The Polaris RX 480 Owners Thread.

Kaapstad · 5 Jul 2016 at 22:20

Boomstick777 said:
My one,

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 05/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 4gb, Boomstick777, Link
Date 02/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, FredFlint, Link
Date 02/07/2016, Make XFX Reference 8gb, swanseajack, Link
Date 01/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, SouthEastBlue, Link
Date 01/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, KonfuciousK, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 4gb, Tute, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, Overlag, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Gigabyte Reference 8gb, MDPlatts, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make XFX Reference 4gb, Bantu, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make XFX Reference 4gb, TheLegendOfMart, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, montymint, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, roy23, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, stulid, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, Kaapstad, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, whyscotty, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, AMDMatt, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your RX 480.

Boomstick777 · 5 Jul 2016 at 22:24

Kaapstad said:
Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 05/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 4gb, Boomstick777, Link
Date 02/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, FredFlint, Link
Date 02/07/2016, Make XFX Reference 8gb, swanseajack, Link
Date 01/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, SouthEastBlue, Link
Date 01/07/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, KonfuciousK, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 4gb, Tute, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, Overlag, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Gigabyte Reference 8gb, MDPlatts, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make XFX Reference 4gb, Bantu, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make XFX Reference 4gb, TheLegendOfMart, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, montymint, Link
Date 30/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, roy23, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, stulid, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, Kaapstad, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, whyscotty, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, AMDMatt, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your RX 480.

Cheers Kaap.

RavenXXX2 said:
You gonna flash to 8GB?

Possibly, will got to wait for the updated flash software and how others get on before I consider doing mine. Looks like I have 8 memory chips, so hopefully they are 1GB chips, I couldn't tell what they were

Kaapstad · 6 Jul 2016 at 06:04

https://www.techpowerup.com/223913/amd-retail-radeon-rx-480-4gb-to-8gb-memory-unlock-mod-works-we-benchmarked

Mtom · 6 Jul 2016 at 07:27

16.7.1 driver on thursday. If its true it will bring some performance as well (3-5%).

LtMatt · 6 Jul 2016 at 07:31

Mtom said:
16.7.1 driver on thursday. If its true it will bring some performance as well (3-5%).

Just in case anyone missed it.

AMD said:
We promised an update today (July 5, 2016) following concerns around the Radeon™ RX 480 drawing excess current from the PCIe bus. Although we are confident that the levels of reported power draws by the Radeon RX 480 do not pose a risk of damage to motherboards or other PC components based on expected usage, we are serious about addressing this topic and allaying outstanding concerns. Towards that end, we assembled a worldwide team this past weekend to investigate and develop a driver update to improve the power draw. We’re pleased to report that this driver—Radeon Software 16.7.1—is now undergoing final testing and will be released to the public in the next 48 hours.

In this driver we’ve implemented a change to address power distribution on the Radeon RX 480 – this change will lower current drawn from the PCIe bus.

Separately, we’ve also included an option to reduce total power with minimal performance impact. Users will find this as the “compatibility” UI toggle in the Global Settings menu of Radeon Settings. This toggle is “off” by default.

Finally, we’ve implemented a collection of performance improvements for the Polaris architecture that yield performance uplifts in popular game titles of up to 3%1. These optimizations are designed to improve the performance of the Radeon RX 480, and should substantially offset the performance impact for users who choose to activate the “compatibility” toggle.

AMD is committed to delivering high quality and high performance products, and we’ll continue to provide users with more control over their product’s performance and efficiency. We appreciate all the feedback so far, and we’ll continue to bring further performance and performance/W optimizations to the Radeon RX 480.

Kaapstad · 6 Jul 2016 at 08:06

Beating the GeForce GTX 1080 at 4KHow do two AMD Radeon RX 480 video cards perform in CrossFire?

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/7770/amd-radeon-rx-480-crossfire-beating-geforce-gtx-1080-4k/index.html

flopper · 6 Jul 2016 at 08:47

Mtom said:
16.7.1 driver on thursday. If its true it will bring some performance as well (3-5%).

That was fast, a 10% increase improvement a few months after release is normal and such looks to be on track for the 480.

Blackjack Davy · 6 Jul 2016 at 09:50

AMDMatt said:
Just in case anyone missed it.

More here: http://wccftech.com/amd-rx-480-power-update/

xb8browney · 6 Jul 2016 at 13:17

What does this card use to capture gameplay? I've come from a GTX780 which had shadowplay.

Edit:-My word it's loud.

Boomstick777 · 6 Jul 2016 at 13:19

xb8browney said:
What does this card use to capture gameplay? I've come from a GTX780 which had shadowplay.

I think Windows 10 can do it natively for least performance hit.

xb8browney · 6 Jul 2016 at 13:35

Boomstick777 said:
I think Windows 10 can do it natively for least performance hit.

Gave it a try but it looks like you have to use windowed mode.

LtMatt · 6 Jul 2016 at 13:37

xb8browney said:
Gave it a try but it looks like you have to use windowed mode.

AMD Gaming Evolved APP has the lowest performance hit and can record up to 1080P at 60FPS at 50MB bitrate.

southernorth · 6 Jul 2016 at 13:53

AMDMatt said:
AMD Gaming Evolved APP has the lowest performance hit and can record up to 1080P at 60FPS at 50MB bitrate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDKK0L5ewOs

The linked video is a bit old now, so am wondering if much has changed. Is that difference between shadowplay and AMD still so pronounced?

LtMatt · 6 Jul 2016 at 13:54

southernorth said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDKK0L5ewOs

The linked video is a bit old now, so am wondering if much has changed. Is that difference between shadowplay and AMD still so pronounced?

I've never used Shadowplay, but the APP performance has improved.

Boomstick777 · 6 Jul 2016 at 18:08

Max temp after hours of gaming is 42c. Hybrid cooling is very effective on RX480.

swanseajack · 6 Jul 2016 at 18:17

Whats a safe temp with refrence?

Been playing project cars and hitting 82c.

Seanspeed · 6 Jul 2016 at 18:19

swanseajack said:
Whats a safe temp with refrence?

Been playing project cars and hitting 82c.

I dont think the card will let you go over 83c. It just throttles at that point.

Holding that temp is fine, though. It's hardly running cool, but it's not danger territory, necessarily.

LtMatt · 6 Jul 2016 at 18:27

swanseajack said:
Whats a safe temp with refrence?

Been playing project cars and hitting 82c.

90c or below is perfectly safe. The maximum allowed temperature before GPU throttling is 90c. GPU damage would not occur until well past that.

swanseajack · 6 Jul 2016 at 18:42

AMDMatt said:
90c or below is perfectly safe. The maximum allowed temperature before GPU throttling is 90c. GPU damage would not occur until well past that.

Cheers, only just sorted my cpu temps out.

Might add a side fan to blow in some cool air over the card.

Panos · 6 Jul 2016 at 18:48

I would advice everyone to make an aggressive fan profile to scale at around 80C at 100% speed. And because is summer try to remove the side of the case