll throw another 2x4GB DDR3 in there in the next few months though, along with upgraded case fans. Not sure how good the included Aerocool fans are.

I'm on an i7 2600 and it's still serving me very well for now, yours should be fine for a couple of years, look into overclocking the CPU if it ever seems to become a weak point, even if it's not a K, I got 5% boost to mine with a BCLK OC.

N19h7m4r3 · 31 Jul 2016 at 11:26

One thing I've noticed about the Red Devil card from users getting them in the USA is that the Logo on the top needs to be flipped. It's upside down when installed in a standing chassis.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4vf9vf/my_powercolor_rd_rx_480_arrived_today/

fuzzylogic · 31 Jul 2016 at 11:59

CoolioMcCool said:
I'm on an i7 2600 and it's still serving me very well for now, yours should be fine for a couple of years, look into overclocking the CPU if it ever seems to become a weak point, even if it's not a K, I got 5% boost to mine with a BCLK OC.

I've got the MSI extended turbo on which ramps all cores up to 3.9 when needed, that should be alright for a while. I expect the 8GB of RAM will hold it back slightly but the budget for that has been eaten by the new PSU.

Yutang13 · 31 Jul 2016 at 12:20

N19h7m4r3 said:
One thing I've noticed about the Red Devil card from users getting them in the USA is that the Logo on the top needs to be flipped. It's upside down when installed in a standing chassis.

That's so silly. How did that get through design? Sure it's great for inverted chassis but that's it. So funny

Edit: Guess this should be pointed out as well...

Though. The logo is the right way up here